Although I've shared loads over the years about what winter and summer in the Scottish Highlands looks like, one season I haven't actually shared much about over the years is autumn. In some ways, autumn is when the landscape of the Scottish Highlands truly comes into its own. The hills pop with the colours of browning bracken and the heather (my namesake) really starts comes alive with shades of the most beautiful purple. Below is a list of five of my favourite places to enj

For me, September is the most beautiful month to visit the Scottish Highlands. I might be a little bit biased (it is my birthday month after all) but I can't think of a month where the landscape really gets to shine quite like September. You get cooler days, as well as summer's last hoorah. The evenings are starting to get shorter again and you wake up the next morning with a bit of a chill in the air. We are truly on the cusp between summer and autumn. I shared a blogpost la

One of my favourite ways to spend a day off is to get in the car, drive somewhere an hour or two from home, maybe stop somewhere to have a coffee or lunch, go for a wee walk and then head home. I love a short adventure around the Highlands, exploring new places and seeing new things. Last October, during the final days of autumn, we had a day off in the middle of the week and decided it was the perfect time to explore a part of the Highlands we hadn't been to in ages, Applecr

November really feels like the moment when winter really starts in the Scottish Highlands. The tempreture really dips at the start of November and the darker days draw in, making it a really wintery feeling month. November is a month of fairly changeable weather. In 2023, November was still fairly autumnal, with weather staying fairly mild for most of the month. That was the year we went to Coral Beach on the Isle of Skye . It was a beautiful autumnal day, when you didn't nee

On a recent trip to Caithness in the Far North end of the Scottish Highlands, we stopped for dinner at the Shandwick Inn, just outside Tain, on the A9. This eastern part of the Scottish Highlands is probably one of the parts of the Highlands I've travelled to the least, but it's a part of the Highlands that I really want to explore more. Often when we are heading to a restuarant, I ask myself, "what exactly is the perfect meal I am looking for here?" It's a kind of silly que

It's been almost two years since we first visited the Orkney Islands. It was as part of a big work trip that we extended into a mini...

It's the start of September, which is my favourite time of year here in the Scottish Highlands. There are loads of times of year that I...

Over the last four years of travelling and exploring in the Scottish Highlands, there are a few places that have really stood out to me...

We had our first (very short) power cut last night, so we are definitely in the midst of the colder months here in the Scottish...

One thing people love to see in Scotland is castles, and I am no exception when it comes to this. Growing up, some of my favourite places...

You may have heard the saying "West is best" when talking about the Scottish Highlands, and, in many ways, I would probably believe that...

Here's the thing about visiting the Isle of Skye: it is often very, very wet. I love living near the Isle of Skye and getting to visit...

One of the things I've loved most about moving to the Scottish Highlands s seeing the abundance of fantastic new businesses popping up...

If you've been reading my blog for a while, you'll remember that last year I spent a wonderful weekend in Dornoch. It was one of my first...