User:Ben MacDui

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Welcome to my User page. File:Ben Macdui's Inn.jpg

I prefer to edit articles about the wild and lonely places of North Britain and only rarely venture out to more civilised parts. Please note that 'Ben' is an honorific - my local friends call me 'MacDui'.

When visiting my part of the world please:

dunna chuck bruck such as orange peel, beer cans or [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Memorial_to_the_crew_of_Avro_Anson_DJ106_-_geograph.org.uk_-_379982.jpg aeroplanes].
ensure you have suitable equipment as advised by [https://www.mountaineering.scot/activities/hillwalking/getting-started/essential-kit Mountaineering Scotland].

The local weather can be found [http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/he/aviemore_latest_weather.html here].

I am currently listening to Holly Humberstone.

Anyone wishing to offer a media opportunity should contact my agent, Am Fear Liath Mhor.

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See User:Ben MacDui/Awards

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style="border: solid 1px silver; padding: 8px; background-color: white;" \| File:Symbol support vote.svg :Arran · Barra Head · Dubh Artach · Eday · Flora of Scotland · Flannan Isles · Geology of Scotland · Gigha · Hebrides · Inner Hebrides · Islands of the Clyde · Islands of the Forth · Islay · Jarlshof · Kingdom of the Isles · Lismore · Northern Isles · Mingulay · Orkney · Orkneyinga saga · Outer Hebrides · Papa Stour · Prehistoric Orkney · Raasay · Rùm · Scandinavian Scotland · Scotland during the Roman Empire · Shetland · Sigurd Hlodvirsson · Skerryvore · Skye · Staffa · Þorfinnr inn riki · Torf-Einarr

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:Arran · Barra Head · Dubh Artach · Eday · Flora of Scotland · Flannan Isles · Geology of Scotland · Gigha · Hebrides · Inner Hebrides · Islands of the Clyde · Islands of the Forth · Islay · Jarlshof · Kingdom of the Isles · Lismore · Northern Isles · Mingulay · Orkney · Orkneyinga saga · Outer Hebrides · Papa Stour · Prehistoric Orkney · Raasay · Rùm · Scandinavian Scotland · Scotland during the Roman Empire · Shetland · Sigurd Hlodvirsson · Skerryvore · Skye · Staffa · Þorfinnr inn riki · Torf-Einarr

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style="border: solid 1px silver; padding: 8px; background-color: white;" \| :Domesticated Scottish breeds · Earl of Orkney · Gofraid of Lochlann · Hinba · Oldest buildings in Scotland · Oldest buildings in the world · Origins of the Uí Ímair and the Earls of Orkney · Rognvald Eysteinsson · Scottish island names · List of sea stacks in Scotland · Seil · St Magnus Bay · Stratha'an · Ulva · Yarrow Water · Yell Sound · :Mostly fairly straightforward to get to GA/FL if the inspiration strikes.

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:Domesticated Scottish breeds · Earl of Orkney · Gofraid of Lochlann · Hinba · Oldest buildings in Scotland · Oldest buildings in the world · Origins of the Uí Ímair and the Earls of Orkney · Rognvald Eysteinsson · Scottish island names · List of sea stacks in Scotland · Seil · St Magnus Bay · Stratha'an · Ulva · Yarrow Water · Yell Sound ·

:Mostly fairly straightforward to get to GA/FL if the inspiration strikes.

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style="border: solid 1px silver; padding: 8px; background-color: white;" \| These are a few of my favourite things. {{Islands of Scotland}} {\| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%;width:100%;border:0px;text-align:left;line-height:150%;" ! width="12%" class="unsortable"\| Image ! width="18%"\| Article ! width="10%"\| Subject ! width="53%" class="unsortable"\| Comment
100x100px \| Dun Carloway \| Archaeology \| Iron Age penthouse
100x100px \| Skara Brae \| Archaeology \| Meet the Flintstones
100x100px \| Lunnasting stone \| Archaeology \| et tu nechton?
100x100px \| Hylocomium splendens \| Botany \| The magical "Glittering Wood-moss"
100x100px \| Woodsia alpina \| Botany \| Rowan and Martin had nothing on Lhwyd & Williams – pteridomania indeed.
100x100px \| Lunga, Firth of Lorn \| Geography \| Rubha Fiola adventures – but watch out for the midges and the Grey Dog
100x100px \| East Loch Tarbert, Argyll \| Geography \| Magnus Barefoot vs Robert the Bruce roller derby.
100x100px \| Camastianavaig \| Geography \| The Battle of the Braes
100x100px \| Sleeping Warrior \| Geography \| See [http://www.flickr.com/photos/72226765@N00/2056789179/ Flickr] for a decent view
100x100px \| Yarrow Water \| Geography/literature \| Walter Scott, James Hogg, William Wordsworth and Tam Lin, all in one little glen.
100x100px \| Hutton's Unconformity \| Geology \| "The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far back into the abyss of time."
100x100px \| John Sands \| History \| The "M.P. for St Kilda"
100x100px \| Hinba \| History \| An island in Scotland of unknown location...
100x100px \| Land of Green Ginger \| History \| April Fool DYK – a small land, with even smaller windows.
100x100px \| Invariant set postulate \| Mathematics \| Speculative resolution of the Bohr–Einstein debates.
\| List of domesticated Scottish breeds \| Zoology \| Seaweed eating sheep et al.

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These are a few of my favourite things.

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