Part Two of Tom’s journey following Bonnie Prince Charlie’s trail at Glen Cannich, looking at some of the more puzzling aspects of those extraordinary months. (Click here for Part One) On […]
Our September issue’s 9-page Focus is on The Small Isles, and here you can find out the best ways to get there, and what to do on the way… There are […]
Top spots to recharge the batteries at the Fringe Oh, I do love the Edinburgh Fringe. Where else can you walk past the ‘most pierced woman in the world’, William […]
Last month Tom Weir described his recent researches, on the ground and in documents, into the Highland wanderings of Prince Charlie after Culloden. In this article he picks up the trail […]
75 castles, abbeys, kirks and brochs in one weekend… As we stood in the Grassmarket with Edinburgh Castle behind us, high on the hill and golden in the sunset, the […]
Escaping government troops by climbing through Knoydart, Bonnie Prince Charlie hid in the very place his father’s troops fought the Battle of Shiel… On that occasion, though, the self-styled James VIII […]
The aftermath of the Battle of Sheil, and implications for Bonnie Prince Charlie in his escape through Knoydart By reason of that battle the great Mackenzie clan’s lands and […]
Tom Weir stops in at a cave of wonder on his trail of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s escape through Knoydart… I had promised our cameraman not just a dark cave, […]
In 1980, Tom wrote a piece for us while filming an episode of Weir’s Way in Bonnie Prince Charlie’s footsteps around Kintail We set out aboard the fishing boat Western Isles […]
You’re sure to pass this 17th-century town house on your way to Stirling Castle, so retrace your steps because Argyll’s Lodging are well worth a visit. Once the residence […]
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