Outdoors
Atholl Gathering returns after three-year hiatus
THE Atholl Gathering will return to Blair Castle this month following a three-year break due to the pandemic. More than 4,000 spectators are expected to attend the Highland Games, which will be overseen by the Marquis of Tullibardine, heir to the 12th Duke of Atholl. The event kicks off on Saturday 28 May, when Atholl…
Read MoreScottish forests join The Queen’s Green Canopy
TWENTY-ONE of Scotland’s ancient forests and 19 of its ancient trees have been selected to join The Queen’s Green Canopy. The woodlands are among 70 ancient woodlands and 70 ancient trees being dedicated to the Queen to mark her platinum jubilee. The project was launched by Prince Charles, the Duke of Rothesay, under an old…
Read More‘Dig for Victory’ at National Museum of Flight events
VISITORS will be “digging for victory” this Sunday at the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune in East Lothian. The museum, which is based on a former Second World War airfield, will offer talks, tours, demonstrations, and hands-on family activities to explore how people grew and cooked their food during the conflict. Food historian…
Read MoreHighlands and islands to star at Royal Highland Show
NEXT month’s Royal Highland Show will promote businesses from the Highlands and islands as the event celebrates its bicentenary. The inaugural show took place in Edinburgh’s Canongate, on a spot that’s now within the grounds of the Scottish Parliament complex. Since moving to its permanent home in 1960 at the Royal Highland Centre next to…
Read MoreLess than 10 weeks until GWCT Scottish Game Fair
There are now just over two months to go until the GWCT Scottish Game Fair. Some 35,000 visitors and 400 exhibitors will descend on Perthshire for the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust’s annual festival of countryside and conservation, which returns for the 33rd time to Scone Palace from Friday 1 to Sunday 3 July. Research…
Read MorePaws on Plastic play their part in the GB Spring Clean
A day long celebration and litter picking effort is Paws on Plastic’s contribution to the Great British Spring Clean – from a community of dog owners removing over 30 million pieces of rubbish every year. Paws on Plastic, a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation comprising 22,000 dog owners in over 70 countries who pledge to pick…
Read MoreSailing programme for young people returns to Scotland
A sailing programme giving young people a week of funded training aboard a racing yacht is returning to Scotland’s west coast next week. On 25 April, Our Isles and Oceans is launching its second programme, welcoming 40 new Ambassadors onto its 68-foot racing yacht. Born from the pandemic, Our Isles and Oceans aims to provide…
Read MoreRoyal Highland Show will be livestreamed
The Royal Highland Show will take to the small screen to livestream this year’s 200th anniversary event across the globe. In what has been described as a ‘game changer’ for the Royal Highland Show, organisers have successfully secured £200,000 of funding from the Scottish Government to drive this ground-breaking initiative. The funding will be administered…
Read MoreAwards to recognise enterprising former students
A new entrepreneur network for former students of Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) is being launched at an awards event next month. The SRUC Alumni Entrepreneur Network will allow enterprising former and current students, and staff, to network and share their experiences for the benefit of the whole community. A central focus of the network will…
Read MoreUp, up and away as balloon adventures return
Webster Adventures, Scotland’s premier hot air ballooning company, has started its 2022 ballooning season. Following the pandemic, this is the first time in two years that the business has properly returned to the skies with a full ballooning itinerary, with a curtailed schedule last year and no flights at all in 2020. The booking site…
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