Posts Tagged ‘Fife’
Scottish and Japanese groups to stage an exhibition
A cross-continental art show is set to open at a Scottish library. The multi-award winning Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries continues its run of varied exhibitions and events with the opening of ‘Paper from across the sea: Washi Umi o Koete’, a stunning collection of original hand-made fine art prints. Running from 8 September to…
Read MoreFife distillery reveals its first single malt release
A Scotch whisky distillery has unveiled its very first single malt Scotch whisky release. Kingsbarns Distillery in Fife has revealed The Founders’ Reserve Inaugural Release. Bottled solely for the pleasure of the Kingsbarns Founders’ Club, this is the first ever single malt to be released by the fledgling, family owned, Lowland Distillery. It is the…
Read MoreJust one week to go until mountain bike festival
Time is running out for cyclists wanting to enter this year’s Eliminator event in Fife. Exhilarating head to head bike racing is at the heart of the family focused Eliminator Mountain Bike Festival weekend, this year supported by EventScotland – part of VisitScotland’s Events Directorate, being staged at Parkhill Farm, Newburgh, Fife from Friday, 31…
Read MoreHelped wanted to clean Scotland’s beaches
It’s been a great summer for Scottish beach lovers – and now they’ve being urged to join the 25th annual coastal clean up. Event organisers the Marine Conservation Society say supporters are the key to cleaner beaches, and hope more people than ever before in Scotland will take part in event from 14-17 September. The…
Read MoreNext Bowhouse Food Weekend is just weeks away
A heavenly harvest of local food and drink is coming to the next Bowhouse Food Weekend in Fife. Fife’s food hub, Bowhouse, is marking the summer harvest at its September Food Weekend with activities that celebrate local and organic food and freshly harvested grain on Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 September, from 10am-4pm. The line-up…
Read MoreSchool pupils will be offered a wealth of health
Scotland’s diet of unhealthy fatty foods and soft drinks regularly features on the television and in newspaper reports. Our children seem to enjoy an intake of fatty foods, often leaving schools at lunchtime to head to nearby shops and vans, to indulge their need for chips and other junk foods. But that’s changing this week…
Read MoreYoung Fife inventors wanted for bike festival
Are you a young person who has made, designed, or invented something? Do you have an idea or a special way to make a product? Want to try and sell it? Muckmedden Events are looking to recruit budding engineers, musicians, singers and entrepreneurs at The Eliminator Mountain Bike Festival, from Friday 31 August to Sunday…
Read MoreSettle by the sea in a luxury upmarket apartment block
Downsizers looking to purchase a slice of coastal bliss should act quickly in order to secure the last remaining property in phase one within a luxury development, The Walled Gardens in St Andrews. The home offers a potential buyer the opportunity to walk into a fully formed and vibrant community of residents. The development offers…
Read MoreFestival fireworks as you’ve never seen them before
There’s a different way to enjoy the Edinburgh Festival fireworks, thanks to a view with a difference. You can toast the end of Edinburgh’s festival season in seafaring style and soak up the magnificent fireworks concert on at sunset, as Maid of the Forth has announced its exclusive Festival Fireworks Cruise on 27 August. This…
Read MoreA variety of sealife recorded in Scotland’s waters
The waters of Scotland are a stronghold for sealife, according to the 2018 National Whale and Dolphin Watch event. Thousands of volunteers from all around the British Isles took part in the event, conducted between 28 July and 5 August, and their work has revealed the striking biodiversity of Britain’s whales, dolphins and porpoises. Organised…
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