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Royal Highland Show 2020 tickets launched
Early bird tickets for Scotland’s greatest celebration of food, farming and rural life, the Royal Highland Show, have been launched in time for the festive shopping season. Bargain hunters are expected to snap up the first release of tickets for 2020’s event at 2019 prices ahead of a planned ticket price increase in January. Organisers,…
Read MoreFrom podgy pug to pet slimmer runner-up
A former roly-poly pooch from Glasgow, who had an unhealthy love affair with leftovers, has been named runner-up the UK’s largest pet slimming competition. In the PDSA Pet Fit Club, he shed 18% of his bodyweight and seven inches off his waist in just six months. The once-obese Pug, Percy, weighed-in at a whopping 12.62kgs…
Read MoreThe best way to keep your gin safe is… in a safe
Edinburgh Gin has launched a limited-edition ‘gin safe’ that transforms the gift of gin into a personalised game, making unwrapping Christmas presents more magical than ever. Exclusively available via edinburghgin.com/shop, each gin safe is a hand-crafted, clear box that arrives with a 70cl Edinburgh Gin bottle inside – either Classic, Rhubarb & Ginger, Lemon &…
Read MoreEdinburgh entrepreneur sets off on world’s ‘Impossible Row’
I love nothing more than an adventure story. Even better, tales of real-life explorers intent on pushing the physical and mental boundaries of mankind. Trading in his day job for three weeks and embarking on an epic mission of his own is Jamie Douglas-Hamilton from Edinburgh, founder of Actiph Water. Alongside five team members, Jamie…
Read MorePaths will close to remove diseased ash trees
Pathways on Arran are to be closed in the coming weeks to remove diseased ash trees. Forestry and Land Scotland’s Arran-based team has advised that short periods of closure will affect the Glenashdale Falls path this winter as diseased Ash trees are to be felled and removed from the site. Many Ash trees along this…
Read MoreEdinburgh Gin launches first TV advert
Edinburgh Gin has today launched its biggest-ever brand campaign, Filled with Wonder. Featuring its first-ever TV spot, which will debut exclusively on Channel 4, the campaign leads viewers through a fantastical journey of flavour, capturing the brand’s point-of-difference as a highly original but carefully considered gin-maker. Creatively reimagining the taste of their signature Rhubarb &…
Read MoreYardarm launched by nation’s first alcohol free brewer
Scotland’s first alcohol-free brewing company, Jump Ship Brewing, has today launched Yardarm. The launch comes after a successful crowdfunding campaign, supported by RBS BackHerBusiness, which reached its target in only six days, raising £15,000 in total. More than 170 people backed the campaign from right across the UK and internationally. Yardarm is a crisp, lively…
Read MoreA modernised home in a small steading
An attractive modernised home, which forms part of a small exclusive steading development, is now for sale. Presented by Galbraith, 1 Mains of Camno Steading is a cleverly converted former steading carried out by Strathmore Heritage Homes, which maximises both natural light and the impressive views, particularly to the north and the west. The main…
Read MoreA small estate for offers over £975,000
An outstanding small residential estate with striking views and sporting capabilities is now on the property market. Presents for sale by Savills, Mains of Tilliefoure is a compact and well located residential estate with considerable amenity, sporting, farming and woodland interests, extending to some 135.53 acres. It is situated within a most attractive part of…
Read MoreA rare peated expression from the Highlands
The GlenDronach Traditionally Peated is a rare peated expression of the Highland single malt, which is most well-known for its unpeated sherry cask maturation style. At the time the distillery was founded by James Allardice in 1826, it was traditional practice in the Highlands to burn peat in the kiln towards the end of the…
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