Glen Clova is one of five valleys that make up the Angus Glens – classical glacial valleys that stretch into the borders of the Cairngorms National Park.

Overlooked by many on their way to the more dramatic Highlands further north, the Scottish Borders region affords some of the finest and quietest walking terrain in the country.

With its blend of Highland and Lowland scenery — magnificent, jagged peaks and ridges in the north; fertile, rolling farmlands in the south — the Isle of Arran is often referred to as ‘Scotland in miniature’

The rounded summits and broad ridges of the Moffat Hills provide some of the best and most uncrowded walking in southern Scotland. This walk is one of the most dramatic in the area…

The Benmore forest and botanic gardens, 10km/6 miles to the north of Dunoon, were first laid out in 1862 by Piers Patrick, an American. He was responsible for planting an avenue of 50 giant Sierra redwoods.

Edinburgh, said Robert Louis Stevenson, is ‘a profusion of eccentricities, a dream in masonry and living rock.’ You can see what he means: the formal New Town below the precipice of the Old.

The National Trust for Scotland property at Kintail boasts the famous Five Sisters mountain ridge – one of the finest ridge walks in Scotland – and nearby is Britain’s second-highest waterfall, the Falls of Glomach.

Raasay is one of the northern group of the Inner Hebridean Islands, situated between the Scottish mainland and the Isle of Skye. It’s a lovely, quiet island easily reached from Skye by regular daily ferry services, so it’s quite feasible to combine a day return with a walk on the island.

The National Trust conservation village of Plockton, which lies around a sheltered bay looking eastward down Loch Carron, is one of the most picturesque on Scotland’s west coast…