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Scotland on Sunday travel

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Do Not Disturb, Scotland on Sunday travel

Passengers flying out of Edinburgh Airport are being told to arrive extra early before their flight leaves as changes to the check-in hall take place.

Billund in Southern Jutland is the original home of “The Brick”

Pizzas, pastries and Peruvian street food make for a tasty trip, Scotland on Sunday travel

Scotland on Sunday travel, Do Not Disturb

The world's scariest holiday destination, an island covered with decaying old dolls strung up in trees, has left holidaymakers spooked.

One of the Scottish tourism industry’s leading figureheads has denied the country has an “overtourism” crisis despite growing congestion problems.

The giant waves that break off Mullaghmore Head in Ireland’s County Sligo are as serious as you’ll find anywhere in the world. Last winter, experienced local surfer John Monahan nearly drowned there after breaking his femur and two ribs during a wipeout. In 2017, the surf photographer Ian Mitchinson says he told himself “to brace for death” after he was pinned underwater by a monster wave. The surf forecasting website Magic Seaweed describes the spot as “a savage, shallow, reefbreak” that “handles any size swell, producing massive tubes, but needs to be well overhead to break clear of exposed rocks.” So for Tiree surfer Ben Larg, still aged just 14, to turn up at Mullaghmore earlier this week and ride a wave estimated to be around 30-feet high, almost beggars belief.

Five hundred miles through frozen Norway, Finland and Sweden in a Maxda MX5

At first it’s not completely clear if the little white cockapoo curled up on the mosaic floor by the step-through push-bike, complete with front-mounted shopping basket, is part of the deal.

Storm season is here, and at time of writing the west coast of Tiree is being hammered by a monstrous 17-foot swell following a close encounter with Hurricane Lorenzo. By Saturday, the first day of the Tiree Wave Classic’s week-long waiting period, the swell should be down in the more manageable 5-7 foot range according to the surf forecast website Magic Seaweed, but there should still be plenty of wind about, so there’s a decent chance that the contest will kick off either then or on Sunday.