Scottish Heather More than meets the Eye Once I was old enough, I used to work my Summer Holidays from School on the Grouse Moors that surround Royal Deeside in rural Aberdeenshire. I was a beater. A beater is someone that the shooting estates employ to help drive the Red Grouse forward whilst walking the…
Scottish Highland Cattle “Hairy Coos” Scottish Highland Cattle – A Icon Highland Cattle or the Highland cow is a true icon of Scotland. And why not? It has ginger hair, right?. In Scotland, we call a cow “Coo” (rhymes with moo) I think if you had to choose an animal to represent Scottish culture, you…
Why Visit Scotland It isn’t easy to pinpoint why Scotland is held in such mystery for many people worldwide. It is like a book with connected chapters, but each chapter is a book inside itself containing further chapters. Scotland means so many things to so many people around the world. For some its the scenery,…
