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

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 coorie season, so what better to do at this time of year than settling in with a good book. Since moving to the Scottish Highlands, I've loved reading books about the Highlands and Islands. Whether its a fiction book set in an imagined Hebridean island, or a real life story of someone building an incredible life for themselves in the Scottish Highlands, I just can't get enough of books set in and around this part of the world. I even shared some of my favourite books to

As a foodie, I had such a great time discovering all the incredible food and drink options on Orkney. Everything we ate on Orkney was...

I was so excited to visit the Orkney islands a few weeks ago. Orkney has long been on my "to-visit" list and I was really excited to...

Don't you love the feeling you finally visit a place that's been on your bucket list for years? I had that feeling recently when we...