Visit Portree, Isle of Skye: The Royal Hotel
Royal Hotel in Portree was a real downer after all the beautifully decorated B&Bs we stayed in. Not inexpensive and talk about being stuck between a rock and a hard place, all Portree accommodation was probably 99.5% sold out. Sigh... Staff nice, give our room a big Zero; dated and overlooking trash.
July, 2018
Castlehill Parish Church Ayr - South Ayrshire Scotland
Castlehill Parish Church, Ayr. 1 Old Hillfoot Rd, Ayr, South Ayrshire KA7 3LW
Phone: 01292 267520
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Castlehill Church services are held at 11am each Sunday.
For matters of a pastoral nature, please contact the locum, Christine Stewart, on 01563 850486 or e-mail minister@castlehillchurch.org
The interim moderator, Rev John Paterson can be contacted on 01290 420769.
For administrative issues or queries on hall letting, contact the church office on 01292 267520 or e-mail office@castlehillchurch.org
To send articles for the Herald magazine please e-mail them to herald@castlehillchurch.org
We have three church halls and this host a number of groups, both the Church and the Community. Groups currently using the halls.
How to find us
We are located on the corner of Old Hillfoot Road and Castlehill Road in Ayr.
For a more detailed map of how to find us see below.
Alternatively, from the roundabout at Ayr railway station, take the A713 towards Dalmellington and Castle Douglas. We are about a mile along the A713, which is Castlehill Road.
Pass a roundabout near Morrisons supermarket.
Go out of town for about a mile past 2 sets of traffic lights to the next roundabout. The church is just before the roundabout, on the left.
To drive to the front door, continue to Old Hillfoot Road. Take the left exit at the roundabout. Go along for a hundred yards or so then left again to enter Old Hillfoot Road. Continue along to the end of Old Hillfoot Road and the church is now on your right.
Castlehill Parish Church Ayr Publications and Forms are available in PDF format from the church website through this link:
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Places to see in ( Broadford - UK )
Places to see in ( Broadford - UK )
Broadford, together with nearby Harrapool, is the second-largest settlement on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Broadford is within the parish of Strath. Like many places in Skye, Broadford derives its name from Old Norse. To the Norsemen this was Breiðafjorðr - the wide bay. The Gaelic name is of modern derivation and assumes that the ford element meant a river crossing.
Broadford was a cattle market until 1812, when Telford built the road from Portree to Kyleakin. Veterans of the Napoleonic Wars settled during the first half of the 19th century. Writing in the middle of the 19th century, Alexander Smith said, If Portree is the London of Skye, Broadford is its Manchester.
Legend holds that the recipe for the liqueur Drambuie was given by Bonnie Prince Charlie to Clan MacKinnon who then passed it onto James Ross late 19th century. Ross ran the Broadford Inn (now the Broadford Hotel), where he developed and improved the recipe, initially for his friends and then later to patrons. Ross then began to sell it further afield and the name was registered as a trademark in 1893.
Broadford lies on the south-west corner of Broadford Bay, on the A87 between Portree and the Skye Bridge. The settlement is overlooked by the eastern Cuillins, Broadford is in a beautiful tranquil area as well as having many services available. Broadford is a key service centre for southern Skye. Services include the Co-op supermarket combined with a 24-hour Gulf Oil garage, a few restaurants (including the Broadford Hotel, Claymore, Dunollie Hotel, Hebridean Hotel and Red Skye), and a youth hostel. The local hospital, the Mackinnon Memorial Hospital, has a small ward and casualty department.
The A87 travels through Broadford, on its route from Invergarry to Uig. The A851 begins at a junction with the A87, towards the east end of Broadford, and continues to Armadale. Meanwhile, the B8083 begins at a junction with the A87 at the western end of Broadford, and continues to Elgol. There is also a coastal road, (a left turn at Killbride) which can be found halfway along the B8083, this takes you down to a viewpoint at Loch Slapin. Public are able to catch either the 155 or 55 bus along this road.
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Beautiful Isle of Skye
Music: Come Home To Me, Tim Janis
A little video I made on my ipad of a trip to beautiful Skye earlier this year..
