Inverness | Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. | Strathspey, Scotland | Nairn | Inverness Thistle F.C. | Inverness Cathedral | Baron Strathspey | Badenoch | Strathspey | The Ghost Tower of Inverness | Nick Nairn | Lambie-Nairn | John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch | Inverness, Nova Scotia | Inverness cape | William Ralph Nairn | William Edward Nairn | Tom Nairn | Strathspey Railway | Rob Nairn | Lord of Badenoch | Longman, Inverness | John I Comyn, Lord of Badenoch | James Nairn | Inverness Castle | Inverness, Bullock County, Alabama | Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway |
This reading tour visited places as far and wide as Wigtown, Ullapool, Inverness, Edinburgh, Stirling, Lanark and Glasgow and was supported by the Scottish Arts Council.
After passing through North Ballachulish, the A82 turns to run northeast along the Great Glen, which it continues to do for the remainder of the route up to Inverness.
The new look was produced by Lambie Nairn graphic designers and the soundtrack was made by David Lowe who produced the famous BBC News music.
Not long after the Parliament at Inverness Thomas Neilson Mackay, cousin of Angus Du Mackay killed Mowat, the Laird of Freswick in Tain.
In April 2013 the first unmanned flight over British airspace was successfully completed when BAE Systems flew a Jetstream 31 from Warton, Fylde near Preston to Inverness in Scotland.
Badenoch (from the Scottish Gaelic Bàideanach meaning drowned land) is a traditional district which today forms part of Badenoch and Strathspey, an area of Highland Council, in Scotland, bounded on the north by the Monadhliath Mountains, on the east by the Cairngorms and Braemar, on the south by Atholl and the Grampians, and on the west by Lochaber.
BBC Alba has four studios across Scotland, located in Stornoway, Glasgow, Inverness and Portree.
Blàr nam Fèinne (Battlefield of the Fingalians) on Cnoc na Moine (Hill of the Peat) in The Aird, to the west of Inverness, is the site of the 11th century battle between Scottish forces led by Maol Chaluim mac Dhonnchaidh (Malcolm III of Scotland) against Norwegian forces led by Thorfinn.
The A9 runs past the River Garry to the south of Bridge of Tilt, and connects the village with Newtonmore and Inverness in the north and Pitlochry, Perth and Stirling in the south.
In 2006 the company was reported to be insuring three sisters from Inverness, Scotland, against the possibility of a virgin birth.
The sports fields are used as the home grounds for Inverness Blitz American football home games.
Castle Stuart Platform was a railway station located near Castle Stuart, to the east of Inverness, now in Highland council area.
Paternally, he claimed to be a near relation of the essayist and politician, the Right Honourable Sir James Mackintosh, who was member of the Kellachie branch of the Inverness-shire-based Clan Mackintosh, part of the Scottish Highlands Chattan Confederation.
Christian Milne, born in Inverness on 15 May 1773, was a Scottish poet of the Romantic Era.
Forbes Macbean, another of the well known military family descended from Reverend Alexander MacBean of Inverness (mentioned above), won a DSO (Distinguished Service Cross) in 1897 when serving as a Major in the Gordon Highlanders, for the gallant and courageous action in taking the heights of Dargai near the border of Afghanistan, in India's old north west province, which is now part of Pakistan.
Macleod, who had fought with Montrose at the siege of Inverness, delivered him up to the Covenanters (see Battle of Carbisdale).
Drakies is a small housing estate on the outskirts of Inverness, Scotland, lying immediately south of the former Inverness-shire village of Culcabock.
The title of Earl of Inverness (Scottish Gaelic:Iarla Inbhir Nis) was first created in 1718 in the Jacobite Peerage of Scotland by James Francis Edward Stuart ("James III & VIII") for the Honourable John Hay of Cromlix, third son of the 7th Earl of Kinnoull, but became extinct upon the death of the grantee in 1740.
