Serenity Scotland

16/12/2024

"Keep yir ain fish guts for yir ain seamaws..."

(Seamaws are seagulls)

29/07/2024

Early July in Glen Etive:

‘Meanwhile in Alba, the seasons turned blissfully for Deirdre and Naoise. The woman, always the one for the wild places, made a fine home from each of the forests or lochsides on which they camped, and the brothers hunted the rich hills and glens of Argyll. It was the sweet summer of their love; nature was kind to them, and they lived and they laughed in the lap of her bounty.’

(an excerpt from Fiona Davidson’s version of ‘Deirdre of the Sorrows’ as told on ‘The Language of Birds’ (1998), drawn by Fiona from the Ulster Cycle, and also the inspiration for other storytellers and playwrights, including WB Yeats: Deirdre (1907)).

For me, it was the perfect storytelling to accompany the walk, the swim, and the research for guiding on a photography trip—a glorious glen, but always, like the story of Deirdre, a palpable sorrow is not far away.

05/04/2024

04/01/2024

Happy New Year.......

24/11/2023

The fabulous V&A in Dundee…
Iconic building & historic city!

We look forward to the next international exhibition in January ~ Kimono: Kyoto to catwalk. Why not explore some of our distinctive art & Dundee on your next tour?

We thoroughly enjoyed the last exhibition ‘Tartan’, Joanne particularly spent time enjoying the templates, drawings & patterns which have been preserved. Iain appreciated the evidence of tartan portrayed in 17th - 18th century paintings, that became one of the signifiers of the cultural identity of the Gaelic population and the Highlands.

🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING: The next exhibitions at V&A Dundee have been revealed which includes new free exhibitions

MAIN EXHIBITION SPACE:

🇯🇵 Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk (4 May 2024 - 7 January 2025) will be the flagship exhibition which will present the kimono as a "dynamic and constantly evolving icon of fashion"

FREE EXHIBITIONS:

🎶 The Big Weekend Experience (opens 1 December 2023)

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Dundee Tapestry (opens 20 January 2024)

🖼 Photo City: How Images Shape the Urban World (opens 29 March 2024)

10/11/2023

Exploring bridges beneath oak and hazel...who dwells here...

10/11/2023

Walk with me……

30/05/2023

Turf, wattle, daub and heather; a Glen Coe home in perfect weather.

22/05/2023

Ane wounderful crag, risand within the sea, with so narrow and strait hals that na schip nor boit bot allanerlie at ane part of it. This crag is callet the Bas; unwinnabil by ingine of man. In it are coves, als profitable for defence of men as [if] thay were biggit be crafty industry. Every thing that is in that crag is ful of admiration and wounder.

Hector Boece 1465-1536

20/05/2023

Mares’ tails and mackerel scales make tall ships take in their sails.

17/05/2023

When is a superhighway worth sauntering?