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  • My thoughts on – Disney’s ‘Sleeping Beauty’

    I must start off this post by prefacing that this is my favourite classic Disney movie and was watched by my me and my best friend at least once a month when we were young. We frequently dressed up as our favourite characters and fought over who got to be the ‘best’ fairy. And who…

  • One Year of the Wandering Medievalist

    Happy Anniversary! 🎉🏆 It has been one year since I started this blog (though the idea had been percolating in my mind for some time before that) and I want to take a moment to say thank you for reading, liking, commenting, and most importantly loving all things medieval.

  • Night photography – my beginnings

    When living in a country where dark is so prevalent in the winter, one must be willing to accept and even embrace the night sky and the often stunning light that comes after sunset. In St Andrews, the streets and buildings are illuminated not just by street lights but by displays specifically designed to accentuate…

  • Rothiemurchus Forest and Loch an Eilein walk

    Several years back, for reasons I cannot really recall, we decided to deviate from our traditional Lochaber-based holidays and try out the eastern side of the Highlands around Aviemore. Due to its popularity in winter sport season, there are plenty of places to stay and eat, and it is a slightly shorter drive. On our…

  • Ludlow Castle

    This post has been very long in coming, due in part to a month of February that both sped by and was quite challenging. I was also very keen to include some history of this magnificent spot, and so even more research than normal was required. Several years back, I was fortunate enough to be…

  • Book review – Cynthia Voigt’s Kingdom series

    My love of writing and my love of medieval history can both be traced back to one particular book, which I received for Christmas when I was 11 or 12 years old. It was a time in my life when I received many books as gifts – no complaints mind you – and I had…

  • Sunrises and sunsets

    Throughout the many depressing months of lockdown, a morning or evening walk was often the time to which I clung to relax and refresh my mind. Few things helped more than stopping before a beautiful yellow-orange-red sky, catching a glimpse of some distant pink, or watching the sky fade into purples and dark blue. I…

  • Falls of Dochart

    The Falls of Dochart is one of the most beautiful places in Scotland, and it is almost certainly one of the most photographed as well. This is not just due to its stunning nature, but to the its relative ease of access – it is only 2 hours from Edinburgh and 1.5 from Glasgow, simple…

  • Marblehead snowstorm

    I realise that I quite recently wrote a post just about snow, but perhaps you will forgive me from focussing on the same topic again. On our recent trip back to the US, we were desperately hoping for a good snow storm to make our winter break feel real. New Hampshire usually comes through for…

  • A walk through Boston – part 2

    I am picking up my favourite walk through Boston at the corner of Boston Common across from the State House. If you have chosen to visit the Shaw and 54th Memorial, my advice here is to follow the edge of the Common for a block or so and then cross Beacon Street when you find…

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