Holiday Scotland

  Late in the evening of the 21st of August 1689 the drone of Clan Donald’s pipes could be heard lamenting across the craggy hills overlooking theTay, as slowly they and other exhausted Highlanders trudged north from the Cathedral City of Dunkeld. Below them was a town ablaze, with smoke rising into the night sky. [...]

  The Tweed has to be one of the most beautiful rivers in Scotland, weaving through the rolling hills of the Border Country as it makes its inevitable way to the North Sea at Berwick. It is a landscape famed for its fishing, textiles, rugby and a colourful history of Border Reivers and monastic settlement. [...]

  January isn’t exactly the most heart-warming of months; it’s cold, snowy, dark and full of post-festive blues. Still, there is one bright light shining amid the gloom, navigating us through the murk to cheerier shores – Burns’ Night. Every year, on the 25th of January, Scots the world over gather in celebration of our [...]

One thing that many visitors to the UK and more specifically those travelling to Scotland, find unusual is the range and design of our banknotes. Unlike most countries several British banks, including three in Scotland, are licensed to print circulatory banknotes; which makes for a wallet-full of interesting designs and colours. The value of these [...]