We were staying in Aberdeen for a week while my fiance did a work course nearby. I was working from the hotel during the day, so I booked us a private sauna session at Driftwood in Stonehaven for one evening,…
We arrived at Wild Ember Bothy in Kenmore and parked at the Scottish Crannog Centre to find a Roman re-enactment group had set up camp beside the loch. Full costumes, tents, the lot. Not what we were expecting on the…
Some outdoor saunas stand out because of their social atmosphere. Others because of their setting. Wilderness Sauna Glencoe delivers both — one of the best views I’ve ever had from a sauna, paired with something much harder to find: complete…
I’d first come across The People’s Sauna at Kinghorn Loch in a local newspaper, which highlighted its pay-what-you-can approach. It stood out as something different — I wanted to try it not just for the experience, but because I liked…
It was a calm morning, the tide out and the tidal pool much bigger than I’d imagined. The coastline was rugged, seabirds overhead, the air fresh and still. Why I wanted to visit Cellardyke tidal pool sauna A friend told…
I’d been curious about the social sauna sessions at Wild Scottish Sauna Eden Springs Fife for a while — but I’d never booked one before, and this time I didn’t have anyone to go with. So I just went alone.…
It was a misty morning in Granton and as we walked down towards the promenade, I wasn’t convinced. Pebble beach, warehouses, not much else in sight. I had a brief moment of thinking, oh no. But then we got closer.…
I arrived just before 08:45, early enough to have a quiet wander around the Balmalcolm Den before anyone else showed up. It was a bright, sunny morning and everything was still. I’d booked onto Viking Heat Retreat’s Run, Coffee, Recovery…
It was a grey Sunday morning in February. I was tired, it was cold, and I had no real idea what I was walking into. I’d been hearing more and more about wild saunas in Scotland — the heat, the…