A special place
Erica Crompton discovers peace & calm at Kailzie gardens “People that visit us here in Kailzie gardens all say it’s such a special place,” says Steve, our accessibility guide for the afternoon tour of the gardens. There’s a dedicated off-road wheelchair here that Paul uses, and Steve pushes today as we cast our eyes over […]
Positively Peebles
The Cringletie is the Scottish hotel that wins on accessibility, says Hopezine Editor Erica Crompton As a white snow blankets the rolling hills that frame the River Tweed, we take a left from the scenic Edinburgh Road and over a private bridge to discover the Cringletie, a secluded baronial mansion. Snowflakes blanket the driveway as […]
Bittersweet.
A poem about relocating to Scotland from Spain By Laura Menéndez In the busy morning of a train I have found silence -I was missing- The quiet was daunting, almost oppresing. A monotonous fog had taken over. I had nowhere left to go. In the silence and the quiet, the stillness of one room, in […]
An ode to Scotland
Scotland is the place that will always feel like home, says Laura Menéndez I vividly remember the day I stepped on a plane to change my life forever. After a year of university in Spain, I knew it wasn’t for me. I accepted an offer to study in Scotland. And off I went. A big […]