Ben Lui from Beinn Mhanach Beinn Mhanach (pro-nounced byn vanach ) is a Munro in the Bridge of Orchy group of hills. While the four m...

(click on image to enlarge it) At The Hermitage, Dunkeld on the last day of the school holidays.

Applecross, Scotland. (Click on image to view fullsize)

"Thatcher Stole My Trousers" is the second part of Alexei Sayle's enormously entertaining memoirs, published this year as a...

(iphone photo!) My plan for the day was to drive home to Perth from Applecross, and climb a pair of Munros on the North side of Loc...

The Counterfeiters is an Austrian film (German with English subtitles), which garnered a host of awards when it was released back in 20...

Anyone who lives in Perth, Dundee (or intervening points), who owns a bike should have a go at this! The "Tour de Tay", is a well...

I've seen Martin Harley in concert three times, and each time has been completely different. The first time in London on the "Drum...

The clocks have gone forward, Easter has passed, and Perth seems to be entering Springtime, with longer, warmer days, and plants and tre...

A long time ago, in a fit of the 'folly of youth', I was once heard to say something along the lines of, "If it's not a Mu...

East and West Lomond, which togther are sometimes known as 'The Paps of Fife', are the most distinctive landmarks in that part of t...

While some of my more 'heroic' friends don crampons and axes in the Winter months, I have spent a little time appreciating some of ...

At Birnam Hill (click on image to enlarge)

Several years ago, I asked a Chinese friend why only one of her elite post-doctoral group of pure mathematicians, at her Scottish univers...

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Harlem Street Singer is a 2013 documentary film about the life of Blues guitar legend, Rev "Blind" Gary Davis. Davis (1896-197...

When I opened a Christmas parcel and found, "The Gospel According to The Blues" by Gary Burnett inside, I was delighted. Here, ...