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Written by Chris Thornton from the beautiful Moray coast.</p> 506 </section> 507 508 <main> 509 <div class="page-content"> 510 <div class="about-intro-section"> 511 <div class="about-intro-text"> 512 <h2>Hello, I'm Chris</h2> 513 <p>My name is Chris and I live in <a href="../moray-firth-scotland/">Moray</a>, Scotland with my 3 daughters and wife. Moray is a fantastic place to live, with its rolling hills, <a href="../beaches-in-moray/">fantastic beaches</a> and pretty coastal towns.</p> 514 <p>This website is my corner of the internet dedicated to my home country of Scotland. Here you'll find practical travel advice, road trip itineraries, scenic walks, and stories steeped in Scottish history.</p> 515 </div> 516 </div> 517 518 <figure class="about-full-image"> 519 <picture> 520 <source srcset="https://www.livebreathescotland.com/article_images/chris-thornton.webp" type="image/webp"> 521 <img src="https://www.livebreathescotland.com/article_images/chris-thornton.jpg" 522 alt="Chris Thornton, Scottish travel writer and creator of Live Breathe Scotland" 523 loading="eager" 524 width="800" 525 height="600"> 526 </picture>
527 <figcaption>Chris Thornton, creator of Live Breathe Scotland</figcaption> 528 </figure> 529 530 <div class="trust-section"> 531 <h2>Why Trust Live Breathe Scotland?</h2> 532 <ul class="feature-list"> 533 <li>I am Scottish and have lived in Scotland for over 35 years.</li> 534 <li>I personally visit all of the places I write about, take photos and give my own personal experiences.</li> 535 <li>I am completely independent and will give an honest assessment of every place I visit.</li> 536 <li>I am not paid by a third party to write reviews.</li> 537 <li>I am an expert on Scotland, and have had work published in local newspapers and nationwide media outlets.</li> 538 <li>I'm highly educated to degree level and can report on Scottish locations with great accuracy.</li> 539 <li>My free travel itineraries are very detailed and are as in-depth as paid itineraries.</li> 540 <li>I want to show tourists what my fantastic little country has to offer.</li> 541 </ul> 542 </div> 543 544 <div class="story-section"> 545 <h2>My Story</h2> 546 <p>I wasn't born in Scotland â my father was in the RAF and based at RAF Bruggen in Germany in 1982. We returned to Scotland a couple of years later when my dad was posted to RAF Lossiemouth and lived just outside Lossie near <a href="../duffus-castle-scotland/">Duffus Castle</a> which ignited my love of exploring castles around Scotland. My mother is a keen photographer and she instilled an interest in it for me from a young age.</p> 547 548 <p>Moving to <a href="../buckie/">Buckie</a> when I was 5, life in a fishing town was much different to the countryside of <a href="../guide-to-lossiemouth/">Lossiemouth</a>. The people at school were nicer and spoke in a strong Doric dialect. I discovered a love of singing and playing the guitar and started a band in 2000 called "The Method". For 6 years we enjoyed a little local success supporting Paolo Nutini, Biffy Clyro and playing an acoustic session on BBC Scotland.</p> 549 550 <figure class="story-image"> 551 <picture> 552 <source srcset="https://www.livebreathescotland.com/article_images/the-method-band.webp" type="image/webp"> 553 <img src="https://www.livebreathescotland.com/article_images/the-method-band.jpg" 554 alt="The Method band from Moray, Scotland" 555 loading="lazy" 556 width="800" 557 height="600"> 558 </picture> 559 <figcaption>My old band â The Method</figcaption> 560 </figure> 561 562 <p>After graduating from Robert Gordon University in <a href="../is-aberdeen-a-good-place-to-live/">Aberdeen</a> as a fully qualified web developer I started my own business in 2004. I built the website "Highland Ultimate Bands List" in the early 2000s and really enjoyed the experience. The website had 500 members and promoted local musicians from Moray to everywhere west!</p> 563 564 <figure class="story-image"> 565 <picture> 566 <source srcset="https://www.livebreathescotland.com/article_images/hubl-cd.webp" type="image/webp"> 567 <img src="https://www.livebreathescotland.com/article_images/hubl-cd.jpg" 568 alt="Highland Ultimate Bands List compilation CD" 569 loading="lazy" 570 width="800" 571 height="600"> 572 </picture> 573 <figcaption>Highland Ultimate Bands List compilation CD</figcaption> 574 </figure> 575 576 <p>Since then I have been making websites for other people but always yearned for my own project again, so in early 2021 I decided to start LiveBreatheScotland.com and make good use of my back catalogue of photography taken on my trips around Scotland.</p> 577 578 <figure class="story-image"> 579 <picture> 580 <source srcset="https://www.livebreathescotland.com/article_images/cullen.webp" type="image/webp"> 581 <img src="https://www.livebreathescotland.com/article_images/cullen.jpg" 582 alt="Cullen, a beautiful coastal town on the Moray coast in Scotland" 583 loading="lazy" 584 width="800" 585 height="600"> 586 </picture>
