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The Two Water Systems Of Scotland

3 August 2026
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Thousands of people in rural Scotland rely on private water supplies, but ministers have never assessed how their costs and responsibilities compare with those of households connected to the public network. A

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American Coffee and Other Emergencies

I was back at the wee fish shop somewhere between Thurso and Scrabster last Thursday, minding my own business, as I generally am when other people happen to be speaking loudly enough for me to hear them. Effie was standing by the haddock having a very quiet conversation with Elspeth. It was one of those conversations conducted at precisely the volume required to make every woman within twelve feet immediately interested. They both stopped talking when they saw me coming. I looked at Effie. I looked at Elspeth. “Well, spit it out,” I said. “What’s the matter?” Effie sighed. “Elspeth

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Skirret, or Crummock, the Sweet Root Scotland Forgot

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Before the potato became ordinary, and before sugar became cheap, there was skirret. In Scotland it was known as crummock, a word recorded in Scots for the plant Sium sisarum. The Dictionaries of the Scots Language give Scottish references from the early eighteenth century, including Orkney in 1701 and an account book entry from 1703 listing “crumocks” among kitchen-garden produce. The same source notes the word in Older Scots from 1693 and connects it with Gaelic crumag. Skirret is a perennial root vegetable in the carrot family, Apiaceae. It produces clusters of long, pale, finger-like roots rather than one neat

Clothes Don’t Make The Woman

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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.
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Walk Highlands

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Founded by Helen and Paul Webster in 2006, the Walk Highlands website features more than 2,200 awe-inspiring, spectacular walking routes all over Scotland. In this easy-to-navigate directory, journeys can be planned by location with routes available in the Highlands, Islands, and Lowlands. The database can further match your requirements based on options such as walking difficulty, with Grade 1 routes listed as the easiest and Grade 5 the most challenging. You can also select the minimum or maximum distance you’d like to walk. At first glance, it is a straightforward thing: a free guide to walking routes across Scotland, covering