This morning I felt a bit overwhelmed by my writing to-do list, and the pressures from those expectations have started to get to me. So I...

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...

I was in the Pictish section of the Inverness Museum (where else would I be!) when I saw a mention of a hillfort site reused by the Picts...

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...

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...

I took a walk up to McCaig’s Tower up above Oban this afternoon. It was a very grey day but the rain held off. John Stuart McCaig was a...

I have stayed with my friends in North Berwick multiple times and one of the highlights is visiting Tantallon Castle. It is an expansive...

On a lovely spring day my good friend Bob and I were rambling around exploring in the lands of Moray and Aberdeenshire. I was scouting...

Today is my last full day in Scotland (for this trip) - I fly out of Glasgow in the morning. I’ll be spending the summer in my rural...

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...