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Scotland’s Highlands & Islands: Plan A Trip

A travel guidebook chapter for Lonely Planet, August 2025
"Now I go every year. Because that’s the thing about the Highlands and islands: they aren’t somewhere you visit just once. This is a region that seizes your soul and refuses to let go..."

Scotland: Orkney and Shetland Islands

A travel guidebook chapter for Fodor's Travel Guides, September 2024
"Scandinavian heritage gives the 170 islets that make up Orkney and Shetland a history and an atmosphere different from that of any other Scottish region. They're bleak but beautiful..."

Scotland: Inverness and Around the Great Glen

A travel guidebook chapter for Fodor's Travel Guides, September 2024
"The Great Glen is world-famous for its hill walking, with some of the best routes around Glen Nevis, Glencoe and Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in Britain. Look out for golden eagles..."

Scotland: Inverness and Around the Great Glen

A travel guidebook chapter for Fodor's Travel Guides, June 2022
"The Great Glen is world-famous for its hill walking, with some of the best routes around Glen Nevis, Glencoe and Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in Britain. Look out for golden eagles..."

Scotland: Inverness and Around the Great Glen

A travel guidebook chapter for Fodor's Travel Guides, April 2020
"Defined by its spectacular topography, the Great Glen brings together mountains and myths, history and wild nature, then lets you wash it all down with a dram of the world’s best whisky..."