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SPECIAL INTEREST S AND OUTDOOR A C TIVITIES 191
Distillery operating tours.
The production of cask
conditioned beers is explained
at Edinburgh’s Caledonian
Brewery. An exhibition at
Inverawe Smokehouses,
near Taynuilt in the Highlands,
shows the techniques used in
smoking fish such as salmon.
Viewing Wildlife
In comparison with much of the
rest of the British Isles, Scotland
still has large areas of moor and
mountain wilder ness and a Sighting a porpoise as it breaks the calm surface of a sea loch
long, relatively undeveloped
coastline that supports a range moun tains near Aviemore, on the mountainsides. With a
of animals (see pp22–3). In the rangers from the Cairngorm large share of Britain’s resident
Rein deer Centre take parties of and visiting birds, Scotland is
people on to the mountain to also home to a number of
walk among a herd of reindeer. impor tant bird sanctuaries, the
A convenient way to see the most celebrated being Handa
abundant sealife is on a boat Island off Scourie on the far
trip run by Maid of the Forth north west coast (see p161).
Cruises, which operates from St Abb’s Head (see p90) east of
South Queensferry on the Forth Edin burgh and Baron’s Haugh
near Edinburgh – dolphins and near Motherwell (on the
common seals are resident in outskirts of Glasgow) are
these waters. More adventurous nearer the cities.
are the trips in search of whales Many wildlife tours are small
offered by Sea Life Surveys scale private businesses that
from the Isle of Mull, but even operate according to seasonal
a casual tourist in the Highlands and daily demand, so always
Walkers on the lookout for red deer and can spot birds of prey, otters in check the details with the local
birds of prey at Glen Coe the lochs and herds of red deer tourist information offices.
DIRECTORY
Tracing Comunn na Gàidhlig Glenfiddich Distillery Tel (01479) 861228.
Genealogy 5 Mitchell’s Lane, Dufftown, Keith, ∑ cairngormreindeer.
Inverness, IV2 3HQ. Banffshire, AB55 4DH. co.uk
General Register Tel (01463) 234138. Tel (01340) 820373.
House ∑ cnag.org ∑ glenfiddich.com Maid of the Forth
Cruises
General Register House, Sabhal Mor Ostaig South Queensferry,
2 Princes St, Edinburgh, Sleat, Isle of Skye, IV44 Inverawe EH30 9TB.
EH1 3YY. 8RQ. Tel (01471) 888000. Smokehouses Tel (0131) 331 5000.
Tel (0131) 535 1314. ∑ smo.uhi.ac.uk Taynuilt, Argyll, ∑ maidofthe forth.
∑ nrscotland.gov.uk PA35 1HU. co.uk
Tel (0344) 847 5490.
Scottish Genealogy Food and Drink ∑ smokedsalmon. Sea Life Surveys
Society Tours co.uk Ledaig, Tobermory, Isle of
15 Victoria St, Edinburgh, Caledonian Brewery Scotch Malt Whisky Mull, PA75 6NU.
EH1 2JL. 42 Slateford Rd, Society Tel (01688) 302916.
Tel (0131) 220 3677. Edinburgh, EH11 1PH. The Vaults, 87 Giles St, ∑ sealifesurveys.com
∑ scotsgenealogy.com Tel (0131) 337 1286. Edinburgh, EH6 6BZ.
Gaelic Studies ∑ caledonianbeer.com Tel (0131) 554 3451.
∑ smws.com
Connoisseurs
An Comunn Scotland Viewing Wildlife
Gaidhealach PO Box 26164, 10A
Balnain House, 40 Huntly Ridge way, Suite 3, Fife, Cairngorm Reindeer
St, Inverness, IV3 5HR. KY11 9JN. Centre
Tel (01463) 709 705. Tel (01383) 825800. Glenmore, Aviemore,
∑ ancomunn.co.uk ∑ luxuryscotland.co.uk PH22 1QU.
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