Aboyne Highland Games

Thousands expected to turn out for Aboyne Highland Games

Heavyweights will be showing off their skills today as they delight the crowd at Aboyne Highland Games.

Descendant of Aboyne Highland Games founder to cross Atlantic to attend for very first time

The descendants of one of the founding fathers of a historic Highland Games gathering will travel more than 3,000 miles across the Atlantic to attend the event for the first time.

Somme Battlefield Pipe Band will commemorate fallen Scottish troops at Aboyne Highland Games

A pipe band formed to commemorate the sacrifice of Scottish soldiers in northern France will perform a poignant tribute in Deeside next month.

North-east groups given £2,000 from Highland Games

The organisers of Aboyne Highland Games have tossed £2,000 to four different community groups.

Caber carriers reach Munro summit in charity challenge

A hardy team has completed the difficult challenge of carrying a hefty caber up a munro to raise money and improve the life of a young woman.

Aboyne Games organisers look to get on the right lines in puzzle about railway poster

Organisers of a popular Deeside games are looking to track down the history behind a piece of railway ephemera.

Tributes paid to north-east MBE Peter Nicol

Tributes have been paid to a community stalwart who was last year given a Queen’s honour for volunteering.

VIDEO: Aboyne Highland Games kicks off Deeside season with its 151st event

The Highland Games season on Royal Deeside got underway on Saturday when Aboyne Green played host to its 151st annual event.

Winner’s medal from Victorian era returned to Aboyne Games organisers

It was won in the days of Queen Victoria, just a year after the death of Charles Dickens and three years before the birth of Winston Churchill.

Thousands set to descend on Deeside for 150th Aboyne Highland Games

Thousands of people will descend on Deeside this weekend for the 150th Aboyne Highland Games.

Light shed on founding fathers of historic event

New light has been shed on the founding fathers of one of the north-east’s biggest shows of Scottish culture in time for the event’s 150th anniversary celebrations.

Appeal for Aboyne memories ahead of 150th anniversary

One of Aberdeenshire's leading events is seeking the public's help as it prepares to mark a milestone in its history.

WATCH: American tourist smashes record for famous Dinnie Steens lifting challenge

An American tourist has smashed the record for a famous weight lifting challenge - the Dinnie Steens at Potarch.

The wind beneath the steens – Oz man lifts ambitions

More than 150 years ago, Deeside athlete Donald Dinnie summoned all his strength and crossed the Potarch Bridge with two massive stones weighing 770lbs.

PICTURES: Legend of Donald Dinnie inspires rousing Aberdeenshire Highland gathering

Exactly 100 years after his death, the legacy of a Deeside strongman charged a foolproof Highland gathering of some 9,000 people at the weekend.

WATCH: Strongman pulls off phenomenal feat of strength at Aboyne Games

A strongman travelled all the way from England to carry out an extraordinary feat at one of Aberdeenshire's most popular Highland gatherings at the weekend.

Looking back through the years at Aboyne Highland Games

Thousands of visitors are expected to flood into Aboyne this weekend to celebrate one of Aberdeenshire's most popular highland games.

Film crews to capture Highland gathering as it pays tribute to Donald Dinnie

Two film crews will turn their cameras on one of the north-east's most popular Highland games this weekend to pay tribute to a legendary local strongman.

“Dinnie Steen” legend to return to Deeside to “complete his story”

A Dinnie Stane legend will return to Deeside with his family this weekend to take part in a documentary on the history of Scottish stone lifting.

Police to scale down presence at Aberdeenshire’s biggest events

Police will scale down their presence at some of the north-east's biggest events this summer.

Visitors from across the globe descend on Aboyne Highland Games

The draw of Aboyne Highland Games proved further-reaching than ever, with visitors from the Far East, Africa and India among the crowd.

Highland heavy cracks two records at Aboyne Highland Games

One Highland heavy smashed two long-standing competition records at Aboyne Games - one of which had stood for more than two decades.

North-east cheese could earn protected status

An Aberdeenshire cheesemonger has made a bid to the European Union for its historic product to be given protected food status.

Couple who got engaged at last year’s Aboyne Games to marry in weeks

Surrounded by his fellow clansmen at last year's games, he got down on one knee in the rain-soaked grass of Aboyne green to propose to the woman he loves.

PICTURES: Almost 10,000 attend historic Aboyne Highland Games

The Highland way of life may have been outlawed centuries ago, but one Aberdeenshire gathering proved that its spirit can still conquer both time and borders.

Thousands expected to flock to this year’s Aboyne Highland Games

Organisers of one of Aberdeenshire's most popular gatherings are hoping to attract up to 10,000 people to the event this weekend.

In pictures: Aboyne Highland Games

Aboyne Marquee cancelled due to downpour

Yesterday's downpour led to the cancellation of an annual Aberdeenshire marquee event.

Mark Felix: Dinnie Stones ‘one of toughest challenges ever’

Donald Dinnie fell into Aberdeenshire legend when he when he walked the width of Potarch Bridge, just east of Aboyne, with the two 775lb boulders in 1860.

PHOTOS: Clansman proposes to girlfriend at Aboyne Highland Games

One bride-to-be was left lost for words at an Aberdeenshire games this afternoon when her boyfriend publicly proposed to her at his family's clan gathering.

Strongman to re-enact historic feat at Aboyne Highland Games

One of the world's strongest men is confident that he will enter the record books as he attempts to replicate a historic feat.