The Five Day Festival of Carrbridge Live 2007
If you are planning a trip to the Scottish Highlands soon and would like to try something different, the Carrbridge Live Festival is not a bad place to start. An unusual mixture of nature, music, sport and festivity, the Carrbirdge Live Festival is a not-to-be-missed event.
Features - Editor - 16 July 2007
John Lennon Northern Lights Festival in Durness
Scotland is an immensely interesting country to visit – not only for its historical heritage, beautiful landscapes and bustling cities – but for its abundance of festivals and events. Virtually every city, town and village in the country is home to at least one large annual event and the small remote village of Durness is no exception.
Features - Editor - 25 June 2007
Scotland is Seabird Central with Puffins Playing a Starring Role
Perhaps it comes as no surprise that our avian friends consider Scotland’s sea coast and outlying islands prime real estate for breeding, feeding, and coasting on a gust of wind, but did you know that puffins consider the cliff ledges of Britain’s country to the far north the best place on earth? Nesting on the edge of the sea cliffs, puffins return from the sea when the cliffs are covered in wildflowers.
Features - Editor - 20 June 2007
By Horseback, Scotland’s Landscape Unfolds its Glory
If galloping along the broad floors of Scottish glens before reaching a mountain loch, crossing icy streams that touch your horse’s belly, and charging across heather-covered hills and picking your path along the craggy peaks of the sea coast is your idea of a destination holiday, why not consider travelling the country of Scotland from the back of a horse?
Features - Editor - 18 June 2007
Scottish Seafarers Sail into the World’s History Books
With the famous words, 'I am just going outside and may be some time,' Captain Lawrence Oates, a member of Robert Scott's so-called "Race to the South Pole" Antarctic expedition, walked outside his battered tent into a blizzard and died in the frozen tundra. Scott's body along with the others were found inside the tent, making their sombre mark on England’s Antarctic exploration exploits. Beaten to the South Pole by only a few days by Norwegian explorer, Roald Amundsen in 1912, Scott is lauded in the history books as Britain’s greatest adventurer. Still, another part of Great Britain has an equally rich and vibrant history of Antarctic investigation.
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