Outdoors
Golfers given the chance to play a four-ball at Gleneagles
Golfers will be able to take advantage of a special offer to play a four-ball at Gleneagles in March. In August this year, Gleneagles will host the inaugural European Golf Team Championship, which is being held as part of Glasgow 2018, an innovative multi-sport event that brings together the European Championships of six different sports…
Read MoreMountain biking competitors will find Perth is the wheel deal
Mountain biking enthusiasts will descend on Perth later this year for the only Enduro World Series Qualifier will take place in Scotland. Muckmedden Events, organisers of Muckin’ Good mountain bike events, has announced that their Fair City Enduro mountain bike race will be an Enduro World Series (EWS) qualifier event in 2018. There are 50…
Read MoreCyclists will get on their bikes for double event in Fort William
The eyes of the mountain biking world will be on Scotland later this year when it hosts two prestigious events. No Fuss Events, the Fort William based events company, have truly turned up the power for October 2018, introducing not one but two internationally distinguished events to their calendar; the final round of The European Continental…
Read More2018 Scottish Senior Open returns to the golf coast
The Scottish Senior Open will return to the heartland of Scotland’s celebrated golf coast in East Lothian for the fourth successive year. Craigielaw Golf Club will stage the 26th edition of the event on the newly re-branded Staysure Tour from September 14-16. Craigielaw, the property of landowner, the Earl of Wemyss, was built in 1998…
Read MoreFarming Scotland conference harvests the thoughts of key trade figures
The 15th annual Farming Scotland Conference is taking place this week. On 8 February, an exciting line up of speakers will share their views and experiences under the banner of ‘innovations in farming’ at the Carnoustie Golf Hotel in Angus, where 150 delegates will attend to discuss and debate recent innovations in agriculture and the sector’s prospects…
Read MoreNew campaign shows Scotland’s a cool place to be for wintersports
In Scotland, there’s definitely ‘snow’ place like home. A new £60,000 marketing campaign which aims to promote Scottish snowsports to new audiences has received a major boost from the national tourism organisation. The Scottish Snowsports Marketing Group (SSMG) has been awarded £30,000 from the VisitScotland Growth Fund to help promote Scotland as a destination of…
Read MoreBan on shock collars in Scotland is a win for animal welfare
Scotland’s decision to ban the use of electric shock collars and other electronic training devices has been welcomed by the British Veterinary Association (BVA). BVA has worked alongside campaigners to ban these aversive training methods across the UK, with Wales banning them in 2010.The Scottish Government had initially planned to regulate the use of shock…
Read MoreBook review – The Great Horizon: 50 Tales of Exploration
Show a cat an empty box and the chances are, they’ll jump into it. Show a human a mountain and it’s quite probably they’ll feel the urge to climb it. That’s what’s at the heart of Jo Woolf’s excellent The Great Horizon – the need for mankind to get out there and explore. Over the…
Read MoreBest feet forward for this year’s Simplyhealth Great Edinburgh Winter Run
Runners are gearing themselves up to take part in this year’s Great Edinburgh Winter Run. The 5K event takes place on Saturday, 13 January. The course starts in Holyrood Park and travels up Queen’s Drive around Arthur’s Seat, passes by Dunsapie Loch and then returns back towards Holyrood Park. Sponsors Simplyhealth have launched their #millionsmoving campaign,…
Read MoreInternational adventure film festival’s world tour comes to Scotland
A series of brand new adventure films from the world’s top explorers are coming to Scotland this month. The 2018 UK and Ireland Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is the biggest yet, and features two different collections of brand new adventure films, starring the world’s top explorers on mind-blowing journeys in wild and remote…
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