Scottish Isles

Whisky, whisky, and well, more whisky. This teenie tiny Scottish isle has more than 10 distilleries scattered across the island. Planning our trip to Islay was based around visiting the remaining two distilleries on our Scottish Whisky Tour, and it couldn’t have been a sweeter return visit to Scotland. After two years in Scotland, we…

Known as “Little Scotland” the Isle of Arran on the west coast of Scotland did not disappoint. It’s an island with only three main roads, wee villages scattered throughout, and some beautiful scenery. Back in February 2017, we were road tripping through Scotland’s western isles and were unable to make it over to Arran, but…

A Fiddle Festival?! Who wouldn’t want to experience that?? The Shetland Islands in Scotland have held the annual Shetland Accordion and Fiddle Festival for nearly thirty years. It’s a true taste of Scottish culture mixed with Shetland love, and is loads of fun! During Jason’s placement in Shetland, we wanted to get in on all…

How can it be that Jason’s second clinical placement has already come and gone? Wasn’t it just yesterday that we were moving to Scotland? The past ten months in Scotland has absolutely flown by, and our six weeks in the Shetland Islands is no exception. Our time in the Shetland Islands came and went in…

Shetland is an absolutely stunning part of Scotland, or rather the world for that matter. A Shetland holiday comes at the cost of going somewhere extremely remote, however, the remoteness is precisely what makes a Shetland holiday the finest! Being unprepared for Shetland can ruin your trip, so we’ve come up with nine tips for…