I prefer to edit articles about the wild and lonely places of North Britain and only rarely venture out to more civilised parts. Please note that 'Ben' is an honorific - my local friends call me 'MacDui'.

When visiting my part of the world please:

• dunna chuck bruck such as orange peel, beer cans or aeroplanes.
• ensure you have suitable equipment as advised by Mountaineering Scotland.

The local weather can be found here.

I am currently listening to Holly Humberstone.

Anyone wishing to offer a media opportunity should contact my agent, Am Fear Liath Mhor.

GA Contributions

Arran · Barra Head · Dubh Artach · Eday · Flora of Scotland · Flannan Isles · Geology of Scotland · Gigha · Hebrides · Inner Hebrides · Islands of the Clyde · Islands of the Forth · Islay · Jarlshof · Kingdom of the Isles · Lismore · Northern Isles · Mingulay · Orkney · Orkneyinga saga · Outer Hebrides · Papa Stour · Prehistoric Orkney · Raasay · Rùm · Scandinavian Scotland · Scotland during the Roman Empire · Shetland · Sigurd Hlodvirsson · Skerryvore · Skye · Staffa · Þorfinnr inn riki · Torf-Einarr

Other Interests

These are a few of my favourite things. Image Article Subject Comment Dun Carloway Archaeology Iron Age penthouse Skara Brae Archaeology Meet the Flintstones Lunnasting stone Archaeology et tu nechton? Hylocomium splendens Botany The magical "Glittering Wood-moss" Woodsia alpina Botany Rowan and Martin had nothing on Lhwyd & Williams – pteridomania indeed. Lunga, Firth of Lorn Geography Rubha Fiola adventures – but watch out for the midges and the Grey Dog East Loch Tarbert, Argyll Geography Magnus Barefoot vs Robert the Bruce roller derby. Camastianavaig Geography The Battle of the Braes Sleeping Warrior Geography See Flickr for a decent view Yarrow Water Geography/literature Walter Scott, James Hogg, William Wordsworth and Tam Lin, all in one little glen. Hutton's Unconformity Geology "The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far back into the abyss of time." John Sands History The "M.P. for St Kilda" Hinba History An island in Scotland of unknown location... Land of Green Ginger History April Fool DYK – a small land, with even smaller windows. Invariant set postulate Mathematics Speculative resolution of the Bohr–Einstein debates. List of domesticated Scottish breeds Zoology Seaweed eating sheep et al.

"Come away, human child,

To the water and the wild,

With a faery hand-in-hand,

From a world more full of weeping

Than you can understand."