"The northernmost Highland games in Scotland, held near John o' Groats in the lee of the Castle of Mey that the Queen Mother loved, where the Orkney Islands are visible across the Pentland Firth and the wind rarely stops long enough for the caber to fall straight."
Mey Highland Games
"The largest agricultural show in the Scottish Highlands, held at Muir of Ord since 1836, draws farmers from across the region for livestock judging, show jumping and stunt displays."
Black Isle Show
"Held in the colourful harbour town of Portree with the Cuillins rising behind, the Skye games bring together islanders and visitors for a day of heavy athletics and pipe bands in the most spectacular island setting of any Highland games in Scotland."
Isle of Skye Highland Games
"Culag Park at Lochinver holds the most remote Highland games on the Scottish mainland, where the extraordinary quartzite mountains of Assynt rise in every direction and the audience is a mixture of local crofting families and visitors who have driven an hour from the nearest town to get there."
Assynt Highland Games
"Meadows Park in the ancient cathedral town of Dornoch hosts its games on a summer Friday, where the medieval cathedral oversees the pipe bands and the links that rank among the finest golf courses in the world lie just beyond the dunes at the edge of the Dornoch Firth."
Dornoch Highland Games
"Castle Leod, seat of the Earl of Cromartie, hosts the gathering in this beautifully preserved Victorian spa village in the Black Isle hinterland, where the original pump rooms and pavilion pavilion still stand and the games have been a fixture since the Victorian health tourists first came to take the waters."
Strathpeffer Highland Gathering
"Glenmorangie Ground in Scotland's oldest royal burgh hosts its Highland gathering each August, the town's patron saint Duthac watching over proceedings from his shrine in the medieval church that pilgrims including James IV once visited on foot from Edinburgh."
Tain Highland Gathering
"Massed pipe bands lead the chieftain's parade from the Bridge Hotel to Couper Park in this small fishing village on the far northeast coast."
Helmsdale and District Highland Games
"The last free games in the Highlands, where Games Day on the seaside Links feels like New Year, opened by Lord Cawdor himself."
Nairn Highland Games
"Attadale Estate near Strathcarron hosts this Highland games where the water of the loch runs right alongside the field and the Applecross hills rise almost vertically on the far shore, making it one of the most dramatically sited games in Scotland and among the most peaceful."
Lochcarron Highland Games
"A week of crab catching, catapult competitions, Highland Games at Ballone Castle, ceilidhs, sandcastle contests and storytelling in this small Easter Ross fishing village on the Dornoch Firth, ending with Gala Day and the crowning of the Gala Queen."
Portmahomack Gala
"Britain's most northwesterly Highland Games, held in the remote coastal village of Durness in Sutherland, combines traditional heavy events with a spectacular far-north setting."
Durness Highland Games
"This tiny Caithness village hosts a mini-Olympics with over 100 events and some of the richest prize money in Scotland, opened by the Viscount Thurso."
Halkirk Highland Games