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Scottish Gifts under the Christmas Tree…

 

Château de Chambord © 2012 Scotiana

Hi everybody,

BONNE ANNEE A TOUS !!!

We’re just coming back from Sologne where we spent the New Year holidays not far from Aubigny-sur-Nère and a few kilometers from two of the most famous châteaux de la Loire: Chambord and Cheverny.

 

Château de […]

January 5th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Books, Castles, Sir Walter Scott | Leave a comment

In Memoriam of Sir Walter Scott: September 21st 2011…

 

Abbotsford notice board © 2007 Scotiana

Hi everybody,

Today is September 21st, the first day of the autumn season though here, in the south of France, it looks like a summer day, warm and sunny! I wonder what is the weather like in Scotland now…

Is it as beautiful as it was, […]

September 21st, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Sir Walter Scott | Leave a comment

Save Abbotsford: Sir Walter Scott’s House in the Scottish Borders

 

Abbotsford © 2006 Scotiana

Hi everybody!

Hope this article finds you well and enjoying life. 🙂

We received a letter in reference with the restoration of Sir Walter Scott’s House in the Borders region of Scotland and thought it would be great to share its contents as it is a cause that […]

September 17th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Sir Walter Scott | Leave a comment

15 August 2011: Sir Walter Scott’s 240th Birthday!

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Sir Walter Scott Monument Edinburgh © 2007 Scotiana

Hi Mairiuna!

While checking my agenda this morning, I noticed a scribble indicating that today was Sir Walter Scott’s birthday!

I said to myself that we could not let this day go by without honouring our favorite scottish writer . To celebrate his priceless […]

August 15th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: A Scots Yearbook, Sir Walter Scott | Leave a comment

Sir Walter Scott’s Friends : Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe

 

As revealed in Mairiuna’s post “Sir Walter Scott’s Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border Rediscovered “, I am now quite pleased to introduce you to a series of articles about Sir Walter Scott’s cherished friends, be them on two legs or four. 😉

Sir Walter Scott Friends

As you will surely agree with […]

July 18th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Sir Walter Scott | Leave a comment
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