Posts Tagged ‘Christmas’
Mains of Taymouth
Mains of Taymouth Country Estate & Golf Course offers a range of 4 & 5 star award-winning luxury self-catering holiday properties, sleeping from 2 to 12 people. The company has an amazing portfolio of 43 properties with a mixture of cottages, family houses, villas and apartments in Kenmore, Highland Perthshire. Nestled on the edge of Loch and…
Read MoreGoing in search of lost distilleries
PETER RANSCOMBE ASK whisky fans about “silent” or closed distilleries and they’ll quickly reel off the famous names, like Port Ellen and Rosebank. But what about Scotland’s other lost distilleries? Scott Watson is on a mission to find those silent stills. Back in 2013 he teamed up with co-founder Brian Woods to launch The Lost…
Read MoreFewer calories but no compromise on taste
PETER RANSCOMBE AS JANUARY draws to a close, those new year’s resolutions are getting harder and harder to keep. For anyone who over-indulged during the festive period by reaching for that extra mince pie or another slice of Christmas cake, weight loss is usually top of the list come Hogmanay. While our food packaging is covered…
Read MoreSix ideas for Burns Night
Six ideas for Burns Night PETER RANSCOMBE THE tatties have been dug up, the neeps have been steeping for weeks and the haggis has been caught from the hillside. It can all mean only one thing – Burns Night is nearly upon us again. Time to take a look through the notebook from the past few…
Read MoreLet them eat…..
Monday April 25th –…sweets, one of the many highlights of Mrs A’s catering for the jockeys at the Fife Point-to-Point on Saturday.Ă‚Â Unfortunately there weren’t many there as the recent dry spell has led to a dearth of runners in point-to-points up and down the country, ironically it rained steadily for most of the day…
Read MoreLet it snow, let it snow
Well the new year has started with a flurry – a flurry of snow that is! Like the rest of the country Scotland has been shivering under a blanket of the white stuff. Getting back to workĂ‚Â after the mince pies and chocolates of Christmas, has been a bit of an effort as everyone has…
Read MoreHello again
Last week I packed may family up and we headed into the wilds of Highland Perthshire for a family break. Ignoring gloomy weather men, predicting gales and copious rainfall, I took the kids cycles and promised them we would have fun no matter what the weather. Well I needn’t have worried, Scotland came up trumps…
Read MoreChristmas comes but once a year
The one thing about working for a monthly magazine like Scottish Field is that all your seasons get a bit out of kilter.Ă‚Â At the moment the team is hard at work putting together your Christmas issue so heads are full of yummy Christmas recipes and finding a suitably festive cover – it always seems…
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