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  • A sport for kings at Falkland Palace

    June 7, 2014 /

    What was the exciting sport enjoyed by Mary Queen of Scots? And just how did I end up playing it myself?

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    Seacliff beach and the UK’s smallest harbour

    October 21, 2014

    A writing update

    July 12, 2024

    The ivy green

    November 20, 2022
  • Falkland Palace: power and glory

    June 5, 2014 /

    Sitting on the quiet main street of Falkland in Fife is one of the most remarkable Scottish castles, brainchild of the brilliant but ill-fated Stewart kings

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    Dunkeld Cathedral: Scotland’s sacred heart

    January 10, 2014

    Cambuskenneth Abbey

    May 20, 2015

    Caisteal nan Coin Duibh – ‘the Castle of the Black Dogs’

    February 11, 2018
  • The value of Stirling

    December 8, 2013 /

    Forbidding and silent, Stirling Castle stands on a natural clifftop overlooking the River Forth. Battles have raged below its ramparts, and murders have taken place within its walls. Let's go inside and have a look!

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    Torphichen Preceptory – stone-cold but compelling

    April 15, 2015

    Ossian’s Cave in Glen Coe

    November 26, 2015

    Stronefield: a mill, an abandoned settlement, and a lost Jacobite’s cave

    August 15, 2021
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