11.9 C
Helmsdale
Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Dundee Gingerbread

This is a traditional Scottish recipe and you will need to decide how you'd like to adjust it to...

Mrs. Bruce’s Lasagna

This recipe is from Mrs. Bruce of Aberdeen. Filling: - 1 pound of hamburger meat (mince) - 1 pack of streaky bacon -...

Oatcakes

This is a Scottish traditional recipe that has not been modified from its original version. You will need to...

Featured Scottish Website

A closer look at Scotland from its unique websites

Scotland’s Lost Country Houses

Scottish Websites Fledermaus -
Have you ever taken a drive through the Scottish countryside and come upon a dilapidated structure and wondered what led to its demise? Or have you heard tales about demolished historical estates and want to know where they once stood? There are many reasons Scottish estates have fallen to ruin during the 20th century, and Dr. Alastair Disley has been researching them since 2002. He opened his Scotland's Lost Country Houses website in 2006 and since then he has been...

Scottish History

Research, Documents and Old Publications

Clan Bruce

Our Patriot monarch, King Robert the Bruce, belonged to...

History of the Plague in Scotland

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The Old Scottish Wine Trade

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The Old Scottish Fisheries

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What is the weather in the Highlands today?

Weather changes quickly, so dress in layers and wear sensible shoes. Distance between services can be long, pack snacks & water.
Aberdeen
overcast clouds
12.1 ° C
12.3 °
11.4 °
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9.3kmh
100 %
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13 °
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10 °
Banff
overcast clouds
12.2 ° C
12.2 °
11.3 °
95 %
11.3kmh
100 %
Wed
13 °
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14 °
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13 °
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13 °
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9 °
Inverness
few clouds
11.7 ° C
13 °
11 °
82 %
3.1kmh
20 %
Wed
14 °
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15 °
Fri
14 °
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13 °
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9 °
Helmsdale
overcast clouds
11.9 ° C
11.9 °
11.1 °
90 %
6.8kmh
99 %
Wed
12 °
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13 °
Fri
12 °
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11 °
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Thurso
overcast clouds
12.1 ° C
12.1 °
11.6 °
89 %
8.7kmh
100 %
Wed
13 °
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13 °
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13 °
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8 °
Kirkwall
overcast clouds
12 ° C
12 °
11.7 °
82 %
11.3kmh
100 %
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12 °
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12 °
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12 °
Portree
overcast clouds
14.2 ° C
14.2 °
14.2 °
81 %
3.4kmh
100 %
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13 °
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14 °
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12 °
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11 °
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11 °
Peterhead
overcast clouds
12.2 ° C
12.2 °
11.4 °
88 %
12.9kmh
100 %
Wed
12 °
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14 °
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13 °
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Fochabers
overcast clouds
12.2 ° C
12.8 °
11.9 °
88 %
1.3kmh
100 %
Wed
14 °
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14 °
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13 °
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8 °
Tain
overcast clouds
11.4 ° C
12.8 °
10.8 °
81 %
5.7kmh
100 %
Wed
13 °
Thu
14 °
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13 °
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13 °
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7 °
Wick
broken clouds
12 ° C
12 °
12 °
87 %
9.8kmh
75 %
Wed
13 °
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13 °
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12 °
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12 °
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10 °
Dounreay
overcast clouds
12.1 ° C
12.1 °
11.5 °
91 %
6.3kmh
100 %
Wed
14 °
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14 °
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13 °
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13 °
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8 °
Shetland Islands
overcast clouds
10.8 ° C
10.8 °
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12.6kmh
100 %
Wed
12 °
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12 °
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13 °
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9 °
Ullapool
light rain
8.8 ° C
8.8 °
8.8 °
88 %
3.4kmh
100 %
Wed
14 °
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14 °
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13 °
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12 °
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6 °
Fraserburgh
overcast clouds
12.3 ° C
12.3 °
11.4 °
88 %
11.6kmh
100 %
Wed
13 °
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15 °
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13 °
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13 °
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10 °
Nairn
few clouds
11.8 ° C
12.9 °
11 °
82 %
3.1kmh
20 %
Wed
14 °
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15 °
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14 °
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13 °
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8 °
Golspie
overcast clouds
11.7 ° C
13 °
11.1 °
81 %
5.7kmh
100 %
Wed
11 °
Thu
13 °
Fri
12 °
Sat
11 °
Sun
6 °
Mey
light rain
13.7 ° C
14.2 °
11.9 °
94 %
6.7kmh
100 %
Wed
19 °
Thu
19 °
Fri
17 °
Sat
17 °
Sun
12 °
Tongue
overcast clouds
11.5 ° C
12 °
10.3 °
87 %
3.2kmh
100 %
Wed
14 °
Thu
13 °
Fri
12 °
Sat
11 °
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10 °
Stornoway
scattered clouds
12.6 ° C
13 °
12.2 °
79 %
5.7kmh
40 %
Wed
13 °
Thu
15 °
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13 °
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12 °
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11 °
Fort William
overcast clouds
10.1 ° C
10.1 °
10.1 °
90 %
2.2kmh
100 %
Wed
13 °
Thu
14 °
Fri
12 °
Sat
11 °
Sun
9 °

