Scotland 's Wild West: The smell of peat smoke hangs in my hair for hours and in my coat for days. Years ago, children on the Isle of Lewis in the Scottish Hebrides found this smell would set them apart; the “blackhouse” children from the “white house” kids.
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Ancestral Scotland : Black-faced Scottish sheep stare and scatter as I stride across the fields towards them. More graze among the stone ruins of my great-great-great-grandparents' crofter's hut. Like hundreds before me, I've travelled across the world to track down my ancestors. It's a fascinating experience and a growing part of Scotland 's tourism industry.
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Light at the end of the road : The boot drier in the laundry at Rua Reidh lighthouse is a welcome find; the peat bog has found the chinks in mine and I'm walking in soggy socks. A clifftop walk is one of the less strenuous delights of a stay at the lighthouse, one of 97 built around the Scottish coast over 150 years by the "lighthouse Stevensons", the family of writer Robert Louis Stevenson. Story by Lee Mylne

Highland Fling: Winding country roads – not always well sign-posted and many just one lane with “passing places” – sometimes make driving in Scotland a challenge, but the rewards are many.
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Spey Valley : The Spey Valley is a visual feast of lochs, mountains and villages dominated by the majestic snow-topped Cairngorms. It is also the setting for the popular television series Monarch of the Glen.
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Highland Capital: Inverness, the “capital of the Highlands”, is perched between the Moray Firth on the eastern coast and Loch Ness to the south. It's a bustling, friendly town, divided by the River Ness, and is a good base for touring the Highlands.
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Drop in to Dornoch: The Royal Burgh of Dornoch is a postcard-pretty town of sandstone buildings set back from a wide sweep of golden sandy beach. It is famous for its beachside golf course, and you can stay at Dornoch Castle Hotel, right in the main street.
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Sunny and Verdant: Scotland 's fourth largest city, Dundee also claims the distinction of being the sunniest. Among the city's major attractions is the award-winning Verdant Works, an industrial museum focusing on how the people of Dundee lived more than 100 years ago when one of the main industries was the manufacture of jute, an industry dominated by women while the men stayed at home to look after the children.
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