In 1923, the Furnace team won the premier national competition, the Camanachd Cup, beating Newtonmore 2-0 at Inverness – and without having dropped a single goal from the start of the competition to their ultimate victory.
In 1976, BBC Radio Highland began broadcasting from Inverness.
The route runs downhill through the suburbs of Inverness, then follows the canal and the River Ness to the city centre, finishing at Inverness Castle.
Avoch played Wick Groats in the final on 4 August 2012, at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium, Inverness.
Other distinct features on the route include the viaducts at Culloden and Tomatin, the spectacular mountain pass at Drumochter and the severe gradients encountered in both directions, particularly the extended climb from Inverness to the Slochd summit which averages around 1 in 60 the whole way.
The Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoSR) was formed in 1845 to build a railway between Inverness and Aberdeen and so link up with the railways to the south.
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Based in Inverness, the company was formed by merger in 1865, absorbing over 249 miles (401 km) of line.
It was the fire service covering the largest geographical area in the United Kingdom (its area is roughly equivalent in size to Belgium), and has its headquarters in the city of Inverness.
Additionally a large electrical substation is sited on Dores Road and this facility serves most of Inverness.
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Holm is a small residential area in the south of the city of Inverness, Scotland.
He also constructed the Caledonian Railway, 1848, the Clydesdale Junction Railway, the Scottish Central Railway, the Scottish Midland Junction Railway, and the Aberdeen Railway; and he either brought forward or was consulted about the entire system of railways from Lancaster to Inverness.
He was born at Inverness, the son of John McLennan, an insurance agent of Inverness, and Jessie Ross, his wife.
After completing his articles in 1883 he became assistant in the office of Alexander Ross in Inverness before moving to Glasgow to work for Campbell Douglas & Sellars and then for the Glasgow South Western Railway Engineers' Department.
Kilmuir, Black Isle - near North Kessock and Inverness, in the historic parish of Kilmuir Wester
Kinmylies is an area in the west end of the city of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands.
Whilst undeniably a rural line, a historic term in the Act of Parliament for the railways here and around Inverness means that one through service per day is operated over the line towards Aberdeen (see above), whereas all other services start and finish at Inverness.
On 10 June 2012, Leona was part of the Great Britain & Ireland Curtis Cup team which defeated the USA at Nairn, Scotland by 10.5 points to 9.5 points.
The king, in person, commanded the center, which was composed of the men from Ross, Perth, Angus, Mar, Mearns, Moray, Inverness, and Caithness.
Gary Warren Mangotsfield United, Team Bath, Newport County, Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
In April 2008 Martin left the practice he pioneered to join Heavenly as Creative Director, leaving in 2010.
National Cycle Route 78 runs from Claonaig to Inverness.
A flight of No. 614 Squadron RAF was redesignated as 241 Squadron on 25 September 1940 at Inverness.
In June 1940 No. 614 squadron moved to Scotland to carry out coastal patrols, covering an area from Inverness to Berwick, 'A' flight, which was detached to Inverness for that purpose, became No. 241 Squadron RAF in the process.
When included with the Sydney and Inverness coal fields on Cape Breton Island, these regions were extremely prominent in the industrial and social development of Nova Scotia.
The town houses the historic Ravenscraig Castle commissioned by James II in 1460; many of the former premises of the Nairn's Linoleum Factories; and, the Manse in which both O. Douglas and John Buchan grew up.
Randy Copley (b. 4 October 1979 in Inverness, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian ice hockey player who was selected by New York Rangers round 2 #40 overall in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft.
He was the only international capped player at Inverness Caledonian Thistle after the departure of Marius Niculae.
In recent years, it stood in for Eden Court’s Riverside Theatre in Inverness whilst they were closed for a major refurbishment.
In 1995, she portrayed Wayne Gretzky's sister Kim Gretzky in the movie Waking Up Wally: The Walter Gretzky Story.