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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
  • A wand of hazel
  • The enchantment of the rowan
  • The song of the aspen
  • The power of the elder
SCOTTISH CASTLES
  • Dunvegan Castle – still holding fast
  • Castle Stalker: plenty to brood on
  • Dunstaffnage Castle: defiant to the last
  • Doune Castle: seat of power
MEGALITHIC
  • Diarmuid and Grainne: a boar hunt and a tragic love story in Glen Lonan
  • A folk tale, a battlefield, and a witch’s leap
  • The Ballymeanoch stones, Kilmartin Glen
  • Greadal Fhinn – a chambered cairn and a Norse burial
CHURCHES, CHAPELS & ABBEYS
  • Dunkeld Cathedral: Scotland’s sacred heart
  • Dunstaffnage Chapel – haunted by sadness
  • Muthill Old Church and Tower
  • The Garvellachs: just below the surface
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