Discovering Dornoch HistoryLinks

Dornoch

Dornoch History Links heritage centre enjoys VisitScotland 5 Star Museum status, and quite rightly, as you’ll see in the video. The displays present stories covering nearly 2000 years of history in a way that’s both accessible and entertaining, for all ages. Not an easy thing to do, as most museums manage to prove. Throughout the [...]

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Discovering Rosal Township

Helmsdale

Rosal Township in the Scottish Highlands is probably the most informing of the heritage sites kept so well by the Forestry Commission. They’ve done a splendid job of the storyboards to help visitors find their way around the site, understanding quite a lot about how people lived back then- before the Highland Clearances. Rosal Township [...]

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Dornoch’s Big Sky

Dornoch

Dornoch is known in the Scottish Highlands as the place with the Big Sky. Quite why I’m not sure. It must be something to do with the fact we’re inland, at least by a bit and not directly on the North Sea Coast. And also we’re far enough away from the hills for them to [...]

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Discovering KiteSurfing on Dornoch Beach

Beaches

Kitesurfing is at its best on Dornoch Beach, in the Highlands of Scotland. At least, according to the young man I spoke to about it yesterday. The combination of minimal waves, shallow water and huge expanse of sand work well for novices and experts alike. A major advantage is the huge expanse of water in [...]

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Best of the Business Internet – August 22nd

Places

Here’s this weeks choices but before we get into that I’d really appreciate your opinion on something new I’ve been trying out.  Continuing my theory about Infotainment I’ve been combining video with text in an effort to make the content more engaging.  Please take a look at Who Won the Shield in 2010 and leave [...]

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Discovering Helmsdale

Accommodation

Helmsdale is at the northern border where Sutherland meets Caithness and less than an hour from John O Groats and the Pentland Firth. This small town is famous for three things – salmon fishing, the Clearances and the Mirage restaurant which is said to serve the best fish and chips in the north. There’s also [...]

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Views of Brora

Accommodation

Brora is pretty far north, and in Highlands terms also quite big.  At one time most of the coal for this part of the country came into  what was a busy harbour. There were fishing boats too, and some industry. To the south of the town was Hunters factory.  They made the highest quality tweeds [...]

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Badbea Highland Clearance Village and Memorial

Helmsdale

Badbea Highland Clearance Village and Memorial is just a couple of miles north of Helmsdale, on the A9.  There’s a road sign on the left and a small car park on the right, with a storyboard and a gate. It’s so easy to reach, and the village is only a few minutes walk away.  Badbea [...]

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Highland Clearances Injustice for the Poor

History

The Highland Clearances is a story every visitor should learn something about. Amongst Highland people this episode of injustice forced on their ancestors is still cause for anger and resentment. It’s a story this part of the world will never forget. Luckily the heritage centres in every town cover their own versions what happened in [...]

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Staying at the Dornoch Castle Hotel

Accommodation

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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