Posts by Kenny Smith
Wine cellar, garage for 12 cars and a stunning home
A truly stunning example of Swiss design and ingenuity, with a wine cellar and garage for 12 cars, is now for sale. Savills is marketing Boulder House, an exceptional modern house set in rural Aberdeenshire around 45 miles from Aberdeen. Privately commissioned by the sellers, the property was created by Swiss architect Martin Stohr in…
Read MoreTime to try a rabbit and bacon terrine
Game is very much the order of the day at East Haugh House hotel near Pitlochry. Its head chef/patron is Neil McGown. An energetic 69-year-old, he still stalks, with venison regularly on the menu in the hotel’s Two Sisters Restaurant (named after McGown’s daughters Emma and Sophie, who is herself an enthusiastic angler and shot),…
Read MoreMonument to Bonnie Prince Charlie’s ‘preserver’ restored
A monument to Flora MacDonald which describes her as the ‘Preserver of Prince Charles Edward Stuart’ has been restored. The Skye landmark has been restored, thanks to the efforts of Kilmuir Community Council in partnership with the Highland Council. The Flora MacDonald monument is in Kilmuir burial ground located on the Trotternish peninsula of the…
Read MoreScotland’s wonderful wildlife is caught on camera
Scotland’s natural beauty is often seen in the glimpse of an eye, and then it’s gone. However, many of those beautiful sights have been captured on camera by Rosanna Forbes, from Glenalmond in Perth and Kinross. Her eye for nature has seen her shoot some incredible images, which she is sharing with Scottish Field readers.…
Read MoreThanks to our 4000 Scottish Field Instagram fans
Scottish Field’s Instagram account has just reached 4000 followers. We love sharing amazing pictures of all things Scottish and some fab behind the scenes images of what the team here gets up to as we produce our magazine each month. Not only as we sharing our own images, with at least a picture a day, we’re…
Read More10 fascinating facts about Glasgow
Glasgow is Scotland’s largest city – and the fourth-largest by population in the UK. The Dear Green Place is packed with history, and here we present 10 fascinating trivial facts about Glasgow. The world’s first long distance TV pictures were transmitted by John Logie Baird to a room in the Grand Central Hotel on 24…
Read MoreA farm offering cattle handling facilities for sale
A well-presented stock farm in Highland Perthshire is on the property market. Presented by Galbraith, Ballintuim Farm is a well-presented livestock unit extending to about 188.39 acres (76.24 ha) with a traditional farmhouse, two cattle courts with cattle handling facilities under cover, straw shed and silage pit. The land is predominately down to grass with…
Read MoreHints to protect your home from housebreaking
Property crime is one of the most recorded crimes there is in most countries. In the year 2017 to 2018, Scotland recorded no less than 418,000 crimes. These crimes involved property theft, damage to household property, and housebreaking. This only means that there are a lot of homeowners in Scotland have unreliable home security system…
Read MoreAnother look at Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital
The next episode of a look behind the scenes at a Scottish children’s hospital features more real-life stories. Narrated by David Tennant, The Children’s Hospital goes behind-the-scenes at the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital which, each year, gives life-changing treatments to thousands of boys and girls across the North of Scotland. In the third episode of…
Read MoreFinding fabulous fare for the Forth Food Festival
The Forth Valley Food Festival is returning for a second year, after a successful launch last year. Running from 11-20 October and showcasing the region’s diverse larder, this year’s food festival trail is already taking shape, with a range of fun activities on offer from wild cocktail making to farm tours. Over 14 local food…
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