Skene House Hotel Apartments

By Reporter | February 16, 2017

Skene House Hotel Apartments are like no other places to stay in Aberdeenshire. We don’t just give you a room, we give you a whole apartment complete with a separate living room and fully equipped kitchen. All sorts of people stay with us for all sorts of reasons – romantic getaways, family gatherings, wedding get-togethers…

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Historic Scottish golf clubs celebrate their landmark links

By Reporter | February 2, 2017

A collection of leading Scottish golf clubs have announced a series of special events and historic milestones that will coincide with Scotland’s Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology 2017. Links with History, which features some of Scotland’s finest golf courses, will mark a run of anniversaries during 2017 with a sequence of tributes and the…

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More big cats

By Peter Ranscombe | September 25, 2009

Since we published our piece on big cats I am amazed at the number of people I know – all sane, sensible citizens – who say that they have had an encounter with one. Chatting to my next door neighbour and friend, he said that once, on a trip up to Ballater to visit friends,…

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