Sunrise over the Pentlands this morning. Go up a hill before the day begins. Worth the effort…🚵

What a surprise 🙄

Brutally long, hot and occasionally challenging walk/scramble with Brèagh. Up and over Ben Cruachan and Stob Daimh.

Taking a few quiet moments at 6.30am, up high in the Pentlands. Beats sleeping.

Saligo Bay on Islay tonight. I’ve been here hundreds of times and it never, ever disappoints…

Please read the powerful story of my brilliant colleague Sabina - as told by the equally brilliant Annie Brown. I was privileged to be on the same delegation and it was profoundly emotional. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

Graffiti in Sarajevo.❤️

A bit emotional seeing this old lady retire. She’s been such a big part of my life and has served the islands well in her 39 years. Farewell Heb Isles…

‘We walked him to the station in the rain We kissed him as we put him on the train We sang him a song of times long gone For we knew that we’d be seeing him again’ 💚

Early start this morning to catch the sunrise touching Ben Lomond and Stùc a'Chròin, as seen from Ben Ledi. It got a bit wild up there at times, but it’s all worth it.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Walking up to the Pentland hills yesterday, near Edinburgh. Winter…

Sunrise from the frozen depths of the Highlands this morning. #Scotland #VisitScotland

Wandered into the Pentlands this morning, just a few miles from home. Shouldn’t really take these places for granted.

Scottish police and Italian counterpart at Murrayfield.

This is ridiculous. Are we ok with this? In a Commonwealth Games in Glasgow year?

Went into the Cairngorms at the weekend, for a healthy dose of perspective. How tiny we are…

I went to the west side of Iona tonight, just to look and listen. All the nonsense of the world seems so far from here.

I wonder if there’s a market for some kind of visitor attraction in which animals pay to watch human beings queue to board a plane?

Oh look. Somebody's holding up important island infrastructure again, and I bet they live and work on the mainland. A country of our size should be agile and always a step ahead of the competition, but everything takes too long so we're not. Our island communities deserve better.