Scots get adventurous in new film

TOURISM body Wild Scotland has released a film encouraging locals and visitors to try its members’ adventurous activities. Nurture Your Adventurous Spirit – which is available on YouTube or below – features wildlife and adventure tourism operators from throughout Scotland. They include Nikki Dayton-Gelati from Wilder Ways, which runs horseback archery courses in Southend on…

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Seasonal rangers back on Cairngorms park patrol

It’s almost Easter and that can only mean one thing – not chocolate – the seasonal rangers are back on patrol in the Cairngorms National Park, ready to welcome visitors. Rangers in the UK’s largest National Park are here to help everyone enjoy their holiday, while safeguarding the area’s special wildlife, landscapes and communities. The…

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SpeakGaelic project steps up to its second stage

Having had more than 250,000 plays of its media content since the launch of its first stage last year, the SpeakGaelic multiplatform learning project now moves to its second stage. This will see it offer its unrivalled multiplatform Gaelic learning materials to Gaelic users who are ready to take the next step in their Gaelic…

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Musician’s new song is a tribute to her mum

Argyll singer-songwriter Abigail Pryde is set to release a heartfelt Americana single, There Isn’t A Book. The track, which tugs at the heartstrings, is inspired by Abigail’s close bond with her mum and will be released on Friday 25 March in the lead up to Mother’s Day. Abigail penned the moving track for her mum…

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Farm conversion with holiday cottage business for sale

A sympathetically converted farm steading incorporating six self-contained holiday cottages is now for sale. Bell Ingram present an exciting business and lifestyle opportunity, comprising of an exceptionally attractive converted farm steading, detached residential cottage and five premium development plots, all sitting within approximately 10 acres of land on the fringe of the picturesque coastal village…

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Farm steading with six holiday cottages for sale

A sympathetically converted farm steading incorporating six self-contained holiday cottages has been brought to the market. Presented by Bell Ingram, Barmore Farm Cottage and Steading is an exciting business and lifestyle opportunity, comprising of an exceptionally attractive converted farm steading, detached residential cottage and five premium development plots, all sitting within approximately 10 acres of…

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Residential property sector bouncing back

The UK Government’s furlough scheme has been of huge benefit to the Scottish property sector, according to a leading estate agent. The Coronavirus job retention scheme ended on September 30, but Savills head of Scotland residential research Faisal Choudhry said the scheme, which has protected jobs and earnings, as well as cheaper mortgages and a…

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Conifer forest with immediate income potential for sale

An extensive commercial conifer forest with immediate felling income potential in Argyll is now for sale. Presented to the market by Goldcrest Land and Forestry Group, Culinlongart Forest covers 105.74 hectares / 261.28 acres. Culinlongart Forest is located at the south end of the Mull of Kintyre Peninsula, approximately eight miles southwest of Campbeltown, on…

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The martyrs who brought Christianity to the Scots

The latest offering from national treasure Alistair Moffat is a deeply lovely account of the ‘white martyrs’, the Irish priests who, at huge risk to themselves, brought Christianity to the pagan Scots. A beautifully written comfort blanket of a book, it is part travelogue, part rumination on life, part history lesson. Moffat spent a summer…

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Elixir Distillers’ new Islay distillery gets the green light

A new distillery is to be built on Islay after being given planning permission. The Argyll & Bute Council planning committee has green-lit the plans by Elixir Distillers to build on the island. Born from a love of Islay and its whiskies, co-founders of Elixir Distillers Sukhinder and Rajbir Singh have taken a big leap…

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