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Maclean's Bed and Breakfast - Located on a small quiet country road on the Black Isle peninsula, only a short distance from the Highland's capital, Inverness.
The Dower House - Hotel located in Highfield, near Inverness. Includes pictures, a description of the facilities, and an online booking form.
Highlandecom - Training in personal computer software. Web site hosting, design and e-commerce. Multimedia CD Sales tools. Database development and IT support.
Lalliemore Lodge - Bed and breakfast accommodation with details of the rooms and rates along with local attractions.
Ron Bury - Commercial Photography Services. - Photographic gallery and library of the northwest Highlands.
J.F. Motorcycles - Dealership offering new and used bikes for sale. Spare parts and accessories, and with a wide range of protective clothing.
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(Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, The Will to Power, 1888) "Think where mans glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends." (William Butler Yeats) Muir of Ord The theory used to be you marry an older man because they are more mature. The new theory is that men don't mature. So you might as well marry a younger one. Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock. -- Ben Hecht Good friends are good for your health. -- Irwin Sarason Muir of Ord Never judge a book by its movie. -- J. W. Eagan The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. - Emile Zola Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. - Plato Most people are more comfortable with old problems than with new solutions. -- Anonymous "True friends, like diamonds, are precious and rare. False friends, like autumn leaves, are found everywhere." (Anonymous) Muir of Ord The first clergyman was the first rascal who met the first fool. -- Voltaire "If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut." (Albert Einstein) Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day. -- Thornton Wilder Muir of Ord "Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future." (Paul Boese) I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence. -- Doug MacLeod The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything. -- Oscar Wilde May you live happily ever after with a poor, ugly, shrewish wife. "We have so little presumption that we should like to be known in the world, even to those who come after when we are no more. We have so little vanity that the esteem of five people, say six, amuses Muir of Ord Thank heaven. 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