Posts Tagged ‘land’
Mountain film festival returns after two years
Youth – or lack of it – is no barrier as the Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival highlights adventurers aged from four to 97. As the Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival (EMFF) returns in February after a longer-than-normal two-year break, you might feel that you’ve aged since the last event in 2018. Don’t worry, you’ll feel more…
Read MoreImmaculate cottage with first class equestrian facilities
Exceptional equestrian facilities are on offer at this impressive property. Presented by Galbraith, Barrowsgate Cottage is an immaculate four bedroom detached cottage with an elevated southerly aspect and enjoying a peaceful Aberdeenshire countryside location with impressive open views. There is a detached double garage, good garden grounds, stables for up to 10 horses, flood lit…
Read MoreName the train competition is launched
Stirling’s popular Land Train is looking for a name and needs the public’s help to find the perfect title. Go Forth Stirling, which runs the attraction, has launched a `Name the Stirling Land Train’ competition with children asked to come up with suggestions which bring the Land Train to life and reflect its connection to…
Read MoreEstablishing standards in the game sector
The first best practice qualification of its kind for the game sector has been created to establish industry standards for game management. Standard setting and training organisation, BASIS, and the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) have joined forces to provide the course. The BASIS Certificate in Game Management is designed to encourage best practice…
Read MoreLarkfire is a water that’s 3 billion years in the making
Whisky fans raising a glass this Burns Night can celebrate with a new ‘wild water’ which its creators say helps enhance the depth of flavour of Scotch. Larkfire is sourced from the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, where 3-billion-year-old gneiss rock helps give it a unique softness and natural purity that helps unleash…
Read MoreFrom ballet dancing to One Man and his Dog
From ballet dancing to being a rock star, champion sheepdog trialist Mosse Magnusson has had a dizzyingly eclectic career. Not many shepherds can say they once sang in a 1970s pop musical or danced as the leading man in a ballet company. But then not many shepherds are like Carl-Magnus Magnusson. Not only is Mosse…
Read MoreThe games master who enjoys a good Stramash
Tony Mitchell took a homemade board game that he used to play with his friends and turned it into an international hit. Mention the word ‘game’ to any teenager and they’ll immediately assume it involves a computer or a console plugged into the television. But Tony Mitchell took a different route when he was creating…
Read MoreWhisky release to mark Chinese Year of the Rat
Dewar’s has launched a limited edition travel retail exclusive gift box presentation of their blended Scotch whisky to celebrate the Chinese New Year of The Rat, from 24-27 January 2020. Double-aged in oak casks for extra smoothness, Dewar’s 18YO is a creamy, full and well-rounded blend. Honeyed in taste with a hint of marzipan, this product is presented…
Read MoreA stunning collection of photography from Skye
When visiting Skye or the West Coast of Scotland more generally, most of us cross our fingers and pray for sunshine. However, the same cannot be said for photographer Morten Hansen. Inspired by the Viking explorers who first christened Skye ‘cloud island’, Hansen sets out to present the island in all its rainy glory –…
Read MorePreserving Scotland’s natural stocks of salmon
Leading figures in salmon conservation met key politicians at the Scottish Parliament today (Tuesday, January 7) to address a looming crisis in wild stocks. Environmental change, and a range of human impacts across the Northern Hemisphere are placing salmon at risk across their natural range. Today’s event explored what can be done to reverse this…
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