Plockton
Plockton is a picturesque settlement on the shores of Loch Carron. It faces east, away from the prevailing winds, which together with the North Atlantic Drift gives it a mild climate allowing the Cordyline australis palm or cabbage tree to prosper.
Day Tours
Discover Scotland with your own Scottish Highland Trails car and driver/guide Departing from Edinburgh or Glasgow Private chauffeur drive tours Services of a Scottish Highland Trails car/van and driver/guide Our cars can seat up to 8 people Providing there is enough time to get you...
The Little White Rose
All 69 Scottish Nationalist Party members of parliament wore white roses in their lapels at the swearing in ceremony of the Scottish parliament a few years back and I was recently asked why? The thistle is usually thought to be our national flower. The story...
New link to St Kilda from Skye
A historic link to the remote island archipelago of St Kilda has been restored with the launch of a new boat service from Uig in the Isle of Skye. Visitors will now be able to sail from Uig to St Kilda with a journey time...
Blackness Castle, the ship that never sailed
Yesterday was bright and breezy and saw us heading out along the Firth of Forth on Scotland’s east coast to visit the impressive Blackness Castle. Blackness was built in the 1440s by the powerful Crichton family, and was used not as a family residence but...
Some of the best museums & galleries in Edinburgh
There are some great museums and galleries in Edinburgh, with loads to see from Rodin’s The Kiss to Dolly the Sheep! And best of all, many of them are free 🙂 So whether you are after some culture, some ideas for somewhere to take the kids...
The Isle of Barra
Scotland has many beautiful islands, and it is often hard to choose exactly which ones to visit if you only have a limited time to spend here. Most of you will no doubt have heard of the Isle of Skye, and also places like Orkney...
Congrats to Perth!
Congratulations to Perth! It’s to become Scotland’s 7th city after winning a UK wide competition to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Perth was a town of great importance in olden times. At Scone, just 2 miles from present day Perth, the early kings and queens...
2012: The Year of Creative Scotland
2012 is the Year of Creative Scotland! A year long celebration of our culture, music, and arts with truly world class events taking place throughout the country. Poetry, jazz, bagpiping, traditional music, comedy, literature, architecture, design, film, crafts, textiles…you name it, there is a wealth...
