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Tag Archives: Perthshire
Musical Journeys – Following the Songlines
Our lives take us through so many different phases, twists and unknown turns; well certainly mine has. Sometimes it’s interesting to look back and see what crazy things we were preoccupied with in years gone by; given perspective, we might … Continue reading
Posted in In Scotland, Music, Wild Places
Tagged Aberdeenshire, Animism, asceticism, Assynt, Atlantic coast, Australian Aborigines, blues, Bruce Chatwin, Clearwater Studio, cultural heritage, folk, folklore, Gaelic Music, guitar, Heartbeat, Hebrides, Highland Perthshire, Julie Fowlis, landscapes, nature, Niel Gunn, Perthshire, Peter Matthiessen, power places, rock, Rory and Callum MacDonald, Runrig, Scottish music, shamanism, singing, Songlines, songwriting, Sorley Maclean, Spirit Creek, spirit of place, Taoism, The Band from Rockall, The Last Child in the Woods, The Mill Studio, The Snow Leopard, Tibetan Buddhism, World Music, Zen
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Scottish Light and Land:
There’s something unique about Scottish light and how it compliments the landforms – just like the Scottish people (and indeed people everywhere), landscapes too have their changing moods, their storms and periods of calm when they shine radiantly like the … Continue reading
New Life in Scotland’s Ancient Forests
On the banks of the River Tay by Dunkeld in Perthshire stands the ancient “Birnam Oak”, reputedly the sole surviving tree of the famed Birnam Wood of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. In Shakespeare’s “Scottish” play, Malcolm’s soldiers camouflaged themselves with branches from Birnam Wood before capturing Macbeth’s stronghold … Continue reading
Posted in History & Culture, In Scotland, Trees & Greenspaces, Wild Places
Tagged ancient woodland, birch, Birnam Oak, Cairngorms, Caledonian Pine Woods, charcoal making, community woodlands, coppicing, Forest of Spey, forest schools, Glen Finglas, Glenmore Forest, Highland Birchwoods, highland clearances, Highlands, history, Loch Lomand and the Trossachs National Park, Loch Tay Woods, Macbeth, native woodlands, oak, Pass of Ryvoan, Perthshire, Scots pine, spirit of place, tanning industry, Trossachs, wood pasture, wood turning, Woodland Trust
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Setting up an Adventure Tourism Business: a case of bad timing
Has it ever seemed like the day job is not quite enough ? For years I’d had a nagging feeling that there ought to be more to life than the 9-5 office job staring at computer screen. In some ways I was one of the lucky … Continue reading
Posted in History & Culture, In Scotland, Mountain Treks, Wild Places
Tagged Adventure Tourism, Business, family, Green Tourism, Highlands, history, In Scotland, landscape, legends, mountains, nature, outdoors, Perthshire, spirit of place, walking
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Off the Beaten Track 