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Today's header slides are of the magnificent coastal scenery at Clachtoll, on the west coast of Sutherland north of Lochinver; and the lovely Inchamhome Priory on the Lake of Menteith in the heart of the Trossachs.

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Battle of Sheriffmuir History was sometimes made in lonely places. A minor road climbs east from Dunblane onto the broad western end of the Ochil Hills. As the vistas open up you find yourself in an area of undulating moorland punctuated by forestry plantations. This is Sheriff Muir, where the Battle of Sheriffmuir was fought on 13 November 1715. A large monument standing beside the road is the first sign that it is somewhere special. Beyond it is a layby with another, smaller, cairn, complete with plaque. ( More ...)

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On This Day

13 November 1093: Malcolm Canmore, is killed, along with his eldest son by Margaret, in yet another raid on Northumbria.

13 November 1715: At the Battle of Sheriffmuir near Dunblane the Jacobite army under the Earl of Mar is prevented from taking southern Scotland by a much smaller government force.

13 November 1768: The birth near Kincardine on Forth of Sir James Wylie, a doctor who rose to become the Russian imperial court surgeon and served three tsars.

13 November 1850: The birth in Edinburgh of Robert Louis Stevenson, the renowned essayist, poet, and author of fiction and travel books.

Featured Book

Book Cover Bloody Orkney by Ken Lussey (29 June 2021). Bloody Orkney is a fast-paced thriller set in Scotland during World War Two. It’s November 1942. Bob Sutherland, Monique Dubois and the Military Intelligence 11 team fly in to review security in Orkney, home to one of the most important and most heavily defended naval anchorages in the world. But an unidentified body has been found. It becomes clear that powerful men have things they’d rather keep hidden and MI11’s arrival threatens the status quo. Then Bob stumbles over a ghost from his past and things get far too personal.
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