Posts by Kenny Smith
Learn the skills of picking your own food
Get set for a guided walk to learn about foraging. Mark Williams, from Galloway Wild Foods, will be holding the foraging walk at the Ardkinglas Estate on Loch Fyne in Argyll. Taking place on Tuesday, 24 April from 10.30am-3pm, this is a one day course in foraging, preparing and cooking wild spring plants. This guided…
Read MoreScottish loch project needs your votes in Natura 2000
The general public can help a Scottish loch project to win a prestigious prize. Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and its partners have been nominated for a Natura 2000 award for work benefitting Loch Leven, its visitors, and the local community. The loch is one of four Natura sites nominated across Europe in the socio-economic category.…
Read MoreTony Singh’s supper club is a Friday hotspot
Want to kick your weekend off in style? Forgo the pub and head to the newest supper club in town. Celebrity chef Tony Singh is throwing open the doors of his Edinburgh home to cook up a storm for his guests at his Friday night supper clubs. The supper club trend has been on the rise…
Read MoreA-listed Scottish castle for sale for £3.75million+
Glenborrodale Castle is currently for sale for over £3.75 million. Located in Acharacle, Highland, this is an A listed Scots baronial mansion in grounds of about 132.99 acres including the Isle of Risga, with panoramic views over Loch Sunart and the Isles of Carna and Oronsay. Presented by Bell Ingram, Glenborrodale Castle dates from 1902…
Read MorePassengers are in safe hands at Prestwick
Passengers travelling from Prestwick Airport will know they are in safe hands this year. Glasgow Prestwick Airport, working with multi-agency partners, simulated an emergency scenario to test their response plans last week. With over 400 people taking part, the airport was able to confirm that their plans, policies and procedures all work in practice while…
Read MoreGet your hands on a limited edition bottle of whisky
Whisky enthusiasts have the chance to get their hands on a limited edition debut release. The 1770 Glasgow Single Malt Scotch Whisky has been crafted by the team of young distillers as the debut release from The Glasgow Distillery Company. Merging tradition with innovation, they wanted to create a single malt that embodied Glasgow –…
Read MoreMaeve will cast her spell with an evening of Gaelic
An evening of Gaelic music, song, dance and more is coming to Perth and Kinross. Contemporary award winning Gaelic singer Maeve Mackinnon will be in Milnathort on Saturday 24 March with her band to treat the audience to Gaelic songs from a mixture of musical genres including some from her new album Stri. Maeve said:…
Read MoreRab C Nesbitt’s Mary Doll joins the Fat Friends
A new musical production of hit TV show Fat Friends is coming to Scotland this spring. Following a successful run in England, the tour will include dates across the country in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, premiering at the Edinburgh playhouse on 19 April. The popular drama which ran from 2000–2005, detailing the lives of a…
Read MoreScotch eggs with redcurrant and pickled walnut sauce
With a childhood spent in the kitchen helping her mother and grandmother, it’s hardly surprising that when Joanne Munro got the opportunity to change career, she chose to be a chef. And 18 years after finding her vocation, Joanne became head chef at a Glasgow institution – Café Gandolfi , in the city’s Merchant City enclave. ‘I was hugely interested in…
Read More10 museum events that are too good to miss
Are you looking for something to do? Let us help… Down to Earth, until 1 April, National Museum of Scotland A free exhibit celebrating the centenary of the Strathmore Meteorite, Down to Earth reunites the four fragments of the meteorite for the first time since it fell to Earth on 3 December 1917, alongside pieces…
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