Nature

  • Podcast #073: The Cathcart Circle

    Welcome to Episode 073 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. As you know, I’m always touting the…

  • Podcast #071: Lake Como

    Welcome to Episode 071 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. This episode is about my trip to…

  • Hiking the West Highland Way

    The West Highland Way is the archetypal and most famous of the long-distance Scottish footpaths. In many ways it’s also…

  • Mental Health and Self-Care Outside

    I issued an episode of my podcast “Travel tales from beyond the Brochure” where I spoke about “Get Outside Day”,…

  • Hiking on Orkney

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

  • Podcast #045: Get Outside Day

    Welcome to Episode 45 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. This podcast episode is all about ‘Get…

  • Papa Westray

    Papa Westray, also known as Papay, is one of the smaller islands in the Orkney archipelago. It’s around 7km north-south…

  • Overview of the Orkney Islands

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

  • Hiking in Ardnamurchan

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

  • Podcast #033: Kinder Scout

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

  • Pink Lakes, Stargazing, and Wildflowers

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

  • Landscape of the Outer Hebrides

    When you look on a map, the Outer Hebrides look pretty remote and uninteresting, and you might wonder what they…