Scottish Folklore, Fairytales & Myths

Grab a cuppa and dig in to a good story.

Featured Scottish Fairy Tale

Scottish Words: A Fairy Tale Glossary

A body: a person Airt: direction Ahint: behind Bairn: child Baudrons: Scotch name for a cat Ben: in towards an inner room Ben: a mountain peak Bicker: to argue in a petty way Bonnet-piece: an old Scottish coin Byre: cowhouse Canty: kindly, cheerful Cantrip: a freak, or wilful piece of trickery Chuckie-stone: a small white pebble Clout: a blow Cloving: separating lint from its stalk Clue: a ball of worsted Creel: a large hand-made basket Cutty-pipe: a short clay pipe Daft: silly, weak-minded Dander: to walk aimlessly Darkening: the twilight Divot: a sod Doo: a dove Douce: sedate Dowie: dull, low-spirited Dyke: a wall Eldritch: weird Emprise: an enterprise Entry: a passage Fain: gladly Feared: afraid Forbye: besides Gang: go Girnel: a meal-chest Gled: a hawk Gloaming: the twilight Greeting: crying Hantle: very much, a considerable number Havers: nonsense Heckle: to comb Hinnie: a term of endearment Hirple: to limp Histie: haste thee Inbye: inside Ingle neuk: the corner by the fire Joists: the beams in a roof Kailyard: a kitchen garden Ken: know Kirn: a churn, to churn Kist: a chest Knowe: a little hillock Lift: the sky, the air Light: alight Lintie: a linnet Lout: to stoop Lum: chimney Louping-on-stane: a stone from which to mount a horse Malison: a curse Meat: food Migraine: a pain affecting one half of the head Mutch: a cap Onstead: farm buildings Paddock: a toad or frog Pirnie: a woollen nightcap Poke: a bag Rivlins: shoes made of cowhide Sen' night: a week Shoon: shoes Siccan: such Siller: money Sinsyne: since Smatchet: small boy Sneck: to latch or shut a door Snibbit: bolted, snib,...

What Are Scottish Bloggers Saying?

Here we feature some of our favourite posts from our bloggers.

Sometimes Island

Highland Post Seavino -
(NOTE: Sometimes Island is part of Kodiak Island in Alaska, USA. The island is only reachable during low tide, when a short and narrow land mass appears).I am remembering methe person I used to be long agoSometimes Islandsometimes yousometimes the wild berries and the pushkitrials before technologybefore buildings and boulevardsthe beaches where we dreamedthe love we made and left behindon beds of moss in the underbrush,where fall covered the place in leavesand winter entombed our passionburying in ice and snow, the seedsof memories that would growas sweet as the salmonberries in augustthe ones we ate along the wayI knew we were losing more than uswith every step we took...

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