Nestled in the Scottish Borders, St Mary’s Loch captivates with its serene waters, historic ties to William Wallace and literary icons like Sir Walter Scott, and endless trails for hiking and watersports
Continue reading →Among the many islands we visited in Scotland, the Outer Hebrides are among those which left the greatest impression on us. We always come back from our Hebridean journeys (Inner and Outer Hebrides) with new, wonderful, unforgettable memories. But there is a specificity of the Western Isles. Each island of this distant Scottish archipelago, to which St Kilda belongs, adds … Continue reading →
Happy day very dear friends and loyal readers, 🙂 Gosh we are in for a treat today thanks to Mairiuna who informed me about a beautiful and spectacular garden located at Portrack House near Dumfries in Scotland: The Garden of Cosmic Speculation which opened in 1998, inspired by modern-day cosmological theories. It incorporates sculptures, water features, paths, lawns, a walled … Continue reading →
Dear readers, The 13th February is a date marked in red ink (bloody red) on the Scottish calendar…Â it’s a date to remember, and indeed it has been remembered again and again, the sad history being passed from generation to generation of Scottish people … they will never forget the innocent people who fell in Glencoe on that fateful day … Continue reading →
Dear readers, dear friends and fans of Scotland, the whole team of Scotiana wishes you a very Happy New Year! May our Scottish adventures inspire you to travel and walk on the wonderful paths of La Belle Alba… Never more than in winter, does she wear her lovely name better… !!! HAPPY HOGMANAY !!! https://youtu.be/hAkadrmhhx0 Let me share … Continue reading →
So, we’ve come back from our winter trip in Scotland though, after one month of Scottish adventures we were not at all eager to leave. Days are so short in winter, still more in the north, and time passed much more quickly than during our former trips! It was quite frustrating too that so many places of interest were closed … Continue reading →
Such is the atmosphere of the melancholy valley of Glencoe that it still seems to be haunted by what happened there so long ago on that fatal day of 13 February 1692 when 38 members of Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by government forces billeted with them. The friendly and unsuspecting villagers were slaughtered at five o’ clock in … Continue reading →
Having travelled many times around Scotland, I noticed that many Scottish towns have a unicorn carved on the pinnacle of its ‘Merkat’ Cross. Why so?… Because the ‘Mercat’ (market) cross was the traditional heart of the burgh and although we now look at the unicorns as a mythical creature, in times past there were a lot who believed in their … Continue reading →
Dear readers, Today, in our quest of the best of Scotland, I invite you to discover the Orkney Islands, one of our favourite Scottish places. There is something magical in these islands of the North, something different than in mainland Scotland. In sharing our pictures with you I’ll try to give you an idea of the beauty of the … Continue reading →
At the end of last May, on our road from St Fillans to Glenturret Distillery (the famous “Grouse Experience”) and Drummond Gardens, as we were driving along loch Earn in a lovely area of Perthshire, we suddenly fell upon the enigmatic figure of an iron man emerging from the water like in a sci-fi film … We stopped and … Continue reading →
 What would he find there ? What new friends would he make ? What new songs would he sing ? Over what graves would he stand a moment in thought ? (In Search of Scotland – H.V. Morton) Our overseas adventures consist of three parts: planning, going and remembering. Over the years, we’ve found we like them all equally. … Continue reading →
Hi everybody, Our journey goes on in Argyll and the Isles, in search of the best of Scotland and today a little passenger ferry will lead us to Iona, one of the jewels of Argyll & The Isles. With its 3 miles (4,8 km) from north to south and its 1.5 miles (2,4 km) from east to west, … Continue reading →
Dear readers, Last time I opened our photo albums to share with you pictures of Scotland in its gorgeous spring yellow colour but YELLOW is only one of the many wonderful colours which give Scotland such an irresistible charm. Today, I would like to make you discover the country in its most lovely shades of BLUE, a fresh … Continue reading →
‘Glencoe has no melancholy except that which men bring to it, remembering its history. (..) (John Prebble – Glencoe) ………………………. One of the main reasons why so many people do love Scotland is certainly the outstanding beauty of its landscapes: the vast expanses of untouched wilderness, the omnipresence of mountains which, classified in Munros, Corbetts, Grahams, Donalds and … Continue reading →
In 2006, on Itinerary 5, we stopped our car on the side of the A82. We love this road which leads to Glencoe, the place where, in 2000, on Itinerary 1, we definitely fell in love with Scotland in front of one of the most striking and beautiful landscapes we ever saw. There were already a number of cars parked … Continue reading →
