Posts by Kenny Smith
Macallan Lalique Six Pillars sets record price
Bottles from The Macallan Lalique Six Pillars collection have broken auction records after being sold in a recent auction by Whisky Auctioneer, achieving a collective hammer price across the four lots of £296,500. This price surpasses the previous record from November 2018, when four bottles from the same series sold at auction for a collective…
Read MoreBoating on the Tay marks a second successful year
While it might not be jolly boating weather at the moment, there were a record number of boat trips on the River Tay last year. Perth & Kinross Council has welcomed the success of the 2018 boat trips on the River Tay as it looks forward to next summer. Between May and September 2018, 385…
Read MoreCelebrate the great outdoors at this month’s film festival
A fantastic line-up of speakers, adventure films and outdoor sessions feature in the schedule for the 2019 Peebles Outdoor Film Festival. Now in its fifth year, the festival – held at the town’s Eastgate Theatre over the weekend of 25-27 January – has become a major annual event in the Scottish Borders, with more than…
Read MoreThe best dishes of the year on the one menu
Get your glands salivating – it’s time to recap the best dishes featured at Six by Nico restaurants in the year gone past. In his latest offering Chef Nico Simeone is inviting the public to vote on the six dishes they enjoyed most in 2018 to create a six- course tasting menu that will include…
Read MoreSix winter wonderland walks to try and enjoy
Winter walking has an all-encompassing beauty of its own and is the perfect thing to do with your friends or family after the Christmas period. Scotland is blessed with many astounding landscapes and beautiful views, and this is never truer at winter. So, let the crisp air fill your lungs, Jack Frost nip your nose…
Read MoreScotland’s fishing capital in new TV documentary
Peterhead is to feature in a new six-part television series highlighing the UK’s biggest fishing port. James Cosmo will narrate Fish Town, and the extraordinary people working on land and at sea to put the fish on our plates. In the first episode of Fish Town, to be shown on Monday, 14 January. the fishing…
Read MoreKinloch Castle fundraiser is all set to launch
A campaign to restore a beautiful Scottish castle to its former glory gets underway next week. Nestling in the bay of Loch Scresort on the island of Rum, Kinloch Castle is surrounded by a shelter belt of trees, planted at the same time as the castle was built. It is an impressive and intriguing sight…
Read MoreDisappointing numbers as new car sales drop
New car sales in the UK dropped in 2018 – for the second year in a row. The UK new car market declined by -6.8% in 2018, with annual registrations falling for a second year to 2,367,147 units, according to figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). A -5.5% decline in…
Read MoreThe Scots breaking down the walls to explore China
Scotland’s history links with China are being explored in a new television documentary. BBC Two Scotland is showing Scots in China, with the first part having aired on Monday, 7 January, and the second is due to show on 14 January. Neil Oliver meets extraordinary Scottish people from all walks of life, living and working…
Read MoreFarmland may keep its value despite Brexit fears
Farmland prices may well continue to hold firm this year, despite predictions of a sudden drop in prices due to Brexit uncertainty. That’s the view of leading Scottish rural land agency Galbraith. Ian Hope, a partner with Galbraith, believes that the price of good quality farmland will be maintained, certainly throughout 2019 and that any…
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