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Clothes Don’t Make The Woman

I had finished afternoon tea at a lovely establishment in the Highlands and was sitting on a bench outside, waiting for Mr Gunn. It had been a very satisfactory afternoon tea. The sandwiches had been small enough to suggest refinement, the cakes had been large enough to restore confidence, and the bill had been folded discreetly inside a little leather wallet so that one could discover the consequences in private. Mr Gunn had gone to fetch the car. This sounds like a simple undertaking, but Mr Gunn does not merely fetch a car. He checks it. He walks around it.

Scotland In Focus

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Authentic Scottish Haggis

This is an authentic Scottish recipe. You may wish to modify it with modern ingredients. 1. Procure a large stomach bag of a sheep, as well as its liver, lights and heart. The bag must be well washed, first in cold water, then plunged in boiling water and scraped. 2. Then soak it in cold water and salt all night. 3. Wash the pluck and soak in cold water and salt. 4. Boil pluck (which is liver, lights and heart) for 14 hours. In boiling, leave the windpipe attached and let the end of it hang over the edge of
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The TARDIS Is Now Scotland’s Most Reliable Form Of Public Transport

On Thursday evening, the King and Queen arrived in Glasgow by TARDIS. This was encouraging. For years, those of us living in the Highlands have been told that distance is a difficult problem. It affects buses, trains, broadband engineers, hospital appointments, postal deliveries and anyone attempting to obtain a replacement part for a washing machine. The general impression has been that the north of Scotland lies beyond the practical limits of organised movement. We now know this is untrue. The answer is a blue police box capable of travelling through time and space. This is considerably more efficient. Naturally, it
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Tie The Knot Scotland

There are few industries in Scotland that combine heritage, hospitality, design, fashion, tourism and local business quite as naturally as the wedding sector. Tie the Knot Scotland has positioned itself at the centre of that landscape by creating a platform that functions both as a practical planning resource and as a broad showcase of Scotland’s wedding venues, suppliers and changing wedding culture. The site serves couples planning weddings across Scotland, from large formal gatherings in castles and country houses to smaller ceremonies in coastal venues, registry offices and rural estates. Its directory structure is extensive and notably well organised, covering