"Scottish Heritage Advocate" - I'm excited to be incorporating this phrase into my mission as I look ahead to 6 months in Scotland this year. I have been wo...

Earlier this year I came face to face with a man I have wanted to meet for awhile. He stands alone in a field in Fife, where he has stood for 1500 years. He ...

As you know, I love a good treasure hunt. For me, “treasure” usually translates to a stone or ruin of some sort. One of my favourite areas to explore is arou...

As I research and write my Pictish novel, I continually seek out Pictish sites. It was a dreich day in Aberdeenshire today, (yep that’s sheets of rain coming...

Yesterday morning I woke up to this view. I spent the night hemmed in by the high tide and sheltered in a shallow cave below the cliffs that run below the Mo...

I checked another Pictish Stone off my list today, in Turriff, Aberdeenshire 😍 It is in the wall of St Ninian’s churchyard. If you check out the 3rd image, ...

David McGovern first reached out to me in 2017, to let me know about his business, Monikie Rock Art, and invite me for a blether. This was back before I had ...

If you have any interest in participating in the planning, running, sponsoring etc of Scottish Wanderlust meet-ups, please contact me :) I'm looking to creat...

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, after my overnight on Bennachie, I couldn't resist popping over to Hill of Dunnideer to check out the ruin and remnants o...

I had such lovely evening hike up Oxen Craig and Mither Tap on Bennachie last night. I’ve been up on Bennachie multiple times, via different combinations of ...

As most of you know, I'm researching to write a novel set in Pictish times. A lot is still to take shape but I thought I would post a bit of a teaser into 2 ...

Luna and I are making our way back to Aberdeenshire, and making a Pictish day of it. Here’s Luna at the High Keillor Stone (near Coupar Angus), demonstrating...

I’m trying to focus on itinerary reviews but my mind keeps wandering to Bennachie ❤️ I never tire of this spot on Mither Tap on Bennachie, the entrance to th...

Luna and I had a 3 mile nice morning hike up Mither Tap on Bennachie via the Gordon Way and Heather Brig trails. As always when I’m on Bennachie, my mind is ...

You know how much I love Pictish stones - so imagine my delight when I was out with my friend Andrew McAlindon the other day and just happened upon this one ...

October 19th - today I celebrate my own personal Independence Day. It was 3 years ago on October 19, 2015 that I arrived in Boston after departing the coast ...

With his book Photographing Scotland, Dougie Cunningham has managed to do justice to Scotland, and that is no easy task. There are a lot of books out there a...