Posts Tagged ‘children’
Gearing up for a busy day in Aberdeenshire
The Grampian Transport Museum in Aberdeenshire is gearing up for a big event next weekend. Following the amazing response to a new traction engine event at the museum last October at the museum in Alford, it is making a return by popular demand. The Bon Accord Steam Engine Club and the museum are teaming up…
Read MoreTailored boarding at Cargilfield
Comfortable bedrooms with cuddly toys and family photos, a wide choice of evening activities, extra help with studies and supported music practice, a chat over a hot chocolate. If I were to mention the words ‘boarding school’ to you, I’d wager that those weren’t the associations that immediately come to mind. Instead, you might still…
Read MoreSurvival skills workshops encourages families to enjoy the great outdoors
Bear Grylls fans have the chance to learn bushcraft survival skills of their own in the beautiful surroundings of Dalkeith Country Park. Run by experts from Primal Bushcraft and Survival, adults and children (aged eight and over) can take part in day courses or family weekend courses to learn…
Read MoreExpress yourself
I like my pampering sessions little and often. Well I say that, but if I didn’t have a job, two young children, a dog, a cat and an old house that needs constant maintenance then I would probably prefer them long and often. But, for now, NOW is the answer. NOW by One Spa at…
Read MoreSoap up
The Ochil Hills are probably not the first place that springs to mind when you think of skincare, but it is from these gently rolling slopes that Siabann was born. Fiona Ritchie was inspired to launch the Scottish skincare brand by her desire for a product made using nothing but natural oils and butters that…
Read MoreLochaline school children première their short film to conserve rare species
The freshwater pearl mussel is one of the rarest species found in Scotland and has been pushed to extinction on some rivers as a result of illegal pearl fishing, pollution and dredging. However, whilst great effort is directed at conserving cute and fluffy animals here and abroad, the slightly awkward, ugly ones get less attention.…
Read MoreV&A Museum of Design Dundee invite local school children to partake in a ‘topping out’ ceremony
A ‘topping out’ ceremony will be held on Wednesday (March 1) to mark a significant moment in the construction of V&A Museum of Design Dundee. Local schoolchildren will be involved in the event which will see a Douglas Fir tree positioned ceremonially by crane at the highest point of the building, nearly two years on…
Read MoreGrey
 It has been a dull grey sort of a morning here but also a very productive one and two five year old unraced grey mares worked particularly well, Little Glenshee and Playing Footsie are both at that exciting stage in their careers when each piece of work becomes a revelation as the penny slowly drops with…
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