This is the battle cry of Clan Grant and today we set off on a circumnavigation of Loch Ness to explore their lands. Castle Urquhart,...

On Monday we left Skye (very sadly!) and headed for Fort William to meet Angus (very happily!). On Tuesday morning Gus duly arrived on...

The weathersnike had done very well procuring good weather, so we decided to go on the boat from Elgol over to Loch Coruisk, at the base...

A couple of weeks ago we went to Waternish, today we went to Durinish. Durinish is next to Waternish and north of Minginish and West of...

Bla Bheinn (Blaven is how you say it) is a Munro made of gabbro rock, next to the Cuillins. It is the background to much of the Elgol...

This sunset deserves a post of its own. You'll see why below. These pictures are chronological, over the space of about an hour.

With promising signs from the Norwegians we decided to spend two days on the mainland, exploring Wester Ross. Wester Ross is basically...

I think I've mentioned before about photo tourism. Skye has become a mecca for Instagram tourists looking to 'get the shot', but also for...

Today there was actual sunshine, so after a morning of churning out the words and hunting down the ancestors we went for a walk up a...

After two days of working while it rained outside, today we got a gap in the weather so we walked to Suishinish, a ruined village cleared...

With some promising sunshine symbols from the Norwegians, we decided to escape our little hut and explore the Waternish peninsula. We...

Now, out of loyalty and a sense of marital duty I have not mentioned on this blog that my weathersnike is broken. His usual triangulation...

The weather has continued fine-ish, windy and cold. We are working away like little bees in our separate cells in the hive - one room and...

Last year we did the beginning of this walk, but didn't have enough time to go all the way down to the magnificent, isolated beach. It's...

Tigh Phoil is the name of our crofter's cottage on Skye. Gaelic looks so complex and romantic as a language I had all sorts of ideas...

We awoke on our last day in the Dales to a brilliantly sunny day...no, wait, it was raining. (Image quality rather severely reduced to...

So today was our last day in Yorkshire. Tomorrow we are on the road north, heading as far as Loch Lomond for the night before repairing...

Today the weather had brightened up, so after lunch we set out to explore the hill behind our house, Aye Gill Pike. We started at home...

Another dreary day, but we headed off this afternoon to do a river valley walk in a nearby dale: Wharfedale. We began at Hubberholme,...

Today the weather was slightly brighter, so we took the opportunity to head to the Lake District for the day. The Lake District is...