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Today's header slides are of the distillation hall at the Borders Distillery in Hawick in glorious sunshine; and a view of the magnificent Tantallon Castle, a Historic Environment Scotland property near North Berwick.

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In Focus

Kyle of Lochalsh Most visitors coming to Kyle of Lochalsh do so en route to or from the Isle of Skye. Until 1995 the Skye ferries left from the slipway by the Lochalsh Hotel. Vehicles embarking here were carried to the slipway opposite at Kyleakin on Skye. That all changed with the opening of the Skye Bridge. The bridge brought many changes to Kyle. No longer do visitors have to put up with the ferry queues stretching back down the A87 during busy periods. ( More ...)

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On This Day

1 August 1714: Queen Anne dies and is succeeded by George, Elector of Hanover, under the terms of the 1701 Act of Settlement. George I cannot speak English and is not popular in England.

1 August 1747: The Act of Proscription prohibits the wearing of highland garb, in particular tartans and kilts, except within the army.

1 August 1967: Queen's College in Dundee becomes a fully fledged university in its own right and is renamed the University of Dundee.

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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