What sums up the Spirit of the Highlands for you?
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If someone was visiting the Highlands for the first time, what one thing would you want to tell them about the area and its people?
There are so many things that make living here special: The scenery; the warm, friendly people; the vivid colours we see as we move through the seasons each year. Our weather, and the distinctive light that it brings come rain or shine, summer or winter. Perhaps it’s the land around us, offering a wealth of outdoor activities to temp us outdoors – or to inspire our creativity?
Maybe you would say that the fresh, delicious food and drink found in all corners of the Highlands is what makes it special for you. Or is it our heritage, making us proud of this unique place? You might highlight a special place you like to visit or that you hold dear to your heart.
Perhaps it’s the warm welcome that awaits, no matter whether from family or people we are meeting for the first time. Or are there sights, sounds and smells particular to your favourite place? It could be all of these… and more.
Spirit of the Highlands invites everyone who knows and loves the area to get involved and contribute a story about what sums up the Spirit of the Highlands for them.
The stories collected will form the basis of online content and will be interpreted within the newly-transformed Inverness Castle visitor attraction when it opens, to encourage people to visit and to explore the Highlands and to find out more about our extraordinary and unique area.
The stories will be available to everybody and will be used in different ways to attract people to find out about the Highlands and to plan a visit in the future; online, in print and through events and education projects.
We live in an extraordinary part of the world, rich in stories that make us laugh, cry or gasp in wonder, that inspire and thrill us, that make us think and make us ceilidh.
Whichever part of the Highlands you are in, these stories reflect who we are and how we live our lives. Everyone who lives, visits and works in the Highlands will have an opportunity to get involved in creating the story to be told through Spirit of the Highlands. The stories can be about our past, the present and the future, and be about whatever sums up the Spirit of the Highlands for you.
Tell us your story in up to 350 words at www.spiritofthehighlands.com.
Or upload a photograph or short audio/video file that tells the story for you. Everybody has a story to tell, including you – get involved now by visiting the website and sharing your story at www.spiritofthehighlands.com.
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