Posts Tagged ‘aberdeenshire’
Enjoy the Taste but remove the Waste of Grampian
Aberdeenshire Council is aiming to help tackle the Waste of Grampian at this year’s Taste of Grampian food and drink festival. Now in its 19th year, the established event, which takes place on the first Saturday of June each year, has seen a significant increase in exhibitors and visitors, including a growing offering of evening entertainment…
Read MoreFirst Scottish show for influential 70s designer
Renowned artist and textile guru, Maria Cayden is coming to Scotland for the first time. She will display her fashion exhibition, entitled Dressing up Drum, which will be staged at Drum Castle in Aberdeenshire. The fashion extravaganza will feature over 30 items of clothing from Clayden’s international collections as well as showcasing the artist’s textile…
Read MoreLearn skills that helped build walls across Scotland
Traditional skills are at the heart of a course which is coming to Aberdeenshire next month. Building and repairing dry stone walls is at the heart of a two-day course will provide hands-on instruction and training in the skills and techniques involved in constructing and repairing the walls, running on Thursday 21 and Friday 22…
Read MoreWhy taxi drivers were the ice cream of the crop
Scottish taxi drivers were put through their paces when provided with an unconventional twist on their age-old exam. Cabbies are famed for passing the notoriously difficult ‘Knowledge’ test, but they were given a variation on this by a Scottish ice cream brand. Mackie’s of Scotland has tested Aberdeen cabbies with its very own version of…
Read MoreSupermarket sweeps up dairy’s premium yoghurt
An Aberdeenshire dairy firm has been given a massive boost after its produce was named as one of the Nation’s Local Foodmakers by Morrisons. The rora dairy’s premium yogurt, made fresh on its farm at Middleton of Rora, Longside, Peterhead, pitched for the sought after shelf place as part of the Nation’s Local Foodmakers campaign,…
Read MoreHorse power helps to turn back the clock
Traditional methods of looking after woodland have been used again in Scotland. People in the historic Aberdeenshire market town of Huntly had the chance to see their favourite woodland get a new lease of life thanks to the use of horses. Horse logging is a traditional form of woodland management which has almost died out…
Read MoreHerb crusted cod is such a tasty dish
Scottish Field speaks to Paul Grant, executive chef at Meldrum House Country Hotel and Golf Course in Aberdeenshire about his future plans for the restaurant and the importance of seasonal foods. What’s your background? I’ve been at Meldrum House for around six months now. Before that I was the executive chef at Thainstone House, which…
Read MoreAberdeenshire landscapes inspire artist Susie
Laurencekirk oil painter Susie B. Lee uses bold gestures and subtles tones to depict the wildness and drama of Aberdeenshire’s landscapes. You can see where Susie gets the inspiration for her landscape oil paintings, described appropriately by one of her clients as ‘emotive, passionate and dramatic’. Her studio is a large, converted barn which practically…
Read MoreThe future of Scots Trad music is in safe hands
If Aberdeenshire singer Iona Fyfe’s debut album, Away from my Window, is anything to go by then the future of Traditional Music in Scotland is well assured. One might think that being a Director of the Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland, studying for a Fellowship of London College of Music and continuing her…
Read MoreMemories and info wanted on Raemoir House
Scottish Field readers’ knowledge of a prestigious Aberdeenshire house is being sought. Raemoir House, in Banchory, is magnificent in stature yet so welcoming in atmosphere, and first opened its doors to guests in 1943. Initially it was a place of sanctuary for Londoners during the final years of the war, becoming known as the Cartridges…
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