Outdoors
Families tune in for online farm tours
MORE than 10,000 families have tuned in to watch live online tours of Scotland’s farms during lockdown. Almost 100 farmers have guided virtual visitors around their sites via the Go Rural Facebook page. Their “Welcome to my Farm” videos followed on from 14 farmers streaming two weeks of “lambathon” during the spring from their lambing…
Read MoreKeeping 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 MoreCoasts and waters calendar seeks photographs
BUDDING photographers are being asked to submit their coasts and waters pictures to a competition being run by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH). The agency is making a calendar to mark “Scotland’s Year of Coasts & Waters”, a marketing campaign run by VisitScotland and other public bodies. SNH said that the calendar will help to continue…
Read More73-year-old NTS supporter mounts 3,000 mile USA cycle
A SEPTUAGENARIAN supporter aims to raise £100,000 for the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) by cycling more than 3,000 miles across the United States. George Russell is 73 and lives in Colorado. He is originally from Scotland and served on the conservation charity’s council. Russell’s grandfather was the charity’s first secretary and treasurer. His father…
Read MoreFather and son stage first photo show in Dundee
DOCK Street Studios in Dundee will host the first major exhibition by father and son photographers Grant and Andrew Bulloch in September. The Norðurland exhibition will run on 3-26 September and will be open from 10am to 3pm from Thursdays to Saturdays. The show brings together landscape photographs taken in the Highlands and on Iceland.…
Read MoreNevis Range extends bike partnership
THE Nevis Range Mountain Experience has extended its commercial partnership with Trek Bikes for another year. As part of the deal, Trek will continue to support Mikayla Parton, Nevis Range’s sponsored downhill and endurance rider in British and international races. During the past year, Trek has supplied Nevis Range with a fleet of mountain bikes,…
Read MoreRiver Tweed route comes step closer
PLANS to launch a tourist route along the River Tweed have taken a step forward after Borders environmental charity Tweed Forum appointed Luke Fisher as its Destination Tweed project manager. Tweed Forum is working with Scottish Borders Council to create a long-distance route from Moffat to Berwick upon Tweed. The £20 million initiative was awarded…
Read MoreTrossachs e-bike trail map hits the road
A NEW map showing six e-bike trails through the Trossachs has been launched. The routes take in sights like Loch Lomond, Loch Katrine, Duchray Castle, Stonachlachar Pier and Strathyre Forest. The map has been assembled by Loch Lomond & Trossachs Countryside Trust and Forth Valley & Lomond Leader. Routes range from the 12.5km Rob Roy…
Read MoreFilm follows the drovers’ trail through Perthshire
THE stories behind Scotland’s ancient drove roads are being told in a new film, which has been made to promote perthshiregravel.com, a guide to off-road cycling across Highland Perthshire. In the video, round-the-world single-speed cyclist Markus Stitz retraces the route used by cattle drovers from the Cairngorms through the Tay Valley to Crieff, which became…
Read MoreScots dream of parks, history and Outlander as tourism and hospitality reopen
GARDENS, views and television series Outlander are just some of the themes about which Scots have been dreaming during lockdown, according to the early results of tourism agency VisitScotland’s #HameTownTourist campaign. As many of Scotland’s restaurants, bars and tourist attractions begin to reopen today, the marketing bureau has shared some of the social media posts…
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