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February is a real transition month in the Scottish Highlands. Although it's still cold and dark, the evenings seem to feel like they are getting much longer after the darkness of November to January. February is one of my favourite months to explore the Scottish Highlands. Normally lots of businesses are starting to reopen again after winter breaks, but places are still fairly quiet. The snowdrops start to pop through the earth, the first sure sign here that Spring is on it's way. It's just...

Sometimes all you want is a simple lunch. I hope you know what I mean when I say this. It's the kind of cosy spot that has everything you'd want for lunch. Whether that's soup or a baked potato or a toastie, there's something so special about a place where you can get a cosy, hearty and wonderfully predictable lunch. The kind of place you can rely on to fill your mid-day food needs. For me, the ultimate simple lunch spot in Inverness, the capital of the Scottish Highlands , is Girvan's....

Throughout the winter months, one of the biggest questions we get from tourists visiting the Scottish Highlands is "where should I go to see snow?" To be honest, it's kind of an impossible question to answer. With ever warming tempretures and a predictably unpredictable weather throughout the year, it's really hard to tell when and where you're likely to get any snowy weather. Contary to what you might think (and what I often hope for), in the five years I've been living in the Scottish...