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Rays of Light in Inverness But No Sunrise

Business

Amongst public sector howls of protest and socialist predictions of Armageddon its a real pleasure to come across some positive thinking from the Inverness Courier. Maybe there’s a silver lining, the author suggests. And there is a silver lining, but not the ones alluded to here which amount to the town grabbing a bigger share [...]

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John o’ Groats named Scotland’s ugliest – UPI.com

Places

Image by I like via Flickr Is John o’ Groats the ugliest spot in Scotland? Not in my opinion. In fact the people who decided this can’t have been to much of Inner city Scotland where there are far worse spots. The most northerly spot in the UK wouldn’t rank well against most of rural [...]

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Mansfield Castle Hotel

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The Mansfield Castle Hotel in Tain offers an exceptional quality of accommodation at reasonable prices.  Walking in the door it really feels like a Scottish Castle – like we’re honoured guests.  No wonder guests at Madonna’s Skibo Castle wedding chose the Mansfield Castle as their hotel. We approach the hotel through a stone portal and [...]

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New Riches in The Highlands – Maybe

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The next Scottish Highlands gold rush is about to start, soon hopefully. Did you know about the first? In 1868 there was a flood of prospectors arriving in Kildonan, a few miles east of Helmsdale, to pan for gold in the River Helmsdale, where this picture was taken. They must have been a hardy bunch. [...]

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Discover Cromarty on the Black Isle

Cromarty
Cromarty Light House

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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Discovering East Sutherland

Helmsdale

Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands is sometimes described as Europe’s last wilderness. Taking a road trip through the heart of Sutherland shows why. There’s nobody there. It’s wild, windy and empty, apart from some hardy souls who obviously enjoy their own company. Our video shows a selection of views as we tour inland, firstly East [...]

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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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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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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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