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
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
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
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
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
Cleaven Dyke
Cutting through woodland near the Perthshire village of Meikleour, the Cleaven Dyke is a vast prehistoric earthwork stretching over a … More
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
Royal Pet Cemetery
Hidden away in the grounds of Glamis Castle, in Angus, is a tiny pet cemetery, the final resting place of … More
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