Scotland Thread

[kamui]

<< The Registrar General's report also said nearly a quarter of marriages registered in Scotland in 2011 were for couples where neither the bride nor groom lived in the country. >>

 

Marriage by internet?

 

TG's in Issaan.

[The_Munchmaster]

Loch Ness (where the monster lives) contains more water than all the lakes in England and Wales together!

 

Wow, I did not know that!

 

"There are more than 30,000 freshwater lochs in Scotland. There are many small lochs and lochans in Scotland, especially in the western and northern Highlands. Many lochans and pools have formed in peaty areas. Small lochs are also found in corries and in moraines, such as lochs in kettle holes, whereas many of the larger lochs are found in u-shaped valleys. Formation of these loch basins is attributable to glaciation, which shaped the Scottish landscape.

 

The five largest lochs in Scotland - Awe, Lomond, Morar, Ness and Shiel - hold about a third of all the water held in lochs in Scotland. Although Loch Lomond has the largest surface area (71 km2) and Loch Morar the greatest depth (310 m), the largest loch by volume is Loch Ness, which contains more water than all the lakes in England and Wales together (7,452 million m3)."

[Flashermac]

I presume a lochan is a baby loch.

[The_Munchmaster]

Yes, a lochan is a small loch.

[The_Munchmaster]

53 out of 107.

 

Whisky distilleries that I've visited that is.

 

AFAIK there are 107 working whisky distilleries in Scotland and I visited my 53rd (Glenkinchie) today.

[BelgianBoy]

I remember my whisky trails......but impossible to visit all as not all are open to be visited.....

[The_Munchmaster]

By visit, I don't actually mean do the tours. Once you've done a few tours there's no need to do more, unless perhaps it's a particular favourite whisky. I'm interested in the architecture of the buildings, so like to visit and photograph them and their settings as they are all quite different and many are very attractive. Will post a few later.

[The_Munchmaster]

Field Marshall Montgomery Pipe Band wins world championships

 

Munchie was there.

 

Pipe bands gathered from around the world for the annual event

 

The Field Marshall Montgomery Pipe Band has won the World Pipe Band Championships in front of an estimated crowd of 35,000 people in Glasgow.

 

The band from Lisburn, Country Antrim, beat Scottish Power into second place at the annual event in Glasgow Green.

 

Thousands of pipers and drummers from more than 200 bands took part in the championships.

 

Glasgow's Lord Provost Sadie Docherty said the crowds had enjoyed some "sensational performances".

 

'Extra special'

 

Councillor Docherty, the Chieftain of the World Pipe Band Championships, added: "The Worlds is a cornerstone of our cultural calendar that Glaswegians look forward to every year.

 

"I've always believed that Glasgow Green is never better than when the bands are here competing.

 

"Next year this event will be played out over two days, giving us an even bigger and better event to look forward to."

 

Ian Embelton, chief executive of the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association, said: "Every year the standard of competition is so high but this year we have seen something extra special.

 

"Next year the two-day event will allow us to drive the already very high standard to new heights."

 

The World Pipe Band Championships, nicknamed "The Worlds", have been associated with Glasgow for more than 60 years.

[sayjann]

Field Marshall Montgomery Pipe Band wins world championships

Munchie was there.

i had an inkling you might post about this.....

definately not my scene......

[The_Munchmaster]

Glorious Twelfth to start on 13th due to custom

 

The start of the grouse shooting season, often referred to as The Glorious Twelfth, has been put back a day because it has fallen on a Sunday.

 

Shooting parties will have to wait until 13 August this year before heading onto Scotland's grouse moors, due to a Scottish custom.

 

In England, Wales and Northern Ireland it is an offence to shoot grouse on a Sunday.

 

In Scotland there are no statutory restrictions.

 

Grouse shooting has been estimated to bring £30m to the rural economy.

 

Prospects for this season are mixed, according to the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC).

 

Grouse chicks on many moors hatched earlier than usual and had to survive the snows of late spring, followed by the unusually heavy rains of summer.

 

Good prospects

 

Colin Shedden, BASC Scotland director, said: "We entered the winter with a good stock, it was a benign, soft, mild winter and then what happened was heavy rain came in April, May and June as well.

 

"This has impacted on the breeding success of the grouse but there are a number of areas where prospects are still looking good and we are mainly talking about the east of the country, slightly drier than the west.

 

"So in some areas where there has been good management, good stock of healthy birds, they have survived the atrocious weather.

 

"Others suffered, it is a mixed bag."

 

The season lasts from 12 August to 10 December in Scotland, England and Wales and until 30 November in Northern Ireland.