Outdoors
Raffle raises £3000 for search and rescue dogs
Guests at the 2019 Scottish Rural Awards guests raised £3,000 for Search and Rescue Dog Association Scotland at the gala dinner. SARDA Scotland is a national charity who train dogs and their handlers to search for missing persons, they’re an entirely volunteer-based organisation and cover all of Scotland, 24 hours a day, 365 days of…
Read MoreDoreen keeps society presidency in the family
We’ve all heard about keeping it in the family – and at the The Yarrow & Ettrick Pastoral Society, that’s most definitely the case. The current president, Doreen Davies, has followed the lead of three generations of family before her – and she is also the first woman to be president of the society. Doreen,…
Read MoreRacing to good health in their campervan
A Scots GP and her family have been racing to good health with the help of their trusty campervan. Shona Beveridge, 43, regularly takes part in triathlons and has been able to battle some of Scotland’s harshest weather conditions as she does so thanks to her Jerba Campervan. Since Shona and her husband, Simon, purchased…
Read MoreYou can make a splash and Go Swim Loch Lomond
A packed programme of open water swimming events for all ages and experience levels is top take place at Loch Lomond. Durty Events, organisers of award-winning multisport events throughout Scotland, and Triathlon Edinburgh have joined forces to launch Go Swim Loch Lomond, on Saturday 07 September 2019. In the stunning surroundings of Loch Lomond and…
Read MoreA new face joins Scottish Land and Estates
Scottish Land & Estates has appointed a new adviser to its policy team to further enhance services to members and engagement with government and stakeholders. Marcelina Hamilton has this week joined the Musselburgh HQ to work on property and business issues such as housing, energy efficiency, rates and wayleaves. Following time spent in London working…
Read MoreTwo day adventure run is back for the second year
Runners will be heading to the Isle of Arran this weekend. Rat race Adventure Sports is back with the Ultra Tour of Arran (UTA), a two-day 100km ultra distance off-road adventure run this April 13-14. The run is on Arran, a perfect outdoor playground for the adventure run through the dense forests and coastal beaches…
Read MoreSolheim Cup 2019 tartan is officially revealed
A specially commissioned tartan to celebrates the Solheim Cup’s return to Scotland has been unveiled. Scotland’s Minister for Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing Joe FitzPatrick and European Solheim Cup captain Catriona Matthew have unveiled the specially commissioned tartan during a visit to Lochcarron of Scotland in Selkirk. The world’s biggest women’s golf event returns to…
Read MoreThe swimming of the cattle is an annual event
Skye cattle farmers the Macdonalds maintain an ancient tradition by swimming their cows across the sea from their croft at Staffin to fresh pastures on Staffainn island. Our man in the islands was not hard to track down. ‘Aye, that’ll be Ian Macdonald,’ said Staffin postmistress Fiona MacDonald. ‘I can see him out on his…
Read MoreSherlock creator awoke Britain’s love of skiing
It’s hard to imagine that just over a century ago skiing in the Alps was unheard of – and might never have caught on without the determined efforts of the intrepid Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In 1893 Doyle took his wife Louisa and two young children to Davos, in Switzerland, in the hope of finding…
Read MoreSpring has sprung as the little lambs appear
They’re synonymous with springtime, so perhaps that’s one of the reasons that the sight of the first lambs of the year always makes us smile. It’s certainly hard not to be enchanted by the carefree little bundles of wool that clearly take so much joy in hopping around and playing together in their fields. In…
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