Scotiana

Just stumbled upon this article about the 2011 British Wildlife Photography Award and being a photography lover, I’m very excited to share it with you.
Especially that it reports that the overall winner is Scottish Photographer Richard Shucksmith, who lives on the beautiful Shetland Islands!
 
The winners in twelve categories of the 2011 British Wildlife Photography Awards [...]

Wishing You A Great 2012!
Hogmanay is the Scots word for the celebration of the New Year in the Scottish manner. Its official date is the 31st of December. However this is normally only the start of a celebration which lasts through the night until the morning of the 1st or, in many cases, the 2nd [...]

I would like to begin this post with a few words about Lettres de Gourgounel (1979), one of the first books written by Kenneth White (his first book of prose) and also the first book I‘ve read by this author. The title of the original English edition is Letters from Gourgounel (1966) but it has [...]

“How far, how far to Gretna? ‘Tis years and years away,
And chaise and four will nevermore fling dust across the day;
But as I ride the Carlisle road, where life and love have been,
I hear again the beating hooves go through to Gretna Green.”
Anon.

Bonjour Jean-Claude, Janice et Marie-Agnès! Hello again from Scotland! [...]

Mairiuna, before the New Year ramps up, why not investigate about our most popular posts to see what are our readers’ favourite subjects?
Let’s see what the stats reveal. Suspense….
And the winners are :
1. Rannoch Moor:  First Steps Into The Scottish Wilderness
 
People seemed to be energized in the clear and fresh atmosphere of the place and everybody looked happy [...]