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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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    A walk to St Columba’s Bay

    May 4, 2025

    Ivy-leaved toadflax

    June 9, 2015

    The plants of Dollar Glen

    September 15, 2014
  • 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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    In search of MacMarquis’s chin

    August 26, 2023

    The Treshnish Isles

    July 5, 2021

    New book: Britain’s Landmarks and Legends

    August 18, 2023
  • 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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    Kilneuair Chapel

    January 1, 2021

    St Margaret’s Chapel in Edinburgh Castle

    January 19, 2012

    The Garvellachs: just below the surface

    September 1, 2013
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