Hiring Your Own Castle in Scotland
(Last Updated On: 18th July 2018)
If I asked you to tell me what you think of when I say ‘Scotland’, chances are castles would...
Edinburgh Festivals and Events
(Last Updated On: 19th July 2019)
Edinburgh very rightly has a reputation as the greatest festival city in the world. There’s so many of them...
Taking a Day Out from The Edinburgh Fringe
(Last Updated On: 2nd September 2019)
As great as the Edinburgh Fringe is, if you’re here for a festival holiday you’re going to reach ‘peak show’...
A Guide To Hillwalking in Scotland
(Last Updated On: 22nd August 2020)
Coming to Scotland and not hillwalking would be like going to Italy and only eating at the tourist trap...
The Meadows
(Last Updated On: 24th July 2021)
Edinburgh residents love a good old plonk in a park, and one of the nicest places to plonk in...
Edinburgh’s Innocent Railway Tunnel
(Last Updated On: 15th June 2019)
Looking at the picture above, is the first word that springs to your mind to describe this tunnel ‘innocent’?...
Ben A’an – the most spectacular ‘hill’ in The Trossachs
(Last Updated On: 2nd January 2018)
Scotland’s outdoors are so full of beauty, it would be a travesty to come here and not walk up...
Cramond Island
(Last Updated On: 11th March 2019)
If Brad Pitt (think ‘Thelma and Louise‘) is the Mediterranean, then Edinburgh’s seaside is more like Gerard Butler; not...
Burns Night in Edinburgh
(Last Updated On: 16th January 2020)
Before I moved to Edinburgh I had never heard of Burns Night, but I soon learnt it’s a tradition...
Autumn Stuff To Do In Edinburgh
(Last Updated On: 26th April 2021)
Autumn in Edinburgh. Well, I know the top question here is probably – what’s the weather like? So I’ll...