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The Forth Rail Bridge
Blog: Quillcards - 30 September 2011
This is the rail bridge over the river Forth. On the southern shore, on the far side across the water in this photograph, is Edinburgh. Note: You can find the ecard of this image in the Urban Landscapes category of Quillcards. Just head over there and then navigate to the images on page two of [...]The Forth Rail Bridge is a post from the Quillcards Blog
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Edinburgh’s Camera Obscura – In Photos
Blog: Hecktic Travels - 16 September 2011
Besides the actual, ancient Camera Obscura, the interactive displays at this Edinburgh exhibit were highly entertaining!
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Spooky Edinburgh
Blog: Hecktic Travels - 14 September 2011
The air hangs heavy with hair-raising tales in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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The Coast Road To Edinburgh
Blog: Quillcards - 13 September 2011
Heading north, Berwick Upon Tweed is the last English town before the border with Scotland. The town is just three miles from the Scottish border and a few hundred yards from the North Sea. On its seaward side there are these high earth ramparts built in the late 1500s, during the reigns of Mary I [...]The Coast Road To Edinburgh is a post from the Quillcards Blog
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I Spy Modern Art In Edinburgh
Blog: Quillcards - 30 August 2011
A Short Walk To The Gallery Here in the west end of Edinburgh where we are staying during the Edinburgh Festival, it is only a short walk to the Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art. This statue by Antony Gormley of a man half underground is at the pedestrian entrance to the gallery. Or rather, [...]I Spy Modern Art In Edinburgh is a post from the Quillcards Blog
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from Scotland: Emily Smith: Traiveller's Joy
Blog: Music Road - 30 August 2011
As is the case with most who follow music as a profession, Emily Smith finds herself spending quite a bit of time in travel. She often prefers to source the songs she does and ideas for the ones she writes from close by her home in the southwest of Scotland.
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bagpipes with a different sound: Seudan
Blog: Music Road - 23 August 2011
These days, the Highland pipes are most often heard playing military music, and even when they turn to laments, the pitch and timbre of the pipes tends to be quite bright and piercing, just because that is the way most modern pipes are constructed. This music is often quite melodic and stirring.
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Edinburgh: Architecture And The Dreaded Weather
Blog: Quillcards - 18 August 2011
Architecture – Those Grand Sandstone Terraces And Crescents There are so many grand terraces and crescents in Edinburgh – intersecting and leading one into another – that it is easy to get heady and lost in the maze. Some of the terraces are very long and stretch for what seems like hundreds of yards. Built [...]Edinburgh: Architecture And The Dreaded Weather is a post from the Quillcards Blog
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music and stories from Scotland: In Our Day
Blog: Music Road - 14 August 2011
Songs arise from day to day living, from the stories we tell ourselves and each other as we make our way through the day, the seasons, the year. They might be, at times, wildly abstract, and at other times down to earth and quite concrete. Music, certainly the sort of music we talk about here along the music road, continues the conversations of daily life and, if it is doing its job well, turns a new light on the events, emotions, connections, and memories of the day.
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Song for the weekend: Emily Smith: Glory Bound
Blog: Music Road - 12 August 2011
Emily Smith and friends with Glory Bound, which was recorded for the program Songs of Praise, which aired in the UK coming up soon here along the Music Road, a review of Emily Smith's album Traiveller's Joy and here it is Music Road: from Scotland: Emily Smith: Traiveller's Joy you may also wish to see
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The Edinburgh Festival
Blog: Quillcards - 10 August 2011
During the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Royal Mile – a long street in the center of the city that leads up to the castle – becomes a venue for artists to give the crowds a taste of what they are offering in their shows. A Potted History Of The Century Bepo and Co – circus [...]The Edinburgh Festival is a post from the Quillcards Blog
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Kilts Are All the Fashion, in Scotland and Elsewhere
Blog: Hole In The Donut - 8 August 2011
From the moment I arrived in Scotland I was fascinated by kilts. My assumption that they were an ethnic costume worn only for historic reenactments or cultural shows could not have been more wrong. Ordinary men walked about the streets of Edinburgh in full kilt regalia and members of the Scottish Guard wear kilts. At [...]
