Dornoch

Discovering Dornoch Bowling Club

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Lawn Bowling is a popular pastime all over the UK, especially with seniors, but also with the young. It’s firmly rooted in our history, with the story of Sir Francis Drake, one of England’s biggest heroes, insisting on finishing his game of bowls before sailing out to destroy King Philips Armada and save the country [...]

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Discovering Dornoch HistoryLinks

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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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Dornoch’s Big Sky

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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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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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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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Discovering Golspie

Golspie

Golspie nestles between the hills and the sea in south East Sutherland, although nestles may not be an appropriate word when bad weather comes out of the east. It’s open to the worst of any storm coming across the North Sea. Luckily that doesn’t happen too often. View Larger Map The first time visitor can [...]

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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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