Hill & Haar

Category: Glasgow and the West

  • Lovely less loved places

    Lovely less loved places

    Five favourite less popular, but still beautiful, locations in Scotland.

  • A long weekend on the scenic Argyll coast

    A long weekend on the scenic Argyll coast

    Sharing some postcards and memories from a long weekend near Oban, Argyll.

  • 24 hours on the Isle of Bute

    24 hours on the Isle of Bute

    Although for decades the island of Bute hadn’t been on the travel bill, things were beginning to change for the better. This trip was sponsored by West Coast Waters.

  • Off the beaten track in Kintyre and Cowal

    Off the beaten track in Kintyre and Cowal

    There’s a reason why this remote Scottish peninsula was an ideal hideaway for former Beatle Paul McCartney. This trip was sponsored by West Coast Waters.

  • A postcard from… Mount Stuart cottages

    A postcard from… Mount Stuart cottages

    AD: I visited Mount Stuart as part of a sponsored trip with West Coast Waters. It’s a campaign to celebrate Scotland’s diverse west coast ahead of VisitScotland’s Year of Coasts and Waters (#YCW2020). A postcard from the Kennels… I don’t usually write any stand-alone blogs on the accommodation we stay in during our weekend adventures around Scotland……

  • 24 hours on the Isle of Arran

    24 hours on the Isle of Arran

    A watercolour white haze sat on the horizon, with cyclists and cars streaming towards the harbour in anticipation of good weather. This trip was sponsored by West Coast Waters.

  • A wintry walk around Ardmore Point, Helensburgh

    A wintry walk around Ardmore Point, Helensburgh

    When it comes to the seasons, I’m like a flighty lover. Every time another one rolls around — whether that’s the depths of winter, or the height of the Scottish summer — I declare I’m in love. Autumn or spring is the only one for me; I adore the frosted leaves, or make eyes at…

  • A whirlwind walking tour of Glasgow city centre

    A whirlwind walking tour of Glasgow city centre

    Advert: A bloggers’ press trip with VisitScotland. As someone who grew up not far from Glasgow, studied there and then swapped it for Edinburgh, I’ve experienced both of Scotland’s most noted cities. Glasgow is unpretentious, sprawling and somewhat underrated by visitors; whilst Edinburgh is its obviously beautiful opposite, with its Old and New Towns and…

  • Autumn in Glasgow’s gothic West End

    Autumn in Glasgow’s gothic West End

    With its sandstone-lined streets and distinctive mock-gothic university, Glasgow’s West End is beautiful. And its recent role as Boston and Harvard in Outlander has only bolstered its popularity with a new audience. This is a bourgeois bubble of Scotland’s largest city but for me, it holds more memories than a quick cameo in a TV…

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