Last weekend saw an ambitious project to cover the Skye Bridge in knitting!! This was part of Highland Homecoming. The Skye Bridge links the Isle of Skye with the mainland in the West Highlands of Scotland. The aim was to link this (rather large!) piece of guerrilla knitting with Highland Homecoming 2009, a celebration of […]
Egyptian businessman and Harrods owner, Mohamed Al-Fayed has said that he wants to be president of an independent Scotland. Al-Fayed, who owns a 65,000 acre Highland estate, is hoping that Scotland will go to a referendum and vote for independence, and he has urged his ‘fellow Scots’ to denounce the monarchy and become an independent, […]
One of the most treasured possessions of the clan MacLeod is the famous Fairy Flag of Dunvegan. The story behind the flag is one of the greatest romantic tales in all the highlands.
The ruins of Castle Strome sit in the picturesque headland which once formed part of the ancient earldom of Ross. It became the focus of Clan fighting due to it’s strategic location between the lands of the MacDonalds of Glengarry and the MacKenzies of Kintail. The castle was built in the early 15th Century and […]
A number of Highland families are in possession of crystal balls which are said to all share certain magical abilities such as the unexplicable cure of humans and animals, as well as ensuring the safe return of men from war or travel. Suprisingly enough, Clan Campbell seem to hold quite a number of them. None […]
The Cuillins or The Black Cuillins to be more specific are as dark as their name, a mass of pinnacles and sharp rock ridges violently indented against the sky. It is of no suprise that they play host to many legends. I have begun to collect a few while I’ve been in Skye, here […]
Emmanuel Coupe’s picture of sunrise over the Old Man of Storr on the Isle of Skye was picked as the best out of thousands of entries in the Take a View – Landscape Photographer of the Year Award 2009. The Paris based photographer scooped the £10,000 prize with his stunning picture [top]. John Parminter’s shot […]
John Ross was considered one of the greatest chiefs of the Cherokee tribe, having been chief for nearly 40 years from 1828 to 1866, the year of his death. However, John was not how many would have imagined a typical 19th century chief of a Native American tribe to be like. Infact, Ross was politician […]
