Down Memory Lane: Ruins underline how idyllic Highland spot was not always peaceful By Contributor Published: 19:30, 18 February 2021
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Bill McAllister recounts the history of Redcastle on the Black Isle.
The charming shoreside hamlet of Redcastle, overlooking the Beauly Firth, lies six-and-a-half miles from Inverness. A wander inland, over the burn, through the trees and up a wee brae brings you to the sudden sight of the spectacular ruined castle from which it takes its name.
Redcastle is a bracing walk from North Kessock, with Invernessians much given to strolling, cycling, running or birdwatching there. It even has a Victorian postbox set in a wall and still in use. The ruins, however, underline that this place was not always peaceful.
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A classic scramble on the Forcan Ridge to reach the Munro summit of The Saddle in Kintail By John Davidson Published: 10:56, 12 February 2021
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Peter eyes up the ridge ahead.
Some days in the mountains are more memorable than others, and this ascent of The Saddle via the Forcan Ridge was certainly up there among the finest for me.
Lockdown is giving me the chance to look back on some of these trips - and to wonder where the time has gone since then!
A lifeboat crew have saved the crew of a fishing boat which was seconds away from crashing onto rocks.
The fishing vessel was being towed into Peterhead harbour by another vessel, however the tow broke numerous times in the stormy weather conditions.
The alarm was raised at around 4.30pm on Friday and RNLI Peterhead’s Tamar-class lifeboat The Misses Robertson of Kintail launched and was on scene within minutes.
When the lifeboat arrived the fishing vessel was dangerously close to crashing into the rocks at Peterhead South Breakwater and conditions were described as “extremely challenging” due to an easterly gale and significant swell combined with a backwash.
Man jailed after armed officers called to Inverness address when he barricaded himself in last summer
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Updated: 15:54, 19 January 2021
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Firearms officers were called to an Inverness house after a man barricaded himself in.
It was the third such drink and drug-fuelled incident involving Alexander Stewart last summer, between June and August, with his parents and his girlfriend s parents embroiled in the dramas.
Inverness Sheriff Court was told today that Stewart, of Kintail Court, Inverness, had been warned of a death threat against him and his family by Liverpudlian drug dealers.