Scotland

A small agricultural landholding in Scotland is called a CROFT.

It is a gold lion with a blue tongue and blue claws.

this is called an own goal

It's about 400 miles between St. Andrews, Scotland and London, England.

Edinburgh and Glasgow to London by car is about 400 miles. About another 100 miles if you are travelling from Aberdeen.

Steven dobbie of queen of the south

There is a Port in Glasgow its on the River Clyde

Yes, £1 notes are still legal tender in Scotland. They are still in circulation and still issued, although they aren't frequently used.

Yes you can. As it is a port, a lot of tourists arrive there or depart from there, so there are places there where you can hire cars.

mikehun Ronnie Hannah of West of Scotland and J & W Filshil was capped for Scotland in the early seventies and Ronnie HannaH of Glasgow HIgh and C.E.O. of Cala Homes and Bett Bros etc was not, probably not far away though ,early seventies also. mikehun Ronnie Hannah of West of Scotland and J & W Filshil was capped for Scotland in the early seventies and Ronnie HannaH of Glasgow HIgh and C.E.O. of Cala Homes and Bett Bros etc was not, probably not far away though ,early seventies also. mikehun Ronnie Hannah of West of Scotland and J & W Filshil was capped for Scotland in the early seventies and Ronnie HannaH of Glasgow HIgh and C.E.O. of Cala Homes and Bett Bros etc was not, probably not far away though ,early seventies also.

Chloe Rogers

Beth Storry

Emily Maguire

Laura Unsworth

Hannah Macleod

Anne Panter

Helen Richardson

Natalie Seymour

Susie Gilbert

Kate Walsh

Laura Bartlett

Beckie Herbert

Georgie Twigg

Ashleigh Ball

Sally Walton

Abigail Walker

Nicola White

Sarah Thomas

Kerry Williams

are all very famous British Hockey players

Just Can't Get Enough

Chemicals and pharmaceuticals are the largest manufacturing sector of Scotland. Companies such as AstraZeneca, Akzo Nobel, Avecia, Innovene, Ciba, Exxon, GlaxoSmithKline, Rhodia and Syngenta have Scottish operations. Over 16,000 people are employed directly in this industry.

Some Scottish Olympic gold medalists:

1) Stephanie Cook, born in Irvine, North Ayrshire won gold in women's modern pentathlon at the 2000 Games in Sydney.
2) Shirley Robertson, born in Dundee, won gold in women's one person dinghy sailing at the 2000 Games in Sydney and in women's three person keelboat sailing at the 2004 Games in Athens.
3) Michael McIntyre, born in Glasgow, won gold in mixed two person keelboat sailing at the 1988 Games in Seoul.
4) Allan Wells, born in Edinburgh, won gold in men's 100 meter dash at the 1980 Games in Moscow.
5) Rodney Pattisson, born in Campbelltown, Argyil and Bute, won gold in mixed heavyweight dinghy sailing at the 1968 Games in Mexico City and the 1972 Games in Munich.
6) Dick McTaggart, born in Dundee, won gold in lightweight boxing at the 1956 Games in Melbourne.
7) John Sewell, born in Halfmorton, Dumfries and Galloway, won gold with the tug-of-war team at the 1920 Games in Antwerp.
8) Henry Macintosh, born in Kelso, won gold in men's 100 meter dash at the 1912 Games in Stockholm.
9) Isabella Moore, born in Glasgow, won gold in women's 4x100 meter relay swimming at the 1912 Games in Stockholm.
10) George Cornet, born in Inverness, won gold with the water polo team at the 1908 Games in London.

About 100. However, Aberdeen doesn't accept pleasure craft. It's far too busy with commercial shipping for North Sea oil operations. You would have to go to Stonehaven which is about another 15.

4964 miles

Depending on the route your train takes, between 568 and 588 miles.

Highland Chieftain, the day train from London Kings Cross to Inverness via Stirling travels 582 miles.
If you take an Intercity train from London Kings Cross to Edinburgh, and change into the Scotrail service to Inverness via Inverkeithing, you will travel 568 miles.
The overnight Caledonian Sleeper train from London Euston to Inverness travels 588 miles.
And lastly, if you were to travel via Glasgow, London Euston to Glasgow Central and Glasgow Queen Street to Inverness comes to 581 miles, not including the non-rail transfer across Glasgow.

The largest professional team is Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

Glenrothes, in the ancient kingdom of Fife, Scotland is 136 miles from the English border by road.

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With a fax machine..!

Scotland is currently a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and is also a mainland country of Great Britain and recognizes Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state.

The Scottish Open is played at Loch Lomond, the week before The Open Championship.

Jock and Sandy Shaw