It’s World Toilet Day – is this the finest loo in Scotland?

Scotland has many incredible beauty spots and tourist attractions, but there can be few stranger than the Victorian toilets on the Isle of Bute. Today is World Toilet Day – an official United Nations international observance day on 19 November to inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis – and to mark it, we…

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Drumlanrig Castle gears up for its Christmas fair

The picturesque Drumlanrig Castle and Country Estate has been sprinkled with festive magic and will be lit up red and green for the return of its Christmas fair later this month. A marquee located at the front of the castle will host the annual festive fair with an array of craft, gift and food stalls…

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You reap what you sow in community project

From a simple dream of growing their own veg, a handful of Shettleston residents dug in, creating allotments that now benefit the whole community. Marion Bate, the project co-ordinator, explains how it got off the ground in Glasgow. How did the Shettleston Community Growing Project get started? It was 2009 and a group of half…

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New app will help those who like to shoot

A newfree  app ‘created by guns, for guns’has been launched. The Shoot App, which was created by Robert Dubsky, himself a keen game shot, was designed as an ‘all in one app for guns’: part social network, part memory bank, part planning tool. Users of the app will be able to list all their days…

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Silverwood Estate adds Rustic Bistro Barn to portfolio

New leisure and wedding resort, Silverwood at Errol, has opened a custom built rustic Bistro Barn. The new addition to the luxury estate is to capitalise on burgeoning foodie and wedding markets throughout the Carse of Gowrie area. Picking up on Silverwood’s relaxed, rural style, and picturesque location, with its own trout lochan forming a…

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Scots inspired to go on a cooking taste adventure

A range of simple recipes inspired by world cuisines have been launched as part of a campaign to get the nation cooking with Specially Selected Pork. As part of Quality Meat Scotland’s Go Places with Pork campaign, eight recipes that combine one of Scotland’s best-loved ingredients with flavours from countries including Spain, Brazil and Greece…

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Islay’s singing sands inspire new whisky release

Smoky malt whisky lovers will have the chance to experience Ardbeg’s latest permanent release – Ardbeg Traigh Bhan from next month. This rare 19 Year Old single malt is inspired by the heavenly vista of Islay’s Traigh Bhan (pronounced ‘Tri-Van’)– known locally as The Singing Sands – and will be made available in annual small…

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A stylish arrival point in line for Princes Square

Visitors to Glasgow’s award-winning shopping and leisure destination, Princes Square, will be getting a new welcome soon when a stylish new entrance is unveiled. Work on a new arrival experience for one of the city’s best loved retail and leisure destinations is scheduled to begin on the 11th of August and is expected to be…

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Play a round of golf in Glasgow’s iconic locations

Some of Glasgow’s most famous architectural icons have been reduced in size to feature in a new crazy golf course. Fore Play Crazy Golf features the city’s famous cone, the Armadillo and the Waverley’s Paddle Wheel. After just nine months of trading, Fore Play Crazy Golf in Glasgow has expanded its offering by creating a…

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Matt got on his bike to highlight multiple sclerosis

Extreme athlete Matt Piper wants to help fellow multiple sclerosis sufferers. How did you find out that you had multiple sclerosis? I was training to become a Royal Marine but I failed the medical because I came down with what I thought at the time was just a bit of man flu. But it got…

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