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Header Slides

Today's header slides are a view of Ardbeg Distillery on the Isle of Islay; and the superbly located and extremely poignant Commando Memorial near Spean Bridge in Lochaber, close to where the commandos trained in WWII.

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In Focus

Ardaneaskan The road that continues almost west from Strome for a couple of miles to the largely residential Ardaneaskan has always been quiet. A parking area at the far end of the tiny hamlet gives excellent views that make the journey well worth while. These include the mountains of Applecross in the west, a glimpse of distant Isle of Skye, the picture postcard village of Plockton to the south-west, and across Loch Carron to the mountains of Lochalsh. ( More ...)

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On This Day

5 November 1688: William of Orange lands at Brixham in south-west England with a huge army. He has come at the invitation of representatives of the English nobility and church. His wife Mary is James VII/II's daughter and until the birth of James Francis Edward was the heir to the throne.

5 November 1864: The birth of Margaret Macdonald, the artist whose work helped define "The Glasgow Style" and who married Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

5 November 1879: The death of James Clerk Maxwell, one of greatest scientists of any era.

Featured Book

Book Cover The Eye of Horus by Ken Lussey (18 June 2024). An atmospheric World War Two thriller with settings that move from the Highlands of Scotland via Gibraltar to Malta. It's June 1943. Bob and Monique Sutherland are on honeymoon in Kyle of Lochalsh when an unexpected visitor arrives to spoil their idyll. They agree to travel to Malta to search for two missing men, a young naval lieutenant and an MI6 officer who has disappeared while looking for him. The aerial siege of the island is over and the tide of war has turned but, after three years of bombing, Malta remains a shattered place.
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Scottish Resources

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