587 <figcaption>The beautiful coastal town of Cullen</figcaption> 588 </figure> 589 590 <p>I seriously love living in Scotland. I've been to many places across Europe and America, but Scotland has a special something and feels like the right place to be for me. We may not have the weather most of the time, but we have the people, the food, the landscape and tourism to make it a world-class destination for travellers.</p> 591 </div> 592 593 <div class="page-cta"> 594 <h2>Let's Connect</h2> 595 <p>Please get in touch if you would like to know more about the project or contribute in some way... or feel free to just say hello!</p> 596 <div class="page-cta-buttons"> 597 <a href="../contact/" class="btn btn-primary">Contact Me</a> 598 </div> 599 </div> 600 </div> 601 </main> 602 603 <!-- Footer --> 604<footer class="footer"> 605 <div class="footer-grid"> 606 <div class="footer-brand"> 607 <a href="https://www.livebreathescotland.com/" class="footer-logo-text">Live Breathe Scotland</a> 608 <p>A personal journal celebrating Scotland's landscapes, history, and hidden treasures. Written by Chris Thornton from the beautiful Moray coast.</p> 609 <div class="footer-social"> 610 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/livebreathescotland" aria-label="Facebook"> 611 <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M18 2h-3a5 5 0 0 0-5 5v3H7v4h3v8h4v-8h3l1-4h-4V7a1 1 0 0 1 1-1h3z"/></svg> 612 </a> 613 <a href="https://www.instagram.com/livebreathescotland/" aria-label="Instagram"> 614 <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="icon-stroke"><rect x="2" y="2" width="20" height="20" rx="5" ry="5"/><circle cx="12" cy="12" r="4"/><circle class="dot" cx="17.5" cy="6.5" r="1.5"/></svg> 615 </a> 616 <a href="https://twitter.com/live_scotland" aria-label="X (Twitter)"> 617 <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M18.244 2.25h3.308l-7.227 8.26 8.502 11.24H16.17l-5.214-6.817L4.99 21.75H1.68l7.73-8.835L1.254 2.25H8.08l4.713 6.231zm-1.161 17.52h1.833L7.084 4.126H5.117z"/></svg> 618 </a> 619 <a href="https://www.pinterest.co.uk/LiveBreatheScotland/" aria-label="Pinterest"> 620 <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M12 0a12 12 0 0 0-4.37 23.17c-.1-.94-.19-2.4.04-3.44l1.4-5.96s-.36-.72-.36-1.78c0-1.67.97-2.92 2.17-2.92 1.02 0 1.52.77 1.52 1.7 0 1.03-.66 2.58-1 4.01-.28 1.2.6 2.18 1.79 2.18 2.14 0 3.79-2.26 3.79-5.52 0-2.89-2.08-4.9-5.04-4.9-3.43 0-5.45 2.58-5.45 5.24 0 1.04.4 2.15.9 2.76.1.12.11.22.08.34l-.34 1.36c-.05.22-.18.27-.41.16-1.52-.71-2.47-2.93-2.47-4.72 0-3.84 2.79-7.37 8.05-7.37 4.23 0 7.51 3.01 7.51 7.03 0 4.2-2.65 7.58-6.33 7.58-1.24 0-2.4-.64-2.79-1.4l-.76 2.89c-.28 1.06-1.03 2.4-1.53 3.21A12 12 0 1 0 12 0z"/></svg> 621 </a> 622 </div> 623 </div> 624 <div> 625 <h4 class="footer-heading">Explore</h4> 626 <ul class="footer-links"> 627 <li><a href="https://www.livebreathescotland.com/article-index/">Article Index</a></li> 628 <li><a href="https://www.livebreathescotland.com/free-scotland-travel-itineraries/">Travel Itineraries</a></li> 629 <li><a href="https://www.livebreathescotland.com/travel-consultation/">Travel Consultation</a></li> 630 <li><a href="https://www.livebreathescotland.com/scotland-map/">Activity Map</a></li> 631 </ul> 632 </div> 633 <div> 634 <h4 class="footer-heading">Popular</h4> 635 <ul class="footer-links"> 636 <li><a href="https://www.livebreathescotland.com/biographies/">Biographies</a></li> 637 <li><a href="https://www.livebreathescotland.com/best-things-to-do-in-aviemore/">Best things to do in Aviemore</a></li> 638 <li><a href="https://www.livebreathescotland.com/tipping-in-scotland/">Tipping in Scotland</a></li> 639 <li><a href="https://www.livebreathescotland.com/useful-scotland-links/">Useful Links</a></li> 640 </ul> 641 </div> 642 <div> 643 <h4 class="footer-heading">Information</h4> 644 <ul class="footer-links"> 645 <li><a href="https://www.livebreathescotland.com/privacy-policy/">Privacy Policy</a></li> 646 <li><a href="https://www.livebreathescotland.com/mailing-list/">Mailing List</a></li> 647 <li><a href="https://www.livebreathescotland.com/html-sitemap/">Sitemap</a></li> 648 <li><a href="https://www.livebreathescotland.com/contact/">Contact Us</a></li> 649 </ul> 650 </div> 651 </div> 652 <div class="footer-bottom"> 653 <p>Copyright © Live Breathe Scotland 2026</p> 654 <p>All photography by Chris Thornton, John Luckwell and Alan Butterfield. Some stock photography is used.</p> 655 <p>Website designed and developed by <a href="https://www.colourjam.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Colourjam Web Design</a>.</p> 656 </div> 657</footer> 658 659<!-- Main JavaScript -->
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