Take a voyage north to the breathtaking, rugged scenery of Sutherland in the far north-west of Scotland.
This is Mackay country, and the numerous cairns, brochs and ruined settlements in the area are testament to a long and turbulent history. Norsemen would steer their longships around Cape Wrath on the way to Ireland, and sometimes came ashore in Durness. And it was the Vikings who gave the county of Sutherland its name.
True to their Norse ancestry, the original settlers loved to pass on stories, and there is hardly a hill, loch or bay in the area which does not boast its own ghost or legend. Although we have not so far met any of these spectral residents, we have witnessed the breathtaking Northern Lights, and joined in when locals stopped work to watch whales playing in the waters beneath the cliffs. Perhaps you too will be lucky …