Posts Tagged ‘competition’
Try wild swimming to mark this Halloween
Over the past 12 months, wild swimming has enjoyed a near 300% surge in popularity as waves of new swimmers take the plunge. This Sunday, October 31, novice and experienced swimmers alike are being invited to give their costumes a creepy makeover and dress up for a spooktacular dip at Portobello Beach, with prizes up…
Read MoreTrophy winning addition to Tomatin’s Warehouse 6
Tomatin has today announced the release of its fifth expression of the critically acclaimed Warehouse 6 Collection – 1978. Distilled on 21 September 1978, this remarkable expression has been gently maturing for the past 42 years in Tomatin’s Warehouse 6, a traditional dunnage warehouse. Nestled in a quiet corner of the distillery, Warehouse 6 houses…
Read MoreThe Glencairn Glass invites crime writers to enter short story comp
Are you an author with a murderous imagination, a crime that needs capturing or a deadly deed to document? Well here’s your chance … The Glencairn Glass – the world’s favourite whisky glass – and sponsor of the McIlvanney and Bloody Scotland Debut crime-writing prizes, is looking for crime short stories, launching the competition with…
Read MoreScottish Nature Photography Awards open
The search is on to find this year’s Scottish nature photographer of the year. The Scottish Nature Photography Awards are open for entries until November 30. The competition is open to professional and amateur photographers from around the world, but images must be taken in Scotland within the last five years (December 1 2016 onwards).…
Read MoreTrio ready to make waves in the pool for Scotland
Three Perthshire pupils will be making a splash for Scotland this year after they were selected for national training squads. Students Elise Cosens, Owen Carroll and Evan Davidson will join Scottish swimming squads after they posted great results at the Festival of Swimming in July. Evan Davidson, who joined Strathallan in 2020, has been selected…
Read MoreAberdeenshire stands out in the property market
New figures indicate that the property market in Aberdeenshire continues to thrive, post-pandemic. In its latest quarterly residential market report, Galbraith property consultancy shows a continuing swell of activity. Year-on-year sales have increased by 85.7 percent for the quarter ending June 30, and the number of viewings has doubled on the previous quarter. Galbraith’s Aberdeenshire…
Read MoreGlenglassaugh’s 50-year-old whisky is ÂŁ5500
The Highland hidden gem that is the Glenglassaugh Distillery lay silent for more than two decades before being reawakened in 2008. Since then, the small, coastal distillery has released a range of award-winning boutique whiskies and now celebrates the release of one of its oldest and rarest expressions. Shaped by the influences of land and…
Read MoreOn the buses for a fascinating time in transport
We see buses on our streets every day, but there’s a fascinating story about the industry as we know it today. On 26 October 1986 Britain’s bus services were deregulated. This applied to all services operated in England, Scotland and Wales (but not in Northern Ireland or London). In the run-up to deregulation the Scottish…
Read MoreGolden Shears competition coming to Royal Highland Show
The Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland has announced that Lister Shearing will be official equipment and clothing sponsor of the Golden Shears Sheep Shearing World Championships. This is to take place during the 2023 Royal Highland Show from June 22–25. The announcement was made during live streaming of shearing competitions at the Royal…
Read MoreGlenalmond pupil off to the Royal Windsor Horse Show
A 14-year-old Glenalmond College pupil has been selected as a member of the team which will represent Scotland in the Pony Club Mounted Games at the Royal Windsor Horse Show. Carmen McDermott, who lives near Dunning, will be part of the team competing against Northern Ireland, England, Wales and the Republic of Ireland over four…
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