Where does the time go
I can’t believe that we are well into summer now. Where has the time gone? Apologies to my blog followers for having been absent for a while it has been all change at Scottish Field as we have a new Editor so it has been all hands on deck to make a few changes to the magazine’s features. I can’t believe that Archie Mackenzie won’t be in the office everyday, he and I have had so many laughs over the years getting the magazine out. From coming up with fantastic headlines at midnight over a bag of Edinburgh’s finest chips, to rating the toilet facilities at all of Scotland’s caravan and camping sites in one, never to be forgotten or hopefully repeated, feature!
It is not a complete goodbye from me to Archie as I’m pleased to say that we will be working together on a sister publication Scots. He will be bringing his vast knowledge of Scottish heritage to bear in filling the magazine with interesting features and no doubt there will be new laughs along the way – although I’m keeping my finger’s crossed that a tour of the toilet facilities of Scottish heritage sites will not be on the cards.
Scottish Field’s new Ed, Richard Bath (pictured above), looks set to keep bringing you all your favourite features and some new ones that we hope you will enjoy, including a brilliant opportunity for subscribers to review hotels for us. If you are a subscriber and are interested in enjoying a night out on the house then email Richard on editor@scottishfield.co.uk putting ‘hotel reviews’ in the subject line.
Richard is also going to be starting an Editor’s Blog in which he will keep you all up-to-date with goings on at Scottish Field.
Let us know what you think of the new features in this month’s magazine by commenting below or using the Scottish Field forum.
Happy reading
Henrietta Forrest,
Creative Editor.

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So for a few days at the beginning of March I thought that a couple of lovely sunny spring days heralded the end of the long long winter. Not so, living on the east coast we have had another couple of weeks of grey weather and a biting wind. My daffodils, which had finally plucked up the courage to start growing have slowed to a snails pace again and show no sign of opening their yellow flowers and so, in my garden, it has been left to the crocuses to add the only dash of colour to an otherwise brown landscape. Chatting last week to a friend who lives high up on a Perthshire hill, she was telling me that this year her daffodils are only just poking themselves through the soil – and she can’t see them flowering until May. Her garden, being high up, is always about a month behind mine but this late spring means that everyone’s garden is late. Although, on the upside, my snowdrops do seem to have lasted for ages this year.
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Now that spring is finally just around the corner we welcome back our ‘Garden News’ pages in your March issue. In it you will find lots of tips on what to do in the garden at this time of year to ensure that everything is in top condition for a colourful year. There are also ideas on things for keen gardeners to do in the spring – gardens that are open and courses that are running for the green fingered reader.
Well the new year has started with a flurry – a flurry of snow that is! Like the rest of the country Scotland has been shivering under a blanket of the white stuff. Getting back to work after the mince pies and chocolates of Christmas, has been a bit of an effort as everyone has been battling ungritted roads and icy conditions.
When I look back now at my own wedding (too many years ago to mention) I remember the flurry of activity to get everything ready for the big day. From finding a venue to sending out invitations from organising bridesmaid dresses and getting flowers up in the church. I appeared every now and again and agreed that I liked this and not that, but mum and dad put in a huge effort to make sure everyone enjoyed their day. In the end, on that May day, we were all glad we had plumped for an indoor venue for the reception as howling gales would have tested any marque to its limits.
Last week I packed may family up and we headed into the wilds of Highland Perthshire for a family break. Ignoring gloomy weather men, predicting gales and copious rainfall, I took the kids cycles and promised them we would have fun no matter what the weather. Well I needn’t have worried, Scotland came up trumps for us. The weather was perfect – gleaming Autumn days – when the lochs are slightly misty and the views are a myriad of oranges and browns.
The one thing about working for a monthly magazine like Scottish Field is that all your seasons get a bit out of kilter. At the moment the team is hard at work putting together your Christmas issue so heads are full of yummy Christmas recipes and finding a suitably festive cover – it always seems a bit incongruous when outside the office the trees still have leaves and roses are still blooming!