Diary: Dundee
The back streets of Dundee are presided over by remnants of old jute mills; stone and wooden structures with great doors and high windows out onto…
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Diary: Montrose
Montrose is built on a peninsula, like Scotland dipping its toe into the water. A lagoon on one side and the North Sea on the other,…
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Diary: Aberdeen
Having arrived in Aberdeen from Shetland the previous morning, the Yestival team awoke in Lossiemouth on Saturday following a successful evening in Moray on the Friday….
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Diary: Lossiemouth
The Yestival team arrives in Aberdeen early Friday morning, feeling slightly crumpled after a long night on a full-to-maximum-capacity ferry from Lerwick. It was a calm,…
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Diary: Lerwick
After a night on board the ferry, we shake ourselves into a state resembling awake, and make our way south to Hoswick, which will be our…
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Diary: Kirkwall
Waking up, we open our tents to the wide-open sky and sea, bright blues and greens. Nick offers us cups of tea, the use of his…
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Diary: Inverness
Bird cages, fairy lights and Chinese lanterns hang from the rafters at Bogbain Farm, four miles from the Highland capital of Inverness. The tour arrives from…
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Diary: Ullapool
After a sunny goodbye to the Hebrides, we boarded the late night ferry in Stornoway across the Minch. Delayed by an hour, we arrived late into…
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Diary: Harris
After a great night on North Uist and the wonderful hospitality of Morag and Gina MacDonald in Baleshare, we packed up our tents and were on…
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Diary: North Uist
As we wait for the Lord of the Isles to take us from Oban to Lochboisdale the Labour Party transmits its morning message through the headlines…