Cycling Scotland’s lost highways and byways: a two-wheel odyssey in the wilds of Sutherland In his new book, Jack Thurston cycles the quieter roads and forgotten hill tracks of Scotland, exploring Britain’s most remote and rugged terrain There aren’t many roads in Britain where you can pull over to cook breakfast and finish it without […]

Neolithic treasures and sparkling seas on Orkney – all for £2 bus fares A new cap on bus fares in the Highlands and islands makes exploring this stunning archipelago in Scotland a breeze The views are remarkable. From one window, gorse-gold hills roll west towards mountains patched with snow. On the other side, fields of […]

10 of the best scenic stays in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland From a beachside bothy to a Highland bunkhouse and lochside inn, here are some of Scotland’s bonniest boltholes With its cheery, cherry-red tin roof, you can’t miss the sturdy stone bothy on the Ben Damph estate. The family-owned 5,868-hectare (14,500-acre) estate nudges […]

‘You’d be pushed to find a more soul-stirring landscape in Scotland’: walking in Beinn Eighe It isn’t only climbers who get misty-eyed about the awe-inspiring mountains and ancient pinewoods of Britain’s first national nature reserve, created 75 years ago The waymarked quartzite path glimmers in the sun, flanked by amber-gold grassland. Beyond, one of Scotland’s […]

‘Children see magic in the smallest adventures’: exploring Scotland with my four-year-old On a tight budget, we stayed in a bothy, climbed a mountain, looked for Nessie and – best of all – made memories that money can’t buy ‘There! There – I can see it!” The cries of my four-year-old echoed around the ruins […]