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What are the two must-do medium grade Winter Mountaineering routes in Scotland?
My love of climbing brought me to Scotland many times - and I finally settled here in 1991 to be closer. My top picks from hundreds of winter and summer…
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What makes the Scotch Egg so special?
Nothing: it just is.
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Rob Kay
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In search of the perfect Rhubarb Crumble
Please do not give me any credit for this post: my wife is the crumble-queen in this household, I merely grow it - a task involving no effort at all.
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Rob Kay
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April 2023
10 islands in a week: by car or bike
The Outer Hebrides is the perfect 'away from it all' holiday.
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Rob Kay
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Kintyre: Scotland's best kept secret.
Put this on your bucket list... Paul McCartney wrote the famous song 'Mull of Kintyre' and owned a farm here: this was his retreat and soul-place to…
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Rob Kay
March 2023
Scottish Landscape Masters
Some curated photographs by Scotland's finest photographers.
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February 2023
Northern Lights in Scotland
The aurora borealis is known in Gaelic as Na Fir-chlis, literally 'the nimble men'. On Sunday night, 26th Feb, 2023, we were about to witness the…
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This is the best time to hit the stash
(or, what is left in the cold store)
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Rob Kay
October 2022
Late Summer and Autumn mushrooms in Scotland
(well, some of my favourites, anyway)
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Rob Kay
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August 2022
There really is gold in them thar hills ..
And I can prove it!
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Rob Kay
July 2022
Whale and seal watching in Scotland
Our marine mammal friends are amazing, and mostly unafraid of human contact from a sailing boat.
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Berry time
In Scotland, all the soft fruit always come at once in the second week of July: its time to get in the harvest from the hills and the garden - eat as…
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