Posts by Kenny Smith
A tasty dessert to perk up your mouth
Tim and Anna Dover, the husband and wife team behind The Roost restaurant, are content with what they have in Bridge of Earn. But Tim assures me that he’s always looking to up his offering. He has been inspired by the Nordic style of cuisine during a recent trip to Copenhagen. Tim is now making…
Read MoreUltimate runners’ sightseeing tour of Edinburgh
The ultimate running tour of Scotland’s capital city returns for its second outing on Sunday 21 October. The Ultra Tour of Edinburgh (UTE), staged by Rat Race Adventure Sports, the UK’s largest operator of mass participation, urban and wilderness adventure challenges, is back with a few exciting changes to its 55km (approx. 34 mile) route.…
Read MoreThey will gin-gle all the way with these baubles
A Scots firm has joined forces with an Irish business to create this year’s must-have Christmas gift for spirit lovers – glass baubles filled with gin. Stirling-based giftware company Angels’ Share Glass and Irish artisan distillery Dingle Distillery have worked together to bring bespoke glass gin baubles to the Irish market. The baubles, which are…
Read MoreEagle’s Green is the par-fect opportunity to buy
A premium housing development built on the site of the former Broomieknowe Golf Course has only a few homes remaining in its final phase of properties. Eagle’s Green in Bonnyrigg, developed by CALA Homes (East), has only six homes left for sale – meaning buyers need to be quick in order to snap up one…
Read MoreFormer police station has an arresting charm
An attractive former village police house in the Scottish Borders is for sale. Beech House, formerly the village Police House, is an attractive detached four bedroom family home, enjoying a prime woodland edge location within the pretty conservation village of Swinton, presented to the market by Hastings Legal. Dating from 1890 and listed as of…
Read MoreStopping kids believe pasta comes from animals
With more than one in 10 school children in the UK believing that pasta comes from an animal, one fifth thinking fish fingers are made of chicken and 10% not realising that carrots and potatoes grow underground, it’s clear that work needs to be done to educate kids on the origins of our food. The…
Read MoreScotland’s first mainland lighthouse stands proud
The first lighthouse to be built on mainland Scotland was engineered by Robert Stevenson, grandfather of the author Robert Louis Stevenson. He drove a foundation, walls and spiral staircase through a castle to complete it in 1824. Though its lantern is no longer operational and a small unmanned light has taken its place, Kinnaird Head…
Read MoreKaren’s trigger happy with her engraving skills
The intricate art of hand engraving guns takes patience, skill and barrel loads of craftsmanship. Being able to handle a gun isn’t something you see on many a maker’s CV – unless you are designer and engraver Karen Wallace. Originally from South Lanarkshire, Karen studied jewellery and silversmithing at Glasgow School of Art. Following graduation…
Read MoreWhen barking up the right tree saves a life
As winter approaches, during the older months we often hear about the world of the Search & Rescue Dog Association Scotland. Dogs and their handlers are used search for missing persons, and they cover all of Scotland, 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year. Scottish Field spoke to John Romanes and search and…
Read MoreAfter nine albums, Phamie releases her first single
A Scots musician with nine albums behind her is doing something new in her music career today – she’s releasing her first single. Phamie Gow, who is originally from the Scottish Borders but now living in Edinburgh, is releasing The Peace Farmer. The artist, who was recently described as ‘one of The Great Woman Composers’…
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