Posts Tagged ‘golf’
The Machrie is the perfect place for an escape
Summer is a distant memory. Days are getting chilly, breath visible as you leave the house and cheeks pinched red. Escaping to warmth or hibernating until spring becomes all the more appealing. Thankfully, The Machrie excels when it comes to cosy spots that tick all the right boxes: crackling log fires, piping hot hearty food…
Read MoreSheila Fleet opens stunning new jewellery retail gallery
Orkney-based jewellery designer Sheila Fleet OBE has opened a brand-new gallery in the heart of historic St Andrews. After over a year in development, Sheila is delighted to have opened the doors to her new gallery. The store will be the designer’s fifth jewellery gallery. Sheila Fleet, together with interior designer/artist Marion Yorston, present and…
Read MoreDollar Academy and Gleneagles tee off new golf programme
Dollar Academy has launched a golf programme in partnership with Gleneagles, the iconic Scottish hotel and global luxury destination. It will allow pupils at the school to experience world-class golf coaching coupled with an outstanding academic education. The golf programme, which will launch in August 2021, caters for complete beginners through to experienced players, with…
Read MoreSeton Castle on the market for offers over £8million
Seton Castle, a late architectural masterpiece designed by Robert Adam in 1789 and built using stone from Seton Palace (said to be Mary Queen of Scots’ favourite residence), has been launched onto the market. Presented by Savills and Rettie, and situated within 10 miles of Edinburgh in the lush East Lothian countryside close to the…
Read MoreVisitors flock to nature reserves and urban green spaces
MORE than one million visitors have flocked to Scotland’s national nature reserves this year, while use of urban green spaces is also up, according to NatureScot. The agency, formerly Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), said around 650,000 people normally visit the country’s 43 national nature reserves each year. That figure swelled during the intitial spring lockdown,…
Read MoreSt Leonards: Scotland’s Independent School of the Year 2019
St Leonards is a coeducational boarding and day school for pupils aged 5-18. The school boasts a safe and leafy campus bounded by medieval walls in the heart of the seaside university town of St Andrews. It was named as Scotland’s Independent School of the Year 2019 by The Sunday Times Good Schools Guide. Pupils…
Read MoreUS election could boost rare Trump dram
A bottle of 26 year old GlenDronach single malt whisky that was bottled in 2012 to commemorate the opening of Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeenshire, could get an election boost when it goes under the hammer in Glasgow. McTear’s Rare & Fine Whisky Auction will take place on November 6, three days after the…
Read MoreGolf: the perfect social distancing activity
GOLF has become “the perfect social distancing outdoor activity in a safe environment”, according to Trump Turnberry. The hotel and golf resort on the Ayrshire coast has hailed its corporate packages for giving companies the chance to “mix business with pleasure”. Turnberry offers both individuals and companies a variety of corporate and partner memberships, with…
Read MoreMains of Taymouth puts luxury timber lodges on sale
MAINS of Taymouth, the five-star country estate and golf course at Kenmore in Perthshire, has begun marketing phase two of Balloch Park, its residential, holiday and buy-to-let development. Twenty luxury timber lodges have gone on sale, with prices starting at £179,900. The lodges are flanked by Drummond Hill on one side and the River Tay…
Read MoreFairways from heaven
Editor Richard Bath visits the outstanding Dumbarnie Links in Fife, that rarest of things – a new golf course that lives up to the hype. I TRAVELLED to Fife determined not to be swayed by the hype surrounding Dumbarnie, but came away as an ardent evangelist for this astonishingly good new course on the banks…
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