Diet and Travel

When I sat down to write this post, I struggled to find words that would do Cruach àrdrain and Beinn Tulaichean justice. We had incredible views along the entire route […]

When it came to choosing a few Munros to bag over the course of my birthday weekend, it didn’t take us long to decide where to go: Loch Lomond and […]

Overlooking Geneva is the majestic Mont Salève. It’s not actually in Switzerland at all; it’s firmly in France, just across the Franco-Swiss border. Its limestone cliffs are the backdrop to […]

And just like that, it’s September and this wee corner of the internet has been (as was perhaps inevitable) neglected for the best part of a month. I’m five weeks […]

Together, Rùm, Eigg, Muck and Canna (plus a few even smaller islands and a handful of skerries) make up Scotland’s ‘Small Isles’, sandwiched between the Isle of Mull and the […]

Ulva is a magical place. On paper, it’s tiny: around 7.5 miles long, and just 2.5 miles wide. But what it might lack in land area, it makes up for […]

We arrived on the outskirts of Fort William late the previous evening, the last flickers of daylight fading as we pitched the tent by Loch Linnhe. If there’s one thing […]

Are you starting this stage wondering whether the views at Col de Balme actually justify the climb? They do. This is where you cross back into France permanently, hit one […]

Most people who visit the Isle of May see exactly zero puffins holding fish in their beaks. I know because I was one of them on my first trip. The […]

This walk hits three distinct zones in the Pentland Hills without wasting time on boring connector paths. You get a reservoir shoreline, a steep cleugh ascent, and a summit with […]