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Interesting news · 21 June 2025
Scotland Records 29°C: Hottest Day This Year
Inverness-shire · from bbc.co.uk
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Scotland saw its warmest day of the year with temperatures climbing to 29°C in Drumnadrochit, bringing an early summer rush to lochs, beaches, and city parks. The heat stretched across the Highlands and into the Central Belt, with beer gardens packed and coastal roads busy. While the Met Office has issued warnings for isolated thunderstorms, the dry spell has been widely welcomed.
Inverness's first dedicated whisky bar, a small and cosy room on Church Street with malts from every region of Scotland and friendly staff to guide you.
A bright yellow café on Church Street in Inverness with hand-made doughnuts and barista coffee by day, and espresso martinis by night at the end of the week.
A bakehouse, coffee bar and cantina on Bridge Street in Inverness, baking sourdough, pastries and cinnamon rolls in an open-plan bakery, with dinner some evenings.
Eden Court turns 50 this year and is marking it with Confluence, a promenade performance that walks audiences through the Inverness theatre's own building from 30 October to 8 November.
Cruise Loch Ness has put nearly £2 million into a bigger boat, and the 236-seat Voyager of Loch Ness has taken her first passengers out of Fort Augustus.
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