Books...

It's funny how despite just about everything can be found on the internet these days but it still seems to take bloody ages any time you want to actually find it. So I've been trying to find ways to help folk find easier ways to get to the type of information they are after when visiting Highland Move.

I will have more time over the summer to work on my websites and want to improve all aspects of them. It’s a bummer that I’ve not been able to update this blog much in the past few months, but I’ll shortly begin regular news and update post again – promise! One of the things I’ve been doing is using an Amazon feature to create my own ‘bookstore’ to help you find good books related to moving to the Highlands quickly.

The Highland Move bookstore

Click on the link to have a look. In the future you can find it on the sidebar of this blog. I’ll keep it regularly updated and try to get reviews up of new books that come on-stream. It an Amazon based thing, so you can buy any books straight from the shops if you like them. I thought it might be handy as it saves you searching through reams of pages and wondering which books are most up to date or highest quality.

Enjoy.

Geograph - Every corner of Scotland in photo!

Geograph is an open online project to bring together images from every square km of the UK. Its broad aim is to bring maps alive and give a more human impression of the landscape, urban or wild, to the viewer. It's a pretty useful tool for exploring the country from a distant location in combination with free online OS maps. You could use it to get a feel for a town or just to check out a view of somewhere you might not have an opportunity to get to, such as a remote island or mountain.

The shot above is not from Geograph, its one of mine, taken in February this year. Its the Ardnamurchan peninsula seen from one of the few places you'll see the whole peninsula at one time - from the summit of Blaven on Skye.

What can I say? Stunning!!!

For pure inspiration through landscape photography, Big Alba is the best I have seen in a long time - Wow. More of the same please Alastair!

Hebridean Homes contemporary kit houses

I guess the first thing that enters your head when imagining and planning a move to the highlands and islands is; "what kind of house will I live in?". Highland Move will be showcasing property options for ALL budgets over the coming months. For those looking at purchasing land and building your own house (obviously a pretty important option to consider if you are moving to the less populated Western or Northern Isles) check out the new Hebridean Homes site. If you take a drive around, say, Lewis you will quickly notice that many of the modern kit homes are inspired by city suburbia and clash with the landscape. Hebrdean Homes provide contemporary self-build kit houses that are inspired by traditional rural architecture. The idea was conceived by Dualchas Building Design to combine rural design with modern environmentally conscious construction and efficiency, and a recognition that many who move to the isles also use their hoes as their workplace via internet. The site features a budget planner so you can answer the crucial question of how much will it cost?.

Moving to the highlands & Islands

Welcome to the Highland Move blog. This blog is a resource portal, news and information site on all things concerned with moving to or within the Scottish highlands and islands. It is a dream of many to move from the city or from somehwere else on the globe for a better life in the highlands and islands. But for many it might stay a dream, because they dont have access to the information to convice them it is possible to make it happen or to galvanise their motivation. This blog aims to help you make it happen and make it happen well.

We will organise, review and explore all the sources of information on places to move to, what aspects of living are like there and put you in contact with all the right people to get going. We'll feature everything from study and job options and prospect, propery options, availability and resources, local services as well as describing the overall aesthetics of different locations to inspire you to go and make a life there!

This blog is run by Dave and Claire MacLeod, and was inspired by our own searches for information to find out if a move from Glasgow to the Hebrides was possible/viable/positive.