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Undiscovered Scotland
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Undiscovered Scotland is a combination of visitor guide, accommodation listing and business directory which aims to show you what the country is really like.
Website: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/
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kenlussey.bsky.social
One broch, two millennia, three murders. ‘Thicker Than Water’ is a compelling murder mystery set in northern Scotland. Sarclet Haven on the east coast of Caithness forms a focal point for the story.
Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more:
www.kenlussey.com/ttw/index.html
The image is looking down into a natural harbour formed by grassy cliffs on the right of the frame and sweeping round on the left to a headland that protects the harbour entrance. At the head of the harbour is a sandy and then rocky beach with a grass shelf below the viewer at the foot of the frame. A roofless stone building stands in the bottom left of the frame. The sea beyond the harbour is blue. The front cover of ‘Thicker Than Water’ is shown in the bottom right corner.
November 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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annieworsley.bsky.social
Finding deep time stories. Flux, flow. A wee burn descending, a mountain towering. A partnership between rock & water. Prehistory remembered in place names & folklore.
📷 Allt Toll a' Mhadaidh pouring from Sgùrr Mòr (Beinn Alligin) into Abhainn Coire Mhic Nòbuil, Torridon mountains, Wester Ross
November 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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shieldaig.bsky.social
The weather couldn't make up its mind yesterday, but it was very pretty while it tried.
Mountain with clouds behind and below.
November 17, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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dunblanemuseum.bsky.social
#Museum30 theme 17 is #making. There have been mills making things in Dunblane since 15th century. By 1800 most were spinning & weaving yarn & wool. Hand loom weaving was chief industry of Dunblane, manufacturing town of some importance before invention of power looms…/👇
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 AM
undisscot.bsky.social
The village of Cullipool, the largest settlement on the island of Luing, one of the Slate Islands off the coast of Argyll south of Oban. It owes its existence to the quarrying of slate. The Isle of Mull can be seen in the distance. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #Argyll
The village of Cullipool, the largest settlement on the island of Luing, one of the Slate Islands off the coast of Argyll south of Oban. The picture is a view from slightly above of a village of largely single-storey white cottages. To the left is part of a flooded slate quarry while in the background is the sea, with the Isle of Mull in the distance.
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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The Aberdeenshire town of Inverurie, a place that lends its name to two battles, fought in 1308 and 1745, with another, the Battle of Harlaw, one of the most bloody to be fought on Scottish soil, taking place close by in 1411. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #Aberdeenshire
The Aberdeenshire town of Inverurie. The image shows a war memorial topped by a statue of a kilted soldier in a park surrounded by tubs of large red flowers and set amongst trees. In the background are parked cars and the grey stone town hall, topped off by a white tower. The sky is blue.
November 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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arachnidpress.bsky.social
Relentless pursuit and a grisly murder. ‘Hide and Seek’ is a fast-paced thriller set in Stirling Castle, including the Palace seen here, and more widely across Scotland during World War Two.
Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more:
www.arachnid.scot/book-has/ind...
This modern image shows a view from the south of the Palace at Stirling Castle. There are formal gardens in the foreground and the Palace rises above them past battlements to an ornate roofline. The scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘Hide and Seek’ is shown in the bottom right corner.
November 16, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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shieldaig.bsky.social
'Twas gin clear yesterday. Beinn Alligin, Beinn Dearg and Liathach by Upper Loch Torridon.
Blue sky and sea.
November 16, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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dendrochronicle.bsky.social
Some stunning modern stained glass in The Barony Hall in Glasgow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

#StainedGlassSunday
#Glasgow
November 16, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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UNESCO #OnThisDay theorkneynews.scot/2025/11/16/u...
UNESCO #OnThisDay
On 16 November 1945, out of the debris of a world war The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded. UNESCO is a “specialized agency dedicated to s…
theorkneynews.scot
November 16, 2025 at 7:36 AM
undisscot.bsky.social
The amazing beach on the west side of the island of Berneray in the Western Isles. Berneray lies in the Sound of Harris and is attached to North Uist by a causeway that was opened in 1999. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #Berneray #Beach #WesternIsles
The beach on the west side of the island of Berneray in the Western Isles. The image shows a long and broad white beach filling the bottom left and centre of the frame and looking left out to a turquoise sea. It is backed by dunes in the bottom right of the frame and curves round to the left in the distance. In the background is the misty outline of an island. The scene is in sunlight.
November 16, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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thisismyglasgow.bsky.social
The John Aitken Memorial Fountain at Govan Cross in Glasgow. It was erected in 1884 as a memorial to Govan's first medical officer, serving between 1864 and his death aged just 41 in 1880.

