Posts Tagged ‘Galloway’
Edinburgh gets set for a sparkling event
Edinburgh is getting set to welcome its most sparkling event of the year. Following last year’s sell out success, Fizz Feast – A Celebration of Sparkling Wine & Scottish Artisan Food – is taking place on Saturday, November 18, at the Edinburgh Academy on Henderson Row. Fizz Feast is the only consumer wine fair in…
Read MoreYoung modern makers create an environmentally friendly bird hide in Wigtownshire
A leading ecological building designer has worked with six young people to create a state-of-the-art environmentally friendly bird hide at an RSPB Scotland reserve. The Modern Makers scheme, run by the Upland arts development organisation, was completed at the weekend when the structure was lifted into place on the side of a lagoon near the…
Read MoreDumfries-shire town of Moffat named as Europe’s first Dark Sky Town
Moffat has been designated as Europe’s first ‘Dark Sky Town’. In February, the Dumfries and Galloway town joined Coll, the first ‘Dark Sky Island’ in Europe, and Galloway Forest Park, one of only four ‘Dark Sky Parks’ in the western world, as one of the best places on earth to study the sky at night…
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