Scotland

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 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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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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Visiting Dornoch Cathedral

Dornoch

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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Discovering Dunrobin Castle

Golspie

Dunrobin Castle sits between the A9 and the sea. It’s one of the main attractions in this part of the Scottish Highlands. My wife, Jackie, describes it as a “fairy tale castle” because of the elegant stonework and especially the round turrets. Anybody who enjoys the elegance and splendour of the days when gentlemen were [...]

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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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