Picture this: you’ve seen the stunning photos of colorful Tobermory, heard whispers of white sandy beaches, and dreamt of spotting…
Lemon Drizzle Cake
You’ve probably baked a lemon drizzle cake that looked perfect on the outside but revealed a disappointingly dry, crumbly interior. Or maybe it was rubbery, collapsing in the middle, or […]
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Snapshots of the Cairngorms National Park
If you’d asked me a couple of months ago to name my favourite national park, I’d probably have been torn between Snowdonia, the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District. But […]
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A Whistle-Stop Tour of Niagara Falls
After a fleeting visit to Hamilton – spent largely discovering the surrounding nature trails and not the town itself – we moved on to our next stop: Niagara Falls. Niagara […]
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Marmalade Loaf Cake
Years ago, I thought a marmalade loaf cake was just a simple tea bread. I was wrong. It’s a delicate balance of citrus zing, moist crumb, and subtle sweetness. If […]
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Puffin-Spotting at the Isle of May National Nature Reserve
Puffins are, quite possibly, the most endearing species of bird – and the Isle of May National Nature Reserve is home to thousands of them. 46,000 pairs, in fact, according […]
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Pentland Hills Regional Park: Hare Hill via Loganlea Reservoir and Maiden’s Cleugh
Hare Hill is, for me at least, the jewel in the Pentland Hills Regional Park’s crown. We’ve hiked up it in March, September, February and June (in that order, since […]
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Chocolate Mud Cake
After decades in the kitchen, experimenting with countless recipes, I’ve finally landed on the definitive chocolate mud cake formula. Forget the fancy variations; what you really need is a rock-solid […]
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Loch Rannoch and Glen Lyon: A Weekend of Cycling and Munro-Bagging
Although I spent a fair chunk of the Easter break penning the penultimate assignment for my PGDE (I can’t even begin to tell you how relieved I was to see […]
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Lime and Coconut Loaf Cake
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Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park: Ben Venue
Living in Edinburgh, we’re fortunate that there are oodles of green spaces that are easily day trip-able: the Pentland Hills Regional Park, Lomond Hills Regional Park and Loch Lomond and […]
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