June 2024
The feature pages for
Livingston,
Kirkliston,
Winchburgh,
Broxburn,
Garlieston,
Port William,
Drumtroddan Standing Stones,
Cruggleton Church
and
Glenluce Abbey
are revised, updated and given new images.
New
Book Reviews
are added for
Fife Pilgrim Way by Duncan Weaver and Jacquetta Megarry
and
The Days of Our Birth by Charlie Laidlaw.
May 2024
New feature pages are added for
Torhouse Stone Circle,
Sorbie Tower,
Galloway House Gardens,
The Castle of St John
and
the
Castle Kennedy Gardens.
The feature pages for
Whithorn,
Whithorn Priory,
Isle of Whithorn,
St Ninian's Chapel,
Wigtown,
Wigtown Martyrs,
Bladnoch Distillery,
Moniaive,
St John's Town of Dalry,
Stranraer,
Stranraer Museum,
Cairnryan
and
the Kinneil Estate
are revised, updated and given new images.
New
Book Reviews
are added for
Redfalcon: Richard Hannay Returns by Robert J. Harris,
The Highlands and Islands of Scotland: A New History by Alistair Moffat
and
The Eye of Horus by Ken Lussey.
April 2024
A new
Book Review
are added for
The Hollow Mountain by Douglas Skelton.
Work is underway to bring the technology underpinning Undiscovered Scotland up to date and optimise the performance of the site.
While this continues it might cause some inconsistencies in terms of appearance and function between different parts of the site.
March 2024
New feature pages are added for
Keiss,
Old St Peter's Kirk
and
the
Seafarers Memorial.
The feature pages for
Wick,
Pulteney Distillery,
Castle of Old Wick,
Castle Sinclair Girnigoe,
Whaligoe Steps,
Thurso,
John o' Groats,
Duncansby Head,
Helmsdale,
the Emigrants Statue
and
Timespan Museum and Arts Centre
are revised, updated and given new images.
A new
Book Review
is added for
Bubbleheads, SEALs and Wizards: America's Scottish Bastion in the Cold War by D.G. Mackay.
February 2024
New
Book Reviews
are added for
The Final Frontier: Scotland's Early Roman Landscape by Andrew Tibbs,
and
Landscape Change in the Scottish Highlands: Imagination and Reality by James Fenton.
All external links on the site are checked to ensure they operate as they should and updated where necessary.
January 2024
The feature pages for
The Royal Highland Show,
The Edinburgh Foodies Festival,
The Edinburgh Festival,
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe,
The Edinburgh International Book Festival,
Dornoch Cathedral,
Dornoch,
Culross
,
St Monans,
Houstoun House Hotel,
Achfary,
North Kessock,
Kilmuir,
Lairg,
The Clootie Well,
Kinlochbervie,
Oldshoremore,
Lochinver,
Assynt Visitor Centre,
Ullapool,
Corrieshalloch Gorge,
the Blair Castle Horse Trials,
the Wigtown Book Festival,
Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo,
Edinburgh Mela Festival,
Scotland's National Airshow
and
the West Lothian Highland Games
are revised, updated and given new images.
New
Book Reviews
are added for
The Tide Also Takes by R P Carruthers,
Kayaking the Sea Roads: Exploring the Scottish Highlands by Ed Ley-Wilson,
and
Under the Radiant Hill: Life and the Land in the Remotest Highlands by Robin Noble.
November 2023
New
Book Reviews
are added for
Dark Encounters: A Collection of Ghost Stories by William Croft Dickinson,
Seafood Journey: Tastes and Tales From Scotland by Ghillie Basan,
Art & Nature in the Outer Hebrides by Bruce Kendrick,
and
A Tangled Web by Ken Lussey.
September 2023
A dining review is added for
The Radhuni Indian restaurant in Loanhead.
New
Book Reviews
are added for
Jump Cut by Helen Grant,
Airman Abroad by Hamish Brown,
Salt: Scotland’s Newest Oldest Industry by Christopher
Whatley & Joanna Hambly,
The Bone Cave: A Journey through Myth and Memory by Dougie Strang,
Columba's Bones by David Greig,
Northern Lights: The Arctic Scots by Edward J. Cowan,
The Wisest Fool: The Lavish Life of James VI and
I by Steven Veerapen
and
The High Road by Ken Lussey.
August 2023
New
Book Reviews
are added for
War Paths: Walking in the Shadows of the Clans by Alistair Moffat,
So Many Lives and All of them Are Yours by Ron Butlin,
Crucible of Conflict: Three Centuries of Border War by John Sadler,
Gallow Falls by Alex Nye,
Tales for Twilight: Two Hundred Years of Scottish Ghost Stories by Alistair W.J. Kerr
and
Kinloch Tales: The Collected Stories by Denzil Meyrick.
July 2023
The feature page for
Croick Church
is revised, updated and given new images.
New
Book Reviews
are added for
Three Fires by Denise Mina,
Donald Ross and the Highland Clearances by Andrew Ross
and
The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf by Alexander McCall Smith.
June 2023
A dining review is added for
Bo'ness Spice in Bo'ness.
New
Book Reviews
are added for
Mousa to Mackintosh: The Scottishness of Scottish Architecture by Frank Arneil Walker,
No Sweet Sorrow by Denzil Meyrick,
Of Judgement Fallen by Steven Veerapen,
Weak Teeth by Lynsey May
and
Penitent by Mark Leggatt.
April 2023
The feature pages for
Threave Gardens,
Cairnpapple Hill
and
Kippford
are revised, updated and given new images.
New
Book Reviews
are added for
Wild History: Journeys into Lost Scotland by James Crawford,
Children of the Mist by Douglas Skelton,
Planting with Nature: A Guide to Sustainable Gardening by Kirsty Wilson
and
A Mighty Fleet and the King’s Power: The Isle of Man, AD 400 to 1265 by Tim Clarkson.
March 2023
The feature pages for
Robert Burns House,
Robert Burns Mausoleum,
Devorgilla Bridge,
Old Bridge House Museum,
Robert Burns Centre,
Dumfries
and
Hallmuir Ukrainian Chapel
are revised, updated and given new images.
New
Book Reviews
are added for
The Eagle and the Bear: A New History of Roman Scotland by John Reid,
Boatlines: Scottish Craft of Sea, Coast and Canal by Ian Stephen,
Animal Fairm: Illustratit Edition by George Orwell
and
Hide and Seek by Ken Lussey.
February 2023
All external links on the site are checked to ensure they operate as they should and updated where necessary.
A hotel review
is added for
The Cairndale Hotel in Dumfries.
A dining review is added for the
The Cairndale Hotel in Dumfries.
New
Book Reviews
are added for
Nothing Left to Fear from Hell by Alan Warner,
Rock Lighthouses of Britain & Ireland by Christopher Nicholson,
Ghosts in the Gloaming: A Tale from Kinloch by Denzil Meyrick,
The Last Witch of Scotland by Philip Paris,
The Fabulous Flotilla: Scotland's Adventure on the Rivers of Burma by Paul Strachan,
The Darker the Night by Martin Patience
and
The Private Life of Spies by Alexander McCall Smith.
January 2023
A new
Book Review
is added for
St Magnus Way: Walk or cycle Orkney Mainland by David Mazza.