By the looks of this fantastic Jurassic landscape carpeted in Scottish green grass, the Quiraing could be part of Middle Earth, the Lord of the Rings continent replete with large scale mountains, valleys and coasts bordered by the undying lands and the land of the dead. And yet the minute you step on the trail, you [...]
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Typical Davy Crockett stuff – discovering new territories. We conquered the hills and dales of a Scottish island without so much as a trail on the ground – just a compass, a map and a solid appetite for adventure. John Muir would have been proud, he the Scottish-born naturalist who hunted for bird nests as [...]
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Thanks to Brave action girl Princess Merida, archery has taken our household by storm. When I told my girls I’d signed them up for a Brave junior ranger day in Scotland where they’d be making their own bows and arrows, they were over the moon. I mean, making your own bows and arrows at ages 7 and [...]
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Vikings in Scotland? You bet. Due its proximity with Norway, the northern part of Scotland experienced major Viking and Norse influence from the 8th to the 15th century. No wonder then that on a recent trip to Skye and the Isle of Scalpay, we came across not only Viking names but Viking remains. Though it [...]
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Carved in the Languedoc backcountry, the Gorges d’Heric are a favorite hike of our family. For my girls, this trail rhymes with baskets full of sweet chestnuts, a path snaking under steep granite cliffs, swimming holes in the warm season, and a drink as a reward in a tiny hamlet with only ten houses and [...]
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