One of the best things about writing books set in Scotland is that everywhere you go instantly becomes inspiration for a book setting. OK, maybe not quite everywhere; I've learned the ...
I've stayed in a lot of Scottish lodges in my time - like, a LOT of Scottish lodges - and I've honestly loved them all. There's one lodge, however, which ...
One of the questions I get most often from visitors to Scotland is what on earth they should pack for their trip. I'm very flattered by this question, because it implies ...
If you’ve read any of my Heather Bay Romance Series, you’ll know the town of Heather Bay itself is supposed to be in the Scottish Highlands. Actually, though, the inspiration…
Looking for things to do in Caithness? I got you, bestie... When we visited Caithness last month, I completely fell in love with the place. Which makes it all the more ...
For most of my life, I've known –– or thought I knew –– just three things about the Orkney islands, namely: 1. They're off the north coast of Scotland, and so ...
For the October break this year, we decided to travel further north than we've ever been before: all the way to the very top of Scotland, in fact, where we ...
[Disclosure: we stayed at Fort Augustus Abbey courtesy of Abbey Holidays Loch Ness, for the purpose of this review] “Mummy, is this Hogwarts?” asked Max, as we wandered the corridors…
Want to see the most spectacular lavender fields Scotland? Read on... Full disclosure: these photos are almost two years old now - I didn't post them at the time for reasons ...
It's hard to imagine it from these photos, but Edinburgh wasn't always synonymous with cherry blossom. At some point in the last few years, though - probably due to Instagram, ...
Although our most recent trip to Loch Lomond (In which we stayed at the fabulous Stuckdarach house, which I will literally never stop raving about to anyone who'll listen...) only ...
[Disclosure: We stayed at Stuckdarach in exchange for this post. Thanks for supporting!] Looking for Loch Lomond cottage rentals? You’re going to want to check out this one… I give…
*not really This week’s post comes to you live from our Loch Ness holiday accommodation, from which I am disappointed — and yet unsurprised — to be able to confirm that ...
This post is sponsored by Lands' End, who provided my Lands End puffer coat for the purpose of this review. Thanks for supporting the brands that keep this site running! Back ...
Last Christmas, Max's aunt and uncle gave him a very generous gift card for a toy shop, and, a few days after Christmas, we took him along to pick out ...
How I *didn’t* get the shot I wanted of the Jacobite Stream train…
Welcome to the second installment (you'll find the first part here) of our Highland Road Trip, the alternative - although really quite terrible - title for which could be 'All ...
If you've been following my blog lately, you'll probably already know that we spent Max's October break visiting the Highlands of Scotland, which is a part of the country I'll ...
