The summer walking trip to London is now an annual pilgrimage for me. This year I booked four nights at the Walrus Hostel in Waterloo,...

Situated between Stirling and Aberfoyle in a far corner of historic Perthshire, Flanders Moss is a vast expanse of ancient landscape. It...

It was the first day of my Easter holidays and I headed up to Dundee with Nicole, where she had to attend university. After dropping her...

An ancient royal burgh within the historic County of Perth, Dunblane stands on the banks of the Allan Water and is dominated by the...

I always have a free Thursday and Friday in the middle of February and this year we booked a hotel in Dundee for a couple of nights....

After the usual prandial excess of the festive period, it was time to clock up some walking mileage. I'd had my eye on the Tweed Railway...

When you begin birdwatching, the sightings of different species roll in thick and fast. As time goes on, you reach the point where unique...

A few months ago, I picked up a leaflet detailing walking trails around the Lanarkshire village of Forth. One route that caught my eye...

My wife Nicole started birdwatching a few years ago and has rapidly ascended to an advanced level. I have made more relaxed inroads to...

The newbie cities of Dunfermline and Stirling were once linked by a mainline railway. Passenger services ceased in 1968 and the last...

A new waymarked walking trail opened in Glasgow last year. Linking up various green spaces in the south of the city, the Magnificent 11...

A 25-mile walking and cycling route encircles the City of Dundee. Most of the pathway is off road and a 10-mile stretch runs along the...

Our final road trip of my summer break was a jaunt up to the fringes of the Cairngorms National Park. The Angus Glens lie to the north of...

The Moray Firth cuts a large wedge into northeast Scotland. It's southern flank is a coastline we haven't explored to any great extent...

I have made a few trips up to Angus recently. Nicole sometimes works in Dundee and I take the opportunity to push further afield with the...

Last summer I had an excellent time in London, combining two of my favourite activities - walking and museum visits. I covered around 17...

A handful of new towns were constructed in central Scotland within two decades of WW2 ending. The aim of the project was to ease...

When the modern Edinburgh tram system commenced operation in 2014, it was three years late and £375 million over budget. Such scenarios...

I constructed a Glasgow walking expedition after noticing the close proximity of Dawsholm Park and Possil Marsh in the northern part of...

I always have the first Monday in June off work and we decided to book a long weekend up in the Highlands. After searching Air B&B, we...