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Bride's och aye, the poo!
FUMING bride DECKED her kilt-wearing hubby when he sat on her knee at the reception and left a SKIDMARK on her wedding dress!
Like all true Scotsmen, Angus McClure, 26, didn't wear pants under his...
- June 1, 2011 4:29 pm
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Ploughman's Charms
While I was in Biggar the other weekend I visited the museum and came across this interesting story, thought i'd share it.
Whenever a ploughmn turned up a stone with hole in it he kept it and hung i...
Plans announced for 'Bannockburn 700′
The Scottish government has also designated 2014 as Scotland's second year of homecoming. The first took place in Edinburgh 2009. It was a hugely important event for Scottish Clans all around the ...
Topics:
Bannockburn 700, The Gathering 2014
Lochranza Castle
Lochranza Castle on Arran was built in the 13th century. It passed to the Stewarts of Menteith and became a royal castle when Robert Stewart became King in 1371. In the 1450s the Tower House was...
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Arran, Lochranza Castle, Montgomery, Robert II, Stewart
The man who escaped a hanging, a tale from Arran
While camping on the Isle of Arran we visited Brodick Castle which is on the east coast of the island. A castle owned mainly by the Hamiltons, it was used recently as a hunting lodge. In front of th...
Giants Grave on Arran
A very grey rainy day, we thought we'd take a walk up to The Giants Grave, a Neolithic burial chamber on the hill above Whiting Bay.
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Scottish Parents upset at Weetos breakfast cereal
Oops
We've been having a good laugh in the office today at this news article:
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/weird-news/parents-reveal-fury-at-weetos-breakfast-1493701
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Helena Bonham Carter wears tartan for her CBE
The King's Speech star Helena Bonham Carter met a real-life royal today as she was honoured with a CBE.
We have to say how fantastic she looks, decked out in a Vivienne Westwood creation of strikin...
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Tartan