Outdoor blogs
Keeping children engaged with the great outdoors
During lockdown, many families have found the time to reconnect with the outdoors. Now that restrictions are starting to ease, conservation expert Jeff Waddell explains why it’s important that families continue to explore nature together and gives advice on how to keep young ones engaged with the great outdoors. THE National Trust for Scotland (NTS)…
Read MoreA perfect Perthshire spring fishing weekend
In the right conditions, there are few better places to be in the world than Perthshire in the spring – especially if you are a fisherman. I was recently fortunate to wangle a full weekend of fishing and what a tonic it proved to be! I have previously mentioned that I am lucky enough to…
Read MoreLife on the farm during springtime in Almond Valley
Carol Burke is farm manager at Almond Valley in Livingston. She tells Scottish Field readers about life on the farm. Spring really is the best time to visit any farm and Almond Valley is no exception. Even with the frosty weather we’ve been having, new life can’t be stopped and the air is filled with…
Read MoreRemembering the glory days on the Scottish rivers
The 2018 Scottish salmon season began in January, many of the first anglers were escorted to the river bank by the sound of pipes and the chink of well filled whisky glasses. Fishers are reputedly interested only in the sizes and numbers of fish landed, but this is not so. Stories in the fishing hut…
Read MoreI can’t wait for the better weather to get back out with my rod
As I type this, I am looking out on another dank morning and I am wishing I could turn the clocks forward by at least a month. Whilst I cast an occasional line for our ‘silver tourists’ in February and March, and I fish for pike when I can in March and April, May is…
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