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Re: Discover Cromarty on the Black Isle

Calum — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:33:14 -0000

Glad you enjoyed the raft race, and I seem to be in a couple of your snaps - I'll need to check my photos to see if you are in any of them!

Why is it called the Black Isle - well its translation from the Gaelic, and in the language of heaven, the word for island and peninsula is the same, so its An t-Eilean Dubh, most folk say that the Black comes from the fact that most of the black isle was moorland until recent time (when it was improved into the good agricultural land you see now, or planted with Forestry), so when looked at from Moray in the South or Caithness in the Norh it was black.

Calum

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Re: Staying at the Dornoch Castle Hotel

Highland Swing — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:09:30 -0000

Hi Jennifer - many thanks for stopping by and sharing your experience. It's great to hear you had a good time in Dornoch and we hope you'll come back soon.

Re: Staying at the Dornoch Castle Hotel

Jennifer — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:23:14 -0000

Took my mum, dad, aunt and my three young kids to DOrnoch for a special birthday lunch this week. Two very fussy adults and one awkward kid were amongst the group (no guessing who the fussy adults were!).
After visiting the lovely shops we headed off to the Castle. None of us had been to Dornoch Castle before and there was a little bit of concern it was maybe 'too posh' for the kids. but they were realy keen to eat in a castle.
The conservatory restaurant and food were great. The kids menu had more imagination than most, my 4 year old daughter loved her pesto penne!She hates chips so kids menus are usually an issue. The adults had the most wonderful Sea Bass (aunt up from Wales was totally impressed with the fresh taste), venison and a burger that was in (I think) a sun-dried tomato roll. Everyone (apart from yours truly) then had pudding - sticky toffee fudge pudding I think- which went down a treat.
A very successful lunch and would definitely recommend the Dornoch Castle.