A FEW miles to the west of Thurso, in Caithness, along the A836 at Forss, there is a small wood. Not closely packed, regimented rows of Sitka spruce and lodge-pole pine, but proper trees: beech, oak, ask and sycamore.
In spring and early summer, celandine, snowdrop, crocus, bluebell and daffodil dance beneath their branches. Autumn is a riot of changing colours with the reds and russet of year's ending. Woodland birds flit and feed among the ancient trees with "tiny-eyed caution" and a thousand lives come and go, unheard, unseen.
"The best-ever opening weekend in terms of audience numbers and performances" is how Blas 2011 organisers have described a hugely successful first weekend which was marked by sell-out performances
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GIRLS' and women's football is the fastest growing sport in the world a fact former Scotland women's captain Finella Annand is keen to shout about.
As the Scottish Football Association's development officer for girls' and women's football in the north region, a role she took up in October last year, Miss Annand is determined to create pathways for future stars in the Highlands
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"Brakes off, brain off" is the mantra needed for running downhill in the mountains, I'm told at the summit of a Corbett I've wanted to climb for some time.
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PRESSURE to lift the midnight club curfew in Inverness will again be in the spotlight this morning.
Members of the Highland Licensing Forum will raise the issue of the curfew, which stops customers entering late-night venues after midnight, at a joint meeting with the Highland Licensing Board.
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OUR Pets Factor feature will make stars of your pets every Tuesday.
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Robert Livingston, director of Hi-Arts, casts an eye over the city's highs and its lows...
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