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Downpour Gin North Uist

Downpour Gin: Island Life Distilled at North Uist Distillery

The sky was bright and light before breakfast; it was June in the Outer Hebrides, and night never stays long in the summer. Gannets and cormorants wheeled through the air in front of the ferry, the landmass of Berneray and…

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Edinburgh guidebook Forth Bridge

A Day Trip to Edinburgh – in the Rain!

“This is a city of shifting light, of changing skies, of sudden vistas. A city so beautiful it breaks the heart again and again.” I’ve always loved this quote about Edinburgh, written by author Alexander McCall Smith. It seems to…

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Culzean Castle Scotland

A Night at The National Trust for Scotland’s NYC Gala

Glencoe. Culloden. St Kilda. Bannockburn. These are names that most visitors to Scotland will recognise – and if you’ve been been to any of these Scottish sights, then you’ve been to a National Trust for Scotland property. From ancient houses…

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Notre Dame Bell Towers

The Magic of A Weekend in Paris

In French, a flâneur (or flâneuse) is someone who strolls, saunters, and wanders around a city. It’s a delightful sounding word, one that rolls off your tongue, and the act of being a flaneur is just as satisfying, as I…

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Walking to North Harris Eagle Observatory

A Summer Walk to the North Harris Eagle Observatory

We had almost given up waiting when a pair of Golden Eagles burst above the ridge. Only just visible to the naked eye, the two birds swooped and soared back and forth across the rocks of Glen Meavaig as my…

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Valley of the Fallen Spain

The Unspoken History at Spain’s Valley of the Fallen

As we wound our way higher into the pine-covered hills of the Sierra de Guadarrama, the air got noticeably crisper. It was still hot – this was central Spain in July, after all – but the air around us felt…

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