Holiday Scotland

  Late in the evening of the 21st of August 1689 the drone of Clan Donald’s pipes could be heard lamenting across the craggy hills overlooking theTay, as slowly they and other exhausted Highlanders trudged north from the Cathedral City of Dunkeld. Below them was a town ablaze, with smoke rising into the night sky. [...]

If you are looking for something to do in Scotland that combines not only fun, but some great history and stories of our bloody past, then should look no further than a visit to one or two of our many castles; from rambling ruins to stately homes they’re a great window on the past. Many, [...]

A chance to travel Scotland in the footsteps of the Jacobites The Jacobite wars were a lot more than kilted Highlanders rushing through the heather to fight the Redcoats; no, it was a battle for the heart and soul of a nation. There was religious conflict, political intrigue, commercial ambition and old scores settled. So, [...]

On the morning of the 16th of April 1746 two armies, from completely different worlds faced each other across the bleak, rain-battered Culloden Moor. On one side the redcoat regiments of the British government mustered and fell in; on the other a force of kilted Highlanders, armed with little more than their ancestors had faced [...]