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  • The Fortingall Yew: symbol of eternity

    March 26, 2014 /

    This yew tree in a Perthshire churchyard may be 5,000 years old: it's astounding to think how much human history it has witnessed in its lifetime.

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    The gentleness of willow

    March 18, 2023

    The fire of the ash

    August 9, 2016

    The old pinewoods in Glen Orchy

    October 17, 2025
  • Glen Lonan: ‘The Road of the Kings’

    March 24, 2014 /

    What links this quiet glen in Argyll with the sacred island of Iona? The answer lies in the passing of Scotland's kings...

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    Birdsong and light

    January 31, 2026

    Ellen’s Isle

    September 16, 2015

    Dunvegan Castle

    August 6, 2013
  • St Andrews: the glorious Cathedral

    March 20, 2014 /

    Continuing my exploration of St Andrews, I'm now looking at the ruins of its spectacular medieval Cathedral...

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    In search of MacMarquis’s chin

    August 26, 2023

    Torphichen Preceptory – stone-cold but compelling

    April 15, 2015

    Ardchattan Priory: a place of serenity on Loch Etive

    July 10, 2014
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