Castle Balir and Murry of Atholl

feeds@yuku.com (Mipi) — Wed, 16 May 2012 06:16:54 PST

No. i haven't visited it (sadly). But could be a good trip, specially end of May.

In our newspaper DELO, which is printed in big format (let us say A2 format for a page), this morning the whole page was devoted to Castle Blair and the (only) legal privet army of Duke Murry of Atholl. Half of the page is covered with smashing pipe band marching in front of the castle. A short history and some details about parade end of May... Band members are dressed in Murry of Atholl tartan, with dark blue jackets with red or white collars and cuffs, white belts, red/white diced hose....

It used to be very important castle on the way toward Inverness and is one of the most beautiful castles in GB that can be seen by the tourists.

In my opinion definitely worth of visiting (already on my "to see" list).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blair_Castle

Ian Hamilton

feeds@yuku.com (Mipi) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:50:43 PST

We're (I'm) learning every day. Just yesterday I found out about Ian Hamilton and about Stone of Scone. There was a film on TV , "Stone of Destiny", (which I'm afraid I saw only last 2 minutes) about taking the Stone on Christmas Eve 1950 from Westminster Abbey. But it was enough to make me think and search on the Net. Well, it was not totally true, but at least based on reality. It was important act in busting Scottish national awareness.

Hamilton and his accomplices were charged, but never prosecuted.

Ferintosh Dumfries - March 2012 Burns Suppers. Dates released.

feeds@yuku.com (English Bloke) — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:28:34 PST

Well Good News!!

I’ve managed to secure (or is it blag?) myself and my lovely wife a seat at the first weekend of the two Ferintosh Burns Supper Weekends in March next year (2012) - anyone want to join me?

Robertson (Pour1Malt) and Emma usually host two suppers and this year (as last) they are both in March rather than the traditional January. This is due to the slightly warmer weather and later light. As you probably know, the Ferintosh Guest House is in Dumfries which has strong historical ties to Robert Burns so it couldn’t be a more appropriate venue to enjoy and evening of poetry, pipes, singing and fine traditional Scottish cuisine.

1st Weekend 2012
Thu 22 March, Whisky Tasting Masterclass
Fri 23 March, Kilted Pub Crawl
Sat 24 March, Burns Supper at Globe Inn Dumfries

2nd Weekend 2012
Thu 29 March, Whisky Tasting Masterclass
Fri 30 March, Kilted Pub...

David Hume

feeds@yuku.com (Mipi) — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 05:38:01 PST

In today's newspaper (DELO) there was an article about great Scottish philosopher David Hume, with the photo of his grave. It looks like he was a pretty contradictional or just afraid that his work and words could cost him his life. His ideas where dengerous in 18th century, after all.
Nice to find another piece of Scottish history.

Scottish Country Dancers on The Kilt Forum ?

feeds@yuku.com (Panache) — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:57:05 PST
My wife and I have been dancing Scottish Country Dancing for the last 5 years. I know Martin and Glen here are still very active in SCD, I wondered if there was anyone else on the Kilt Forum that participates in this wonderful type of dance?

For those unfamiliar with Scottish Country Dance here is the wikipedia entry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_country_dancing

Cheers

Jamie

Hollywood star jets in for Fort George flypast

feeds@yuku.com (cavebear58) — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 00:58:10 PST
Four Weddings and a Funeral star, Hugh Grant, was at Fort George with the kilt worn by his father and grandfather.

The Highlands welcomed the Hollywood heart-throb yesterday when Grant took centre stage near Inverness.

The actor swapped the red carpet for a Tornado warplane flypast welcome at Fort George.

And he was back on home turf, as his grandfather Colonel James Murray Grant hailed from the Highland capital and was depot commander at the fort after World War II...

Read more here: http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/2026269?UserKey=#ixzz16RFxPdEf

Cheers
Graham.

Glengarry Highland Games, Invergarry, Sat 3 July.

feeds@yuku.com (acaig) — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:51:23 PST
Is anybody intending going to these games near the shores of Loch Ness ?

