Posts Tagged ‘East Coast’
Fascinating places and facts from the Kingdom of Fife
Have you heard the tale of Elie’s Janet Fall, who demanded a village be flattened to improve her own views? Or seen Gateside’s The Bunnet Stane, an Aeolian sculpture from aeons past? How about visiting the resident ghost at St Rule’s Tower in St Andrews? This book is crammed with short, sharp snippets on Fife’s…
Read MoreStreet Soccer nets £600 from East Coast Cured
LEITH charcuterie producer East Coast Cured has rasied £600 for Street Soccer by auctioning its final ten hampers. The company has seen a surge in orders during the past year. Before the pandemic restrictions were imposed, 70% of its sales were to restaurants, with the remaining 30% going straight to consumers. Now, consumers sales account…
Read MoreForgotten Scots airfield is remembered
A forgotten Scottish airfield has had its contribution to defending Britain’s skies in World War I commemorated. In April 2018, the Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust contacted East Lammermuir Community Council offering to donate a commemorative plaque to remember Skateraw airfield, on the east coast of Scotland, which opened in January 1917 as a third…
Read More£35million distillery revival moves a step closer
The famous Brora Distillery which has been sleeping since 1983 has taken another step towards reopening. Highland Council planners granted permission to the landmark project. Painstaking work will now begin to restore the original buildings, which date back almost two centuries to 1819, bringing the site back to life as a working distillery. Originally known…
Read MoreChef tees up a delicious beetroot dish
Jon-Paul Saint puts his own spin on the menu at Dornoch’s Links House using fresh, local ingredients to wow the crowds. For someone who began cooking by chance, Jon-Paul Saint, head chef at Links House in Dornoch, has come a long way. Set on becoming the next Indiana Jones as a youngster, Saint soon deviated from his childhood dream of…
Read MoreThe Chalet is ideal as it offers holidays for all
The Chalet, Holidays for All at West Meikle Pinkerton is the perfect example of farm diversification at its best. Situated on a working farm in Dunbar on the east coast of Scotland, The Chalet began as an idea for a holiday chalet but this quickly grew into an idea for a chalet to accommodate people…
Read MoreWarning over washed up timber on the east coast
Members of the public are being urged not to try to salvage timber that has washed up along the coastline of south eastern Scotland. The wood was lost from a ship in the North Sea lost a significant amount of wood. The cargo vessel Frisian Lady lost some 200 timber bundles during severe weather on…
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