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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 …
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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 song of the aspen
  • The fire of the ash
  • Sycamore: colonist or custodian?
  • The darkness of the yew
SCOTTISH CASTLES
  • Old Castle Lachlan: loyalty and loss
  • In a nutshell: Cardoness Castle
  • Castle Sween: still watching for the sails
  • Kilchurn Castle on Loch Awe
MEGALITHIC
  • Kintraw’s lonely watcher
  • Temple Wood stone circles, Kilmartin Glen
  • Greadal Fhinn – a chambered cairn and a Norse burial
  • A walk to Rí Cruin Cairn
CHURCHES, CHAPELS & ABBEYS
  • Dryburgh Abbey
  • Sweetheart Abbey
  • St Margaret’s Chapel in Edinburgh Castle
  • The secrets of St Cormac
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