The Isle of Arran is often referred to as “Scotland in Miniature”, and for good reason. The Highland Boundary Fault…
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park: Stob Binnein and Ben More
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 […]
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Summer Fruit Crumble Cake
Ingredients For the cake: For the crumble topping: Method: Tips:
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Geneva: Mountains and Monuments
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 […]
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Edinburgh: One Day, Seven Hills
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 […]
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New York: 15 Things to See in The City That Never Sleeps
Almost ten months after we started planning our trip, it was coming to an end in New York. This was hands down one of my favourite places that we visited […]
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Traces of History in Boston
Nearing the end of our trip, we visited one of America’s oldest cities: Boston. From Philadelphia, it was about a seven hour bus journey, with a change in New York. […]
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A Wet Weekend at Hadrian’s Wall, Part II: Along the Whin Sill
We couldn’t stay near Hadrian’s Wall and not walk at least some of the Hadrian’s Wall Path. We’d had a taster of it the previous day, with short walks near […]
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A Wet Weekend at Hadrian’s Wall, Part I: Exploring Housesteads Roman Fort
We Brits, or so the stereotype goes, like talking about the weather. And that’s how this weekend trip to Hadrian’s Wall begins. When we left Edinburgh, it was raining: fat […]
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Scotland’s ‘Small Isles’: 3 Days Exploring Rùm National Nature Reserve
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 […]
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Visiting Ulva: A Hidden(ish) Gem off the Isle of Mull
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 […]
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