Hiking on Orkney

Hiking on Orkney was one of my major reasons for travelling there. My original aim was…

Podcast #045: Get Outside Day

Welcome to Episode 45 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. This podcast episode…

Papa Westray

Papa Westray, also known as Papay, is one of the smaller islands in the Orkney archipelago.…

Overview of the Orkney Islands

I’d been eyeing up Orkney for some time, especially after I visited the Outer Hebrides back…

Hiking in Ardnamurchan

Ardnamurchan is a peninsula in the far west of Scotland, lying about halfway up, kind of…

Podcast #033: Kinder Scout

Welcome to Episode 33 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. This episode is…

Pink Lakes, Stargazing, and Wildflowers

In a previous post, I talked about places you could visit within day trips from Perth.…

Landscape of the Outer Hebrides

When you look on a map, the Outer Hebrides look pretty remote and uninteresting, and you…

Outer Hebrides Overview

I visited the Outer Hebrides in July 2019. It came off the back of my trek…

Five Days in Lesotho

I only had five days in Lesotho, but it was enough to let me see that…

The Matapos and Cecil Rhodes

It’s hard to talk about Africa and not mention colonialism; its effects down here in Southern…

A Day Trip to Chobe National Park

Botswana – cue images of hippos, elephants, and crocodiles, easily visible on a luxury safari. When…