Church Street, #Cromarty, March 1982. I'm not sure if it's a Reliant Regal or a different kind of three-wheeler parked in the foreground [photo: Ken MacKenzie / Highland Council]

Children outside the Drill Hall in #Kingussie High Street, 1909. The swan was a regular visitor [source: John Robertson Collection; Highland Folk Museum]

Snow drift at Tirriemore Croft, Lochindorb, early March 1963 [source: #Grantown Museum]

Cathadh-làire aig Croit Tirriemore, Loch an Doirt, tràth Am Màrt 1963 [neach-fiosrachaidh: Taigh-tasgaidh Bhaile nan Granndach]

#Connel, and the Connel Bridge, northeast of #Oban, 1920s. The bridge was built in 1903 for the Callander and Oban Railway with a roadway being added around a decade later [source: D1751/2/2/11]

The Scottish Children's League of Pity was founded on this day in 1893 as the junior branch of the RSSPCC (now Children First). The photograph shows a produce sale in front of the Town House in #Inverness to raise funds [photo: Gordon Shennan; source: Inverness Musem & Art Gallery]

The view from Back of Keppoch over the Sound of Sleat towards #Skye, 1973 [photo: Ken MacKenzie / Highland Council]

Inside the Quick Freeze Factory in #Thurso (also known as the Thurso Crab Factory); the women are extracting meat from lobsters and crabs. The photo is undated but the factory opened in 1948 [source: #Caithness Horizons Collection, North Coast Visitor Centre]

The River Ness, looking downstream towards Infirmary Bridge, St Andrew's Cathedral and #Inverness Castle, February 1967 [photo: Edward Meldrum; source: HLH Libraries]

St Oran's Chapel and the cemetery known as Reilig Odhrain, #Iona, 1920s. Many of the early Scottish kings including Kenneth MacAlpin, Macbeth, and Malcolm I are buried here. Some Irish and Norwegian kings are thought to have been laid to rest here too [source: HLH Archives, D1751/2/2/11]

Three of the 715 entrants in the John O’Groats to Land’s End "marathon walk" organised by holiday camp owner, Billy Butlin. They are pictured near Conon Bridge. The walk commenced on this day in 1960 in poor weather; 150 walkers dropped out on the first day.  [source: HLH Libraries]

Buses belonging to Lochs Motor Transport waiting to collect children from Leurbost Primary School, Isle of #Lewis in February 1968 [photo: John Sinclair]

On this day in 1959, the laying of a new Transatlantic cable was announced, linking #Gairloch with Corner Brook, Newfoundland, primarily to improve air trafic control over the North Atlantic.  [photo from the collections at Gairloch Museum]

Three brothers from #Alness (L-R) Nial Stewart (then 17), Gary Stewart (then 10) and Alistair Stewart (then 12) who had just successfully taken part in #piping competitions at the #Inverness Music Festival on this day in 1994. With them are their parents, Doreen and Andrew [photo: Jimmy Thomson]

Miss Bella Stewart outside her home at #Polglass, just south of #Achiltibuie, undated [photo from the collections at #Ullapool Museum]

HR 31 'Auchtertyre' on the turntable in the roundhouse at #Inverness, early 1900s.  A roundhouse is an engine shed laid out as an arc, with all tracks leading from a central turntable. Inverness had a particularly fine example [photo from the Highland Railway Society's Collections]

The Lagg Hotel near Kilmory, in the south of #Arran, 1920s [source: HLH Archives, D1751/2/2/11]

A piper playing in Glen Coe near the confluence of the Allt Coire Gabhail, Allt Doire-bheith and River Coe with the A82 in the background, c1960s. #glencoe [source: HLH Libraries]

The Royal Hotel, #Ullapool after it was gutted by fire on this day in 1960. The blaze was discovered at around 2am; the 6 people inside all escaped unharmed. The cause of the fire was a discarded cigarette. The hotel had to be rebuilt and didn't reopen until 1965 [source: HLH Archives, FB/3/5/1/2/8

Looking south from #Inverness Castle on this day in 1967. In the foreground is the monument to Flora MacDonald (and collie dog) by Andrew Davidson, erected in 1896.  [photo: Dr William J. Bethune]

Repair work being carried out on the locks of the Caledonian Canal at Fort Augustus on this day in 1984. The work required the canal to be closed for four months [photo: Ernest Cook]

The old Post Office at #Gualachulain, at the south west end of Glen Etive, looking out to Loch Etive, 1920s [source: HLH Archives, D1751/2/2/11]

On the A859 at the boundary between #Lewis and #Harris, 1960s [photo: John Sinclair]

The Raigmore Service Station and Mercury Motor Inn, #Inverness, c1980 [photo courtesy of John MacDonald]

