VJ Day tribute at Fort George: Colossal Celebration of the Centuries

August 15, 2010 · Filed Under Tourist 

Fort George had the honour of being host to the largest display event by Historic Scotland of the year, putting on their Colossal Celebration of the Centuries.
Performed over the weekend that today saw the 65th anniversary of VJ Day, the effective end of World War II, the re-enactment served as a fitting tribute.
A host of [...]

Highland Aviation Museum gets Nimrod

July 29, 2010 · Filed Under Tourist 

The P&J reports on one of the more unusual traffic events for the A96 – the fuselage of a Nimrod being transported from RAF Kinloss to the Highland Aviation Museum by Inverness Airport.
Certainly that would have been interesting to encounter while driving!
The Highland Aviation Museum is one of those little mentioned gems – it’s only [...]

David Mitchell on Scottish Gaelic

July 24, 2010 · Filed Under Tourist 

Interesting video on YouTube as comedian David Mitchell gets on his soapbox about Scottish Gaelic:

More Zippo’s circus images

July 24, 2010 · Filed Under Nairn, Tourist 

More images from the afternoon’s performance at Zippo’s Circus on the Farmer’s Showfield in Nairn below:

Also, just a note on animal cruelty – I’m quite aware that the circus industry in general has had a bad reputation for animal cruelty, and if Zippo’s had advertised any exotic animals, I would not have considered going.
However, the [...]

When Zippos Circus came to town

July 23, 2010 · Filed Under Tourist 

We took the family to Zippo’s Circus on Wednesday for the afternoon, figuring it was one of those events that could be very memorable for the children – and we weren’t wrong, for all the right reasons!
Firstly, we’ve suddenly seen a string of events using the Nairn farmer’s showfield, which has to be positive for [...]

Back from Nerja, Spain

July 23, 2010 · Filed Under Tourist 

Finally back from Nerja in Spain – been excited to go for a while as we were meeting up with family on holiday at the same time.
The weather was great, and there’s a lot around Nerja for a first time visitor to see – the caves, the mountain villages (such as Frigliana), and of course [...]

Scott May’s Daredevil Stunt Show

July 4, 2010 · Filed Under Nairn, Tourist 

This weekend Scott May’s Daredevil Stunt Show came to Nairn, set up on the farmer’s showfield for their motor cycle, car and monster truck stunt show.
We went this afternoon as the time’s worked out better for the children, and they weren’t disappointed. The inclusion of regular clown character made it more like a circus with [...]

Hugh McBean’s First Class Walking Guide: Nairn

March 26, 2010 · Filed Under Nairn, Tourist 

Many will probably have seen Hugh McBean’s walking video covering Nairn and Cawdor previously on the Gurn, but it’s definitely worth giving Hugh McBean’s walking video further attention:

When I set up MyNairn.com I had originall envisaged taking a number of videos of Nairn and its people and setting them up on the site – however, [...]

Charlie Chaplin walk in Nairn?

February 26, 2010 · Filed Under Nairn, Tourist 

The fact that Charlie Chaplin used to holiday regularly in Nairn is not well known outside of the town, but I know some people have been pushing hard to get something done.
Now Ardersier author John Oliver is pushing to get a walk instated – though with a projected “couple of statues” with a cost of [...]

OS wrongs Nairn again!

December 2, 2009 · Filed Under Tourist 

Nairn Leisure Centre has a small number of maps available at the desk, titled:
“Street Map with index of Nairn, Grantown-on-Spey, Aviemore, Kingussie, Newtonmore – with compliments of Northern Constabulary”
Idling a little time waiting for one of my kids from swimming lessons, I picked up a map, had a flick through – and noticed the entire [...]

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