by Katie & Catherine | May 3, 2015 | Fascinating Facts
A Tourist Attraction That Doesn’t Shout Often tourist attractions announce themselves to the world, “look at me” they proclaim in a grandiose way. Seldom will they live up to the hype and often what is fashionable in one era soon finds itself out of favour in...
by Katie & Catherine | May 2, 2015 | Fascinating Facts
The Gaelic Language is Still Used in the Highlands One of the things that make a place or a people distinctive is their language and it may come as a surprise to visitors to the Highlands that despite the dominance of English there is a Highland identity that has ties...
by Katie & Catherine | Apr 30, 2015 | Fascinating Facts
Resourcefulness at its best! The legend of Whisky Galore, of resourceful wartime islanders in a time of austerity, opportunistically salvaging whisky from a crashed cargo boat, is an iconic and enduring image of the Hebrides. But how much of the story is actually...
by Katie & Catherine | Apr 6, 2015 | Fascinating Facts
Churches, Churches and Churches Lochaber is blessed with an abundance of churches and more legends than you could investigate in a lifetime, but never before has a combination of the two intrigued as much as the story of Allan nan Creach. This is a story that takes...
by Katie & Catherine | Mar 19, 2015 | Fascinating Facts
Remote Rail Stations in The Scottish Highlands Wave your hand and command the approaching train to stop at the tiny private platform where you wait alone, miles from the nearest settlement. Sounds like a scene from the Wild West, but in fact you can do exactly this at...
by Katie & Catherine | Mar 9, 2015 | Fascinating Facts
Remote and now uninhabited Island of St Kilda The Highlands have many remote and difficult to access spots, but few captures the imagination quite like the island of St Kilda. A journey to this near-mythical outpost, 40 miles into the Atlantic, is akin to approaching...
