Just before Easter I set off to do the North East 250, Scotland’s newest tourist route, in my campervan Stella. I started at Glenshee Ski Centre, driving downhill to Braemar …
Snow scenes
The sun came out today and lit up the snow on the hills around Comrie. Their brilliant white covering was only broken by the black shapes of rocks, crags and …
Another angle on dawn
The day after my previous post Glen Lednock dawn, I again took my camera out for a lovely morning dog walk. This time it was via my most frequent route, walking …
Glen Lednock dawn
It struck me, after Friday’s wintry showers deposited snow on the hills around Comrie, that Saturday’s clear weather forecast was too good to miss. So I headed up Glen Lednock, …
November mists
John Keats’s “Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness” has given way to Thomas Hood’s November: “No sun – no moon! No morn – no noon – No dawn – no …
Ben Lawers botanising
Inspired by a talk at the National Trust for Scotland offices in Killin, I set off the next day to explore the wildflowers of Ben Lawers and Beinn Ghlas. Ben Lawers is the highest mountain in …
Adventure safari
I have a new feature in the latest issue of Outdoor Enthusiast magazine about getting really physical on Jersey, a Channel Island that normally has a genteel image. My experience …
View from a knoll
My home is set in such a diverse, three-dimensional landscape that in five years of living here I have yet to explore all corners or it. One of my favourite activities is …
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