Warren and Dianne Hinson If you have visited Scotland at all (or lived there), you have probably walked about in the historical and political capital city of Edinburgh. And you …
Fall & Winter Holidays in Scotland
Catherine McKinley Fall & Winter Holidays Celebrated in Scotland: St. Andrews Day(Nov.30th), Winter Solstice(Dec. 21st), Christmas (Dec. 25th), Boxing Day (Dec. 26th), Hogmanay (Jan. 1st), Robert Burns Night (Jan. 25th). …
Tastes of Scotland: Poaching of Wildlife in Scotland
Carolyn McDonald Graf By Scottish Common Law, the animals on a person’s land were the property of that person. The concept of poaching of wildlife is often given a romantic …
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Beyond Tartans & Bagpipes; some of the other Scot “Firsts”
Catherine McKinley BICYCLES Scotsman Kirkpatrick Macmillan made a bicycle based on a hobby horse with horizontal pedal motion in 1842. CHLOROFORM Sir James Y Simpson, professor of midwifery, in 1831, …
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Tastes of Scotland: A Look at Scottish Shortbread and Shortbread Molds
Carolyn McDonald Graf Shortbread is perhaps the best known of Scotland’s traditional foods. Its roots go far back and there are many, many, stories and myths associated with it. Even …
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A Lonely Bike Ride!
By Donald Ross This story took place many years ago. When I was 14 years old, I had finally built, what I considered at that time, to be my ultimate …
18th Annual Mark Johnston SCOT Golf Classic Report
Chuck McDougal 16 determined golfers, (some may have been better termed as duffers) made the annual trek to the Crossings at Grove Park championship quality golf club. Weather reports seemed …
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Tastes of Scotland: Iona Oat-Nut Bars
Carolyn McDonald Graf Iona is a small island off the coast of Mull, but it has a long and far reaching history. It is barely three miles long and one …
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
by Catherine McKinley Usually, August in Scotland means it’s time(!) for “the most spectacular show in the the world” The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, annually attended by 220,000 spectators.The Tattoo …
Hill Walking in Scotland
By Warren and Dianne Hinson In the Great SCOT newsletter of May 2020, Bill and Margaret McCulloch wonderfully described a hike on the West Highland Way. This is a very …