Before reaching Skye, I stopped off at Eilean Donan Castle, it appears a lot in pictures of Scotland, because it is so picturesque, and has appeared in many films and television programmes too.
Eilean Donan (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Donnain) is a small tidal island where three lochs meet, Loch Duich, Loch Long and Loch Alsh, in the western Highlands of Scotland. The castle was restored in the early 20th Century, and a footbridge now connects the island to the mainland.
Then onto Portree the largest town on Skye... and the pictures show the colourful harbour..
The Skye Museum of Island Life at Kilmuir, was opened in 1965. The aim was to preserve a township of thatched cottages, each one depicting, as closely as possible, the conditions prevailing on the island at the close of the nineteenth century...The Weavers cottage is one of many preserved cottages..
Then onto Cill Chriosd (Christ's Church or Kilchrist) and is a ruined former parish church of Strathaird. It was constructed around the 16th century, replacing an earlier Medieval church on the same location, and was used until 1840 when the Parish church was relocated to Broadford.
I loved the old celtic cross stones, and the view of the mountains behind.. I think I scared the odd sheep as I wandered around..
The next place I photographed was Bla Bheinn..The name Blà Bheinn is thought to mean blue mountain, from a combination of Norse and Gaelic.
Moving onto the Storr...(Scottish Gaelic: An Stòr) and is a rocky hill on the Trotternish peninsula ..The area in front of the cliffs of the Storr is known as the Sanctuary. It has a number of weirdly shaped rock pinnacles, the remnants of ancient landslips.
And finally to beautiful Elgol.. (Scottish Gaelic: Ealaghol) and is a village on the shores of Loch Scavaig towards the end of the Strathaird peninsula..it is a crofting and fishing village, and I enjoyed dipping my toes into the water on a beautiful warm sunshiney day..
Isle of Skye HD Time lapse Photography of Skye, Scotland YouTube
Kingsborgh - Loch Snizort Beag, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Kingsborgh - Loch Snizort Beag, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Glenfinnan Gathering 2013
A taste of the Glenfinnan Gathering and Highland Games 2013
Places to see in ( Plockton - UK )
Places to see in ( Plockton - UK )
Plockton is a village in the Highlands of Scotland in the county of Ross and Cromarty with a population of 378. Plockton is a settlement on the shores of Loch Carron. It faces east, away from the prevailing winds, which together with the North Atlantic Drift gives it a mild climate allowing the Cordyline australis palm or cabbage tree to prosper.
Most of the houses date from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It was a planned community based on fishing in an attempt to stem the tide of emigration from the Highlands. The Church of Scotland in the village (also used by the Free Church of Scotland) was designed by Thomas Telford.
The village is a tourist resort. The television series Hamish Macbeth, starring Robert Carlyle, was filmed there, substituting for the fictional Lochdubh. Plockton was also used for various scenes in the film The Wicker Man and the Inspector Alleyn Mysteries television series.
The village has a small general store with a café; a takeaway; a restaurant; newsagent and craft shop; three hotels with pubs; numerous B&Bs; library with free internet access and a village hall, which holds community events and art exhibitions. It is served by Plockton railway station, on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line and the short Plockton Airfield for light aircraft and microlights.
Nearby is Duncraig Castle, a nineteenth-century stately home built by the Matheson family, who made their money in the opium trade. The castle was derelict for many years, having previously been used as an hospital, catering college, and a base for film crews. It was once owned by the extended Dobson family who were in the process of renovating it and this was shown in the BBC documentary titled The Dobsons of Duncraig. The castle was sold in 2009 to Suzanne Hazeldine. Plockton has been a popular location for many artists including those from The Edinburgh School (Adam Bruce Thomson, David Macbeth Sutherland) and continues to attract artists.
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Drymen , Scotland : A Great Place To Visit and To Stay
So much to do around the bonnie banks of Loch Lomond. Drymen is a few minutes drive to the Queen of Scottish Lochs. Hill walking , climbing , the West Highland Way , Ben Lomond , golfing , fishing , sailing , boating , tourism. So much more besides. And in Drymen there are a number of places at which to stay and dine , including Hotels & Bed and Breakfasts.
