The Best of Blair: Top things to do and see at Blair Castle

Blair Castle, the ancestral seat of the Earls and Dukes of Atholl, has been their family home for 750 years, so there’s no shortage of history to this magnificent white, turreted pile just off the A9 in Highland Perthshire. Together, the sprawling castle’s interior and spectacular gardens combine to produce one of the best visitor…

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Top 5 Things to Do At Scone Palace Garden Fair

A celebration of all things horticultural, Scone Palace Garden Fair is the must-see gardening event this summer. Set amongst the stunning grounds of Scone Palace, Scotland’s national garden show returns on 30 – 31 May, and is set to be a blooming marvellous day out for the whole family.  ‘As Scotland’s national garden show, we…

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Letters: Skye’s Swimming Cows

A letter from the June issue of Scottish Field from J.S.Knight, Market Drayton, Shropshire.   I refer to your online article by Mairi Fraser, re-published on 29 March 2019 (originally published in print in 2014), regarding the Skye cattle farmers, the Macdonalds, maintaining an ancient tradition by swimming their cows from Staffin to Staffainn island.…

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Letters: Two poems to mark VE Day

David Starsmeare shares two of his poems to mark VE day. The poems are from a set which take us from the early days of war, his times as an evacuee in the West Country, and then back to London.     Celebrations VE DAY, May 1945 Wounded in France long years before Our father…

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From Scrums to squats: How Peter Eccles Found New Purpose on the Farm

Peter Eccles saw himself as a dedicated and conscientious farm manager and hardworking rugby teammate. But when both came to an end, he found himself having something of an identity crisis.  Now, after opening his own on-farm fitness business and getting involved in supporting the wellbeing organisation Farmstrong Scotland, he opens up about finding his…

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