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Victoria’s Scottish Sights and Sounds

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Victoria’s Scottish Sights and Sounds

Highland Heritage Leader Signs of Scotland abound in Victoria, with kilt-clad musicians by the Inner Harb ...

Highland Heritage Leader Signs of Scotland abound in Victoria, with kilt-clad musicians by the Inner Harbour, the distinctive culinary flavours of the northern part of the United Kingdom, and whisky c ...

July 01, 2025
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Scotland’s Fife Coastal Trail: One Step at a Time

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Scotland’s Fife Coastal Trail: One Step at a Time

I love rambling along a rugged coastline, listening to the crash of waves and the cry of seabirds, while ...

I love rambling along a rugged coastline, listening to the crash of waves and the cry of seabirds, while breathing in the salty wind. For the last hour my wife and I have been hiking atop a steep esca ...

November 01, 2024
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SCOTLAND CALLING

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SCOTLAND CALLING

Glencoe or Glen Coe mountains and pass, panoramic view. Landscape in Lochaber, Scottish Higlands,Scotland ...

Glencoe or Glen Coe mountains and pass, panoramic view. Landscape in Lochaber, Scottish Higlands,Scotland. UK. Photo: John Thomson “Right then, off to the colonies,” my father announced in his thick S ...

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JACK WHYTE: History, Brogue and Talent

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JACK WHYTE: History, Brogue and Talent

Photo by John Lehmann The Canadian National Exhibition field in Toronto is crowded with 1,100 musicians a ...

Photo by John Lehmann The Canadian National Exhibition field in Toronto is crowded with 1,100 musicians as world-renowned regimental bands and a huge array of pipe bands enthrall 33,000 spectators at ...

January 02, 2021
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Dare to do Edinburgh in August

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Dare to do Edinburgh in August

Charles Dickens said, “Coming back to Edinburgh is like coming home.” For me, it’s been over 40 years sin ...

Charles Dickens said, “Coming back to Edinburgh is like coming home.” For me, it’s been over 40 years since I went on an Edinburgh exchange with UBC’s women’s field hockey team. For my husband Ken, it ...

August 02, 2018
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Learning the Pipes

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Learning the Pipes

The movie audience sat in rapt expectation as Rob Roy, arrested and taken to London, was led by a lone ba ...

The movie audience sat in rapt expectation as Rob Roy, arrested and taken to London, was led by a lone bagpiper, to his interview with the powers that be. A pause in the on-screen sound, much to the a ...

November 01, 2007
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