The Fife Arms Good for: Highland charm, country sports, art enthusiasts There is a pleasing familiarity on arrival at The Fife Arms. The gillie team, as the staff are known, dressed in fetching house tweed designed by Araminta Campbell, give one an immediate sense of having just come off the…
It is impossible to talk about Sam Heughan without mentioning the television phenomenon Outlander. Based on the romantic novels by Diana Gabaldon, the drama follows the story of a Second World War nurse who, while on honeymoon in Scotland, falls through ancient standing stones and travels back in time to…
I spent our first dawn at The Gleneagles Hotel sodden, semi-sheltering under dripping trees as I prayed that the puppy would decide to pee. An hour later it became apparent that this Scottish dawn was particularly dreich and dire, and that a six-month-old labrador wants to do nothing more at…
The garron pony is as much a symbol of Scotland’s sporting heritage as it is a modern working animal, doughtily getting to places that the Argo can’t reach, and a companion to those who spend their time on the hill. Growing up, I had little experience of horses and ponies.…
The current decline in Scotland’s capercaillie, the woodland grouse, presents a real risk that the bird will soon be driven into extinction. Cautious estimates suggest that we could lose the capercaillie from Scotland in the next 20 to 30 years, but their scarcity makes it desperately difficult to help them…
THERE are some reasons to turn left when you get to Glasgow, and eschew the well-trodden A9 north. Keep driving west, skirt Loch Fyne and keep the coast in sight, up and over the old bridge at Inveraray, and you finally reach a corner of Argyllshire that can lay claim…
From an equestrian property to a converted watermill, there is plenty of variety to find in these Scottish properties currently on the market. CANTRAY HOUSE CROY, INVERNESS-SHIRE This is a Palladian-style country house with six bedrooms, five reception rooms and an integral one-bedroom apartment. The property, with views to the…
