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A white china bowl filled with oatmeal stuffing stands on a table. A spoon sticks out of the top.

Tasty Christmas recipe – traditional oatmeal stuffing with apple, apricot and cranberry

Follow these 5 easy steps to create the perfect stuffing to accompany your Christmas turkey.

A pile of haggis sausage rolls, surrounded in golden flaky pastry, on a white plate.

Tasty Christmas recipe – haggis sausage rolls

Whether they’re for a cold winter’s day, a party or the big day itself, we hope you’ll enjoy these yummy haggis sausage rolls.

A thick orange soup is served in a white china bowl, garnished with some seeds and a small leaf. The bowl stands on a tartan napkin with a silver spoon lying beside it.

Tasty Christmas recipe – sweet potato, butternut and red pepper soup

Whether it’s for a cold winter’s day, a party or the big day itself, we hope you’ll enjoy this tasty Christmas soup.

A group of people stand on a hillside, with a loch far below them in the background.
3 Nov 2017

Members’ Centres and Friends’ Groups

Join our local group network and open the door to even more memorable experiences with the National Trust for Scotland.

A close-up of a pot of nuts, burning in a fire pit. Flames fill the pit, with white embers below.

6 Scottish Halloween traditions

Discover the story behind Scottish Halloween traditions, which has its roots in the Gaelic festival of Samhain.

A view of the play area at RBBM, showing a wooden wagon-like structure in the foreground, and wooden walkways and balancing beams in the background.
26 Sept 2017

Wa-Hey for play – new park opens at Robert Burns Birthplace Museum

Inspired by Burns, Scots Wa-Hey is full of fun features, including a Wee Burns Cottage!

Robin and his young daughter at the top of Goat Fell, surrounded by a rocky landscape.
14 Sept 2017

Brodick – the Trust site with it all (Part 2)

Travel writer Robin McKelvie took his family to experience all that Brodick has to offer. Catch up on the second part of his fantastic family trip

A view of the back of Brodick Castle, with pine branches in the foreground.
8 Sept 2017

Brodick – the Trust site with it all (Part 1)

Travel writer Robin McKelvie took his family to experience all that Brodick has to offer.

Schools and Learning Guide to Culzean
8 Sept 2017

Schools and Learning Guide to Culzean

Information about learning resources and facilities available at Culzean Castle & Country Park for schools and groups.

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