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Category Archives: Scotland
The Island Dream photographic exploration
‘The Island Dream’ is an entertaining photographic exploration of the Scottish Hebridean islands, their isolation and fragility, their charm and allure, whilst meeting some of the islanders who have chosen to live ‘the island dream’. ‘The Island Dream’ follows the … Continue reading
Posted in Scotland, Scottish islands
Tagged Camera club, Hebrides, photographic society, Photography, Scotland islands
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Is this blog responsible for freeing American haggis?
You’ll know the sad story of the Scottish haggis kept out of the US for the past 21 years if you read the blogs below, especially Can Scotland make US stomach the haggis, America’s “most wanted” – no chance of … Continue reading
Can Scotland make US stomach the haggis, America’s “most wanted” – no chance of parole?
Whoever thought you could have so much fun with haggis (see posts below, and I hope you checked out the picture titles, I particularly like them – hold your curser over the photos). Obviously not the US customs, or more specifically … Continue reading
Posted in Haggis, Robert Burns and a' that, Scotland, Scotland news
Tagged Alex Salmond, Catching Haggis, Food Standards Agency, George Bush in Scotland, great chieftain o' the puddin-race, haggis pakora, Macsween, Scottish Haggis, Scottish smuggler, US customs, US Department of Agriculture
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Watch out, it’s haggis hunting season, and not a teddy bear in sight
If you go out to the hills today You’re sure of a big surprise If you go out to the hills today You better go in disguise For every haggis that ever there was Will run away for certain because … Continue reading
Another essential guide: ‘How to catch a haggis’
How to catch a haggis? Well, first throw one up in the air … only kidding. But really, I often get asked by visitors to Scotland, how do you catch a haggis (almost as often as, what do real Scotsmen … Continue reading
Posted in Haggis, Robert Burns and a' that, Scotland
Tagged Catching Haggis, Haggis, Scottish Haggis
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Oh dear, another burning story hits the haggis pan
A true story, allegedly. Tony Blair is visiting an Edinburgh hospital. He enters a ward full of patients with no obvious sign of injury or illness and greets one. The patient replies: “Fair fa your honest sonsie face, Great chieftain o’ … Continue reading
Have you listened to Robert Burns’ “Address to a Haggis”?
The majestic sound of bagpipes introduces a frugal dish – and so begins a Burns Supper, held on January 25th to celebrate the date of the Scottish poet Robert Burns’ birthday (1759-1796). The tradition originated in 1780, when Robert Burns founded the Bachelors’ … Continue reading
Scottish place names around the world
From Livingstone in Zambia named after the missionary-explorer David Livingstone (you can visit his birthplace in Blantyre, that’s Blantyre in Scotland rather than Blantyre in Malawi!) to Macquarie Harbour in Tasmania (Lachlan Macquarie, one of the most popular colonial Governors of … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbotsford, Albany, Ben Nevis, Blantyre, Brisbane, Calgary, Dallas, David Livingstone, Dunedin, Edinburgh, Hamilton, Houston, Ivanhoe, Knoxville, Melrose, New Caledonia, Nova Scotia, Perth, Scotland place names, Sir Walter Scott, Waverley
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