Journey through Orkney’s timeless landscapes and folklore with George Mackay Brown, Orkney’s beloved poet and storyteller whose works capture the islands’ Norse heritage, Viking echoes, and mystical spirit.
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 →
When we first discovered Scotland, like many travellers, we immediately fell in love with this wonderful land. Since then we have never stopped going back there, again and again, never getting tired of its wild beauty, of the quality of its light, of its changing skies… . . There is truly something magical in the solitary rugged landscapes, in the … Continue reading →
The first time I heard about St Kilda islands was during a conference on Scotland given by Serge Oliéro on 17 January 2000. It was only a few months before our first Scottish journey. Serge Oliéro is the author of Terre d’Écosse which he dedicated to me with these words “Pour Marie-Agnès Bon voyage chez les Celtes”. None of us … Continue reading →
Dear readers, Are you ready to resume our trip around Scotland and to discover or re-discover some of its most beautiful landscapes and seascapes? Books, maps, photo albums and notebooks are gathered on my desk ready to make us dream about ‘Everything Scotland’. Last time we focused on the beautiful Cowal peninsula and the Isle of Bute, ‘Doon the Water’ … Continue reading →
