Flexible walking choices, with surprises to admire and avoid.

Do you want to eat shark or climb down a ladder to meet sharks?

The year starts with a cold spell and some surprises.

A January jaunt beckons, and free for me.

Tentative steps out into the new year, keeping it low key and local, but keep looking up and forward too.

New Year fireworks are cancelled, but there’s an excellent replacement.

Finding my way through the days before Hogmanay.

Finer Scottish stitches than I could hope to produce, on show.

We have plenty to feel fortunate about this festive season.

Festivities are almost upon us and I feel surprisingly calm.