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"My Hearts in the Highlands" August Events

The Highland involvement in the Great War, a historic woolmill, Highland family history, a clan gathering, traditional Highland stories, and the things Highlanders took with them when they had to leave the North are the themes of August's programme of the "My heart's in the Highlands" Homecoming Scotland 2014 events in the Highlands and Moray.   Newtonmore, Fochabers, Knockando, Thurso, Tain, Cromarty, Strathpeffer, Wick and Glencoe will all be hosting events this month encouraging local people and visitors to explore and celebrate what makes the Highland special to them.  

Treasure Hunt For Wick Gala 2014

See the photos in the gallery..  

First World War Centenary Commemorations - a call to all Highlanders to remember those who served

Monday 4 August 2014 marks the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, and a nation-wide programme of commemoration will begin which will cover the same period as the duration of the war.  As part of that programme, two non-denominational commemorative services are being held in Inverness, and people from Inverness and across the wider Highlands are being encouraged to participate.  

Wick Gala Parade Collects £6819

Wick Gala Floats Collection 2014 Arthur Gunn (Foxy) New York New York 655.64 Young Guns Game of Thrones 646.30 Wick Players Independence for Poltney 531.95 The Harland Massive.  Sara Banks Wick Schools Go Back in Time not forward 395.47 Castletown Bosum Buddies Blues Brothers 393.60 Cleopatra 266.93 Nurses & Pals.  

WICKERS refused to allow the rain to put a damper on their gala curtain-raiser

They turned out in force for the crowning ceremony and lined the streets in the unrelenting downpour as Queen Katie Dunnett led the traditional procession.   Katie and her court, also equipped with umbrellas did their royal status proud, smiling and waving to the crowds and the young baton twirlers, the floats personnel and the pipe band who didn't have cover, deserve a special mention for weathering the weather.  

Banana didn't get seal of approval

What's this...a seal going bananas? Sammy thought it would make a welcome change form all that fishy stuff.   But it didn't take him long to discover things aren't always what they seem, especially at sea...there was no banana, just the skin.  

Wick Pipe Band And Elise Lyall School Of Dance In Germany

3rd international Waldsee Tatto am 19.  Juli 2014 im Klosterhof Bad Waldsee.  

Riders Of The Storm At Caithness County Show 2014

A short clip of on of the riders from Riders of the Storm at Caithness County Show 2014..  

Caithness County Show 2014 - Saturday

Plenty of photos from Saturday at the Caithness County Show 2014..  

Double award success for Caithness student

A student from Halkirk in Caithness has been awarded two prestigious accolades at Queen Margaret University's recent graduation ceremony in Edinburgh.   22 year old student, Louise Jean Thoms, was presented with the FujiFilm Medical Systems Award for Academic Excellence.