Sinclair Mausoleum
An exploration of the centuries-old Sinclair Mausoleum, near Ulbster in Caithness.
A brief stop in Helmsdale
A quick stop in Helmsdale, Sutherland, en route to the island of Stroma. A place well worthy of a return visit.
Preview: A Ride in the Neon Sun, by Josie Dew
A preview of July’s Reading Female Travel Writers title, A Ride in the Neon Sun by Josie Dew.
Review: Fabled Shore, by Rose Macaulay
My review of June’s title in my Reading Female Travel Writers series – Rose Macaulay’s beautiful if plodding Fabled Shore.
Preview: Fabled Shore, by Rose Macaulay
My preview of June’s Reading Female Travel Writers title, Fabled Shore by Rose Macaulay.
Review: Among Muslims, by Kathleen Jamie
My review of May’s title in my Reading Female Travel Writers series – Kathleen Jamie’s Among Muslims.
Preview: Among Muslims, by Kathleen Jamie
Next in my 2017 “Reading Female Travel Writers” quest is my preview of May’s title, Kathleen Jamie’s Among Muslims: Meetings at the Frontiers of Pakistan.
Review: Skating to Antarctica, by Jenny Diski
My review of April’s title in my Reading Female Travel Writers mission – Jenny Diski’s powerful and beautiful Skating to Antarctica.
Preview: Skating to Antarctica, by Jenny Diski
A preview of April’s title in my Reading Female Travel Writers mission – Jenny Diski’s Skating to Antarctica.
Review: Travels With My Radio, by Fi Glover
My review of March’s title in my Reading Female Travel Writers mission – Fi Glover’s fun and informative Travels With My Radio.
Preview: Travels With My Radio, by Fi Glover
A preview of March’s title in my Reading Female Travel Writers mission – Fi Glover’s Travels With My Radio.
Review: Full Tilt, by Dervla Murphy
My second book review in my 2017 quest to read female-authored travel writing – Dervla Murphy’s Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle.
Preview: Full Tilt, by Dervla Murphy
My preview of February’s title for my Reading Female Travel Writers project: Dervla Murphy’s Full Tilt.
Review: The Virago Book of Women Travellers
My review of the first book in my 2017 quest to read female-authored travel writing – the Virago Book of Women Travellers.
Preview: The Virago Book Of Women Travellers
My preview of the first title in my “reading female travel writers” project: The Virago Book Of Women Travellers, edited by Mary Morris and Larry O’Connor.
A new reading project for 2017
An introduction to my 2017 project of reading female travel writers.
Plastic Mary and the Nazi sympathiser
An exploration of two of Knoydart’s constructed landmarks – a statue of Mary and a vanity construct by a Nazi sympathiser.
A cycle to Airor
A cycle from Inverie to Knoydart’s other main settlement of Airor.
Luinne Bheinn & Meall Bhuidhe
An account of a cracking day’s hillwalking in Knoydart that took in Luinne Bheinn and Meall Bhuidhe.
Inverie city centre
An overview of Inverie, the bustling wee settlement at the heart of the Knoydart Estate, and – not that it feels like it – mainland Britain’s remotest village.