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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Scotland can sometimes make you feel like you have landed inside a postcard. You can stand there and not know whether you are moving inside ...
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The start of the dark season is filled with so many wonderful distractions in Scotland. It seems to me that the Scottish take the coming of ...
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It’s not actually snowing in Gorgie. That was on the weekend. At the moment, it’s raining. If I peer out my window I can see the drops salsa...
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I must say, I was impressed by how many of you gathered up the ingredients and made Scottish Oatcakes for yourselves. Unfortunately somethi...
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The folks at the Ness store in Edinburgh have created a tartan canine out of boots. And I love him.
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Amidst the bustle of shoppers and tourists, some members from the tribal band Clann An Drumma recently set up in the centre of Glasgow and p...
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“It’s not a potato scone, it’s a tattie scone!” my colleague exclaimed, the word “tattie” bouncing out on her Edinburgh accent without its T...
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“For three billion years Scotland was on a collision course with England.” This is how Magnus Magnusson begins the first chapter in his bo...
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Forgive my lack of posts lately, but it is about to be a long, festival-filled summer. Things are gearing up for The Royal Edinburgh Milit...
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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- Touching the sky at Stirling Castle
- Smoke up my kilt
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- 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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