Welcome to the Cruesbreck (formerly Holyrood) Flags blog! This blog has a very simple purpose, to chronicle and provide more information on the flags hung on my flagpoles at Cruesbreck House. I hope you enjoy!
My goal is to post about each flag that is hung on the flag pole at Cruesbreck House. I might do some pre posting and I might do some post posting, but I hope to get good information up about the flags flying.
Cruesbreck is the name of the house on a small island in the Orkney Islands of Scotland where my family came from many generations ago.
If you have questions, please send me a message at holyroodflags@gmail.com!
October 16, 2026 – Namibia and Tanzania
Today, the flags of Namibia and Tanzania fly for no other reason than I haven’t flown them in a while!
October 13, 2026 – NAVA 60
Today the flags of NAVA 60 and the City of Indianapolis fly. This weekend, I attended the 60th annual meeting of the the North American Vexillological Association. Quoting the NAVA web site, “The flag of NAVA 60 prominently features “LX”, the Roman numerals for 60, with a matching swallowtail layout representing a decadal meeting. The…
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