Saltire; heather; shortbread; tartan; bagpipes; mountains, lochans & straths; oatcakes & crowdie; Primula Scotica & Holy Grass; Nessie; stags; marmalade; golden eagles; ptarmigan & mountain hare; castles; islands; sandy beaches; whisky; Highland dancing; Irn Bru; North Coast 500; clapshot; Harris Tweed; the Mod; Skara Brae; Heilan coos; Gaelic; standing stones; Brahan Seer; history; superstition & myths; kilts; Robert-the Bruce; William Wallace; silver darlings; Black Bun; tablet; Stonehaven Fireballs; Highland Games; Golf; Caledonian Canal; football; Skipinnish & Runrig; Munros; Ben Nevis; ski slopes; thistle; Burnet Rose; blaeberries; midgies; red heads; Oor Wullie; deep-fried Mars Bar; Highland Clearances; curling; Perthshire rasps; cranachan; Charles Rennie Macintosh; Edinburgh Castle; Loch Ness; Skye; island hopping; wild-camping; Military Tattoo; fiddles; shinty; Auld Lang Syne; reels and strathspeys; clans; poetry; porridge; Northern Lights; Sherlock Holmes; Robert Dick; Old Red Sandstone; Cairngorm & Loch Lomond National Parks; Scotch broth & Cullen Skink; Crabbies Green Ginger; North Sea Oil; Alex Salmond; Border Collies; salmon fishing; crannogs; brochs; but 'n bens; treacle scones; cream buns; macaroni pies; fish suppers; knitting; Lees macaroon bars; sheep; clootie dumpling; humour; lairags & tommienorries; Picts & Vikings; stunning scenery; summer daylight; inventors & writers; Rabbie Burns; haggis, neeps & tatties.

It's Burns Nicht.

To Scots everywhere - enjoy and stay proud. Lang may yer lums reek!