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  • The Palace of Holyroodhouse

    January 20, 2016 /

    At one end of Edinburgh's Royal Mile is this sumptuous palace, with a jaw-dropping list of royal occupants and a rather blood-stained history...

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    Castlerigg: out on the wild and windy moors

    March 9, 2015

    The old chapel of Kilvaree

    June 24, 2018

    Torinturk and the fort of the black dog

    May 22, 2022
  • World’s End Close, Edinburgh

    October 10, 2014 /

    World's End Close: it sounds like a prophecy of doom! And this dark close that leads off Edinburgh's Royal Mile can certainly tell a few stories...

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

    February 11, 2018

    Gylen Castle and the Brooch of Lorn

    June 14, 2023

    The road to Loch Avich

    October 6, 2018
  • St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh

    February 7, 2014 /

    This impressive Cathedral sits right in the middle of Edinburgh's Royal Mile, which is thronging with tourists - but inside is an oasis of beauty and tranquillity.

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    Saddell Abbey – in the footsteps of Somerled

    January 8, 2019

    Melrose Abbey

    January 9, 2017

    Iona’s timeless haven

    February 9, 2012

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