8.3 C
Helmsdale
Friday, October 18, 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

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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
clear sky
8.9 ° C
9.3 °
8.1 °
96 %
3.1kmh
6 %
Fri
13 °
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13 °
Sun
12 °
Mon
12 °
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11 °
Banff
clear sky
10.4 ° C
10.5 °
7.4 °
89 %
5.4kmh
7 %
Fri
14 °
Sat
13 °
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13 °
Mon
13 °
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12 °
Inverness
few clouds
10 ° C
11 °
7.8 °
90 %
4.1kmh
20 %
Fri
15 °
Sat
13 °
Sun
12 °
Mon
12 °
Tue
11 °
Helmsdale
clear sky
8.3 ° C
10.5 °
7.9 °
86 %
3.5kmh
6 %
Fri
12 °
Sat
12 °
Sun
11 °
Mon
11 °
Tue
8 °
Thurso
clear sky
10.1 ° C
10.1 °
9.9 °
83 %
3.4kmh
10 %
Fri
13 °
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13 °
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12 °
Mon
12 °
Tue
10 °
Kirkwall
few clouds
9 ° C
10 °
9 °
93 %
3.1kmh
20 %
Fri
13 °
Sat
12 °
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12 °
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12 °
Tue
10 °
Portree
broken clouds
10.3 ° C
10.3 °
10.3 °
90 %
7.8kmh
74 %
Fri
13 °
Sat
11 °
Sun
11 °
Mon
11 °
Tue
11 °
Peterhead
clear sky
9.2 ° C
9.2 °
7.5 °
89 %
3.8kmh
3 %
Fri
12 °
Sat
13 °
Sun
12 °
Mon
12 °
Tue
11 °
Fochabers
few clouds
10.2 ° C
10.8 °
9.1 °
86 %
0.5kmh
15 %
Fri
14 °
Sat
14 °
Sun
13 °
Mon
13 °
Tue
12 °
Tain
few clouds
8.2 ° C
10.8 °
7.6 °
92 %
2.6kmh
20 %
Fri
14 °
Sat
13 °
Sun
11 °
Mon
12 °
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12 °
Wick
few clouds
10 ° C
10 °
10 °
93 %
4.1kmh
16 %
Fri
12 °
Sat
12 °
Sun
12 °
Mon
12 °
Tue
11 °
Dounreay
scattered clouds
10.1 ° C
10.1 °
9.9 °
83 %
3.3kmh
28 %
Fri
14 °
Sat
13 °
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12 °
Mon
12 °
Tue
11 °
Shetland Islands
few clouds
10.4 ° C
10.4 °
10.4 °
95 %
3.2kmh
18 %
Fri
12 °
Sat
13 °
Sun
11 °
Mon
11 °
Tue
9 °
Ullapool
scattered clouds
10.2 ° C
10.2 °
10.2 °
93 %
2.7kmh
38 %
Fri
14 °
Sat
12 °
Sun
12 °
Mon
11 °
Tue
10 °
Fraserburgh
clear sky
10.6 ° C
10.6 °
7.5 °
88 %
3.9kmh
2 %
Fri
13 °
Sat
14 °
Sun
13 °
Mon
12 °
Tue
12 °
Nairn
few clouds
10.2 ° C
10.9 °
7.7 °
89 %
4.1kmh
20 %
Fri
15 °
Sat
13 °
Sun
12 °
Mon
12 °
Tue
11 °
Golspie
few clouds
8 ° C
11 °
7.9 °
92 %
2.6kmh
20 %
Fri
12 °
Sat
11 °
Sun
10 °
Mon
10 °
Tue
10 °
Mey
fog
12.8 ° C
13.9 °
11.5 °
100 %
1kmh
100 %
Fri
18 °
Sat
13 °
Sun
16 °
Mon
18 °
Tue
14 °
Tongue
clear sky
8.6 ° C
9.5 °
7.6 °
94 %
2.6kmh
2 %
Fri
12 °
Sat
10 °
Sun
12 °
Mon
10 °
Tue
10 °
Stornoway
overcast clouds
11.3 ° C
12 °
10.6 °
88 %
9.3kmh
100 %
Fri
13 °
Sat
12 °
Sun
11 °
Mon
11 °
Tue
11 °
Fort William
broken clouds
10.2 ° C
10.2 °
10.2 °
91 %
2.1kmh
53 %
Fri
12 °
Sat
11 °
Sun
11 °
Mon
11 °
Tue
11 °

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.

Old Houses

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It is a humid Tuesday in July, and I am standing on the shoulder of a dirt road in Northeast Wisconsin. I stepped out of my truck to take a photograph of a farmhouse I noticed rotting away next to land that has not seen a crop in years. It is a quiet afternoon, one that reminds me of summers when there was nowhere I had to be and no way to get there except by bicycle. Today, all that can be heard is the gravel beneath my feet as I work my way down a potholed driveway. I stop under a tree that spans two floors. In a...

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