Pt 27. The Covenants and The Covenanters - Scottish Church History
The Covenants and The Covenanters
Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation
With Illustrations.
Introduction on the National Covenants by
Rev. James Kerr, D.D., Glasgow
Edinburgh:
R.W. Hunter, George IV. Bridge.
Our Isle Of Skye roadtrip !
My video footage from our recent road trip to the beautiful Isle Of Skye, Scotland.
Is this better together, really.
Highly sectarian Orange Order and No Popery banner. This is Scotland's version of the KKK and should be banned forthwith. VOTE YES
Looking across Loch Snizort from Geary
Looking across Loch Snizort from Geary in Waternish, Isle of Skye
Stonehaven harbor
Stonehaven harbor in Scotland
Walkin Todd's My Heart's in the Heilands singing at Airth Church Scottish Concert
Super Emotional Wedding Vows at Intimate, Epic Scottish Elopement | Heart Stone Films
Caitlin and Jonathan had a sweet destination elopement at Isle of Skye in Portree, Scotland, United Kingdom and we love their emotional vows to each other! Learn more about the couple and the vendors who created this wedding here:
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Ballathie House Hotel, Stanley, Scotland , Perth
Ballathie House Hotel, Stanley, Scotland
Kingussie Part 1
Kingussie is a town in the Highland Region of Scotland. It is one settlement in the Highland Council ward of Badenoch and Strathspey, and is the capital of Badenoch. It lies beside the A9 road, although the old route of the A9 serves as the town's main street which has been bypassed since 1979. Kingussie is 42 miles (68 km) south of Inverness, 12 miles (19 km) south of Aviemore, and 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Newtonmore, which is its greatest rival in the game of shinty.
According to the Guinness Book of Records 2005, Kingussie is World sport's most successful sporting team of all time, winning 20 consecutive leagues and going 4 years unbeaten at one stage in the early 1990s.
Flora MacDonald Cemetery Isle Of Skye Inner Hebrides Scotland
Tour Scotland travel video of the cemetery where Flora MacDonald is buried, with Scottish bagpipes and drums music, on ancestry visit to the North Coast of the Isle Of Skye, Inner Hebrides. Flora MacDonald, Scottish Gaelic: Fionnghal nic Dhòmhnaill; born 1722, died March 1790 aged 68, was a member of the Macdonalds of Sleat, who helped Charles Edward Stuart, known in popular memory as Bonnie Prince Charlie, evade government troops after the Battle of Culloden in April 1746. Her family supported the government during the 1745 Rising and Flora later claimed to have assisted Charles out of sympathy for his situation. She was later arrested and sent to London where it was recorded all admired the dauntless part she had acted, and she had the honour of a visit from Frederick, Prince of Wales. Flora was born in 1722 at Milton on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, third and last child of Ranald MacDonald and his second wife Marion. Her father died soon after her birth and in 1728, her mother re-married Hugh MacDonald of Armadale. Flora and her husband Allan emigrated to Anson County, North Carolina, America, in 1774, where they settled on an estate near Mountain Creek, named Killegray. When the American War of Independence began in 1776, Allan raised the Anson Battalion of the Loyalist North Carolina Militia, which had around 1,000 men, including his sons Alexander and James. En route to the coast for collection by British transports, they were attacked by an American force at the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge on 28 February 1776 and Allan was taken prisoner. In April 1777, the North Carolina Provincial Congress confiscated Loyalist-owned property and Flora was evicted from Killegray, with the loss of all her possessions. After 18 months in captivity, Allan was released in September 1777; he was posted to Fort Edward, Nova Scotia, Canada, as commander of the 84th Regiment of Foot where Flora joined him in August 1778. After a harsh winter in Halifax, in September 1779 Flora took passage for London, England, in the Dunmore, a British privateer. Allan, her husband, returned to Scotland in 1784, and they settled in Penduin on the Isle of Skye.
The Trees of Beauly Priory
A walk and talk round the trees and ruins of Beauly Priory, nr Inverness, Highlands, Scotland. Thanks to The Beauly Centre for their help.