The famous 'Rest and Be Thankful' viewpoint at the northern end of Glen Croe in #Argyll, 1920s [source: HLH Archives, D1751/2/2/11]

#Achnasheen Station looking east, 1946 [photo from the Highland Railway Society's collections]

Craighouse, #Jura, from the harbour in 1946 [photo: Valentine's; source: HLH Archives, D1751/2/1/19]

Studio portraits of Roderick MacDonald (known as 'Ruairidh Ban') from #Applecross, and Hannah MacKenzie from Alligin. They were married on this day in 1860 [photos: Rhoda MacDonald Collection]

The River Garry, the Highland Main Line and some sheep being driven on the A9 south of #Dalnaspidal, 1920s [source: HLH Archives, D1751/2/2/11]

On this day in 1962, Ross County faced an opponent from the Scottish top division for the first time in their history; an away match against Kilmarnock in the 3rd Round of the Scottish Cup and County gave a good account of themselves, despite losing 7-0 [photo courtesy of Willie Urquhart]

Clachan, #Locheport, North #Uist, 1950s/1960s [postcard courtesy of Peter Ferguson]

The Pass of Brander, beside the River Awe, 1920s [source: HLH Archives, D1751/2/2/11]

A Scotrail train crossing the #Alness Viaduct that carries the Far North line over the River Alness, February 2001 [source: National Railway Museum, York]

Two double-deckers in the bus station at Farraline Park, #Inverness c1975 [photo: John Sinclair]

The Royal Hotel in #Portree was gutted by a devastating fire on this day in 1963. #Skye fire crews were joined by those from Kyle and Inverness as gale force winds threatened to spread the fire to shops and a nearby fuel store. Photo is from 1950 [photo: Valentine's; source: HLH Libraries]

#Lybster, in #Caithness, with the Portland Arms Hotel on the right, c1950s [photo: J. Adams; source: HLH Archives, D1751/2/1/17]

A large crowd in #Cromarty on this day in 1914 to watch the beginning of construction of the Dingwall & Cromarty Light Railway. The line was intended to be 18 miles long and connect with the Highland Railway at Conon. Building was halted at the outbreak of WWI and never resumed [HLH Archive, D1751]

The approach to Kerrysdale Bridge during the floods in February 1998. It was the worst flooding in the #Gairloch area in living memory. More than six inches fell over a 36 hour period; the equivalent of a month's average rainfall [photo from the collections at Gairloch Museum]

Men from the villages and townships of North #Uist who had emigrated to Canada. During #WWI they volunteered to join the Canadian Expeditionary Force and return to Europe [published in the 'People's Journal' newspaper on this day in 1916]

Visitors coming ashore at #Arran from the Clyde steamer, 'Duchess of Argyll', in 1924. The ship was built at Denny's Yard, Dumbarton and lauched in 1906 [source: HLH Archives: D1751/2/2/11]

#Inverness High Street, February 1967. On the left is the Athenaeum, built in 1812 and home to a literary institute from 1815 to 1823. Biblical texts are inscribed between windows on the 1st floor. To the right is the former HQ of the Caledonian Bank, built in 1847 [photo: Edward Meldrum]

Looking out across Loch #Diabaig towards Loch Torridon, c1900 [source: HLH Archives, D1751/2/1/6]

The Caledonian MacBrayne ferry, 'Pioneer', approaching Armadale, #Skye, early 1980s. Launched in 1974, she remained in the CalMac fleet until 2004 and was on the Mallaig - Armadale run from 1979 to 1989 (returning briefly in the early 2000s) [photo: Olivia James; source: Skye & Lochalsh Archives]

The view over #Rosemarkie, early-1900s [photo: Frederick W. Urquhart; source: HLH Libraries]

LMS 14409 (formerly HR 13), 'Ben Alisky', on a train at #Wick in 1936. Built in Glasgow in the late 1890s, it was one of the Highland Railway's "Small Ben" class of locomotives [photo from the Highland Railway Society's Collections]

The view from the north tower of the Kessock Bridge during its construction, February 1982 [photo: Andrew Fraser]

The North Kessock to Cromarty bus service at #Fortrose in 1964 [photo: John Sinclair]

On this day in 1989, torrential rain, combined with melting snow, caused the River Ness to rise by several feet. The force of the fast-flowing, debris-laden water undermined the foundations of the piers of the Ness Viaduct resulting in its collapse.  [photos: Sandy Cameron and Charlie MacArthur]

Barrels of fish being loaded onto the SS Hebrides at #Lochboisdale, South #Uist, circa early 1900s [source: HLH Archives, D1751/2/1/18]

People, some waiting for a taxi, in Academy Street, #Inverness, 1970s [source: Scottish Association for Public Transport]