When Emily Kynaston-Williams began planning her bold adventure to paddle and sail a canoe across lochs and rivers at the heart of the Isle of Lewis, there was a particular XL-size obstacle to overcome.
With a clickety-click and fingers flying, the very crafty women from the Isle of Sanday got to work.
For almost 40 years, she’s been a vital lifeline for the west coast islanders: a shining star in her first flush of youth, now as retirement beckons, a faded beauty.
From the yawning spaces of what were once noisy and dusty warehouses, old school classrooms and unused herring factories, a sawmill, an old ski hut and Victorian railway waiting rooms, comes hammering, drilling and the clatter of busy men hard at work.
How soil forensics has become a remarkable weapon in helping detectives unpick important information
When Professor Lorna Dawson was growing up, the plants, crops and soil on and around her father’s Angus farm was a recurring source of interest.
Kinlay Francis reflects on 15 years as an Orkney tour guide showing tourists from around the world the islands’ attractions
From its source deep in the hills in South Lanarkshire, the River Clyde takes its 106 miles twisting, meandering journey under bridges, down waterfalls and over tunnels, flowing fast alongside well-travelled roads and powering by great buildings.
Light festivals have become a regular feature of Scotland’s autumn calendar, brightening up the darkest autumn evenings.
Scotland’s ever-expanding number of autumn and winter light festivals are now being credited as a shining example of how to drive up tourism during traditionally quieter off-peak season.
