Posts Tagged ‘hills’
Ultimate five-star luxury in Royal Deeside
A self-catering home in Royal Deeside has been awarded five stars from VisitScotland before the first guest has even set foot in the cottage. The Invergarry, Aboyne has just launched to the market for the summer season. Converted from an Edwardian gardener’s cottage, it is surrounded by the hills and close to the River Dee…
Read MoreThe Murray recognised at the International Spirit Challenge
The latest single malt to join the carefully crafted range at Tullibardine, The Murray, has been awarded a silver medal in the prestigious 2017 International Spirit Challenge. The recognition of dedication to craftsmanship and innovation in spirit creation impressed an expert judging panel in the rigorous, independently judged competition of the world’s finest spirits. The…
Read MoreSoap up
The Ochil Hills are probably not the first place that springs to mind when you think of skincare, but it is from these gently rolling slopes that Siabann was born. Fiona Ritchie was inspired to launch the Scottish skincare brand by her desire for a product made using nothing but natural oils and butters that…
Read MoreCalifornia Part 2: Critters in the vineyard
PETER RANSCOMBE AT THE top of a very tall pole in the Trefethen Family Vineyard, there sits a box. And in that box, there lives a family of barn owls. Over the course of a year, that single family can eat more than 2,000 gophers or “critters”, helping to control one of the pests that…
Read MoreStAnza returns with another outstanding programme for its 20th festival
StAnza, Scotland’s International Poetry Festival is set for another outstanding festival as it prepares to open for its 20th year celebrations in Fife. The annual festival which once again boasts a fantastic line-up of literary talent, gets underway next week with traditional Scottish singer Sheena Wellington opening the festival in St Andrews. Sheena, who…
Read MoreSkye man scoops Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year award
Dumfries-born photographer Nick Hanson, has been announced as this year’s winner of the Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year Award. Skye-based Nick beat off strong competition from thousands of entries submitted from across the globe to win the prestigious accolade with his magnificently evocative images shot in the Scottish Highlands and Islands. …
Read MoreNominations are now open for the crofting elections
The process of nominating candidates opened this week, with Scotland’s 16,000 crofters able to put forward candidates or stand themselves for election to the Crofting Commission’s board as commissioners. The Commission regulates and promotes the interests of crofting. March’s postal election is to elect commissioners from the six crofting constituencies: East Highlands, Orkney and Caithness,…
Read MoreSnow doesn’t stop play!
The Trainer’s Blog Hello, let me introduce myself, I am Nick Alexander and I train about a dozen racehorses at Kinneston in East Kinross-shire on the edge of the Lomond Hills. The horses race on the Northern Jumping circuit – Kelso, Ayr, Musselburgh, Perth, Newcastle, Hexham and Carlisle with occasional forays to places like Haydock…
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