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Afternoon Tea/Apple Tea
Apple Wassail Night (Old Twelvey Night)
Balamory
Fascaray
This tartan celebrates the fictional Hebridean island of Fascaray, setting of the novel 'Hame' by Annalena McAfee. Its colours are drawn from the natural world of the region: sea mist grey; the eggshell blue of frozen burns; green for native pines and lichen; mauve for heather; brown for peat; and sapphire blue for summer seas.
Hamish Matters
The Long Way Down
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Oor Wullie (DC Thomson)
Mar 8
Debut of Oor Wullie Comic Strip
The Broons (DC Thomson)
Mar 8
Debut of Oor Wullie Comic Strip
30th Internet Anniversary
Mar 12
World Wide Web Day
Flora MacDonald (Dance)
Jun 27
Prince Charlie & Flora MacDonald set sail
4Daagse
Jul 19
4Days Marches (Nijmegen)
HANSA Park
Aug 16
Roller Coaster Day
Deaf Community (Scotland)
Sep 23
International Sign Languages Day
Apple Wassail Night (Old Twelvey Night)
Barra (Outer Hebrides)
In the novel's plot, In the wake of the breakdown of her relationship, Mhairi McPhail dismantles her life in New York and moves with her 9-year-old daughter, Agnes, to the remote Scottish island of Fascaray. Mhairi has been commissioned to write a biography of the late Bard of Fascaray, Grigor McWatt, a cantankerous poet with an international reputation.
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Mar 8
Debut of Oor Wullie Comic Strip
Mar 8
Debut of Oor Wullie Comic Strip
Mar 12
World Wide Web Day
Jun 27
Prince Charlie & Flora MacDonald set sail
Vierdaagsekruis
Jul 19
4Days Marches (Nijmegen)
Aug 16
Roller Coaster Day
BSL Alphabet
Sep 23
International Sign Languages Day