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Scotiana’s First Ten “Letters from Scotland” !

One of George Mackay Brown’s favourite words was marvellous. He used it about the weather, his friends, music, the Dounby Show, the landscape, and about his penn’orth of sweeties and The Hotspur comic for boys. He thought it an intense word, shorthand for the kind of state described by poets such as Dylan Thomas, Muir […]

Great Days of the Scottish Highland Games ..

Blackford, near Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland Source: Spooky67 Flickr

Hello again from Scotland, Janice, Marie-Agnes et Jean-Claude!

With summer almost upon us, the first Highland games of 2010 has already taken place; next on the calendar is the gathering at Blackford (near Auchterarder, Perthshire) – the 141st Blackford Highland Games, scheduled for Saturday, 29th May. […]

A Sneak Peek of Aboyne’s Highland Games in the Aberdeenshire Region of Scotland

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Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland – © Aberdeenshire Council 2009

While touring Scotland’s beautiful Aberdeenshire region, we heard that the Aboyne Highland Games Annual event was taking place, so Mairiuna, Jean-Claude and myself, traveled to nearby Aboyne city to experience our first Scottish Highland Games!

Aboyne Highland […]