John Wood of Tullidavie and the ‘Casket Letters’
A grandson of the celebrated Scottish hero, Admiral Sir Andrew Wood of Largo who founded the present successor chiefly family, John attached himself to the service of James Stewart, a natural son of King James V and half-brother to the ill-fated Mary. John accompanied Stewart, in 1558, to attend the wedding of Queen Mary of [...]
The Real Treasure of Rosslyn Chapel
Rosslyn Chapel is famous for appearing in Hollywood blockbuster The Da Vinci Code, as the last resting place of the Holy Grail. The chapel has always been shrouded in legend, mainly concerning hidden treasure hidden within it’s grounds, clues within the ornate carvings, just waiting to be deciphered. A new book just published claims to [...]
Cowell Highland Gathering Downgrades
The Cowal Highland Gathering is one of the largest and most renowned Highland Games in the world, it has been running for over 100 years. It now attracts crowds of over 20,000 people. But now the future of these famous games hangs in the balance. It has been stripped of it’s major pipe band status [...]
Clan MacKinnon gets a new Chieftan
Clan MacKinnon have a new lease of life – not only have they appointed a new Chieftan but have a shiny new website. This will serve as a great resource to the widespread MacKinnon Clan. They want everyone to know they are very much alive and active. There has been a change to the organizational [...]
Life of Pi poster shows Scottish Shipwreck
A Scottish Shipwreck makes a cameo appearance in The Ang Lee Blockbuster – Life of Pi. Surprised locals recognised the wreck of the Scottish fishing boat called ‘The Sovereign’ on the film poster, it’s highly doctored but obviously the same wreck, which can still be seen stranded at Cairnbulg on the east coast of Scotland [...]
Scottish Parents upset at Weetos breakfast cereal
We’ve been having a good laugh in the office today at this news article: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/weird-news/parents-reveal-fury-at-weetos-breakfast-1493701
Why is Edinburgh Airport so un-Scottish?
We are just back from a trip to Iceland, don’t travel abroad much so was quite wide eyed with the relatively new experience. As the plane approached Iceland we could see hot springs spouting up from the volcanic landscape. The plane comes into land. We are in Iceland – the airport greets us with massive [...]
New Bannockburn Heritage Centre for 2014
This is an artists impression of what the site will look like when the centre is opened for the 700th anniversary of the battle of Bannockburn in 2014. The Heritage Centre is currently a rather dreary building sat directly on the main road. Later this year it will close for the last time, and then [...]
You can slice us but you’ll never take our flavour!!!
Saw this at the supermarket, made me laugh so much had to share it.
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