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Header Slides

Today's header slides are of the forbidding Blackness Castle on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth; and a view of Torrisdale Bay near Bettyhill on the north coast of Sutherland.

Clickable Map of Scotland

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In Focus

Glenelg Ferry Some people will be surprised to find out that you can still travel "over the sea to Skye". Yes, most know that there's a ferry operating from Mallaig to Armadale. But how many also know that from Easter to October there's a vehicle ferry that still provides a much closer alternative to the Skye Bridge, and one every visitor should consider taking? The Glenelg to Kylerhea Ferry crosses the shortest gap between the Isle of Skye and the mainland. ( More ...)

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On This Day

15 October 1586: Mary Queen of Scots is tried for treason at Fotheringay Castle in Northamptonshire.

15 October 1651: Charles II sails to France from Sussex after six weeks as a fugitive in England.

15 October 1686: The birth in Leadhills of the renowned poet Allan Ramsay the Elder.

15 October 1914 : The Royal Navy cruiser HMS Hawke is sunk by a German U-boat off Aberdeen with the loss of 524 members of her crew.

Featured Book

Book Cover Bloody Orkney by Ken Lussey (29 June 2021). Bloody Orkney is a fast-paced thriller set in Scotland during World War Two. It’s November 1942. Bob Sutherland, Monique Dubois and the Military Intelligence 11 team fly in to review security in Orkney, home to one of the most important and most heavily defended naval anchorages in the world. But an unidentified body has been found. It becomes clear that powerful men have things they’d rather keep hidden and MI11’s arrival threatens the status quo. Then Bob stumbles over a ghost from his past and things get far too personal.
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Scottish Resources

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