Flying the flag for redheads in Holland is Breagha Gowans.

HOLLAND is getting hot for flame-haired Highlanders after inviting them to help break the record for the worlds largest gathering of natural red heads.

A plane-load of people flew out from Inverness on Thursday ahead of Roodharigen one of the worlds only festivals celebrating red hair.

Among the passengers jetting-off to this years event which takes place today and Sunday, and proudly flying the flag for the Highlands an area home to more red heads than anywhere else in the UK were kilted two-year-old Breagha Gowans, from Westhill, Inverness, and eight-year-old Euan MacIvor from Dingwall.

An official invitation had been extended to Highlanders by organisers of the Roodharigen festival, which takes place in the town of Breda - less than an hour from Amsterdam.

The current world record for the biggest gathering of natural red heads is 890 people, which was set in Washington in July 2010, but more than 5,000 red heads from over 60 countries are expected to attend this years festival.

Organiser Mike Klassen said: "The highest density of redheads is found in the United Kingdom, more specifically the Highlands of Scotland, and we extended a warm welcome to red heads living in Scotland to come to the festival."

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Little Breagha flies the flag