The True Highlands Blog

Loch Awe, Argyll

True Highlands Blog

Welcome to the True Highlands Blog!  We blog regularly about all sorts of things and welcome suggestions of future blog posts.  Is there something you are keen to find out more about?  Are you interested in writing a blog post and linking to your business?  Become a True Highlander and you can!

Check out blogs relating to Fascinating Facts, History & Folklore, Kit & Caboodle, Out & About, Scottish Recipes, Shop Scotland, Wildlife & Nature

Reach For The Stars

Reach For The Stars

Reach For The Stars! We are delighted to announce that we have handed over True Highlands to the wonderful Marsi Morrow. Marsi has the enthusiasm and the love of the Highlands to take True Highlands to places that we knew were possible but life, work and everything...

read more
Why The Silence

Why The Silence

Why the silence? True Highlands, or I should say the people behind the scenes, have been through a tumultuous time over the past year.  Catherine and Katie between them have moved house, sold a business, had death in the family, juggled a young family, moved jobs, set...

read more
Urquhart Castle Loch Ness

Urquhart Castle Loch Ness

Explore Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle The ruins of Urquhart Castle stand on the northern banks of Loch Ness in the Great Glen, an impressive reminder of Scotland's turbulent past. A Long Scottish History The ruins of the castle date back to the 13th century, although...

read more
Explore The Small Isles

Explore The Small Isles

An Introduction To The Small Isles Four islands make up the Small Isles; Eigg, Rùm, Muck and Canna. Together they make for a photogenic island seascape from the shore around Arisaig; Rum’s jagged volcanic Cuillin mountains contract with low-lying Muck, and Eigg’s...

read more
The New True Highlands Website

The New True Highlands Website

Launching a New Tourism Website in the Middle of a Pandemic! Yes, timing couldn't be worse really could it?  A year ago when Catherine and I discussed getting a new site together with all these ideas of what we wanted, we obviously had no idea that the tourism...

read more
Welcome to the True Highlands Blog!

Welcome to the True Highlands Blog!

All About Scotland Welcome to our Blog section. We hope to keep you entertained, informed and inspired! A blog is a personal piece of writing and as such the blogs will reflect the different writing styles and experiences of the author. Some will be wild and fanciful...

read more
Alternative Christmas Shopping Guide

Alternative Christmas Shopping Guide

Shop Local - Mean More With Christmas on the (not too distant) horizon, the ‘Christmas shopping dread’ is starting to creep in – memories of packed high streets, stressed shoppers and over-the-top Christmas music. Every year, you inevitably end up grabbing the closest...

read more
Celtic Festival of Beltane

Celtic Festival of Beltane

Believe in Beltane! Today is Beltane, one of the most important days in the Scottish pre-Christian calendar. It is a day steeped in mystery, when fires were built, offerings made and rituals enacted. There has been a rekindling of interest in Beltane in the last...

read more
Social Media Etiquette – Play Nicely!

Social Media Etiquette – Play Nicely!

Use Social Media For Good Not Bad Whilst some minorities have become far more vocal on social media in terms of being moaning Minnies, it seems businesses have become more frightened to answer back in case they upset someone.  Well we aren’t. This is a piece of...

read more

Pin It on Pinterest