10.9 C
Helmsdale
Friday, July 26, 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

Highlands Astronomical Society

Scottish Websites Fledermaus -
The Highlands Astronomical Society (HAS) began like most astronomy clubs do, with a small group of passionate star-gazers meeting up to observe the world above together. In 1994, HAS was born from a sensible merger of two groups - the Moray Astronomical Society and the Inverness Astronomical Society. Its first public observing session was held in the car park at Culloden Battlefield. These gatherings continued on a somewhat informal basis until about 1997 when members began to push for...

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
scattered clouds
10.6 ° C
11.3 °
9.6 °
96 %
0.5kmh
28 %
Sat
15 °
Sun
15 °
Mon
18 °
Tue
16 °
Wed
14 °
Banff
clear sky
9.2 ° C
10.1 °
8.3 °
80 %
2.7kmh
8 %
Sat
15 °
Sun
18 °
Mon
20 °
Tue
15 °
Wed
14 °
Inverness
few clouds
10.1 ° C
10.9 °
10 °
87 %
2.6kmh
20 %
Sat
19 °
Sun
21 °
Mon
22 °
Tue
20 °
Wed
16 °
Helmsdale
few clouds
10.9 ° C
10.9 °
10 °
78 %
2.4kmh
14 %
Sat
16 °
Sun
17 °
Mon
18 °
Tue
16 °
Wed
13 °
Thurso
few clouds
11.1 ° C
11.1 °
10.5 °
85 %
2.8kmh
12 %
Sat
15 °
Sun
17 °
Mon
20 °
Tue
16 °
Wed
15 °
Kirkwall
few clouds
12 ° C
12 °
10.5 °
94 %
2.6kmh
18 %
Sat
14 °
Sun
14 °
Mon
15 °
Tue
14 °
Wed
13 °
Portree
scattered clouds
12 ° C
12 °
12 °
94 %
3.4kmh
48 %
Sat
16 °
Sun
17 °
Mon
17 °
Tue
15 °
Wed
14 °
Peterhead
clear sky
11.2 ° C
11.2 °
10.3 °
81 %
2.2kmh
7 %
Sat
14 °
Sun
15 °
Mon
17 °
Tue
16 °
Wed
14 °
Fochabers
clear sky
9 ° C
10.3 °
8.3 °
88 %
1kmh
0 %
Sat
17 °
Sun
20 °
Mon
21 °
Tue
17 °
Wed
15 °
Tain
overcast clouds
10.5 ° C
10.7 °
9.8 °
87 %
3.6kmh
100 %
Sat
17 °
Sun
19 °
Mon
21 °
Tue
19 °
Wed
14 °
Wick
few clouds
11 ° C
11 °
11 °
87 %
1kmh
21 %
Sat
15 °
Sun
16 °
Mon
17 °
Tue
16 °
Wed
13 °
Dounreay
few clouds
11.1 ° C
11.1 °
10.4 °
86 %
2.8kmh
11 %
Sat
16 °
Sun
19 °
Mon
21 °
Tue
16 °
Wed
15 °
Shetland Islands
scattered clouds
11.7 ° C
11.7 °
11.7 °
92 %
3.9kmh
35 %
Sat
15 °
Sun
16 °
Mon
19 °
Tue
15 °
Wed
15 °
Ullapool
few clouds
8.9 ° C
8.9 °
8.9 °
93 %
2.5kmh
14 %
Sat
17 °
Sun
20 °
Mon
20 °
Tue
16 °
Wed
16 °
Fraserburgh
clear sky
12.8 ° C
12.8 °
10.8 °
83 %
2.6kmh
10 %
Sat
16 °
Sun
16 °
Mon
20 °
Tue
15 °
Wed
15 °
Nairn
few clouds
10.1 ° C
10.9 °
8.7 °
88 %
2.6kmh
20 %
Sat
18 °
Sun
19 °
Mon
21 °
Tue
19 °
Wed
15 °
Golspie
overcast clouds
11 ° C
11 °
10 °
87 %
3.6kmh
100 %
Sat
16 °
Sun
17 °
Mon
18 °
Tue
17 °
Wed
13 °
Mey
moderate rain
17.9 ° C
19 °
16.9 °
94 %
1kmh
100 %
Sat
20 °
Sun
23 °
Mon
26 °
Tue
29 °
Wed
24 °
Tongue
overcast clouds
12.2 ° C
12.8 °
11.1 °
95 %
1.4kmh
100 %
Sat
17 °
Sun
19 °
Mon
19 °
Tue
17 °
Wed
17 °
Stornoway
light rain
11.7 ° C
12 °
11.7 °
93 %
5.1kmh
40 %
Sat
16 °
Sun
17 °
Mon
16 °
Tue
15 °
Wed
14 °
Fort William
few clouds
10.7 ° C
10.7 °
10.7 °
93 %
1.1kmh
24 %
Sat
17 °
Sun
20 °
Mon
19 °
Tue
18 °
Wed
16 °

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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