Several years ago we watched 'A History of Britain' by Simon Schama to get an idea of places we wanted to visit on our 2014 UK trip. This BBC documentary begins in the stone-age village
The Ring of Brodgar, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was one of our unexpected stops as we made our way through the Orkney Islands. The interior of the ring has never been fully excavated therefore
We were attempting to settle down at the Ackergill Tower Castle but at 8:30 PM, the sky was still bright and this threw off our internal clocks. Frequent glances out of the window in our
A picturesque 16th-century tower house sitting precariously on the edge of a sea-cliff caught our eyes as we were driving from John O' Groats to our suite at the Ackergill Tower Castle Hotel. Naturally this
The Old Wick Castle is one of Scotland's oldest, dating all the way back to the 1100s. Quite a bit of its history is unknown but it's believed to originally have been a fortress for
The historic Whaligoe Steps are supposedly notorious for being difficult to find. Supposedly. I had thought we would be going around in circles, perhaps never even finding them, but for two people who are terrible
Picture this: mist rolling through a forest of dark green Caledonian pine, the backdrop to a shiny sheet of water. The silver lake is almost undisturbed save for rings of tiny ripples from light rain
Minutes away from the A9 and perched atop an artificial mound sits one of Scotland's best preserved barracks. From the distance, these roofless and imposing structures look more castle than barracks to our American eyes.
Camera ✓. Music ✓. Car rental ✓. Husband ✓. And with that, we were off on another epic road trip through Scotland, Northern Ireland, & Ireland. Okay, okay. It actually wasn't that simple. There was
Stonehenge actually wasn't that high on our list of things to see on our 2-week UK roadtrip... but we were passing through that area anyway and so we thought 'Why not?' They built it right
