Autumn whisky festival will return in 2018

By Reporter | October 26, 2017

The Whisky Shop Dufftown Autumn Festival is returning in 2018. Next year’s event has been confirmed from September 27 until October 1, and is a great Speyside whisky festival with all the colours of autumn. The shop’s Michael Lord said: ‘Held annually on the last weekend of September, the festival gives visitors the opportunity to…

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Scotland’s ten spookiest haunts this Halloween

By Reporter | October 26, 2017

With a rich history of ancient castles, bloody battles, myths, legends and lore, it is not surprising that Scotland has spawned some delightfully spooky stories. Prepare for a scare as Fiona Hendrie rounds up our top ten creepy tales… Finders keepers Flannan Isle Lighthouse on Eilean Mòr is best known for the mysterious disappearance of…

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Scottish Field Whisky Challenge winners are all set to be revealed

By Reporter | October 25, 2017

WE’RE getting set to honour the makers of elite drams at this year’s Scottish Field Whisky Awards. Our judges in the various categories had the pleasure of sampling 150 whiskies, but they had no idea which fine drams they were sampling, as all taste tests were done blind. The ten categories are: Whisky Under £40,…

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Former Gleneagles mixologist takes up new position at The Savoy in London

By Reporter | October 25, 2017

A former Gleneagles mixologist has taken over as the head bartender at the Beaufort Bar, located within The Savoy in London. Joe Harper, who was assistant bar manager in Perthshire at the Century Bar, succeeded previous head bartender Kyle Wilkinson earlier this month. Having honed his skills at a number of prestigious venues including St…

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Safer streets for visitors and residents in Stirling

By Reporter | October 25, 2017

Visitors and residents in Stirling will feel safer after the city increased its CCTV coverage. Stirling Council has reaffirmed its commitment to public safety through the installation and upgrade of CCTV across the Stirling area and partnership working with Police Scotland. At the council’s public safety committee meeting this week, councillors heard that since 2015,…

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Lots to do all over Scotland this Halloween weekend

By Reporter | October 24, 2017

Halloween’s coming, and Scottish Field’s Fiona Hendrie has rounded up some of the best events taking place across the country. So if you’re n the mood for a scare, check out these frightfully good Halloween activities on offer with something for every age:   Wizarding Weekend Fun Run, Castle Fraser, Inverurie 28-29/10 www.nts.org.uk Don your…

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Scottish Lego exhibition at new venue is a resounding success

By Reporter | October 24, 2017

Children and adults alike have been flocking to West Dunbartonshire to see a special Lego exhibition. The area’s newest exhibition venue has welcomed more than 7000 visitors to its first display – the popular Lego Brick History. Thousands of visitors viewed the collection of Lego within the former Bruce Street Baths in Clydebank, which has…

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Spooks and scares for the whole family at Edinburgh Zoo

By Reporter | October 24, 2017

Edinburgh Zoo is challenging families all across the country to celebrate Halloween by carving creepy-crawly pumpkins as part of a spook-tacular Halloween programme and exclusive family promotion. From scuttling spiders to slithering snails and swarms of cockroaches, families who bring animal-themed carved pumpkins to the zoo will get a free child ticket (15 years and under) with every full…

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Scotland’s first hydrogen taxi takes to the roads

By Reporter | October 24, 2017

Aberdeen has unveiled Scotland’s first hydrogen taxi. The Hyundai ix35 hydrogen fuel cell car was granted a private hire taxi licence by Aberdeen City Council last month and has now been handed over to Aberdeen Taxis, the operator which will run the vehicle as a full functioning taxi – just a lot more eco friendly.…

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