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#glasgow #govan #ironwork #castiron #drinkingfountain #govancross #decorativeironwork #fountain
November 15, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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November Sunset #Orkney
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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secretedinburgh.bsky.social
Who will make Porty thrive? You!
A metal bridge over a railway. The panels are infilled with sea-themed murals. Chimneys and rooftops of Portobello appear in the distance. A mural panel features a mermaid and two fish. One of several sea themed panels A mural panel reads WHO? WILL MAKE PORTY THRIVE = YOU! In the distance are neatly cut hedges and bungalows. A pedestrian bridge over a railway track is decorated on the outside panels with paintings of colourful balloons. Within each balloon is a (presumably the artist's) name.
November 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Ancient meets modern. The Huly Hill Cairn and what is left of its stone circle are cut by the interchange at which the M8 and M9 motorways meet and are under the final approach to Edinburgh Airport. The cairn dates back to about 2500BC. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland
The Huly Hill Cairn and a standing stone. The image shows a large dark standing stone in the centre foreground. Its upper parts are covered in yellow lichen. Beyond it is a grassy area leading to a low circular stone wall surrounding a low grassy cairn. The scene is in sunlight.
November 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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kenlussey.bsky.social
‘Friend or Foe?’ is a fast-paced new thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. RAF Wigtown has a central role in the book as the search for a spy builds towards its dramatic conclusion.
Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple:
www.kenlussey.com/fof/index.html
This modern image shows some of the surviving buildings at the long disused RAF Wigtown in Galloway. The gable end of a large concrete building occupies the upper left of the frame, with a second building appearing to its right. This has large, blocked vehicle doorways on the side facing us. In the foreground is a concrete road from the bottom left of the frame to the middle right, with grass and fence posts to its lower right. The sky is blue. The front cover of ‘Friend or Foe?’ is shown in the bottom right corner.
November 15, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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We're thrilled to have received funding from Scottish Government's #NatureRestorationFund for
🦌 upland deer fence removal
🌺 invasive species eradication
🌳 restoring hedgerows & planting in-field trees at #GlenFinglas Estate.
Thanks Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park. More 👉
National Park distributes £1.275m to support conservation and local initiatives
£1.275m from Nature Restoration Fund supports biodiversity, community action, and habitat recovery across Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National…
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November 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Back to the 90s, and the first departure of the day from Kyle of Lochalsh to Inverness. 37408 ‘Loch Rannoch’ in charge as the train passes through Badicaul.
#Class37 #Tractor #KyleOfLochalsh #Scotrail
November 5, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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thisismyglasgow.bsky.social
A rather wonderful decorative window in Tennent's Bar on Byres Road in the West End of Glasgow.

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#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #glasgowpubs #byresroad #stainedglass #stainedglasswindow #decorativeglass #tennentsbar
November 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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The superbly remote Loch Arkaig in Lochaber, said to be the hiding place of a hoard of gold coins landed by the French at Loch nan Uamh in late April 1746 in support of the (by then already failed) Jacobite rising. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #LochArkaig #Lochaber
Loch Arkaig in Lochaber. The image shows the near shoreline of the loch leading from the bottom right of the frame to the middle left. The loch merges with the grassy shoreline and there’s the base of a stone wall running parallel to it, passing a lone tree. The far shore of the loch, in the upper right of the frame is hilly and there are traces of snow on some of the hills.
November 15, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Traigh na Cleabhaig, Isle of Harris 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
November 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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We are a mere 8 members away from our target of 50 by Monday (when I pay the deposit). PictCon2: A Scottish sf & fantasy convention about sf and fantasy in Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 17th October 2026, Perth, with Guest of honour, editor & writer, Neil Williamson. Tickets at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pictcon2-t...
PictCon2
A Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention for everyone who reads, writes and watches.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Snow showers rattling through on the brisk easterly this evening. Didn't get above 3.4C today.
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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The wonderful library at Drum Castle in Aberdeenshire. One of our favourite rooms in any Scottish castle, it was formed in the 1840s within the upper part of the original tower house that was built here in about 1300. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #DrumCastle #Aberdeenshire
The library at Drum Castle in Aberdeenshire. The image shows the interior of a large room with a vaulted ceiling finished in white. Dark wood bookshelves cover the walls except for a fireplace with a large painting above it on the far wall and a window on the left. There’s a table in the centre of the room and other furniture around the sides.
November 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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You can’t ask a dead man who pulled the trigger. ‘A Tangled Web’ is a fast-paced thriller set in northern Scotland. The superb beach at Achmelvich is visited by the book's two central characters.
Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more:
www.arachnid.scot/book-atw/ind...
The image shows the beach at Achmelvich in the middle vertical third of the frame, with bright white sand on the right extending into light blue and then dark blue sea on the left. There are two tiny people walking on the beach. In the foreground the beach ends with rounded grey rocks, and there is sandy grass at the foot of the frame. Beyond the beach is a grey rock headland that cuts across the frame. The sky is blue. The front cover of ‘A Tangled Web’ is shown in the top right corner.
November 14, 2025 at 7:39 AM