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Golspie

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Golspie (Goillspidh) is a village in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, which lies on the North Sea coast in the shadow of Ben Bhraggie (394m). [1]

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Adam Gunn

Adam Beattie Gunn (December 24, 1872 – August 17, 1935) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the "All rounder", the fore runner of today's Decathlon.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Bagpipes

Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag.

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Ben Bhraggie

Ben Bhraggie (Beinn a' Bhragaidh) is a hill in Scotland which rises to an elevation of above sea level.

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Berriedale, Highland

Berriedale (Bearghdal) is a small estate village on the northern east coast of Caithness, Scotland, on the A9 road between Helmsdale and Lybster, close to the boundary between Caithness and Sutherland.

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Birdwatching

Birdwatching, or birding, is a form of wildlife observation in which the observation of birds is a recreational activity or citizen science.

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Bowling

Bowling is a sport or leisure activity in which a player rolls or throws a bowling ball towards a target.

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British Country Music Association

The British Country Music Association, also known as the BCMA or the British CMA, is a music organization formed to promote and support UK country music artists and to increase the profile of the genre in the United Kingdom.

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Brora

Brora (Brùra) is a village in the east of Sutherland, in the Highland area of Scotland.

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Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (UK Parliament constituency)

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster).

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Caithness, Sutherland and Ross (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Caithness, Sutherland and Ross is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Choir

A choir (also known as a quire, chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers.

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Church of Scotland

The Church of Scotland (The Scots Kirk, Eaglais na h-Alba), known informally by its Scots language name, the Kirk, is the national church of Scotland.

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Clan Sutherland

Clan Sutherland is a Highland Scottish clan whose traditional territory is the shire of Sutherland in the far north of Scotland.

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Dornoch

Dornoch (Dòrnach; Dornach) is a town and seaside resort, and former Royal burgh in the county of Sutherland in the Highlands of Scotland.

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Dunbeath

Dunbeath (Dùn Bheithe) is a village in south-east Caithness, Scotland on the A9 road.

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Dunrobin Castle

Dunrobin Castle is a stately home in Sutherland, in the Highland area of Scotland, and the family seat of the Earl of Sutherland and the Clan Sutherland.

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Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland

Elizabeth Sutherland Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland (née Gordon, 24 May 176529 January 1839), also suo jure 19th Countess of Sutherland, was a Scottish peer from the Leveson-Gower family, best remembered for her involvement in the Highland Clearances.

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Far North Line

The Far North Line is a rural railway line entirely within the Highland area of Scotland, extending from Inverness to Thurso and Wick.

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Free Church of Scotland (since 1900)

The Free Church of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: An Eaglais Shaor) is an Evangelical and Reformed Presbyterian denomination in Scotland.

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Golf

Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.

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Golspie railway station

Golspie railway station is a railway station serving the village of Golspie in the Highland council area of Scotland.

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Halkirk

Halkirk (Hacraig) is a village on the River Thurso in Caithness, in the Highland council area of Scotland.

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Helmsdale

Helmsdale (Helmsdal, Bun Ilidh) is a village on the east coast of Sutherland, in the Highland council area of Scotland.

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Highland (council area)

Highland (A' Ghàidhealtachd;, Heilan) is a council area in the Scottish Highlands and is the largest local government area in the United Kingdom.

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Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

The Highlands and Islands is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999.

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Inverness

Inverness (from the Inbhir Nis, meaning "Mouth of the River Ness", Inerness) is a city in the Scottish Highlands.

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Jimmy Yuill

Jimmy Yuill is a Scottish actor.

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Kart racing

Kart racing or karting is a variant of open-wheel motorsport with small, open, four-wheeled vehicles called karts, go-karts, or gearbox/shifter karts depending on the design.

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Lewis Williamson

Lewis Williamson (born 11 November 1989) is a British racing driver.

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Loch Fleet

Loch Fleet (Loch Fleòid) is a sea loch on the east coast of Scotland, located between Golspie and Dornoch.

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Megan Boyd

Rosina Megan Boyd (29 January 1915 – 15 November 2001) was a British fly tyer most noted for her Atlantic salmon flies.

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National nature reserve (United Kingdom)

Some statutory nature reserves are designated by national bodies in the United Kingdom, and are known as national nature reserves.

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North Sea

The North Sea (Mare Germanicum) is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean located between Great Britain, Scandinavia, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France.

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Old Bank Road drill hall, Golspie

The Old Bank Road drill hall is a military installation in Golspie, Scotland.

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Old Norse

Old Norse was a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements from about the 9th to the 13th century.

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Osprey

The osprey or more specifically the western osprey (Pandion haliaetus) — also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk — is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range.

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Pier

Seaside pleasure pier in Brighton, England. The first seaside piers were built in England in the early 19th century. A pier is a raised structure in a body of water, typically supported by well-spaced piles or pillars.

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Pinniped

Pinnipeds, commonly known as seals, are a widely distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic marine mammals.

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Recreational boat fishing

Recreational fishermen usually fish either from a boat or from a shoreline or river bank.

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Rotary International

Rotary International is an international service organization whose stated purpose is to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian services, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and to advance goodwill and peace around the world.

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Royal National Mòd

The Royal National Mòd (Am Mòd Nàiseanta Rìoghail) is the most important of several major Mòds that are held annually, mostly in Scotland.

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Royal Shakespeare Company

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England.

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Sabhal Mòr Ostaig

Sabhal Mòr Ostaig (Great Barn of Ostaig) is a public higher education college situated in the Sleat peninsula in the south of the Isle of Skye, with an associate campus at Bowmore on the island of Islay, Ionad Chaluim Chille Ìle (the Islay Columba Centre).

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Sailing

Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the water (sailing ship, sailboat, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ice (iceboat) or on land (land yacht) over a chosen course, which is often part of a larger plan of navigation.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Scottish Episcopal Church

The seven dioceses of the Scottish Episcopal Church (Eaglais Easbaigeach na h-Alba) make up the ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion in Scotland.

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Scottish Highlands

The Highlands (the Hielands; A’ Ghàidhealtachd, "the place of the Gaels") are a historic region of Scotland.

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Scrabster

Scrabster (Scraibster, Sgrabastair/Sgrabstal) is a small settlement on Thurso Bay in Caithness on the north coast of Scotland.

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Sutherland

Sutherland is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland.

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Swallow

The swallows and martins, or Hirundinidae, are a family of passerine birds found around the world on all continents except Antarctica.

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Swimming pool

A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or paddling pool is a structure designed to hold water to enable swimming or other leisure activities.

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Tacksman

A tacksman (Fear-Taic, meaning "supporting man") was a land-holder of intermediate legal and social status in Scottish Highland society.

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Tain

Tain (Gaelic: Baile Dhubhthaich) is a royal burgh and parish in the County of Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland.

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Tennis

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles).

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Tern

Terns are seabirds in the family Laridae that have a worldwide distribution and are normally found near the sea, rivers, or wetlands.

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Thurso

Thurso (pronounced, Thursa, Inbhir Theòrsa) is a town and former burgh on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland.

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William Fowler (architect)

William Fowler (1824-1906) was a 19th-century Scottish architect closely linked to the northern town of Golspie and the surrounding area.

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Yachting

Yachting refers to the use of recreational boats and ships called yachts for sporting purposes.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golspie

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