Wildlife & Nature Trespassing February 06, 2018 3043 Views 21 Comments Renewing my love of hazels, and the spells that they weave...
Catkins Purdey’s PAWS Awards 2018 February 01, 2018 2639 Views 6 Comments It's that time of year again! Polish your whiskers and get ready to cast your votes in Purdey's PAWS …
Latest Feature The Hazel Tree – now on the west coast! January 31, 2018 4228 Views 48 Comments A new home for us, and for The Hazel Tree, on the coast of Argyll
Poetry ‘Song of the trees’ December 14, 2017 2591 Views 24 Comments An evocative and heartwarming poem by Joy Mead
British trees , Wildlife & Nature Sycamore: colonist or custodian? October 06, 2017 3026 Views 27 Comments Often seen as an intruder in old woodlands, the sycamore still deserves a second glance for its beauty - and …
Wildlife & Nature 12 Trees in Autumn October 01, 2017 2512 Views 18 Comments Celebrating the variety of seasonal colour in our best-loved deciduous trees
Wildlife & Nature Three favourite woodlands for autumn colour September 17, 2017 2182 Views 18 Comments Looking forward to the glorious colours of these woodlands in Argyll and Perthshire
Wildlife & Nature Rosebay willowherb August 25, 2017 2244 Views 18 Comments 'Fireweed' or 'bombweed' lights up roadside verges and waste ground with a blaze of late summer colour
Photography Windows: Culross Palace July 31, 2017 1519 Views 16 Comments Distinctive dormer windows in the roof of Culross Palace
History , Megalithic sites Standing stone near Loch Ederline July 27, 2017 1942 Views 15 Comments Checking fields at random around Kilmartin Glen will reveal any number of cairns and standing stones. This one, right …
History , Scottish castles Blackness Castle July 22, 2017 1903 Views 16 Comments There's nothing romantic about this castle on the Firth of Forth: armed to the teeth, with walls 18 feet …
Churches, abbeys and chapels , History Kilbride Kirk, Lerags July 04, 2017 1995 Views 23 Comments In this mossy graveyard close to Loch Feochan, many generations of MacDougalls have been laid to rest
Carved crosses , History The Lerags Cross July 02, 2017 1144 Views 17 Comments Standing beside the road to Lerags in Argyll is this beautiful late medieval cross
Photography Windows: Dunfermline Abbey March 09, 2017 1916 Views 19 Comments The third in my photo-series is this beautiful stained glass window by Douglas Strachan in the old nave of Dunfermline …
Catkins Purdey's PAWS Awards 2017 – the Results! February 27, 2017 695 Views 5 Comments Who will snatch the Golden Fir Cone this year? The results are in!
History , Megalithic sites Clava Cairns February 25, 2017 1961 Views 0 Comment Rays from the midwinter sunset filter into the deep heart of these passage graves, built 4,000 years ago in northern …
History A morning in Kilmartin Glen March 17, 2018 3669 Views 26 Comments A quiet walk around some of my favourite places - Nether Largie and Temple Wood
History , Megalithic sites Nether Largie: secrets in stone October 02, 2013 3026 Views 26 Comments Neither a circle nor a row, the arrangement of stones at Nether Largie in Argyll is puzzling in the extreme. …
Churches, abbeys and chapels , History Ardchattan: in the footsteps of St Baodan March 25, 2016 1495 Views 26 Comments Sometimes the most beautiful churches have the least to say: this is certainly true of Kilmodan, high above Loch …
Churches, abbeys and chapels , History Kilberry: sculptured stones and an enduring mystery November 17, 2013 2298 Views 25 Comments You're wandering around the ancient woodlands and rocky shores of Knapdale, lost in the tranquillity of the landscape. What …
History Looking for the Rock of the Dead April 15, 2018 4186 Views 25 Comments How much history is held in a place-name? Quite a lot, if this story attached to a rock on …
Photography Museum garden in St Andrews September 02, 2014 846 Views 25 Comments A lovely old doorway in St Andrews, enhanced by a stunning display of late summer flowers
Latest Feature Festive greetings… December 21, 2018 2256 Views 25 Comments Sending you the warmest of wishes on the winter solstice
History The Butter Bridge, Glen Kinglas March 21, 2015 2231 Views 25 Comments There's something about old bridges, especially when they are left marooned in the past, like this one in Glen Kinglas. …
History , Megalithic sites Callanish: a ring to rule them all January 06, 2012 2316 Views 24 Comments On a wind-scoured hillside in the west of Lewis, nothing prepares you for the stark magnificence of Callanish...
Churches, abbeys and chapels , History Jedburgh Abbey October 01, 2015 1846 Views 24 Comments Breathtaking medieval architecture… and a delicious story of a phantom wedding guest
Wildlife & Nature A festival of fungi November 02, 2013 1019 Views 24 Comments Encouraged by the damp autumn, these weird and wonderful fungi are having a ball in the woodlands at the moment! …
Poetry ‘Song of the trees’ December 14, 2017 2591 Views 24 Comments An evocative and heartwarming poem by Joy Mead
Colin's easel ‘Kingdom of Ice’ – new golden eagle painting November 12, 2013 1069 Views 24 Comments A new painting of a golden eagle set against the magnificent backdrop of the Scottish highlands...
Wildlife & Nature Ballachuan hazel wood May 11, 2016 2271 Views 23 Comments I've never walked through a woodland quite like this one: the ancient hazel wood of Ballachuan on the island …
British trees , Wildlife & Nature The holly bears the crown November 26, 2013 2449 Views 23 Comments Glowing with colour when the year is at its darkest, holly was once thought to symbolise immortality. It's pretty …
Uncategorized What’s this? August 12, 2013 963 Views 23 Comments This time my quiz is short and sweet – tell me what this is! Extra clues: it measures about 5 …
