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Scottish Highlands Adventure Travel Destination?

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Come to the Scottish Highlands for your next adventure holiday. This article (which I’m not sure I totally believe) says its a great area for exciting, activity holidays. And its true. Skiing in the winter, hill walking in winter – if you are truly nuts – and summer. Kite surfing, golfing, fishing, flying about on [...]

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New Thinking on Renewables Already

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Renewable energy at last captures the support of the Scottish public, according to this report by the Herald. For years the development of the north’s wealthiest resource has been held up by a combination of political cowardice and public ignorance. Worst of all has been the most ridiculous howls at the thought of more, and [...]

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A Glimmer of Opportunity

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Image via Wikipedia Liberal Democrats plan to reduce the overhead on the economy by closing the quangos and replacing their role with regional banks managed by business leaders- as described by the Press and Journal. This is just about the most sense I’ve ever heard talked by a Scottish politician. But they’ll have a problem [...]

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BBC News – Scots’ life spans among shortest in EU

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Life expectancy in Scotland continues lagging behind the rest of the UK, and way behind the best in Europe. All this despite record spending in the NHS, overbearing nanny state government, the smoking ban and seemingly endless brainwashing by the public sector in general. It’s time the Scots figured out the socialist politicians and self [...]

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Scottish unemployment rises despite UK fall – Telegraph

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Image via Wikipedia As other countries, including much of England, emerge from the recession Scottish unemployment continues its downward spiral. Meanwhile the politicians and public sector are bleating about how cuts in public spending (through a reduction in English generosity) will cause severe hardship. And they’re right. It will cause severe hardship to THEM and [...]

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Tonights Dram is Glen Moray

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Scottish Malt Whisky is my choice of cocktail, naturally enough. Up here it’s impolite to drink anything else. Glen Moray wouldn’t rank on my favourite malt whisky list, until it comes to price that is but tonight it’s my choice. To be fair this is a very quaffable malt whisky, with a softer, more rounded [...]

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And Tonight’s Dram is Old Pulteney

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Image via Wikipedia Old Pulteney is a Highland single malt whisky, and its also my choice for tonight’s dram. Every evening before dinner I’ll enjoy a glass on single malt whisky during my cocktail hour. That’s 7.00 till 8.00 in this part of the world. To my mind there’s no such thing as a poor [...]

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Dornoch Highland Gathering

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The Highland Gathering is an essential part of Scottish culture. For centuries people who lived isolated in the hills would get together for a party. Competition was just part of the fun. Gathering’s take place in the Highlands in August when the weather is good(ish) and there’s plenty of visitors to enjoy the spectacle. Today [...]

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Why You Should Visit the Scottish Highlands

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The attractions of the Scottish Highlands aren’t necessarily those you would expect, and certainly aren’t limited to castle ruins, pipe bands, tartan and haggis. That’s the impression you’ll get visiting Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, but there’s a lot more to the Highlands, both attractions for tourists and attractions for immigrants, like us. But where exactly is [...]

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