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Notes From The Isles
Cronie’s boyfriend Basil is staying with us: a Labrador who is so well trained that he doesn’t even possess a collar or lead. Basil’s owner, a retired policeman, is a keen Munro bagger and he and Basil think nothing of conquering at least three Munro
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Unsettling Discovery
In 1836, a group of young boys hunting rabbits on the slopes of Arthur’s Seat stumbled upon something far more interesting than their usual prey. Tucked into a little crevice in the hill was a stash of 17 miniature coffins hidden behind carefully pla
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Which Witch?
“Maggie Wall burnt here 1657 as a witch”. So reads the white, hand-painted declaration on a crude, cross-topped cairn just outside the village of Dunning in Perthshire. Maggie Wall’s Memorial is a sober reminder of a dark chapter in Scottish history,

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