Scotland
Scottish hotel is fun for all the family after TripAdvisor awards win
A Scottish hotel has been recognised as a winner in the Hotels for Families category of the 2018 TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice awards for Hotels. The Lodge on Loch Goil came out on top in the category, with the Travellers’ Choice award winners based on the millions of reviews and opinions collected in a single year…
Read MoreNew bridge is named after Scotland’s legendary voice of rugby
A new footbridge in Hawick was this week named after the town’s renowned rugby commentator, Bill McLaren. The McLaren Bridge was unveiled by his widow Bette and daughter Linda Lawson at Wilton Lodge Park, alongside pupils from Drumlanrig Primary and Burnfoot Community schools who jointly won a competition to name the steel structure. Immediately afterwards,…
Read MoreFort William running events are revealed for 2018
Competitive runners will head to the hills this month for the Runduro event. No Fuss Events, the Fort William-based organisers of multiple outdoor adventure sport events, has revealead its 2018 scheduled of off road running events, together with the announcement of a new partnership with Compressport, the high end compression clothing manufacturer. The series will…
Read MoreDynamic duo will help land commission in its aims
The Scottish Land Commission has added two new staff members in order to help achieve their goals. The growing organisation, which was established in April 2017 in accordance with the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016, hopes that the new additions will add experience to their team. The two new policy officers, Katherine Pollard and James…
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 MoreRoyal patron officially confirmed for Scottish society’s 200th birthday
A Scottish society which marks its bicentenary in 2020 has been given Royal approval. The Royal Celtic Society has announced that HRH the Princess Royal is to be the Society’s Patron for its 200th anniversary year in 2020. Founded in 1820 by Sir Walter Scott and a group of prominent Highland gentlemen, the Society will…
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 MoreMulti-million campaign to help save Charles Rennie Mackintosh building
The National Trust for Scotland has today launched an urgent multi-million pound appeal to save a Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed building. The Hill House in Helensburgh is in danger, and is at the heart of one of the most ambitious and important fundraising drives in the conservation charity’s history. During the 150th anniversary of Mackintosh’s birth…
Read MoreGordon Castle Highland Games and Country Fair all set for 2018
A traditional Scottish gathering comes to Fochabers later this year with the 2018 Gordon Castle Highland Games and Country Fair. Taking place on Sunday, 20 May, from caber tossing to parkour athletes, highland dancing to Indian runner ducks, the event will have it all. Taking place at Gordon Castle in Fochabers, and entering its eighth…
Read MoreMaintenance will ensure that Falkirk is still the Wheel deal
The Falkirk Wheel is set to be drained of water as annual maintenance works get underway to ensure the world’s only rotating boat lift keeps on turning in 2018. The works, which will run from 5 February until 7 March, will see Scottish Canals’ engineering team carry out a programme of inspections, maintenance and replacements…
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