Outdoor Scotland
Scottish Place Names Quiz
In Scotland the pronunciation of more than a fair few place names is not what you’d expect from the written form… Whether derived from Scots, Scandinavian, Pictish, Scottish Gaelic or Brythonic […]
Katrina Patrick
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Outdoor Scotland
Scottish Place Names Quiz #1
Can you name a Scottish place by deciphering the pictures below? (…and can you spell it?) ANSWER (in reverse): eivagnliM Click here for another picture teaser… Pic Credits: […]
Outdoor Scotland
Scottish Place Names Quiz #2
Can you name a Scottish place by deciphering the pictures below? (…and can you spell it?) ANSWER (in reverse): yrhcoltiP Try another picture teaser here Pic Credits: Shutterstock, […]
Outdoor Scotland
Scottish Place Names Quiz #3
Can you name a Scottish place by deciphering the pictures below? (…and can you spell it?) ANSWER (in reverse): yalsI Click here for another picture teaser Pic Credits: […]
People
Tom Weir | A Welcome To The Hills
In the highest village in Scotland Tom Weir explores its mining culture and remarkable engineering sons In the warm light of the mid-morning sun the Nith Valley was looking better than I […]
Outdoor Scotland
Scottish Place Names Quiz #4
Can you name a Scottish place by deciphering the pictures below? (…and can you spell it?) ANSWER (in reverse): eertroP Click here for another picture teaser Pic Credits: […]
Outdoor Scotland
Scottish Place Names Quiz #5
Can you name a Scottish place by deciphering the picture below? (…and can you spell it?) ANSWER (in reverse): krikleS Pic Credits: Shutterstock
What’s On
Ten Things You Cannae Miss … November 13 – 19
The most vibrant, most unusual and most unmissable events on offer this weekend, and in the coming week . . .Victorian Sensation! The National Museum of Scotland is serving up […]
Islands
Tom Weir | Scotland In Miniature
Returning to the isle he worked the harvest fields on before the war, Tom Weir delighted in the fascinating history – and future – of Arran in 1978 “A fine day […]
What’s On
RLS Day 2015
RLS Day 2015 is the fourth citywide celebration of Edinburgh’s best-loved literary son, Robert Louis Stevenson, and there’s something for everyone in this year’s extensive programme The author of Treasure […]