Hogmanay celebrations

feeds@yuku.com (cavebear58) — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:18:17 PST
I did a quick search of the forums and couldn't find much reference to the nature of the Hogmanay celebration, its origins, customs and related history. So I thought I'd mention it here and include a couple of links to quite good accounts of why the Scots celebrate Hogmanay (which coincides with, but is technically not, New Years' Eve/Day) rather than Christmas (although the latter has grown in 'popularity' over the last 30yrs or so).

The BBC H2G2 page: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A10358165
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogmanay

If you really want to become the resident expert on Hogmanay, you could try reading the

New Exhibition showcases 40yrs of Scottish Theatre

feeds@yuku.com (cavebear58) — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:44:56 PST
The National Library of Scotland aims to bring back memories of Scottish theatre with new exhibition - Curtain Up: 40 years of Scottish Theatre

By Mark Fisher

"We're standing in a storage room a few floors down in a secret corner of Edinburgh's National Library of Scotland.

It's full of musty box files, metal shelving and neatly catalogued CDs. But that's not the whole story. In the middle of the low-ceilinged room, hanging from an empty shelf, there are two dresses in vibrant 1950s colours, and a regal off-white gown that could have been worn by Elizabeth I. There's even a ruff lying in a nearby plastic bag.

Just along the row, Sally Harrower, the...

Friends, I need advice on travel to Scotland

feeds@yuku.com (Oddern) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:30:46 PST
Friends,
Some colleagues and I are planning a trip to Scotland next spring. We arrive at Prestwik airport Thursday evening and back home on Sunday. We would like to visit Ferintosh Dumfries, visit some distilleries, for example Laphroaig, maybe some old castles and many pubs.
Are there any of you who have tips and suggestions on how to squeeze this in on the day we have available?
Skål and thanks!

David R Ross's books and travelling in Scotland

feeds@yuku.com (Tartan Jack) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:34:32 PST
At the Greenville Games in South Carolina (US) I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Ross.
I also finally looked at his books and managed to finish 2 already, as they read very quick.

As his book are written in a way for people to travel to the sites, notice what they see, and appreciate it, had anyone on here actually done that?

Freedom Kilts comes to the mountain

feeds@yuku.com (The Wizard of BC) — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:45:30 PST
Well, I guess my attempts to get Scotland adopted as the 14th Province of Canada and moved over here will have to wait till next year.
In the mean time I will be making a business trip to visit with my suppliers and as many friends as time will allow.
Bobbie and I will be arriving in Glasgow on Thursday the 18th of June 2009. We will spend the first couple of days enjoying Robertson's Scotch at the Ferintosh Inn. We will take a day trip into Glasgow knowing that Robertson and Emma will soothe our nerves after my first experience driving on the left in over 20 years.
Then it's up to a B&B near Stirling which we will us as a base for a few days.
After experiencing the Gold Bros. first hand and meeting with folks in Edinburgh we will begin a long, winding trip south visiting suppliers and meeting Alex and others to eventually arrive in Storrington to see THE KILT KOLLECTION. Hamish has insured me that he will lay down ample plastic sheeting to catch...

Sir Sean Connery in Slovene newspaper

feeds@yuku.com (Mipi) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:32:55 PST
I'm posted this on X-Marks already, so lets post it here too: l the scan of newspaper article, talking about Sir Sean Connery and his autobiography book. Please don't judge my translation to harsh.

Here is the scan for start:

And here is my (poor) translation:

Fun to be retired

He played in more then seventy films, holds the title of the best James Bond, in sixties he was the sexiest man on the planet and after that sexiest man of the century. Eighteen years latter he's still a charmer, same way as a rule for good vine: older he is bigger charm he has. Maybe this is for the reason; he never said which woman is the most beautiful. »All are gorgeous. « And maybe because he always staid discrete. "I never feel any urge to talk about private life in a public. There are many more...

