the edit: Scotland

Scotland is the place where I go for a reset. in a place where the landscape is not a backdrop – it’s the main event.The landscape here isn’t a backdrop scape for a shot of wildness and whisky. restores me Scotland is wild elemental place that stays with you.

I’ve put together an edit of the places and experiences that have meant the most to me, along with the intel and hacks you need to enjoy them.

Scotland is wild elemental place that stays with you. Nowhere is this more true than Glencoe. A

Glen Coe

If The Highlands are where Scotland hits its rawest register, Glencoe is where they reach a jaw–dropping crescendo.

Glencoe is vast, cinematic, and thick with atmosphere. It never fails to raise the hairs on the back of my neck.

My finest experience here was hiking the Aonach Eagach Ridge with a lone Bagpiper playing in the valley below.

No amount of cliches or tour coaches can dull this the magic of this place: just go.

How to go: Car, Bus, Private Hire Taxi
Where to Stay: Glencoe House Hotel, Clachaig Inn

VisitScotland.com

Stay on a small Hebridean Island

There is no feeling like waking up as an islander for a few days, surrounded by the elements– a world way from the hubbub of the mainland.

I wouldn’ be too fussy: Ulva, Iona, or Jura would fit the bill, or you could look to the ‘Small Isles’ of Eigg, Muck, Rùm, Canna or Sanday Sanday.

I think of my stays on Scotland’s smaller islands not as escapes but as recalibrations: something I feel we could we could all benefit from.

Read my posts on Ulva and Iona

The Isle of Skye

Skye has a magic that stays with you. moody splendour of the Isle of Skye,

When you think of Scotland’s ravaging beauty, many find themselves coming back to the Isle of Skye, the biggest of the Inner Hebrides Islands. There’s something lasting and evocative about the light, the mind-expanding views, the clean fresh air and the undulating green scenes which hide and reveal lochs, castles, cliffs, waterfalls and endless heather.

If you want to go for it head tiny island of Gometra

Read my post on the Rubha Hunish

Taste Whisky

Skye has a magic that stays with you.

There is no feeling like waking up knowing you are part of a small population a world away from the hubbub of the mainland. pace of life natures rhythms.