Posts by Morag Bootland
CAMPAIGN MILESTONE AND WHISKY BOOST TO SAVE DEE SALMON
The River Dee is delighted to announce it has passed the quarter-million milestone in its campaign to plant a million trees to save its threatened salmon from the lethal effects of rising water temperatures. Marking the start of the river’s salmon-fishing season, the Burn o’ Bennie Distillery in Banchory has also announced the sale of…
Read MoreAt home in a Fife caravan park
Delve into life on one of Scotland’s biggest caravan parks in Petticur Bay. On Fife’s coast, three generations of the Wallace family built and now run one of Scotland’s biggest caravan parks, mucking in whatever the job. The staff who help them are like extended family – from the bars and restaurant manager to the…
Read MoreByron presents the devil’s own beef burger for Halloween
Morag Bootland braves the darkness to check out the special spooky offering at Byron this October. The nights are fair drawing in and with Halloween on the horizon it feels like darkness is looming over the capital in more ways than one. Certainly, Byron is embracing the season with a spooky special that’s just perfect…
Read MoreThe wonder of Sonder
Occupying the former site of Clerk’s Bar and (for a seemingly very short time) Diablo Loco on Clerk Street, Sonder has now been open for six months. All trace of the restaurant’s previous incarnation as a vermillion painted, Day of the Dead, inspired Mexican cantina has been erased to be replaced by comfy booths, wooden…
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