Trip to the Isle of Skye 2009

feeds@yuku.com (Robbie Mackay) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:00:08 PST
Hello gents,

1 april iam going to Scotland again, my mom and dad are coming with me. start point Edinburgh from there on the A84 and A82 to Isle of Skye, from there we dont know..
I would like to know whats to see and do on the road to Isle of Skye.. Please let me know

Cheers Robbie

Connecting Slovenia with Scotland

feeds@yuku.com (Mipi) — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:53:47 PST
After long search on net, I've finaly find it:

http://www.slo-scot.net/#

Don't know why I didn't find it earlier. It seems I was entering wrong words in search engine.

Kingdom of Dalraida

feeds@yuku.com (Redshank) — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:04:56 PST

The Kingdom of Dalraida, often overlooked as part of Scottish History, with much emphasis being placed on Burns, Bruce, Bonny Prince Charlie, Wallace et al, in favour of unwritten, undocumented pre history, but I feel it is a very important part of Scottish history, the very first chapter, there are few written facts, and the evidence on the ground is open to opinion and conjecture, but the fact of the matter is, that there is a huge amount of prehistoric artifacts, and evidence of life in this area, some renowned archiologists say that the area is of more historical and national significance than Stonehenge, but who am I to argue, I just love the place, I live here, it's my home, and I am proud to share it with others

It's a little way off the usual tourist trail, but then we always keep the best for ourselves don't we ? well not me I am not selfish

The Kingdom of Dalriada, very much a place of myth and legend, but fact is early in 6th Century, about...

Travel advise for outside of Scotland

feeds@yuku.com (Colin) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:54:25 PST
In early April my wife and I are headed to Europe for a two week vacation. We are not likely visiting Scotland this time around (we did that last time) though we have a lot of connections there and would love to go back. We are however landing in London, spending a few days to avoid Easter in Rome, than going to Paris, Nice, Rome, Venice, and hopefully Geneva before returning to London to fly out two weeks later. We are backpacking and will be going fairly quickly so the kilts are not coming along. I need a light load and more multi-purpose clothing that I am not too worried about leaving behind.

However since this is the Kilt forum with the most European based membership I thought I would ask for recommendations on places to see, stay, and eat while in the cities listed above.

Any suggestions folks? We arrive on the 9th of April (our 9th anniversary) and fly out of Gatwick on the 22nd.

Loch Sween

feeds@yuku.com (Redshank) — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:37:03 PST
Yesterday, was a cold damp day, not at all good for photography, but I just had to get out again with the camera, if only for a wee drive.
So we headed out for a short drive down by the shores of Loch Sween, a sheltered sea loch on the west coast about 1 mile south of where I live,
About a quarter of a mile from my house, is the cute wee kirk at Bellanoch, sitting halfway up in the hills that enclose a marina on the Crinan Canal,
the kirk looks out across the marina, the canal and Loch Crinan and across the Mhoine Mor (know locally as the moss)

Bellanoch Kirk

My trusty steed for the day was my little Fiat, I left the Jeep at home as I didn't intend to be driving off the beaten track

A wee trip to Iona

feeds@yuku.com (lammy57) — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 22:21:08 PST
Tea Break a bit Wet

on Mull

Gathering update

feeds@yuku.com (tassiecelt) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:06:34 PST
Sorry for not being around for a while, just wondering where the Gathering 2009 forum went, anyway, was there talk about meeting up there?
Hamish, we will meet of course, we're staying at the same place, another lass from Tassie is also staying there, one of our dancers...

I hope Leslie and I will get to meet some of our other kilted brethren.

Scottish culture and travelling

Castle Balir and Murry of Atholl

Ian Hamilton

Ferintosh Dumfries - March 2012 Burns Suppers. Dates released.

David Hume

Scottish Country Dancers on The Kilt Forum ?

Hollywood star jets in for Fort George flypast

Glengarry Highland Games, Invergarry, Sat 3 July.

Hogmanay celebrations

New Exhibition showcases 40yrs of Scottish Theatre

Friends, I need advice on travel to Scotland

David R Ross's books and travelling in Scotland

Freedom Kilts comes to the mountain

Sir Sean Connery in Slovene newspaper

Trip to the Isle of Skye 2009

Connecting Slovenia with Scotland

Kingdom of Dalraida

Travel advise for outside of Scotland

Loch Sween

A wee trip to Iona

Gathering update