Blog

This blog is a space to follow the COAST project as it evolves through the Year of Scotland’s Stories and beyond. You can expect to see, read, and hear updates from the team about the travelling exhibitions, events and project developments, and how the stories are being experienced now that they have been shared and brought to life.

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Blog

‘Let yourself be guided by this app… it’s full of surprises and treasures’

Louise Boulanger came to Scotland for the first time for a three-month internship working on the COAST project. Here she shares her thoughts on using…

Discover our self-guided trails

Three new illustrated and self-guided trails help visitors explore COAST themes and stories

At COAST we have enjoyed making links with other story gathering and…

A Hebridean Overture- telling stories and discovering new ones

It is always fun to show visitors your own country, and this spring I had the delightful task of helping guests understand and appreciate our…

Sealladh: vision

In April the UHI project team exhibited COAST at the Museums and Heritage Highland ‘Sealladh’ conference in Inverness. Over sixty delegates connected to the…

Scotland’s Stories video and blog showcases the COAST app

Graeme Johncock is a travel blogger, writer, storyteller and guide who runs the enthralling Scotland’s Stories, a travel blog and social media account full…

The West Coast is alive with stories.

By the ‘Spirit of the Highlands and Islands’ project

Over the past year on the Spirit of the Highlands and Islands project, we have…

COAST goes wild for Argyll

The UHI project team at COAST were delighted to participate in the ‘Wild About Argyll’ summit in Dunoon in March. ‘Wild About Argyll’ are…

The power of stories to bring us together – even when we are apart

Marking World Storytelling Day 2023

Ahead of World Storytelling Day tomorrow (20th March), we are reflecting on some of the questions which have arisen throughout…

‘Wild For Scotland’ podcast introduces COAST audio stories

We couldn’t have been more pleased when travel expert Kathi Kamleitner approached us to tell us how much she enjoyed the COAST stories. Kathi has…

Using stories to inspire art

A collaboration with the UHI West Highland Creative Arts program invited students to reinterpret stories through painting.

Stories are always subject to reinvention- many…

The COAST project comes to Glasgow

By the Centre for Recreation and Tourism Research (CRTR) – UHI

The COAST exhibitions are currently at The Briggait in Glasgow…

Mull – an isle with stories galore

By Robin McKelvie

When I think of Scotland and stories Robert Louis Stevenson is never far from my mind. The protagonist of the novel Kidnapped,…

Islay – where the stories have terroir as rich as the whisky

By Robin McKelvie

Islay is world-famous for its peaty single malts, but there is so much more to this remarkable island than superb whisky. This…

Arran, an island alive with stories

By Robin McKelvie

Scotland’s west coast and its treasure trove of islands are a deeply dramatic landscape that bursts with stories; a land where legends…

COAST – the stories connecting west coast communities

By Robin McKelvie

This year is the official Year of Stories in Scotland. It is really no surprise that we are having this celebration as…

The Spirit of the Highlands and Islands

By High Life Highland

The Spirit of the Highlands and Islands – what is it?

Is it the landscape? A community? A favourite memory? How…

Uncovering tales of whisky smuggling, curling, and giants on Arran

By Kelly Morrison

I first sailed across to Arran over ten years ago when I spent a week there volunteering with the ranger service at…

Why Scotland’s Coast is so Important

By Robin McKelvie

There is nothing quite like a rugged coast, alive with a shimmering of isles sparkling on the horizon, to get the heart…