Up early on the Southern Upland Way ☀️❄️

I was over at the wonderful Crawick Multiverse at the weekend - a cosmos-themed land art installation built on the site of an old open-cast mine - in sunny Dumfries and Galloway. Article coming soon... ✏️✨

THAT WAS THE MOST STRESSFUL THING I'VE EVER WATCHED 👑👑👑👑

We're delighted to see our Much Better Adventures Magazine nominated in the 'Travel Magazine of the Year' category at the upcoming 2025 TravMedia UK Awards - alongside some heavyweight competition. Congrats to all those nominated 🏔️🌎 📖👉 muchbetteradventures.com/magazine/

Steve Clarke will have a not insignificant role in the "Scott McTominay: Europe's Best Footballer" documentary

Mixed reports from friends in Portugal: - "we thought WW3 was happening" - "the cafe said there was a cyber war and all of Europe was down. We had no way to check" - "work was impossible and the beer was getting warm so we just hung out and talked to our neighbours"

seeing this forecast and packing all the rain gear anyway is what it means to be a Scottish hiker

Day 1 on the Arran Coastal Way - the 65-mile loop around the isle of Arran. Delighted to say I am sunburned and two pints deep ☀️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Arran weather report ☀️☀️☀️

my latest for Guardian Travel - on Crawick Multiverse (Crawick Multiverse), a land art installation in Dumfries and Galloway built on what was once an open-cast coal mine. The site turns 10 this year... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 theguardian.com/travel/2025/ma…

Thursday weather report for Arran: ☀️

Badosa vs. Osaka, biggest match of Rolland Garros R1, and the stadium is empty. Despite the fact that tickets are gold dust. I do not understand

🇫🇷 Roland-Garros x Paris Saint-Germain 🇫🇷 Fireworks above Court Philippe Chattier night session (Rune vs. Musetti) last night, as the PSG Champions League homecoming celebrations continue...

victory goes to the most tenacious at Roland Garros and that was EXTREMELY tenacious from Carlos Alcaraz

my latest went live today - a 65-mile walk on the Arran Coastal Way, around Scotland's newest UNESCO Geopark 👇🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 theguardian.com/travel/2025/ju…

I took a voyage along the 26 bus route, down to Portobello, for my latest piece. 👉 on why people can’t stay away from Porty, and a community fighting to stop a (now-but-not-always) trendy seaside town from becoming a “holiday let”. In the Saturday pull-out today ⛱️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