A walk from Inverness to Drumnadrochit
An account of a more than twenty mile walk from Inverness to Drumnadrochit.
Travel doesn’t need to involve heading off to far-flung places. Some of the greatest discoveries you can make include the little-known curiosities that lurk in your own local area. Here are some tales of my adventures near to home, from camping and hillwalking around the Highlands, to some light “urbex”, photo-walking or history-hunting in and around Inverness or elsewhere in Scotland.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
I went to Fochabers. And I can’t believe that this in itself is not tempting enough to make you read on. Well, if you insist on more it has a fantastic museum.
In the light of the recent refusal of planning permission for a brewery in my home Inverness, I ask what wet weather options the city actually has. Very few, it seems. Yet things could be so much better…
In which I have a go on the long-awaited and controversial Edinburgh tram network. I mean tram line…
In which I visit the “Granite City” of Aberdeen on an extra specially grey and misty day. I manage to avoid any reference to shades of grey, which you’ll be relieved to hear.
In which I spend a few days in the east end of Glasgow, and take a few photos. Not many, just a few.
A wee look around the fading Highland town of Invergordon – where two trends appear to be attempting to change the place. For better or worse…
In which I drive to Skye and back and, for once, stop off en route to take lots of photos. It still doesn’t scratch the surface of this incredible route for a road trip.
A trip to Shetland – my first time in five years – is an opportunity to remind myself of the islands’ beauty, liveliness and inherent paradoxes.
I’ve had an article published on the Wanderlust website. Here’s a bit about it, plus a link to read it for yourself.