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The Hidden Places of
Scotland
Includes the
Highlands & Islands
UK £11.99
This is the 7th
edition of The Hidden Places of Scotland
taking you on a relaxed but informative
tour of this wild and often wonderful country.
Scotland has been inhabited for
thousands of years and is rich in history and
culture. It is blessed with some of the most
impressive mountains in the British Isles and
finest coastlines and offshore islands in the
world. It is also full of “hidden places”,
which can enrich the visitor’s knowledge of
Scottish heritage and provide landscapes that
astound the eye with their sheer beauty.
Here are some
nuggets of information from the guide book to
whet your appetite...
Scalloway - During World War II the
village was a secret base from where Norwegians
were ferried across to their country in fishing
boats (nicknamed "Shetland buses") to mount
sabotage operations and bring back resistance
fighters who were on the run from German troops.
The Scalloway Museum in Main Street tells the
story of these men, as well as the story of
Scalloway itself. There are plans to move this
museum to larger premises, next to the castle,
for summer 2011.
Edinburgh - Borthwick Castle is a
massive twin-towered castle built by Sir
William Borthwick in about 1430. It was to
this castle that Mary Stuart and Bothwell
came after their marriage in 1567. It was a
marriage which displeased the Scottish
people and more than a thousand Scottish
nobles cornered the couple there. They
demanded that Mary hand over Bothwell for
his part in the murder of Lord Darnley,
Mary’s second husband. However, Bothwell
escaped and fled to Dunbar.
On hearing of his
escape, the nobles immediately retired from
the Queen’s presence, thinking that she had
seen through his treachery. However, no
sooner had they left her than she tore off
her fine gowns and put on breeches and a
pageboy’s shirt, and made her escape so that
she could rejoin her husband. The Red Room
is said to be haunted by her ghost.
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