Places

Discover Tain

Tain is an excellent base for holidays in Scotland. It sits at the north east corner of Ross-Shire in the Highlands. Probably best known as the home of the excellent Glenmorangie single malt whisky, the town has a rich history and prosperous future. With a population of 3,500 it’s the largest town between Invergordon and [...]

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Brora’s Golfing Paradise

Brora

Brora golf course is a fine test of your golfswing. It’s also a test of your resilience, stamina and concentration. Paradoxically its also the fairest golf course I ever played. Uniquely the better your golfswing the harder the course gets. That’s unusual but entirely proper. At Brora everybody, locals and holiday makers alike can enjoy [...]

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Northern Counties Cup Returns to Royal Dornoch

Dornoch

The Northern Counties Cup, one of golf’s oldest and most prestigious club competitions returned to Royal Dornoch Golf Club this weekend. The competition is unique for several reasons – locations, format and history. The full story was explained to me by Denis Bethune – President of Royal Dornoch Golf Club, shown here in the clubhouse [...]

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And Tonight’s Dram is Old Pulteney

Taste of Scotland

Image via Wikipedia Old Pulteney is a Highland single malt whisky, and its also my choice for tonight’s dram. Every evening before dinner I’ll enjoy a glass on single malt whisky during my cocktail hour. That’s 7.00 till 8.00 in this part of the world. To my mind there’s no such thing as a poor [...]

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Jazz Returns to the Highlands

Inverness

Image via Wikipedia One Scottish Highlands attraction most people won’t know about is performing arts. We have plenty to entertain us, and it’s not all bagpipes, drums and kilts. The Highlands has drama. It also has Jazz. Real Jazz. New York style Jazz For years now the Nairn Jazz Festival has attracted popular musicians from [...]

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These Golfers Must Be Mad

Dornoch

The weather in Dornoch isn’t always perfect for golf. That may be hard to believe but sometimes there are things we’d rather do -like work. The Highlands weather can be changeable – you may have heard the expression “all four seasons in the same day” – but there are days when we’re stuck with what [...]

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A Sky You’ll Never Tire of Looking At

Attractions

The sky at Dornoch is worth a special visit. Even for the Scottish Highlands it’s unusual – a sky you’ll never tire of looking at. But what does that mean? Surely any sky is just the sky, – Right? Well not quite, and this slide show video shows why. We used to live in the [...]

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Ullapool

Ullapool, on the west coast, is a gateway to the Scottish Highlands, if you arrive by boat that is. It’s the home of the Ullapool ferry which connects the mainland with Stornaway on the Isle of Lewis. It’s also popular with sailers, with a safe accessible harbour and lots of facilities including bars, hotels, the [...]

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Discover Cromarty on the Black Isle

Cromarty

Cromarty slumbers on the end of the Black Isle in the Scottish Highlands, a peninsula between the Moray Firth and the Cromarty Firth. It’s a delightful town, strangely bridging the centuries. Cromarty itself is old and traditional – a typical highlands town with narrow streets and old elegant houses, churches, the courthouse and the lighthouse. [...]

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Lower Links Nature’s Treasurers

Dornoch

If Natural History captures your interest the Scottish Highlands offers plenty of material to keep you engaged for months. It’s something to do with the geology, the climate and relative lack of people, I guess. Natural history isn’t something I’ve ever studied but I do know several who have, and for them the Lower Links [...]

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