Posts Tagged ‘wellbeing’
The best park in Scotland is revealed
Pittencrieff Park in Dunfermline has been voted by the public as the Best Park in Scotland in Fields in Trust’s UK’s Best Park 2019. Known locally as ‘The Glen’ the nomination celebrated the diversity of Pittencrieff Park: ‘from kid’s areas to glasshouses, peacock sanctuary and historical features… rocky waterfalls, imaginative paths, well-stocked, neatly trimmed flower…
Read MoreEnjoy a wee walk in the UK’s biggest national park
Wee Walks Week is back again next month, encouraging us to get out and about in Scotland. Walking is the best form of exercise – and completely free – and walkers are being encouraged to get active in the UK’s biggest National Park. From the 9–15 September the Cairngorms National Park is celebrating and promoting…
Read MoreYoungsters can follow in footsteps of Outlander Sam
The former school of Scots Outlander star Sam Heughan is starting the academic year with two new large classrooms and a pair of studios for creative arts. Edinburgh Steiner School broke ground at the beginning of the year with the £0.5million project, restoring the dilapidated former stable block and hayloft built in the 1870s. This…
Read MoreScotland’s first Foraging Fortnight will take place
Foraging Fortnight, a brand-new festival taking place across five diverse regions of Scotland this autumn, has been announced. From coastal exploration to herbal wellness, wild food feasts to fireside evenings and topical talks, Foraging Fortnight will allow people to explore Scotland’s natural places and increase their knowledge of wild food and medicinal plants through a…
Read MoreUnique music festival to back cancer charity
A unique music festival is taking place which will support a local cancer support charity. The Square in the Park event will take place at Castle Fraser near Inverurie on Saturday, 7 September. The one-day event will showcase bands from across the region, with the headline act being one of Europe’s best Coldplay tribute concert…
Read MoreSpot a once in a decade butterfly phenomenon
Conservationist Chris Packham is urging wildlife lovers across Scotland to take part in the world’s largest insect citizen science survey to help reveal if the UK is experiencing a once in a decade butterfly phenomenon. Unusually high numbers of Painted Lady butterflies have been reported across Europe over the spring and early summer, with large…
Read MoreChill Fest Leith returns with more cocktails
Chill Fest Leith will return to Edinburgh this August – bigger and better than ever before. This year’s Chill Fest celebrations will see eighteen top bars across EH6 whip up creative signature cocktails to spread good vibes in Leith during festival season. Offering a more relaxed alternative to the frenzy of the Fringe, Chill Fest…
Read MoreThousands invited to vote on charity’s future
Scotland’s largest membership organisation has opened a ballot to choose four people who will serve on its Board of Trustees. The 370,000 members of the conservation charity, the National Trust for Scotland are being invited to cast their votes and make their choice from a total of nine candidates who have put themselves forward for…
Read MoreCharity walk marks Sir Jackie Stewart’s 80th birthday
A walk to celebrate the achievements of Scotland’s Formula 1 legend Sir Jackie Stewart is being held in June. The Grand Prix Walk, on 11 June, invites people to take part in a one, two or three mile circuit of Dumbarton’s Levengrove Park – a mile for each of the three World Championship titles Sir…
Read MoreMusic out as birdsong comes to shopping centre
A Scottish shopping centre is axing music in favour of birdsong – to make shoppers happier. The unusual move by intu Braehead shopping centre to play the springtime sounds of birds tweeting away in the central atrium comes after new research revealed four out of five Scots say they feel happy when they hear the…
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