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Iguazu Falls (Brazil)
One of the reasons for going to South America was to visit Iguazu Falls. I’ve always had a passion for…
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Linn Park
Linn Park lies just south of Cathcart railway station, on the edge of Glasgow Southside. It’s about 80 hectares, and…
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Pollok Country Park
Pollok Country Park, on the edge of Glasgow, is one of the most famous city parks in the UK. It’s…
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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…
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Podcast #071: Lake Como
Welcome to Episode 071 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. This episode is about my trip to…
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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…
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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”,…
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Hiking on Orkney
Hiking on Orkney was one of my major reasons for travelling there. My original aim was to walk around several…
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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…
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Papa Westray
Papa Westray, also known as Papay, is one of the smaller islands in the Orkney archipelago. It’s around 7km north-south…
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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…
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Hiking in Ardnamurchan
Ardnamurchan is a peninsula in the far west of Scotland, lying about halfway up, kind of between Fort William and…
