A Wee Bit About Scotland

Scotland is part of the United Kingdom. It is a sovereign country in its own right, occupying the northern most part of the island of Britain.

 For many New Zealanders’, Scotland is an ancestral home; a large number of Scottish people who were forced off the land during the Highland clearances of the 18th century ended up migrating to countries such as Canada, America, Australia and New Zealand.

 While not necessarily beautiful from a purely scenic standpoint, the immense scale and haunting bleakness of the Highland mountains can make a person feel insignificant. Added to this, the poignant stories of human struggle carried on within the Highland glens (valleys) stirs a tourist’s emotions in empathy for those souls who made this place their home, many centuries ago.

Click on the image to go to the Scottish tourism board site.

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