Posts Tagged ‘hills’
The Full Monty stage show is all set to be hot stuff
The musical version of hit movie The Full Monty is to get down to business at the King’s Theatre in Glasgow later this month. Simon Beaufoy’s The Full Monty has an all-star cast and stellar moves as part of the production’s final ever UK tour. Opening on Tuesday 23 April and running until Saturday 27…
Read MoreGleneagles turns back the clock for The Strathearn
Gleneagles has announced plans to re-launch its famous restaurant, The Strathearn, next month. This comes after a design transformation by its in-house creative team at London’s Ennismore Design Studio. Inspired by the golden age of railway travel, the new-look restaurant will bring back the glamour and decadence of fine dining experiences of the 1920s and…
Read MoreField sports enthusiasts will find this is the ideal home
Culfoichbeg is an outstanding country property in an exceptional setting overlooking the River Spey in the Highlands. The property, presented to the market by the Galbraith Group, lies in the heart of the Speyside countryside and is surrounded by the protected environment of the Tulchan Estate, providing the ultimate retreat for the sporting enthusiast. With…
Read MoreTullibardine teams up with leading restaurant
Tullibardine has announced a culinary venture with one of Scotland’s top independent restaurants, Aurora. The partnership aims to encourage a creative approach when it comes to tasting and enjoying single malt whisky and to explore the versatility of the spirit. Tullibardine master blender Keith Geddes, and chef patron at Aurora, Kamil Witek, have worked together…
Read MoreSpring has sprung as the little lambs appear
They’re synonymous with springtime, so perhaps that’s one of the reasons that the sight of the first lambs of the year always makes us smile. It’s certainly hard not to be enchanted by the carefree little bundles of wool that clearly take so much joy in hopping around and playing together in their fields. In…
Read MoreGreat stories from all over Scotland return in Landward
The great outdoors comes to your living room, with the new series of Landward next week. Landward returns for a new series, celebrating Scotland’s countryside and wildlife, its food and drink sectors and investigating the stories behind the headlines in the rural economy. Presenters Dougie Vipond, Arlene Stuart, Euan McIlwraith and Anne Lundon will travel…
Read MoreThis is a beautiful high spec executive property
The Cobbles is an outstanding high spec executive house in a lovely country setting. Presented for sale by Galbraith, The Cobbles is an exceptional contemporary family house, forming part the exclusive Russell Main Steading (converted around 2014) and is surrounded by tranquil Fife countryside. The Cobbles has a lovely west facing façade with an enclosed…
Read MoreWell-presented B listed home is on the market
An outstanding former dower house, very well-presented B Listed period property, is now on the property market. Presented for sale by Galbraith, Balmuirfield House is an outstanding offering superb highly spacious family accommodation in a lovely quiet setting on the edge of the thriving city of Dundee. Believed to have been completed in 1904, Balmuirfield…
Read MoreA skiing trip that’s not the one you would expect
At the end of February, in scorching hot conditions, I visited the Jura Mountains for a few days of skiing. This was one of the more interesting and singular skiing trips I’ve undertaken in France, but one that I’d heartily recommend that readers investigate. Here’s why… WHERE IS THE JURA? Every time I told friends…
Read MoreIs the badger really public enemy number one?
Attacked on all sides, and the victim of government-sponsored culls as well as unimaginable brutality at the hands of criminal gangs, the badger faces a difficult future. It’s a sunny afternoon in a bramble thicket deep in Perthshire woodland. A robin appears and cocks his head in our direction, turning over the newly disturbed leaf…
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