If you’ve grown up anywhere in rural Britain, particularly the Highlands and Islands, you’ll be well familiar with passing place signs on single track roads. They are, I think, one of the most iconic features of Scottish roads. Growing up in the Uists, they were of course everywhere. Judging a passing so you and an…
There’s been so much snow and cold weather lately, not least up in the hills, that I wasn’t particularly looking forward to the camping side of our weekend away on the west coast. And waking up most mornings with frost on the tent (see above) was a sign of how cold it was. As was…
I hate the word “remote”. It is patronising and culturally biased, because inherent in the use of word “remote” is the rarely added follow-up “…from…”. In other words, somewhere is deemed remote only in the context of another place. And there lies the flaw: because if you swap starting points, it is the other place…
I’d long heard of Clachtoll beach. It is often referred to as one of Scotland’s best beaches, with a stunning location on the west coast of Sutherland. I was vaguely aware of there being a good campsite too, but I’d never been to the area and didn’t really know much about it. Then, when planning…
Given the recent weeks of freezing cold weather, including some very unseasonal snow, going camping and hiking this past weekend was probably on the face of it a silly idea. However, I was really glad Nicole and I stuck to our plans. The weather was – apart from the very cold nights – absolutely superb,…