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Nacreous clouds

Over the last couple of days, towards sunrise and sunset, our skies have contained something that I never really hoped …

Fog bows

The only time I have ever seen a fog bow is very early one summer’s morning, as we were driving towards …

Anti-crepuscular rays

“Anti-crepuscular rays!” isn’t perhaps the first expression that springs to mind when you’re surveying the early evening sky but it’s …
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I'm honoured to be Writer in Residence at the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. This book celebrates the lives of 50 great explorers......
BRITISH TREES
  • The Scots pine: keeper of the forest
  • The song of the aspen
  • The majesty of the beech
  • The spirit of the alder
SCOTTISH CASTLES
  • Loch Leven Castle
  • Old Castle Lachlan: loyalty and loss
  • Skipness Castle and Kilbrannan Chapel
  • Doune Castle: seat of power
MEGALITHIC
  • Loch Nell: the Tomb of the Giants and a Serpent Mound
  • Clach na Carraig or Diarmid’s Pillar
  • The Devil’s Arrows: shafts of darkness
  • Nether Largie: secrets in stone
CHURCHES, CHAPELS & ABBEYS
  • Dunkeld Cathedral: Scotland’s sacred heart
  • Tullibardine Chapel
  • Kilneuair Chapel
  • Ardchattan Priory: a place of serenity on Loch Etive
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