Posts Tagged ‘cycling’
Kayaking raises funds and awareness of festival
Fundraising is underway in a bid to create a 100% renewable energy powered festival in 2019. Two women embarked on a mighty kayak challenge from Glasgow to Edinburgh to raise funds and awareness for renewable energy. Clemence Cocquet, founder and CEO of Scapa Fest, the UK’s Yoga and Adventure Festival, and ambassador Anna Neubert-Wood kayaked…
Read MoreDriver Susie Wolff racing home to Scotland
Scottish female racing driver Susie Wolff MBE is returning to her home town of Oban next week for a fundraising gala celebrating the 25th birthday of Atlantis Leisure. An Evening with Susie Wolff and Friends also features paralympic champion in hand-cycling Karen Darke, Oban’s Scottish women’s rugby international Abi Evans, and motorcycle road racing driver…
Read MoreA fun September lies ahead at Drumlanrig Castle
Drumlanrig Castle and Country Estate’s team of Countryside Rangers are getting ready to host a range of activities every Sunday in September. Families and youngsters are invited to a variety of workshops including egg experiments, survival bracelet making, bird box building, fire lighting and cave art at the Dumfriesshire Estate next month. Starting on Sunday…
Read MoreGlaswegians cycle around the equator – 28 times
Forget the latest UK winner of the Tour de France – Glasgow has its own biking champion. As the United Kingdom celebrated Geraint Thomas’ triumphant Tour de France win last week, nextbike, the world’s most extensive bike-share operator, marked its half a millionth journey in Glasgow. An incredible 1,125,000km have been clocked up on the…
Read MoreDownsizers will find this is perfect for their needs
A new show apartment revealing perfect living for downsizers has now opened. Mactaggart & Mickel Homes have unveiled an exquisite show apartment at Lower Whitecraigs near Giffnock. Milverton Grange is a boutique collection of 20 spacious and luxurious apartments with an abundance of natural light, set in private grounds in one of Scotland’s most exclusive…
Read MoreIndependent brewer is official beer supplier
Independent brewery Scottish WEST has won the contract to supply beer to the two official bars at the inaugural European Championships Glasgow 2018. Glasgow and Berlin are jointly hosting the exciting multi-sport event bringing together some of the continent’s leading sports, including the existing European Championships for athletics, aquatics, cycling, gymnastics, rowing and triathlon with…
Read MoreNorth Coast 500 plays host to charity cycle
A cycle team of veterans has set off on a journey around the North Coast 500 to raise money for Help For Heroes. The group of up to 29 cyclists and their support teams, which departed from Wick on Saturday morning, 28 July, will complete the 516-mile-long route on Friday, 4 August, at the Mey…
Read MoreSmiles all round at Loch Lomond Highland Games
Thousands of visitors bathed in the sunshine to watch this year’s annual Loch Lomond Highland Games. More than 8000 people attended the event, in Moss O’Balloch Park, where they were treated to a host of traditional highland game competitions including cycling, running, hammer throwing and heavy weights and the traditional tossing of the caber and…
Read MoreFind your heart’s desire at Milverton Grange
If your heart’s desire is a luxurious and unusually spacious apartment in one of Scotland’s most exclusive postcodes, then the new Milverton Grange development may set your heart beating that little bit faster. Milverton Grange – from premium housebuilder Mactaggart & Mickel Homes – is a boutique development of 20 gorgeous apartments within landscaped private…
Read MoreAthletes are coming to Orkney for international games
International athletes will be heading to Orkney after it was revealed they had successfully bid for the 2023 Island Games. The news was revealed at the International Games Association (IIGA) in Gibraltar at the weekend. The last time Scotland hosted the event was in 2005 when it was held in Shetland. Twenty-four member islands take…
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