Maeve Gillies, president, MaeVona LLC, New York City

"Orkney in October: a divine ceilidh of the elements – the wind plays music, the stormy seas dance and the air tastes like whisky. High up on the Yesnaby cliff-tops, I take an air-bath in a star-shape, and laugh out loud to feel so alive. This is my Scotland: wild and free, history and future, love and life, heart and soul."