Fantasy tram network for Inverness
An excruciatingly detailed walk-through of my imagined fantasy tram network for Inverness.
Places to go, ways to get there… anything about travel, transport and exploration, both near and far
An excruciatingly detailed walk-through of my imagined fantasy tram network for Inverness.
An account of a more than twenty mile walk from Inverness to Drumnadrochit.
A series of posts about a road trip up the A9 to the very north of the Scottish mainland, culminating in a visit to the fascinating depopulated island of Stroma in the Pentland Firth.
In which I get interviewed by the Inverness Courier for my views on what Inverness city centre needs.
Knoydart is one of Scotland’s most beautiful but least accessible areas, where a difficult history of land ownership still casts a shadow over the community’s cautiously optimistic future. I spent a week walking, cycling and exploring there in May 2016. Here are a few posts from the trip.
A visit to the West Yorkshire town of Todmorden. I didn’t get abducted by aliens but I did encounter the pinkest microbrewery ever.
A post about the spectacular Clava viaduct on the train line just south from Inverness, and some photos I’ve taken from (and of) it over the years.
Following a few visits to Cork, in Ireland, some reflections on the city’s fabulous craft beer scene.
A weekend in Glenesk, featuring the two highlights of a climb up Mount Keen and a visit to the interesting folk museum.
A report of a trip to well-known beer bar The Anderson, in Fortrose, a little north of Inverness.
A series of posts from three trips to Armenia – a tiny land on the edge of Europe where a tragic and devastating history and a rich, deep cultural heritage all somehow lay the foundation for a dynamic, welcoming and thoroughly engaging country.
Out of curiosity I spurned a night in Paris for a night at Charles de Gaulle airport. It was a surprisingly interesting experience.
Two days in Cork on a work trip left me little time to see this major Irish city. So I was more or less entirely dependent on taxi drivers for my impressions.
In which I finally get to visit the famously beautiful Pass of Killiecrankie, rather than whoosh by it on the train.
A quick visit to the surprisingly interesting Rannoch station, on the West Highland Line.
A wander around Nigg Old Church and the haunting walk that runs from its graveyard to the shores of the Cromarty Firth.
As I get a new passport for a forthcoming overseas trip, I reflect on passports, stamps and disappearing border posts.
I recently visited Islay, Colonsay and Jura as part of my research for Island Hopping. Here’s a sneak preview of what I got up to, plus a link to my photos.
In which I stumble across a foreign country in the middle of the Highlands – Islonia, Scotland’s very own micronation.
A wee review of a new Highlands and Islands tourist information website: True Highlands.