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Spotted in Scotland in a Skirt
Blog: Hole In The Donut - 5 August 2011
When my Scottish friends, Dorothy and Ricky, invited me to visit them in Edinburgh on my way back from Laos and Thailand, I jumped at the chance. I am, after all, part Scottish. My mother was a MacDonald, a lineage that harkens back to the days of the famed MacDonald-Campbell feud. The clash between these [...]
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Glasgow’s Riverside Museum of Transport
Blog: Brilliant Tips Travel Blog - 27 July 2011
The recently opened Riverside Museum in Glasgow is the UK’s newest and most exciting visitor attraction. Located on the banks of the River Clyde, the world-class Riverside Museum is a marvel of design and engineering. Moored outside is the 19th-century sailing ship Glenlee, creating an iconic destination that explores Scotland’s histories and embraces its future. [...]
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Europe with Kids — The Ultimate Guide
Blog: My Little Nomads - 16 July 2011
The best destinations in Europe for kids and families. Detailed information for planning your trip.
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kelvingrove cat, and music
Blog: Music Road - 8 July 2011
this cat was quietly contemplating the west gate at Kelvingrove park of an evening as I was on my way to a talk at the University of Glasgow...
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bagpipes & bluegrass: Outlands from Fred Morrison
Blog: Music Road - 6 July 2011
Train Journey North is the set which opens Fred Morrison album Outlands. You may be tempted to think the bagpipes on this sound rather like a train’s whistle, which may or may not be intentional, and may
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Edinburgh in Pictures
Blog: Two Backpackers - 24 June 2011
Luis Cicerone of Las Aventuras del Cicerone shows us Edinburgh through his lens. They call it the “Athens of the North” for a reason. For centuries Edinburgh, (pronounced Edin-bra), has been one of the most prominent hotspots for the arts, culture, literature and enlightment in Britain and Europe. Edinburgh – Athens of the North For [...]
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Julie Fowlis: Live at Perthsire Amber
Blog: Music Road - 23 June 2011
It is a challenge to have just the right sense of presence in a live recording: presence of the artists, presence of their connections with the audience, and sharing those things in a way that goes beyond the immediacy of the moment and yet shares that too.
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Coffee and the Mojo Hat: Neil Pearlman
Blog: Music Road - 13 June 2011
It is a challenging line for musicians to walk: loving a tradition and then becoming deeply involved in another style, and wanting to hear them play off each other, to bring them together in new ways. Neil Pearlman brings this challenge off with flair and ingenuity. He’s grounded in Scottish tradition, and the other areas he brings in are Latin, funk, and jazz.
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Interactive Travel Guide – What to do in Scotland
Blog: Landlopers - 10 June 2011
A regular feature on LandLopers is the Interactive Travel Guide. The idea is to highlight one city or country every week and then get the best recommendations from you all. By the end of the week, we hopefully will have created the best tips not...Copyright LandLopers All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized use prohibited.
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Art as it Exists in Time at the British Art Show 7 in Glasgow
Blog: Brilliant Tips Travel Blog - 7 June 2011
Held once every five years, the British Art Show is recognized by many as the most influential and ambitious exhibition of contemporary British art. British Art Show 7 (BAS7) has just arrived in Glasgow and features the work of 39 of the most exciting artists in the UK today. Subtitled “In the Days of the [...]
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Scottish Highlands Granny – Have You Been Here?
Blog: Vagobond.com - 28 May 2011
I asked her if I could take her picture and she said yes, but obviously misunderstood, because she then started to walk away. Still, I don't think the photo could have turned out much better.
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Lady Visits Edinburgh
Blog: A Lady in London - 9 May 2011
If you were given a choice between a Cairo, Marrakech, Bergen, Berlin, Venice, or Edinburgh sightseeing trip, which would you choose? That was a question I had to answer on Wednesday morning when I was invited by bmi to travel to one of those destinations to write a story about a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [...]
