Iā€™m Kelly, a writer and researcher, with a passion for heritage and storytelling.

The Deeside Way companion guide

I wrote my first book as I wanted to see a publication like this on the shelves in local shops and bookshops. It is about a 41-mile trail in the north east of Scotland. A place that I love, and call home, and a place I wanted to share with others.

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Dunkeld and Birnham in the low late autumn sun šŸ‚āœØ
Hello October šŸ‚ Autumn is one of my favourite times to get out walking. It’s not too warm or too cold, and the scenery changes colour by the day. Deeside really comes into its own during this season, and it was in in late October 2018 when
I visited Craigston Castle for the first time yesterday. Surrounded by the fields and farmland of north Aberdeenshire, just outside the town of Turriff, the castle is still a family home and is privately owned. It opens its doors for guided tours
Scenes from the city yesterday - looking its best in the sunshine ā˜€ļø Photos of Union Terrace Gardens, the Central Library, the Art Gallery, and the Maritime Museum. I hadn’t been to the maritime museum in at least a decade, and decided to go
I recently bought a copy of Café Canna: Recipes from a Hebridean Island, by Gareth Cole. I love beautiful, visual cookbooks that are about much more than the food, and this one is a gem. It is about the island, the people, the produce and th