CONVENER:
Hector Macdonald
The Croft, 11 Balvraid, Muir of Ord
IV6 7RQ
THE 2008/2009 PROGRAMME WILL BE AVAILABLE IN AUGUST
2007
Saturday 15 September
The Scottish Vernacular Buildings
Jim Bain
Saturday 20 October
Photography in Scotland
Alan Beattie
Friday 30 November
Raising the Saltire for St Andrew
followed by a buffet lunch,
guest speaker and music
Culloden Battlefield Memorial Visitor Centre
12 noon
Saturday 8 December
Culloden Battlefield Memorial Project
Alexander Bennett
2008
Saturday 26 January
Burns Lunch
Recreation Hall, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness. 12.30 p.m. for 1.00 p.m.
Saturday 16 February
Scotland's Mountains: Geology and Landscape Evolution
Hugh Barron
Saturday 15 March
Plaids and Bandanas
Rob Gibson MSP
Saturday 12 April
Branch Annual General Meeting. 11.30 a.m.
followed by
Behind the Scene at Granton Museum
Molly Duckett
Saturday 8 & 9 June
Summer Outing to Iona to celebrate St Columba
Saturday 13 September
Problem Buildings or Problem Owners
John Duncan
Meeting are in the Chieftain Hotel, Millburn Road, Inverness at 12 noon unless otherwise stated.
Highland Branch, Orkney Visit
The Highland Branch had an extremely successful two day visit to Orkney on the Weekend beginning the 10th June 2006.
On the first day the Branch visited a mixture of both Neolithic and modern history places of interest. Visiting the Cam Liath Broch at Golspie, the Emigrants statue at Helmsdale in Sutherland and the Whaligoe Steps in Caithness on their way to the Ferry at Gils bay. Then, once the Pentland Firth had been crossed the Branch visited the Tomb of the Eagles, the Churchill Barriers and the Italian Chapel. After diner a trip to Stomness was also fit in.
The second day of the Orkney Visit began with a viewing of the Ring ofBrodgar and the Standing Stones of Stenness, and continued with visits to Maeshowe, Brough of Birsay and Skaill House. Before the journey back to the Highlands, the Branch finished the visit by taking a tour of the St Magnus Cathedral, the Earl's Palace and Bishop's Palace in Kirkwall.
The trip was enjoyed immensely by the branch due not only to the beautiful places they visited, but also because of the welcoming staff at the hotel, the enthusiastic workers at each different archaeological site and the tour guides with their vast knowledge of these sites.
A big thank must be made to Mr Sinclair Dunnett, the Principal of the Puffin Express in Orkney for allowing the Branch to engage his services for the planning and executing of the Branches guided tour.
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