The document discusses Scotland's natural elements and cultural practices, including the historical burning of heather for land management, the Up Helly Aa festival celebrating Viking heritage, and the significance of Loch Ness. It highlights Scotland's impressive renewable energy achievements, particularly from wind, and the process of whisky production, which incorporates water, fire, and earth elements. The text showcases the diverse landscapes and cultural landmarks of Scotland, encouraging visits to local distilleries.

1. The Four Elements in Scotland

3. Fire – Burning Heather
The burning of the heather
has been done for hundreds of
years in Scotland. It is carried
out to prevent over-growth of
old heather and to let new
vegetation grow through for
animals to eat.

4. With heather burning there
is always a risk. Last year’s
fires got out of hand and the
whole hillside was engulfed
in flames.

5. Hill fire in Poolewe, 6 miles away from Gairloch.

6. Shetland

7. Lerwick Harbour, Shetland.

8. This map shows how close the
Shetlands are to Norway. It’s no
surprise that Norwegian customs
survive on the islands today.

9. The Festival of Up Helly Aa
starts with a procession of
‘Viking warriors’ who walk
through the town of
Lerwick in costumes. It
ends with the burning of a
replica viking longboat.

10. ThisViking festival of fire takes place in Lerwick in
Shetland on the lastTuesday of every January.
Fire– UPHELLY AA

12. This is Kerry Bridge, 2
miles out of Gairloch.
And this is what it’s
like when the river
floods!

13. Kinlochewe, 20 miles away from Gairloch is one of
the wettest places in Scotland.
In Istanbul the annual average rainfall is 710 mm,
whereas in Kinlochewe the average rainfall is
2277.8mm.

14. Water -Loch Ness
Loch Ness has become best known for the
alleged sightings of the Loch Ness monster
also known as “Nessie”.

15. The loch is so deep that it could
hold the world’s population 3 times
over.

17. IsleofTiree

19. The Isle ofTiree regularly hosts world class
water-sporting events and it attracts both
amateur and professional board, wind and kite
surfers. It is an ideal location due to warm Gulf
Stream winds, big waves and long beaches.
Wind -Tiree

20. Wind – Renewable energy
In 2012 40.3% of Scotland’s energy came from
renewable energy. Scotland’s renewable energy is
extraordinary by European, and even global standards,
with the most important potential sources being wind,
wave, and tide.

21. ArdrossanWind farm in Ayrshire.

23. Peat is a combination of lots
of partially decayed
vegetation.The most
common being Sphagnum
moss which mainly forms in
wetland or boggy areas.
Earth-Peat

24. It is harvested with a tool called a
peat spade. It is a special spade
with a sharp cutter attached to the
side. Peat is mainly used as a
household fuel in the fireplace as it
burns slowly and not too fiercely.

26. Whisky – involving all
elements
Whisky is a type of distilled alcohol made from
fermented grain mash.

27. Different grains are used for different varieties
of whiskey, including barley, malted barley, rye,
malted rye, wheat, buckwheat and corn.
Earth

28. Water
Water and other
ingredients are
converted to spirits in
the process of
distillation.

29. Fire
Fire is used to boil
the water and
barley, to make the
alcohol in pots as
shown here.

30. While the whisky is in
the barrels some of it
evaporates into the
atmosphere and this
is called the ‘Angels
share’.
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31. Whisky is typically aged in wooden casks
(barrels), made traditionally of charred
white oak. Many whisky distilleries reuse
wine and port barrels.

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At present, there are around 700 different malt whiskies.We hope you
will be able to visit a whisky distillery when you visit us in Scotland.

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