About this blog
"There are two seasons in Scotland: June and winter."- Billy Connolly.
In 2012 I moved back to Canada, and I'm no longer updating this blog. Thanks for visiting.
In 2012 I moved back to Canada, and I'm no longer updating this blog. Thanks for visiting.
Popular Posts
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We arrived at The Watermill bookstore in Aberfeldy just as it opened. The sun was glaring off the sheen of fresh rain and a chill hung in t...
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Ben Buie, Scotsman Calendar (June) This has been the most fun I have had with a giveaway so far. The responses to where you would most l...
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Driving towards Lunan Bay on the Angus coast, there are glimpses of the beach stretching out from Boddin Point to Lang Craig. But this doe...
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Every year for 79 years, the editorial team at the Scotsman has poured over photographs from around the country, whittling down hundreds of ...
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It has been almost a year since I said goodbye to this blog and now my Scotsman and I are saying goodbye to Scotland as well. After much dis...
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The following is my fictionalized version of the true story of a homeless man falling through the floor in Lord George Mackenzie’s tomb in G...
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If you are ever driving through Callendar in the rain, find a place to park and wander the high street until you find Mhor Bread . If you...
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Walking along the street towards Melrose Abbey, you can see hints of it over the wall, glimpses of stone through the tree branches. To enter...
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Since I don’t drive here and am restricted to the use of public transport, if it wasn’t for the “sure, whatever you want honey,” attitude of...
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In the gentle world of East Lothian, it is easy to make a trip to the beach stretch out the way the sun laps from the dunes to the shore in ...
Favourite Scotland Blogs & Sites
- Allotment 2 Kitchen
- Autofocused Photo blog
- Blue sky Scotland
- Cairn in the Mist
- CraftyGreenPoet
- Craigwell Cottage blog
- Dancing Beastie
- Dave Gifford in Shetland
- Edinburgh City Libraries blog
- Edinburgh Day by Day
- Edinburgh Spotlight
- Edinburgh Whisky Blog
- Edinburgh's Dark Side
- Elgol: Photo Hebrides
- Fergie & Fife
- Five Precious Things
- Gavin Macfie's highland adventures
- Glasgow Daily Photo
- GlenTrek
- Gone to Scotland
- Green Isle of the Great Deep
- Highland Happenings
- Islay Blog
- Journeys to Scotland
- Life on a Small Island (Orkneys)
- Life on the Hill
- Light and Dark
- Linda Mellor's Photographic Blog
- Love of Scotland
- Must Visit Scotland
- Natural Scotland
- Nordic Blackbird
- North Light
- Occasional Scotland
- Painting on the Edge
- Pebble Heart
- Photo Hebrides
- Photogenic Scotland
- Photographer Kim Ayres
- Raw Food in Scotland
- Scotland in the Gloaming
- Scotland Landscapes
- Scottish Ancenstry
- Scottish Borders
- Scottish Poetry Library
- Scottish Roundup
- The Edinburgh Blog
- The Good Soup Guide
- The Scottish Lemon
- Trampy and the Tramp (Curry!)
- Traveling Savage
- Uist Lady
- Wandering Gecko
- Wee bit of cooking
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May
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- Touching the sky at Stirling Castle
- Smoke up my kilt
- A drive through the Scottish Borders
- Balnakeil: Death of a Highwayman
- The tablet has landed
- The bleak beauty of the far north
- Be free, my pretties, FREE!
- Get it on, Bang a Gong (or not)
- Lauriston Castle Part 1: The Gardens
- In which I begin the great Scottish tablet giveaway
- A magical life in the Faerie Glen
- New lamb waking up, feeding
- Storm brewing at Polin Beach
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