Get your hands on spiders and cockroaches

When visitors to Almond Valley go to pick up animals, they normally meet cuddly chicks, fluffy bunnies and lovely lambs – but not this month. Almond Valley’s small animal encounter sessions – and home-grown pumpkins – have been taken over this Halloween by some very creepy crawlies, where they can meet the creepy cockroaches, miserable…

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Tomintoul Vintage 1973 released – at £1950 per bottle

An incredibly rare double wood matured malt whisky to the Tomintoul’s range with the launch of Vintage 1973. The Tomintoul Vintage 1973 Double Wood Matured – Aged 45 Years has been selected not only because of its rarity of age but, very significantly, because it is the result of a careful ‘finishing’ process by which…

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Second album is already for its launch night

A Scots band who style themselves as having a ‘tropical folk pop’ sound are to launch their second album this weekend. Edinburgh-based The Micro Band combine genres to produce truly original music which appeals to many different tastes. They are best known for our fundraising events and over the last five years, have raised over…

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It will be all fright on the night at Scone Palace

Spirits of Scone, the annual Halloween event held at Scone Palace, will be scarier than ever this year as it extends to seven nights. Scone Palace’s medieval grounds are being transformed into a terrifying playground of menacing ghouls and horror film freaks, beginning on October 25 and ending on Halloween, October 31. Organisers are issuing…

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Disabled Access Day highlights a pressing need

Award-winning Disabled Access Day is championing Changing Places Toilets ahead of its next campaign. Run by the team behind the popular review website Euan’s Guide, Disabled Access Day is the biannual event that brings together venues and their disabled visitors in the spirit of trying something new. With less than six months to go, submissions…

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Braving the cold to raise money for good causes

A group of young farmers braved the elements when they stripped off in aid of charity. Kinross Junior Agricultural Club members ave taken a break from their daily jobs to do something a little different to raise money for charity. With the ambitious aim of raising over £5000 to split 50/50 between local charity Kinross-shire…

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Unicorn inspiration for a new Scottish gin

A supermarket has launched its own brand of premium Scottish gin, taking inspiration from Scotland’s national animal – the unicorn. Aquine has been created and distilled for Lidl using pure Scottish water, representing the legendary myth that the unicorn’s horn can purify tainted waters. Competitively priced at £19.99, Aquine is a handcrafted Scottish dry gin…

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Revamp for the festive season with Saks & Hart

The festive season is fast approaching, and the perfect way to get your home ready is at hand this weekend. Saks and Hart are inviting Scottish Field readers to join them for the launch of their stunning Christmas range of interiors and luxury gifts – you can browse, shop and enjoy a glass of something…

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Scotland’s first mainland lighthouse stands proud

The first lighthouse to be built on mainland Scotland was engineered by Robert Stevenson, grandfather of the author Robert Louis Stevenson. He drove a foundation, walls and spiral staircase through a castle to complete it in 1824. Though its lantern is no longer operational and a small unmanned light has taken its place, Kinnaird Head…

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Singer Missy’s upbeat new single is on Fire

Scots singer Missy Mcanulty hopes her new single will ignite a sense of fun in its listeners. Her third single release of 2018 is out next Friday, October 19. After a successful gig at Stramash Edinburgh last month with her band, she is back to lighten up your day with her new upbeat electro pop…

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