Off the beaten track

Sally Toms enthuses about Scotland's tucked away treasures.

Hello again and welcome to another packed edition of Scotland Magazine. In this issue you will find an assortment of treasures; we've got whirlpools and Cold War bunkers, mysterious Iron Age structures and treasure hunts; Dominic Roskrow has an emotional moment atop a mountain in Kintail, and Liz Pickering highlights some of Scotland's most unmissable attractions, some of which may surprise you. Because that's what we try to do here at Scotland Magazine. Of course we're proud to feature the fivestar castles and houses and abbeys etc – they're the most visited quite often because they're the best – but Scotland is also full of hidden and highly unique places to visit.

I don't know about you but I hate crowds and absolutely loathe queuing. It's something the British are supposed to be good at, but standing in line and getting a glimpse of something in a glass box as you file past has never been my idea of a good time.

Some of Scotland's best attractions were just not built to accommodate lots of people. More often than not there's a velvet rope separating hoards of other trampling feet (including yours) from a dusty room and a bed that Mary Queen of Scots once slept in.

All very fascinating and you want to just stand there and soak up the history. Actually what you really want to do is get in there and have a good look round, but you can't because of the rope, and because someone else is standing behind you clearing their throat impatiently and waiting for their turn in ...

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• By : Sally Toms
• In : Editor's View
• Issue : 37
• Page : 3
• Words : 612