How to gift Scottish Highlands and become a Lord?

Did you know you can buy a real title of Lord and Lady in Scotland?

This week I met Laura who sells small pieces of her family’s land to help with conservation in the Schottish Highlands.

Looking for a way to fund her studies, she asked her father if she could sell small plots from the family farm in the Scottish Highlands.

He agreed under one condition: to use some profits to plant trees in order to restore land that had been devastated by centuries of farming and unsympathetic commercial forestry.

How about that for an original holiday gift?

THIS WEEK’S NEWS ft SCOTLAND

• Scottish Highlands was voted one of the most desirable travel areas in the whole of Europe at the award ceremony by Wanderlust Magazine.

• Scots climber is the first person to scale one of Britain's most remote sea stacks in 133 years.

• This hotel in Scottish Highlights will celebrate its opening with a free Christmas extravaganza, featuring activities for all ages, including Shetland ponies and whisky tasting.

• And the chances of snow in December in Scotland just increased.

• The most Scottish part of the USA known for its rugged landscape might not be where you think.

UNIQUE ADVENTURE

• There are many exquisite ways to explore this fascinating area of the world. The brutal yet inviting nature of the Scottish Highlands won’t leave anybody with an adventurous spirit (however small) unmoved.

• Places where people are not welcome - its majesty the ice-cold North Sea - usually provide the best backdrop for exploration. And by exploration I mean - looking deeply into yourself. A much-needed exercise for most of us before the end of the year.

• Explore the Scottish Highlands, on this 5-day canoe trip passing the UK’s top peak, Ben Nevis, and the legendary Loch Ness.

TRAVEL GIVEAWAYS & DEALS ft EUROPE

• The cheapest flights to each continent from $161 return.

• Fly to several European cities from $138 one-way.

• These are the best Black Friday travel deals to book this year.

GEAR OFFERS

• The Berghaus women's Supalite II GORE-TEX hiking boots are a favourite of Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, and now you can get a pair from Blacks for 35% off.

WE SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST

• Best place to watch the Leonid meteor shower as it peaks above Scotland with a spectacular light show.

• Read about the island of Hirta, part of the St Kilda archipelago, and Kilchurn Castle on the banks of Loch Awe which are in the top 12 "most fascinating desolate corners of the planet".

• Or go ahead and dive into a more thrilling world of A Late Voyage to St Kilda, written in 1698 by Gaelic writer Martin Martin.

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