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Glenfinnan took 660,000 visitors in 2025 while Highland housing controls and a visitor levy remain years from taking effect.
Teba’s 20th Douglas Days closed on 23 August 2026, restaging Sir James Douglas’s 1330 death and a Melrose twinning built on Robert the Bruce’s heart.
Scotland’s 4.4 million international trips in 2024 came with 11% fewer nights, US-heavy spend, and a 5% Edinburgh levy now in force.
Collector Andrew Yool gifted ten Doune pistols to Kilmadock’s volunteer centre, while the famous Lexington and Culloden examples remain elsewhere.
Mar Hall’s first Dutco-era spend was a 20-metre pool and members’ gym, a local leisure bet made while the Bishopton mansion was still being rebuilt.
Father Andrew MacDonell sold a Catholic Gaelic colony Ottawa never approved, as around 300 islanders left on the SS Marloch for unready Alberta farms.
Catch nets held at Rest and Be Thankful, while Glen Kinglas and the Dunoon junction buried the A83 under more than 12,000 tonnes.
