Loveofscotland

Did you see the eclipse? Yesterday we experienced a cloud-obscured partial one. My camera caught an artefact, a reflection of the sun's true shape, but I never saw it myself. 10% sun and Pentlands:After all the build-up in the media, a partial eclipse can seem like an anti-climax. For anyone who hasn't seen totality, it can seem like a fuss about nothing. But the difference betw...

When you think of summer in Scotland, what do you think of? Wild camps on hilltops and headlands, long days of big bike rides and hill walks, watersports on beaches, festivals and community events, holidays and sunscreen?Here's what I think of:All the things that bite and sting - midges, ticks, clegs, flies, wasps, mosquitoes and nettles. Local paths overgrown with vegetation ma...