7.4 C
Helmsdale
Friday, January 17, 2025

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

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Aberdeen Gardening

Scottish Websites Fledermaus -
I am simply delighted to have stumbled upon a website that not only offers detailed information about all of the beautiful plants and flowers we can grow in Aberdeen, but also tells us the life story of the gardener, and family, and his great love of gardening. "My interest in gardens and gardening began as a child. My brother and I visited and stayed over at our grandparents house regularly. We lived on the top floor of a tenement block,...

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
broken clouds
10 ° C
10.3 °
8.6 °
86 %
2.6kmh
64 %
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10 °
Sun
6 °
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7 °
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6 °
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5 °
Banff
overcast clouds
10.5 ° C
10.5 °
10.5 °
90 %
5.4kmh
86 %
Sat
11 °
Sun
7 °
Mon
8 °
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7 °
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5 °
Inverness
overcast clouds
9 ° C
9 °
7.7 °
87 %
2.6kmh
100 %
Sat
9 °
Sun
7 °
Mon
8 °
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7 °
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3 °
Helmsdale
overcast clouds
7.4 ° C
7.4 °
7.4 °
94 %
2.4kmh
100 %
Fri
8 °
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8 °
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5 °
Mon
6 °
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5 °
Thurso
overcast clouds
10.1 ° C
10.1 °
10.1 °
84 %
5kmh
100 %
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10 °
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6 °
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7 °
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6 °
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5 °
Kirkwall
scattered clouds
10 ° C
10 °
8.9 °
87 %
5.1kmh
40 %
Sat
10 °
Sun
8 °
Mon
9 °
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8 °
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6 °
Portree
overcast clouds
8.2 ° C
8.2 °
8.2 °
89 %
5.1kmh
100 %
Sat
8 °
Sun
8 °
Mon
8 °
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7 °
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5 °
Peterhead
broken clouds
7.9 ° C
7.9 °
7.9 °
87 %
8.6kmh
74 %
Sat
8 °
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6 °
Mon
7 °
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7 °
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5 °
Fochabers
clear sky
10 ° C
10.5 °
8.8 °
86 %
4.1kmh
0 %
Sat
10 °
Sun
7 °
Mon
7 °
Tue
7 °
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4 °
Tain
broken clouds
9.7 ° C
9.7 °
7.5 °
81 %
4.6kmh
75 %
Sat
10 °
Sun
6 °
Mon
7 °
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6 °
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3 °
Wick
overcast clouds
10 ° C
10 °
10 °
81 %
1kmh
100 %
Sat
10 °
Sun
6 °
Mon
7 °
Tue
7 °
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6 °
Dounreay
overcast clouds
10.4 ° C
10.4 °
10.4 °
85 %
4.7kmh
100 %
Sat
10 °
Sun
6 °
Mon
8 °
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6 °
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5 °
Shetland Islands
light rain
8.5 ° C
8.5 °
8.5 °
93 %
6.9kmh
99 %
Sat
9 °
Sun
7 °
Mon
8 °
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7 °
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3 °
Ullapool
overcast clouds
9.4 ° C
9.4 °
9.4 °
93 %
3.3kmh
99 %
Sat
9 °
Sun
7 °
Mon
8 °
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7 °
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3 °
Fraserburgh
overcast clouds
8.6 ° C
8.6 °
8.6 °
85 %
5.4kmh
87 %
Sat
8 °
Sun
6 °
Mon
7 °
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7 °
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5 °
Nairn
overcast clouds
8.1 ° C
9.9 °
7.7 °
91 %
2.6kmh
100 %
Sat
8 °
Sun
7 °
Mon
8 °
Tue
7 °
Wed
4 °
Golspie
broken clouds
10 ° C
10 °
10 °
81 %
4.6kmh
75 %
Sat
10 °
Sun
4 °
Mon
5 °
Tue
5 °
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3 °
Mey
overcast clouds
-0 ° C
0.4 °
-0.8 °
93 %
5.7kmh
100 %
Sat
3 °
Sun
3 °
Mon
4 °
Tue
5 °
Wed
-1 °
Tongue
scattered clouds
7.3 ° C
7.6 °
6.4 °
93 %
1.9kmh
29 %
Sat
7 °
Sun
5 °
Mon
7 °
Tue
6 °
Wed
4 °
Stornoway
few clouds
9.8 ° C
10.1 °
9.5 °
88 %
16kmh
20 %
Sat
10 °
Sun
9 °
Mon
9 °
Tue
8 °
Wed
6 °
Fort William
overcast clouds
8.5 ° C
8.5 °
8.5 °
90 %
2.5kmh
100 %
Sat
9 °
Sun
7 °
Mon
8 °
Tue
7 °
Wed
5 °

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.

Saving Marytown

Highland Post Seavino -
Though I set the windshield wipers on the fastest interval, they can not keep up with the rain. With each flash of lightning, I see farmhouses, barns, and silos scattered over 300 acres known as Calumet County, the Menominee word for peace pipe. This land was once home to Red Bird, a war chief who surrendered to the US Army in 1828 to save the surviving members of his tribe from slaughter. This is also where the Brothertown Indians settled after displacement from New England in 1831.I am driving through the back roads of land rich in history, but the road signs are not clear. I remember where I...

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