An ‘utter wastage of the stuff of heroism’ was how the Daily Record described Britain’s worst railway disaster. Hundreds of…
Tomatin tin tabernacle relocated
Back in 2016, when I was researching my book Tin Tabernacles and other Corrugated Iron Buildings in Scotland, I pulled…
Still Game murals
Characters from the popular BBC Scotland TV comedy Still Game have been popping up on walls in Dundee and have…
Thornton Fever Hospital
Located in a remote spot two miles west of the Fife village of Thornton, Thornton Fever Hospital – officially Kirkcaldy…
Largo House, Fife
Largely concealed from view in its own rectangular patch of overgrown woodland, ruined Largo House, in the East Neuk of…
Mount Melville House
Originally Mount Melville House, this imposing early Renaissance mansion located on the western fringe of St Andrews, Fife, latterly served…
St Fillans Serpent
As a child St Fillans Serpent was one of the highlights of car journeys across Scotland. Living on the east…
Colinton Tunnel
Scalpay shipwreck
Not much info on this shipwreck, but it was photographed in the channel of Bagh Ceann na Muice, on the…
Abandoned Tin Tabernacles
Interested in corrugated iron buildings, particularly those neglected and abandoned to the elements? Then you might be interested in my…
Secret Scotland 