The North Coast 500, Scotland’s answer to the USA’s Route 66, stretches more than 500 miles around the north of the country. The drive takes in everything from beaches to mountains, cliffs to castles – and I experienced them all…
Visiting Dunnet Bay Distillery: Spirits and Stories from the Far North of Scotland
The distilling room at Dunnet Bay Distillery in Caithness feels like a cross between a chemistry lab and the potions cupboard at Hogwarts. Clear glass bottles with percentages and numbers inked on the outside perch near a tiny vacuum still….
My Weekend in the North of Scotland: Caithness, Sutherland, and the NC500
Darkness comes slowly to the north. Even in Scotland’s winter months a light lingers low in the sky after the early sundown, leaving a slight trace of twilight until, finally, darkness descends. It was this glow in the late afternoon…
Notes on Going Home (Again): A Week in Lewis and Harris
It was March 2016 when I first returned home to the Outer Hebrides, 18 months after moving to the USA and being prohibited from travelling. I expected the experience to be revelatory, and in the end it was, but not…
A Week in Lewis and Harris – on Video!
Lewis and Harris. You rarely hear of one Hebridean island without the other, and there’s a good reason for it: the two islands are actually one. It’s easy to see how the situation could get confusing for anyone unfamiliar with…
10 Books to Read Before Visiting Scotland’s Outer Hebrides
The islands of the Outer Hebrides have been inspiring writing – fact, fiction, and downright fancy – for years. From the 18th century diary entries of Boswell and Johnson, to the current-day best-sellers by Peter May, writers visiting (or living…
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