Posts Tagged ‘glasgow’
There’s much a-brew as new venture launches
A family story that began three decades ago in one of Perthshire and Britain’s most remote moorland wildernesses is about to begin a fresh chapter in Pitlochry. Clare Pinchbeck and her five brothers and sisters first learned the secret of Scots’ appreciation of tea when their mother Eunice McLellan brokered a deal with railway factors…
Read MoreThe Top 10 Small Scottish Music Festivals in 2018
In Scotland, we love our music – whether bigger events attracting thousands, to smaller, more intimite gathers. With the future of Scotland’s largest festival, T in the Park still uncertain and potential replacement TRNSMT standing as the countries only major event, perhaps it is time to consider some of the smaller and more unique gatherings…
Read MorePlanes could be flying over the sea to Skye
Plans have been backed for the idea of an air route between Skye and Glasgow. Members of the Isle of Skye and Raasay Committee, from the Highland Council, have given their backing to progress being made on proposals for developing air services to and from Skye. They have also given their support to the setting…
Read MoreWomen’s charity event raised ÂŁ17,000 for good cause
A spellbinding afternoon led to a group of ladies from across Glasgow raising an incredible ÂŁ17,000 for a worthy cause. The sum was raised at the 12th annual Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Scotland’s (SBH Scotland) Ladies Who Give an F* lunch. The Ladies Who Given An F* event was created as part of honorary patron Gordon…
Read MoreCelebrating 200 years with Dollar Creates
An exhibition of work by former and current pupils of an acclaimed Scottish school is set to launch. To help launch Dollar Academy’s bicentenary year, a very special exhibition, Dollar Creates, will be on display in the Arthouse Gallery at Macrobert Arts Centre in Stirling. Opening next Monday, 11 June, and running until 24 June,…
Read MoreGreen fingers earn gold medals for students
Edinburgh-based students have flourished at this year’s Gardening Scotland event. The students, from Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), won two pop-up gold awards, six pop-up silver awards, a bronze RAF award and a silver award for its show garden. The aptly named Belinda Love was one of the Edinburgh-based students – alongside Kobus Sander, Ivonne Border…
Read MoreA large spacious home complete with helicopter hangar
An impressive modern home in South Lanarkshire is available for purchase. Glencotha, in Lanark, is presented for sale by Galbraith, and was built in 2002 of a timber frame and rendered blocked work under a slate roof. It is particularly well designed with spacious public areas and reception rooms which take full advantage of the views.…
Read MoreHave an ace time by taking up a new sport this summer
Strawberries and cream, tennis whites, and picnics on Murray Mound… With the countdown to Wimbledon beginning once more, many of us will be inspired to pick up the dusty old tennis rackets and go out to enjoy a match in the sunshine. Despite Andy Murray’s success on the court, figures suggest that national participation in…
Read MoreTop restaurant award heading for the Isle of Skye
A restaurant based on the Isle of Skye has won the coveted Restaurant of the Year Award at the Catering in Scotland (CIS) Excellence Awards 2018. The awards, which took place last night (31 May) at the Doubletree by Hilton Glasgow Central, were launched in 2004 to recognise, reward and celebrate the exceptionally high degrees…
Read MoreFour star status for revamped New Lanark Mill Hotel
The newly renovated New Lanark Mill Hotel is celebrating its 20th birthday with a new 4 Star status awarded by Visit Scotland. Unlike any other hotel in Scotland, the New Lanark Mill Hotel was originally an 18th century cotton mill. After years of painstaking restoration work by New Lanark Trust, the hotel opened for business…
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