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Tag Archives: The Highlands of Scotland

Scotiana’s favourite places on North Coast 500: Inverness…

Scotiana Posted on July 25, 2018 by MAJADecember 1, 2018

In 2015, to attract more visitors to the most northern part of the Scottish Highlands and to stimulate local trade and cultural activities, the North Highland Initiative (NHI), set up by Prince Charles, decided to launch the NC500 road (North Coast 500) . Hardly had it been created  that, in 2015, the new touring road, sometimes nicknamed “Scotland’s Route 66”, … Continue reading →

Posted in Inverness, Scottish Roads, Travelling Scotland | Tagged Art Rambles in the Highlands and Islands by T. Reid 1878 - Adomnàn of Iona - Life of St Columba - Penguin Classics 1995, Exploring the NC500 by David M. Addison, Highland Journey by Mairi Hedderwick, In Search of Scotland by HV Morton, Inverness, Inverness Castle, Inverness history, Inverness Town House, Loch Ness & Nessie, North Coast 500 Road (NC 500), Saint Columba & the Picts, The Castles of Scotland by Martin Coventry, The Highlands of Scotland, The North West Highlands, The River Ness & its bridges, The Scottish Kiltmaker Visitor Centre in Inverness | Leave a reply

A wild and lonely valley in the Scottish Highlands: Glencoe

Scotiana Posted on March 4, 2013 by MAJAMarch 4, 2013

    ‘Glencoe has no melancholy except that which men bring to it, remembering its history. (..) (John Prebble – Glencoe) ………………………. One of the main reasons why so many people do love Scotland is certainly the outstanding beauty of its landscapes: the vast expanses of untouched wilderness, the omnipresence of mountains which, classified in Munros, Corbetts, Grahams, Donalds and … Continue reading →

Posted in Landscapes, Mountains | Tagged Glen Coe Loch Achtriochtan and Achnambeithach cottage, Glencoe home of the Fingalian Giants, Glencoe John Prebble, Glencoe Ossian Cave, Glencoe The National Trust for Scotland, Glencoe/Glen Coe, Loch Leven, Munros and Corbetts, The Feinn in Glencoe, The Glen of Dogs, The Glen of Weeping, The Highlands of Scotland, The Massacre of Glencoe, The mountains of Glencoe, The Pap of Glencoe, The Three Sisters of Glencoe | Leave a reply

The Royal Scotsman Stops at Rannoch Station in a Luxury Tour across the Highlands

Scotiana Posted on January 6, 2010 by MAJAAugust 15, 2017

. Hi everybody ! Are you ready to embark with us on a new Scottish adventure? You won’t regret it! You’re going to travel through breathtaking scenery in a most funny way. Tchouk-tchouk! Let’s go on… here begins the first episode of a new Scotiana series : Scottish railways. I do love trains and the steam locomotives of my childhood … Continue reading →

Posted in Scottish Railways | Tagged Iron Road to the Isles, James H Renton, Michael Pearson, Moor of Rannoch Hotel, Rannoch Moor, Rannoch Station, Rannoch Station Tearoom, Scottish Railways, Sculpted Owl, The Highlands of Scotland, The Renton Stone, The Royal Scotsman, Trainspotting | 2 Replies

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