Royal Highland

... , both famous as haunts of Queen Victoria. We plan to see Balmoral Castle, home to QE II, in Royal Deeside, and attend the Drumtochy Highland Games. We'll cruise the Castle Trail in Aberdeenshire and drive through the Cairngorn Mountains to Inverness. ...

... up as people understandably, wanted to be back on their boats.   It had been a long, rewarding day and we enjoyed it thoroughly. Our thanks to John & Fran for inviting us and to the Royal Highland Yacht Club for being such a marvellous ...

... ; day, a mere ten kilometres of hiking to get things started and ease back into things. The main differences between the West Highland Way and Annapurna Sanctuary are that Annapurna was shorter but a lot more difficult. Hills, hills and, you guessed it, ...

... of much loved institutions on this section of the winding highland road. The first was Hamish the 'heilan' coo' - a monster of a pedigree Highland Cow who at 14 years of age is quite an old timer for his species. Bred for the extreme conditions of the ...

... afternoon tea we walked around the grounds.  The weather had turned cool and threatening so we carried a Royal Scotsman umbrella just in case.  Here we saw highland cattle close up and Tom was able to take photos of them not doing very much at ...

... , held at the end of the Royal Family’s summer visit. We were amused by video footage of the Royal Family and their guests dancing to the highland tunes, and impressed at how the musicians managed to climb up with their instruments to what is a very ...

... decorated with depictions of swans, being the emblem of royalty at the time, with the castle itself translating to Highland of the Swans. A fascinating tour guide led us throughout the complex, experiencing the variety of specially themed rooms, such as ...

... recommended as it gives good insights into the history of the Thai culture and also present customs such as the royal funeral rites. Highly interesting stuff! The 22 hour night train journey was uneventful. In hindsight we were glad ...

... and it felt like every pub, bar, theatre and café had been turned in to a venue for some kind of performance. The Royal Mile was full of buskers and performers promoting their shows and giving out flyers – the number of trees chopped down to ...

Woke up in our cavernous apartment on the Royal Mile and had to vacate way too early in order to catch our train. Luckily the stairs that we went down were shorter than the stairs we went up! I think Aggie counted them......... Of course we get on the ...

... I toured the Scotch Whiskey Heritage Centre, and sat in whiskey barrels as we learnt how Whiskey was made. Continuing down the Royal Mile. Checked out Holroyd Palace, where the Queen resides on her visits to Edinburgh and saw the Mary Queen of Scots ...

weir on our way south from outer hebrides...  stay inn @ Royal Highland.... ryte inn middle of inverness City.... nyce brite roomz...  nxt 2 rale way stay shun... handy 4 orl inn the City - went 2 weather spoonz last knight - woz Curry knight - ...

... He was then sent to Fort Edward in Windsor, Nova Scotia where he took command of the 84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants), Second Battalion. After her husband was taken prisoner, Flora remained in hiding while the American Patriots ravaged ...

... and 88 mm guns. It was not even close. But, the piece de resistance was when the Black Watch (the Montreal based Royal Highland Regiment of Canada) ascended Verrieres Ridge only to run into a well camouflaged trap. Few of the 300 attackers lived to tell ...

... sealed, but only time will tell.   The weekend before last, we tagged onto the Cruise In Company event of the Royal Highland Cruising Club. Now it was the turn of the 10th Anniversary of the Hebridean Maritime Festival, hosted by Sail Hebrides. ...

... then head out to Loch Maddy, where we hoped to meet up with the Hinchliffes as well as a bunch of other boats gathering for the Royal Highland Cruise in Company. That was the plan. However, as it looked like being an engine job all the way and as we would ...

first shift at my job was the Tiesto : Colours event at the the Royal Highland Center... really just a HUGE rave in these big industrial warehouses! not really what i was expecting, but so awesome... i have never heard of Tiesto, but he is from Holland ...

... . It was pretty cool. The ceilings are about 61/2 feet tall, so I had to watch my head. After that we went to the Royal Highland Fusiliers Museum, which is the military museum in Glasgow. We then walked up a huge hill to the Tenement House. It is in ...

... . After a bit more time back in Scotland, both at mum's house and Edinburgh (I really like Edinburgh) including a trip out to the Royal Highland Show we hopped on the train for London. Richmond to be exact and back to Jaey and Marie's place. Again we ...

... We were welcome to stay and listen. We had front row seats. There were about 20 pipers and drummers from the Rickerton Royal Highland Band. Their plaid is the Gordon dress tartan. There were about 18 German tourists and more spectators than that lining ...