Dornoch

Staying at the Dornoch Castle Hotel

The Dornoch Castle Hotel has a lot of advantages when you’re looking for somewhere to stay in the Scottish Highlands. It’s easy to get to and within a day’s drive of everywhere in the north. It’s in the centre of Dornoch and offers a range of accommodation to fit most budgets. The Dornoch Castle hotel [...]

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Visiting Dornoch Cathedral

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Dornoch Cathedral is everything you’d expect from a place of worship, and a lot more. No visit to the Scottish Highlands can be complete without an hour in this very special building. Here is the very centre of nearly 800 years history in this part of the world where the north met the south, often [...]

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History of Dornoch Cathedral

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The history of Dornoch Cathedral goes all the way back to 1222 and most of the original stonework is still there. Despite its history of conflicts and pillage this is no ruin. Every Sunday its full to the rafters and it’s impossible to find a seat on high days and holidays. In the Cathedral you’ll [...]

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Who Won the Shield 2010

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Who won the Carnegie Shield Gold Medal at Royal Dornoch Golf Club in 2010? The first winner on the Carnegie Shield honours board in the Club lobby is T.E. Grant. in 1901. The competition wasn’t played during the 2 World Wars but apart from that has been the pinnacle of the club’s competition season ever [...]

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Carnegie Shield Week Prize Giving

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At Royal Dornoch Golf Club the golfing season culminates with Carnegie Shield week and that builds up to the prize giving on Saturday afternoon. This is Highlands golf at it’s best. There’s always a good crowd. Both local members and visitors have spent the afternoon on the course watching the three match play finals. Those [...]

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Links Villa Way Back Then When?

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Here are two pictures with our house in the background. One of these is back in 1915 but the house was built some time before that with original sale of the land back in 1896. Posted via email from About Our Roots And here’s what it looks like in 2010. Post Footer automatically generated by [...]

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Carnegie Shield Week at Royal Dornoch

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Carnegie Shield week – usually the second week in August – is the pinnacle of both golf and tourism calendars at Royal Dornoch. It’s an open competition attracting 300 plus entries every year from far and wide. Much more than a golf tournament, the Shield is an annual celebration of long standing friendships mixed in [...]

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Dornoch Highland Gathering

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The Highland Gathering is an essential part of Scottish culture. For centuries people who lived isolated in the hills would get together for a party. Competition was just part of the fun. Gathering’s take place in the Highlands in August when the weather is good(ish) and there’s plenty of visitors to enjoy the spectacle. Today [...]

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A Walk Around Dornoch

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Dornoch is described elsewhere in this blog as Paradise on the 58th. Parallel. The video at the foot of the page shows views of the town in August sunshine. Watch it and you’ll begin to understand why. A quiet walk around can take 10 minutes or a couple of hours. Especially when the weather is [...]

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Morning Walks on the Beach

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A walk on the beach in the morning is a great start to any day, especially when the beach is at Dornoch in the Highlands, and especially when the weather is as kind as it was this morning. By the kids playground there were 4 RVs – caravans with a driver on the front. They’d [...]

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