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Arty loo with a view

Take a hike around Dundee’s Riverside Nature Park and, as you approach this tiny cabin, you would be forgiven for … More

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Frankenstein Steps, Dundee

As a teenager, author Mary Shelley spent two extended summers in Dundee, ostensibly recuperating from illness, but also avoiding the … More

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Calum’s Path, Raasay

At the northern end of the island of Raasay one man famously built a road. After campaigning for years for … More

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Bessie’s Cairn

Bessie’s Cairn in Glen Isla is a stout little landmark tucked away in one of the remotest corners of Angus. … More

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Climbing the Law Steps

The Law Steps is one of several routes to the summit of Dundee’s landmark Law Hill. Rising over the western … More

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Fallin’s wee mining museum

After over 80 years of coal production, Polmaise Colliery, in the village of Fallin, near Stirling, closed. The pit buildings … More

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Cleaven Dyke

Cutting through woodland near the Perthshire village of Meikleour, the Cleaven Dyke is a vast prehistoric earthwork stretching over a … More

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Scotland’s first flight ends in Fife field

When aeronautical pioneer Vincenzo Lunardi took off amid much fanfare from Edinburgh in his hot air balloon on what was … More

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Royal Pet Cemetery

Hidden away in the grounds of Glamis Castle, in Angus, is a tiny pet cemetery, the final resting place of … More

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Hermit of Kinpurney Hill

Overlooking the Vale of Strathmore, Kinpurney Hill in Angus is one of my favourite wee hills. The short but strenuous … More

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