A collection of 50 offbeat attractions, quirky curiosities and hidden gems, the kind of places you will find here on…
The Journey Begins…
Welcome to Scotland… Not to the Scotland of glossy tourist brochures, airbrushed landscape photographs, coach parties, visitor centres and woollen…
Calum’s Path, Raasay
At the northern end of the island of Raasay one man famously built a road. After campaigning for years for…
Crawford Priory Mausoleum
In death you would expect others to leave you in peace. However, that does not appear to have been the…
Bessie’s Cairn
Bessie’s Cairn in Glen Isla is a stout little landmark tucked away in one of the remotest corners of Angus.…
Crawford Priory
In its day, Crawford Priory, in north east Fife, was one of Scotland’s most spectacular Gothic mansions, one slightly eccentric…
Inchcolm Island Tunnel
While the island of Inchcolm, in the Firth of Forth, is perhaps best known for its ancient abbey, it is…
Loch Long Torpedo Range
The former Royal Navy Torpedo Range at Arrochar on Loch Long, once a vital part of the country’s defence network,…
Moncur Castle
Hidden away in the Carse of Gowrie, Moncur Castle, near Inchture, is an ancient site in danger of disappearing from…
Charles Hill Battery, Fife
In an earlier post, I described my exploration of the military remains of the First World War battery at Braefoot…
Tayport’s grave of the ‘unknown bairn’
The identity of Tayport’s ‘unknown bairn’ is a mystery that has endured for over half a century and looks set…
Law Hill murder memorial
While a mighty memorial dedicated to the brave men who fell in the Great War dominates the summit of Dundee’s…
Secret Scotland 