Scottish love poems & songs Culture | 13 February 2021 It’s that time of the year again – red and pink take over shop shelves, rom-coms dominate TV schedules, and the whole world tries to convince us that everything can be made into a romantic gift. But as you landed on our blog, you clearly …
Five magical Outlander locations in Scotland Destinations | 1 February 2021 Even though touring Outlander set locations might be a plan for the future, one of the few things we can still do in these cold dark months is binge on the series’ rollercoaster five seasons. As we await the next instalments of the time-travel …
Burns Night traditions Traditions | 18 January 2021 In a week’s time people around the globe will be meeting for another Burns Night – an annual celebration of Scotland’s National Bard. As we still live in the shadow of the pandemic, many of those traditional suppers will take place over video chat and paradoxically this …
New Year’s resolutions: travel to Scotland in 2021! Destinations | 4 January 2021 We’ve made it. Our concerns and challenges didn’t disappear overnight, but we can at least say it out loud: the nightmarish year 2020 is behind us. We thought a wee cheerful post is in order to cautiously draw a line under the …
What to do for Hogmanay? Traditions | 21 December 2020 It’s difficult this year to write in upbeat tones about fun things to do on a New Year’s Break in Scotland as – you guessed it – sadly most of the world-famous outdoor celebrations have been cancelled. We cross our fingers and toes hoping that …