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Paradise for Bird Lovers and Natural Scientists

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Dornoch for bird watching holidays works just as well as Dornoch for golf holidays, and they both work because of the unique nature of our Common Good Lands. The unique environment and natural history which the Lower Links provides attracts both scientists and nature lovers alike. Bird watchers choose Dornoch for their holidays because here [...]

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Golfing at Bonar Bridge

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Bonar Bridge Golf Club in the Scottish Highlands is one of those rare spots – a real hidden gem. That’s a description applied to far too many golf courses which are neither particularly hidden or even particularly gems. But Bonar Bridge really is both.  Its fun to play and offers stunning views, and it’s very [...]

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September Golf in the Highlands

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September is the best month to play golf in the Scottish Highlands. That’s my considered opinion, and I’ve now been living here for 10 years. People often ask when is the best time to visit the Highlands. In the past I’ve always suggested May – that’s when the courses start to firm up, the sun [...]

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Last Competition of the Year

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Open competitions at Royal Dornoch come to an end for the year on the first weekend in September, with the Fraser Gardner trophy competition. This 36 hole medal competition, with 18 holes on the Royal Dornoch Championship course and 18 holes on the Royal Dornoch Struie course is a real tester. Handicaps are limited to [...]

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Lower Links Nature’s Treasurers

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If Natural History captures your interest the Scottish Highlands offers plenty of material to keep you engaged for months. It’s something to do with the geology, the climate and relative lack of people, I guess. Natural history isn’t something I’ve ever studied but I do know several who have, and for them the Lower Links [...]

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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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Royal Dornoch Ladies Open Championship

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Ladies golf is a big part of the Royal Dornoch Golf Club schedule. Open competitions bring visitors from far and wide, and especially the Ladies Open Championship.  With Joyce Wethered as a past winner the competition has an attraction beyond the fun day out. Not surprising really. This gem of a golf course is at [...]

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Highlands Golf At Its Best

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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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Royal Dornoch Golf Club Visitors Enjoy the Sunshine

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Golf visitors pretty much always enjoy a round or two at Royal Dornoch Golf Club in the Scottish Highlands- especially those who usually play at inland courses. Unfortunately the weather isn’t always as good as it was today, but visitors can enjoy it all the more when the wind, rain and terrain all conspire to [...]

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Discount Holiday Golf With Dornoch Firth Golf Pass

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Image via Wikipedia Get discount on the cost of your golf this summer’s holiday with a Dornoch Firth Golf Pass. Holiday golf is one of life’s great pleasures. Weekend golf is great, but squeezed in between the working weeks and subject to the demands of the kids schedules and the weather, we rarely get time [...]

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