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Australians may claim Vegemite, and the English may swoon over Marmite, but in Scotland, the home grown food boasting a peculiar and slightly gruesome international reputation is haggis. What is haggis, you ask? Ask a witty Scot and he or she may tell you that haggis is a small four-legged Highland animal with limbs shorter on one side than the other to aid in running around hills more effectively. Read a newspaper, and the editors may tell you that the Wild Haggis Hunt is due to take place. Truth is told however, haggis is a concoction of a sheep’s heart, liver, and lungs mixed with minced onion, oatmeal, suit, spices, and stock, and traditionally boiled in the sheep’s stomach. Bon appetit!
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If you are planning a trip to the Scottish Highlands soon and would like to try something different, the Carrbridge Live Festival is not a bad place to start. An unusual mixture of nature, music, sport and festivity, the Carrbirdge Live Festival is a not-to-be-missed event.
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Scotland is an immensely interesting country to visit – not only for its historical heritage, beautiful landscapes and bustling cities – but for its abundance of festivals and events. Virtually every city, town and village in the country is home to at least one large annual event and the small remote village of Durness is no exception.
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Perhaps it comes as no surprise that our avian friends consider Scotland’s sea coast and outlying islands prime real estate for breeding, feeding, and coasting on a gust of wind, but did you know that puffins consider the cliff ledges of Britain’s country to the far north the best place on earth? Nesting on the edge of the sea cliffs, puffins return from the sea when the cliffs are covered in wildflowers.
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If galloping along the broad floors of Scottish glens before reaching a mountain loch, crossing icy streams that touch your horse’s belly, and charging across heather-covered hills and picking your path along the craggy peaks of the sea coast is your idea of a destination holiday, why not consider travelling the country of Scotland from the back of a horse?
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With the famous words, 'I am just going outside and may be some time,' Captain Lawrence Oates, a member of Robert Scott's so-called "Race to the South Pole" Antarctic expedition, walked outside his battered tent into a blizzard and died in the frozen tundra. Scott's body along with the others were found inside the tent, making their sombre mark on England’s Antarctic exploration exploits. Beaten to the South Pole by only a few days by Norwegian explorer, Roald Amundsen in 1912, Scott is lauded in the history books as Britain’s greatest adventurer. Still, another part of Great Britain has an equally rich and vibrant history of Antarctic investigation.
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If you enjoy a good music and theater festival but want to try something a little smaller and less commercialized than usual, give the Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival a try. Suitable for the whole family – from tiny tots to grumpy grandpas – the Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival is a great festival in Scotland with plenty of heart and soul.
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The Pictavia Visitors Centre is situated in the countryside park of Brechin Castle providing a beautiful setting for guests and visitors. The Centre educates visitors on the local warrior tribe who once lived in the Angus region during the first Millennium.
