Posts by Kenny Smith
We try and test the slow cooked free-range Loué turkey crown
We try and test the Slow Cooked Free-Range Loué Turkey Crown in Gravy from Donald Russell. I WANT IT BECAUSE: Christmas is almost upon us but we’re all horribly busy. This is delivered straight to your door, frozen. Royal Warrant holders Donald Russell are a Scottish company, the free-range birds are sustainably produced in France…
Read MoreBerghaus walking shell jacket is tried and tested
We try and test Berghaus Men’s Iii Gore Tex Walking Shell Cornice Jacket. I WANT IT BECAUSE: It’s a high-quality Goretex walking jacket that is perfect for the Scottish weather but is also the perfect multi-function jacket to keep in your car for wet days. USEFUL FOR: Wet days. It is long so you don’t get…
Read MoreTaking horse power back to its original meaning
In this age of mechanised timber extraction, Andrew Whitaker is one of the few to take ‘horse power’ quite literally into the world of forest management. On first sight, five-year-old Ghalm seems surprisingly small for a draught horse, as compared to our leggier Scottish Clydesdales. On running an eye over his conformation, however, one can appreciate the…
Read MoreOnly 250 bottles of The Macallan – at £38,500 each
Only 250 bottles of The Macallan’s a new and remarkably rare limited edition single malt whisky has been released. Each of the 250 individually numbered bottles are available worldwide, with The Macallan 52 years old 2018, never to be repeated. This latest classic-aged statement has been slowly matured for 52 years in one exceptional, hand…
Read MoreDistillery delight after Icons of Whisky awards
Benromach Distillery is celebrating success at the prestigious Icons of Whisky Scotland awards. It picked up the Visitor Attraction Manager of the Year Award and was highly commended in the Visitor Attraction and Distillery Manager categories. Announced in a ceremony held in Edinburgh’s Surgeon’s Hall, the awards, which are organised by Whisky Magazine, pay tribute…
Read MoreThe delicious food at Dine is fine and dandy
As we walk up the steps to enter Dine, passing the unusual moss covered wall emblazoned with the letters D.I.N.E. the 1980s Ottowan classic D.I.S.C.O. takes up residence in my brain and threatens to ruin what I was hoping would be an excellent lunch. Thankfully there was much inside to distract me from this unwanted…
Read MoreIgnite Fellowship winners revealed by book trust
Scottish Book Trust, the national charity transforming lives through reading and writing, has today announced the inaugural Ignite Fellowship awardees. Theatre-maker Annie George and poet Marjorie Lotfi Gill were selected by a panel including representatives from Scottish Book Trust and a professional writer. Annie George is based in Portobello, and her recent plays include Edinburgh…
Read MoreBeautiful views from a home in an elevated position
A spacious four/five bedroom detached property with superb views down Strathnairn is now on the property market. Bell Ingram offer Mains of Faille to the market. It is a well presented five bedroom detached property with the added bonus of a self-contained cottage attached. The property benefits from double glazing and has recently been insulated to the…
Read MoreReturn to slender for Scots cats Elvis and Chester
A colossal cat from East Lothian, who once stole an entire cheesecake, has been named ‘top cat’ in the UK’s largest pet slimming competition. Chester the cat shed 17% of his bodyweight in just six months. Fellow cat, Elvis, from Clydebank, also lost an amazing 14%. Every year, vet charity PDSA helps the UK’s fattest…
Read MoreScotland’s biggest chippie opens its doors in Edinburgh
Scotland’s biggest fish and chip restaurant has opened on Edinburgh’s Victoria Street. The 300 – cover Bertie’s Restaurant and Bar in Edinburgh’s Old Town is the group’s first foray beyond the Italian food markets, having opened their first restaurant in 1970 in the Leith neighbourhood. The 11’000 sq.ft restaurant in the former St John’s Church offers…
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