Highlands

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 Lairg

Lairg

Lairg seems the last point of civilisation as we drive into the wilderness of Sutherland. It seems almost every route, to everywhere goes through Lairg. We can be going to the northwest and Oldshoremore or Sandwood Bay, or Cape Wrath or Bettyhill, or Ben Hope or Ben Klibreck- doesn’t matter. Every time we go through, [...]

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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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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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What Happened to You in the Highlands

Places

Share your Highlands experiences with our readers, here. Help people who’re interested in knowing the real story of Europe’s last great wilderness by telling your stories. How did you enjoy your visit? Was it on our unique golf courses? Was it the peace and quiet? Was it the splendid isolation of our hills? Maybe it [...]

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Links Villa Way Back Then When?

Dornoch

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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A Walk Around Dornoch

Dornoch

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

Beaches

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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A Regional Capital Friendly As A Village

Places

Inverness is the Capital of the Highlands. The centre of an  area the size of Belgium for a population of more than 1 million yet it feels like a village.  Its compact – almost everything is within walking distance.  Traffic is light (for a capital that is) and parking is easy. It sits a the [...]

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Highlands Golf At Its Best

Dornoch

Image via Wikipedia Golf is a pastime of the people in the Highlands and in August it reaches a crescendo with open competitions organised in all four of the courses in East Sutherland and the one just across the bridge. In Fabulous Month of Golf Ahead Robin Wilson of the Northern Times describes the frenzy [...]

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