Doune and Dunblane Show
Keir Mains near Dunblane hosts this one-day agricultural show at the heart of Central Scotland, where Highland and Lowland farming traditions meet in the shadow of the Ochil Hills and livestock from the Forth valley and the Trossachs compete for cups that have been given out here for over a century.
Dunblane earns its visit on the strength of one outstanding medieval cathedral and a well-kept historic core, with enough independent cafes and real-ale pubs to fill the gaps around it.
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"A small Highland village fills with musicians every June. The mountains are the backdrop and the sessions go late."
Killin Music Fest
"Three private gardens open in a Stirlingshire village at the foot of the Campsie Fells, from a tiny walled garden with a topiary rabbit to a Victorian arbour with views of the hills."
Gardens of Milton of Campsie
"Athletes race up Sron a'Chlachain in a punishing hill race while pipers march over the Falls of Dochart bridge at the western end of Loch Tay."
Killin Highland Games
"Games Park in this Victorian spa village on the foot of the Ochil Hills has hosted Highland games since 1861, one of the oldest continuously running games in the world, held in a village that Victorian visitors came to for its mineral springs and where the air still seems clearer than the surrounding Forth valley."
Bridge of Allan Highland Games
"This village on the edge of the Forth carse holds its games in the shadow of a ruined castle, an intimate gathering where the heavy athletes compete while the Ochil Hills and the Wallace Monument are both visible on the horizon and the Forth bends around the grounds."
Airth Highland Games
"The Royal Deeside market town of Banchory hosts its agricultural show each August at the gateway to the Cairngorms, where Aberdeenshire beef and Highland cattle are judged against a backdrop of the Forest of Birse and the River Dee shining in the valley below."
Banchory Show
"Market Park in the town that was once the largest cattle market in Scotland and the southern end of the drove roads from the Highlands hosts its gathering each August, where the Knock hill rises above the ground and the games feel rooted in a landscape that shaped the character of the entire Highland cattle trade."
Crieff Highland Gathering
"The Haugh at Forter in remote Glenisla holds its games in a glen where the only road is single track, the mobile phone signal is unreliable and the audience has come from the farms and shooting estates of Angus rather than from any tourist trail, making it one of the most authentic Highland gatherings anywhere."
Glenisla Highland Games
"Blairbeg Park in Drumnadrochit holds its games with Loch Ness stretching south toward the Great Glen and Urquhart Castle ruins visible from the throwing circle, a combination of Highland athletics and legendary scenery that no other games ground in Scotland can match."
Glenurquhart Highland Games
"Set at Inverlochy Castle Farm in the shadow of Ben Nevis, this West Highland agricultural show and family fun day celebrates the farming traditions of Lochaber with livestock and countryside displays."
Lochaber Agricultural Show
"The March of the Lonach Highlanders, kilted men with pikes walking the glen, precedes a day of games at Strathdon."
Lonach Highland Gathering