Katie MacLeod, Author at Stories My Suitcase Could Tell

Celebrating 9 Years of Stories My Suitcase Could Tell

Without a doubt, year nine of Stories My Suitcase Could Tell has been the quietest one yet. This was the year that borders closed, the world slowed down, and we all retreated indoors in the face of a global pandemic,…

A North Uist Day Trip, In Photos

Is it possible to do a North Uist day trip from Lewis and Harris, or vice versa? It’s a question I’ve been asked a lot, and my answer is always “Of course!” While I would obviously recommend longer than a…

My 2020 Travel Plans: A Mid-Year Update

Well, that didn’t go according to plan! My annual “Travel Plans and Dreams” post from January of this year is so far removed from life as it is now, in the summer of 2020, that reading it feels like looking…

Notes on 7 Weeks of Lockdown

Birdsong and sirens are the soundtrack to my days, now. Amidst the regular chatter of the birds outside are three, clear descending notes: a song so smooth, so distinct, that it stands out from all the rest. After some online…

Travelling (Or Not) in the Time of Coronavirus

At the start of the year, as I always do, I wrote about my 2020 travel plans. The travel plan I was most looking forward to, unsurprisingly, was returning home to Scotland for Easter. With my brother’s school holidays coinciding…

A Day Trip to Mount Rainier National Park

The view in front of us reminded me of a scene from a children’s storybook, like Heidi, or Hansel and Gretel. Colourful wildflowers swaying in the slightest chill of a breeze. Straight-backed pine trees pointing at a cornflower blue sky….