Loveofscotland

To Cruden Bay, for three of the northeast coast's main attractions, Slains Castle, the Bullers of Buchan, and the Bay of Cruden.I first came this way in the late 90s, and had both Slains Castle and the Bullers of Buchan to myself. Today could not have been more different. Slains Castle in particular was hoaching with tourists, and we felt we couldn't let the dog off the lead. Ho...

I've been to the four corners of Britain: Ardnamurchan, Lizard Point, Dunnet Head, and Lowestoft. I've been to the southernmost and westernmost points in Scotland - the Mull of Galloway, and St Kilda. So what about Scotland's easternmost point? Most people will probably tell you it is Keith Inch, the easternmost part of Peterhead Harbour in Aberdeenshire,

Did you see the eclipse? Yesterday we experienced a cloud-obscured partial one. My camera caught an artefact, a reflection of the sun's true shape, but I never saw it myself. 10% sun and Pentlands:After all the build-up in the media, a partial eclipse can seem like an anti-climax. For anyone who hasn't seen totality, it can seem like a fuss about nothing. But the difference betw...

When you think of summer in Scotland, what do you think of? Wild camps on hilltops and headlands, long days of big bike rides and hill walks, watersports on beaches, festivals and community events, holidays and sunscreen?Here's what I think of:All the things that bite and sting - midges, ticks, clegs, flies, wasps, mosquitoes and nettles. Local paths overgrown with vegetation ma...