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The lost tower of Rakestonleis
The three castles of Tolibothwell
A dreich day of Dumfriesshire castles
Tweed Valley walks and Elibank Castle
Red squirrels at Eskrigg Reserve (and some castles)
Old and new Comiston Houses
Quintinshill rail disaster parade
The (old) Royal High School in Edinburgh
Excavating the old Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh
Birnam Hill and Rohallion Castle
Walking around Gosford House and gardens
Castle Menzies and the Old Kirk of Weem
Culcreuch Castle Hotel and classic cars
Walter Scott’s Abbotsford (and some castles)
Bracklinn Falls & Auchenlaich chambered cairn
The Burrell Collection in Glasgow
Climbing the Scott Monument in Edinburgh
Andy Warhol exhibition at the Scottish Parliament
Culzean Castle and country park
Scone Palace and the Tayside beavers
A rooftop view of Edinburgh
Calton Hill and the Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Castles around Biggar
Exploring the Carmichael estate
More castles and Pictish stones
Castles and Pictish stones in the north of Scotland
Winton House open day
Castles around Falkland in Fife
Edinburgh by night, March 2013
Walking around the Gladhouse reservoir
Contrasting castles on a chilly day
Doors Open Day Edinburgh 2012
Two precarious ruined castles
Dirleton Castle and gardens
Edinburgh World Heritage Official Tour
Pollok House and Country Park
Thirlestane Castle and gardens
St Andrews Castle and Cathedral
Cockburnspath Tower and Cove Harbour
The Haining estate in Selkirk
Antiquities west of Edinburgh
Exploring the Marchmont Estate
Hermitage of Braid and Blackford Hill
Dunipace Castle and the Hills of Dunipace
Castle hotels in Midlothian
Friendly and unfriendly castles in Fife
A seal in the sea at Seafield Tower
Redhall House and Redhall Castle in Edinburgh
Long shadows at The Chesters fort
Autumnal colours at Dalhousie Castle
Lochend Park and castle in Edinburgh
A wet and misty visit to Inchcolm
Full-on tourist mode in Edinburgh and Fife
World War Z film set in Glasgow (and two castles)
Dunbar harbour and castle
Gullane beach, and castles on the way home
Cycling on the Tweed Walk
Cairns Castle and Harperrig Reservoir
Yester Castle and the Goblin Ha’
Craigentinny House and Ewan McGregor
Two castles and a country house in East Lothian
Coldoch broch and the King’s Knot
Lauriston Castle and the Edinburgh – Kyoto Friendship garden
A pair of castles on the River Tweed
Baby squirrels at Callendar House
Hill of Tarvit and Scotstarvit Tower
Wet and windswept antiquities in Berwickshire
Climbing North Berwick Law
Castles and a broch in Central Scotland
Historic Corstorphine
A quick tour of Perthshire
An underground adventure in southern Midlothian
Kilspindie Castle and Aberlady Bay nature reserve
The remains of two castles in Edinburgh
A wet weekend in West Wemyss
A doocot, a castle and a beach in East Lothian
The last snow of the winter
A pair of educational castles in Edinburgh
A grey walk in North Berwick
Castle-hunting in Fife
A pair of castles, a fort and a beach in East Lothian
Ruthven Barracks near Kingussie
Christmas in the Highlands
Rosslyn Castle and Rosslyn Chapel
Climbing Calton Hill in Edinburgh
Standing stones in Edinburgh
Inveraray Castle and standing stone
A quick tour of four castles in Lanarkshire
Jousting at Linlithgow Palace and three castles in Edinburgh
Two ruins on the Penicuik estate
Two ancient chapels and a castle in Perthshire
Drummond Castle Gardens and Ardoch Roman fort
Edzell Castle and Claypotts Castle in Angus
Garden of Cosmic Speculation plus castles
A beach and castles on May Day
Kinneil House and Torphichen Preceptory
Three castles in Kinross-shire and Fife
Two lesser-visited castles in Perthshire
Stormy Portobello and birdlife on the River Tyne
Melrose Abbey in the Scottish Borders
Dirleton Castle in East Lothian
Investigating Grange House
Edinburgh Castle on St. Andrew’s Day
Edinburgh Doors Open Day
Out-cycling Ferraris in East Lothian
House For An Art Lover
A whistle-stop tour of Scotland
Standing stones in central Perthshire
Edinchip chambered cairn
In search of the Old Woman of Gleann Cailliche
a day tour of Perthshire’s ancient sites
Leaving Lewis and the journey home
Ancient sites on Lewis
Sunny Lewis
A journey north via Urquhart Castle
Doune Castle
Dumyat & the Wallace Monument
The stones on Hill of Drimmie
ancient sites in glorious sunshine
Cycling in the forests above Pitlochry
Stones around Pitlochry
Aberdeenshire stones
A day trip including Schiehallion
A grand tour of Perthshire
Hunting for stone circles in thick woodland
Antiquities in Glen Lyon
A tour of Upper Strathearn
Walking in the woods above Pitlochry
Clach Glas
Stones on The Cateran Trail
Glen Shee revisited
Glen Shee in the rain
Standing stones at Gleneagles
A wintry walk up Schiehallion
Angus stones
Stones in the snow
A day tour of Perthshire’s ancient sites
Dunsinnan Hill
A trek to the top of Schiehallion
Going underground at the Ardestie souterrain
A trip to the summit of Craigower
Loch Tummel & Loch Rannoch
Comrie to Crieff via Auchingarrich
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Standing stones at Gleneagles
Glen Shee in the rain
Glen Shee revisited
Clach Glas
A tour of Upper Strathearn
Edinchip chambered cairn
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