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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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New book - 'Britain's Trees'
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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
  • Hawthorn – bride of the hedgerow
  • The fragrance of juniper
  • The darkness of the yew
SCOTTISH CASTLES
  • Skipness Castle and Kilbrannan Chapel
  • Doune Castle: seat of power
  • Dunyvaig Castle, Isle of Islay
  • Linlithgow Palace
MEGALITHIC
  • Nether Largie: secrets in stone
  • The Tuilyies stones
  • The stone circles of Fortingall
  • Callanish: a ring to rule them all
CHURCHES, CHAPELS & ABBEYS
  • An old graveyard near Callander
  • Kirkstall Abbey – ancient heart of Leeds
  • St Moluag’s Cathedral on the Isle of Lismore
  • Rosslyn Chapel: catching the light
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