by Katie & Catherine | Nov 14, 2017 | Fascinating Facts
Fantastical Pirates in the Hebrides Trace your finger over a map of the Hebrides and the old Gaelic names will tell you a story. They are but one reminder of our rich and bloody maritime past. For example, the original name for Longay Island off Skye is Long...
by Katie & Catherine | Aug 13, 2017 | Fascinating Facts
Clans in the Scottish Highlands One of the most popular TV programmes in recent years is HBO’s Game of Thrones. Its over the top narrative of warring monarchs, torture, slaughter and treachery makes for compulsive viewing. If you thought the series a tad...
by Katie & Catherine | May 11, 2017 | Fascinating Facts
There’s Gold In Them There Hills! I sat down to write something about gold prospecting in the Highlands, a story of the long forgotten mines that scar our landscape and the rivers where enthusiasts can still pan for tiny flakes. Distracted in equal parts by...
by Katie & Catherine | Apr 20, 2017 | Fascinating Facts, History & Folklore
Tales of Witches Stones The history embedded in the stones that surround us has a refreshing permanence to it. Like signposts or a blog from the past, rocks can still carry meaning and lessons from history in our age of transient media. Tales that hark back to an era...
by Katie & Catherine | Mar 16, 2017 | Fascinating Facts
Macbeth – The Scottish Play Macbeth is, without a doubt, one of the most famous plays of all time. Shakespeare’s tale of madness, ambition and bloody vengeance is one of his most enduring works, a classic that has appeal across generations and well beyond the...
