Tag: Scotland
The Ups and Downs of the Fife Coastal Path
Sitting on the east coast of Scotland, the Fife coastal path (117 miles) winds past quaint fishing villages, industrial sprawl and more fairways than you can shake a golf club […]
Britain’s Best Holiday Destinations
Forget that low-cost flight to Hotto-Cheapo you’re about to book. Britain’s best holiday destinations can, and do, knock the sandals off many other countries. You just have to know where […]
Walking the Timeline of Britain – The Journey Part 5
The Journey Part 5 – Glasgow to Newcastle “You have got to be kidding me!” I huffed to myself, letting out a frustrated sigh. With outstretched arms I bashed my […]
Perilous St Kilda – Scotland’s Last Outpost
I heard it hurtling overhead before anything else. Woosh! Fear burnt through my body like molten lava, erupting in a short draw of breath. Instinctively I dropped my quivering body […]
Hiking the Hebridean Way
Jane Batchelor tackles Britain’s newest long-distance walking path, hiking the Hebridean Way, where maps beyond the guidebook do not yet exist, beaches take centre stage but where roads make up […]
Walking the Timeline of Britain – The Journey Part 2
The Journey Part 2 – Orkney Islands to Ullapool, Scotland “Simon, my Achilles hurts.” “Really? My carves are wrecked.” “Are we doing injuries? In that case my back is killing me.” […]
Walk on the Wild Side – Wild Camping in Scotland
The thought of wild camping solo gives some people the heebiejeebies, quite often females. Have no fear (other than the weather)! Based on my own experiences, here are some tips […]
Bog. Fences. Freedom. It must be Hiking in Shetland.
“You have to remember that Shetland is one large rock sitting on a big piece of bog,” the lady at the tourist office told me, “You can go up to […]
The Mysteries of Shetland’s Neolithic Past
Take a walk through Shetland’s Stone Age sites where questions are still left unanswered. It growled and raced towards us, now roaring, as silence fell momentarily upon my lips. I […]
A Photo Tour of Shetland
Take a visual tour round bonny Shetland with Jane Batchelor as she starts her 2,500-mile hike through Britain.