Tailor Made Whisky Tours
“Always carry a large flagon of whisky in case of snakebite and furthermore, always carry a small snake” WC Fields Uisge beatha, the “water of life”, has been distilled in Scotland for many hundreds of years and “Scotch” is now exported around the world....
The Isle of Harris
Harris is actually part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island in the Outer Hebrides which lies 24 miles off the north west coast of Scotland. Lewis and Harris are frequently referred to as two separate islands, but they are in fact all part of...
Orkney
The Orkney Islands lie off the northern coast of Scotland and are easily reached either by air or by ferry. There are over 70 islands making up Orkney, and around 20 of those are inhabited. The islands have been inhabited since early times, and today...
The Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides looking so peaceful and picturesque in the winter sun today! There are various suggestions as to where the island’s name came from, but one suggestion is from Old Norse meaning ‘bare island’. Kisimul Castle, which sits on a small rocky outcrop in See More
Gorgeous light today. View to the hills over Peebles in the Scottish Borders with the town cemetery and St Andrew’s Tower. The tower is all that remains of St Andrew’s Church, consecrated in 1195 and built on the site of a series of earlier churches likely dating back to the See More