Clans, Castles and the Scottish Borders
An occasional blog by Alastair Cunningham
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Diana Gabaldon Tour, Day Five
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Monday was Crathes Castle with its sensational gardens (right) and 'Royal Deeside' which nearly lived up to its name: we missed Pri...
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Sunday, September 23, 2007
Day Two of the 2007 Diana Gabaldon Tour
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It was a pleasure to see happy, if tired, faces at Aviemore Railway Station yesterday, amongst them two old friends from last year's tou...
Monday, September 10, 2007
Who owns Scotland?
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When guiding last month I caused some interest by quoting the statistic that 1/4 of rural land in Scotland is owned by just 66 landowners. ...
Sunday, September 09, 2007
Dun Bonnet's Cave
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Northern Entrance Back in July I found myself on an unscheduled search for the cave of the 'Dun Bonnet of Foyers', aka. James Fra...
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Thursday, September 06, 2007
The Clans of Lochaber
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Following the Battle of Culloden, the Duke of Cumberland suggested that men from the Clans of Lochaber - the most troublesome Jacobite clan...
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