Posts Tagged ‘Hill’
Ultimate five-star luxury in Royal Deeside
A self-catering home in Royal Deeside has been awarded five stars from VisitScotland before the first guest has even set foot in the cottage. The Invergarry, Aboyne has just launched to the market for the summer season. Converted from an Edwardian gardener’s cottage, it is surrounded by the hills and close to the River Dee…
Read MoreRoyal Academy of Culinary Arts Scotland to host dinner in City of Glasgow College training restaurant
The Royal Academy of Culinary Arts, Scotland is teaming up with City of Glasgow College to host a one-off gastronomic evening in the college’s new city centre training restaurant, Scholars on Wednesday 29 March. A unique four course dinner will be prepared by college students in collaboration with some of the country’s most talented chefs.…
Read MoreCalifornia Part 1: Finding a sense of place
PETER RANSCOMBE OAKÂ can be a double-edged wooden sword in winemaking. At its best, it can impart aromas and flavours of vanilla and sweet spices like cinnamon and cloves, as well as bringing a rounded mouthfeel to a wine. At its worst, the oak can dominate, overpowering the primary fruit and leaving drinkers checking for tiny…
Read MoreCalifornia Part 3: Diversity in the winery and in the glass
PETER RANSCOMBE THINK you know Californian wines? Think again. They’re mostly white zinfandel or blush aren’t they, with some over-oaked and over-ripe chardonnays and cabernet sauvignons thrown in at the top end, right? Wrong. If California was a nation then it would be the world’s fourth-largest wine producer, behind Italy, France and Spain. That scale…
Read MoreThe Scone Palace Antiques and Fine Art Fair
The number one event in Scotland’s’ antiques fairs calendar, organised by Galloway Antiques Fairs, will be returning  for the 42nd time to the majestic setting of Scone Palace in Perth over the weekend of 10th – 12th March. This bi-annual event which is in its 22nd  year, remains the most established event in Scotland’s…
Read MoreNominations are now open for the crofting elections
The process of nominating candidates opened this week, with Scotland’s 16,000 crofters able to put forward candidates or stand themselves for election to the Crofting Commission’s board as commissioners. The Commission regulates and promotes the interests of crofting. March’s postal election is to elect commissioners from the six crofting constituencies: East Highlands, Orkney and Caithness,…
Read MoreSunshine
Thursday March 24th – Glorious spring weather today, warm and sunny.Ă‚Â The horses that worked hard yesterday were allowed to take advantage of it and went for a long hack up the hill and through the forestry, others worked in the round school, on the all weather and on the rapidly drying out grass.Ă‚Â The…
Read MoreMarch 8th – the brave man!
Cold & windy, snow in the air; some horses hacking today but Seeking Power, Four Fiddlers and Forcefield worked on Lucinda’s woodchip, Papamoa & Noir et Vert on our all-weather and Playing Footsie, “Alf” and Minimo on the grass.Ă‚Â Daasij had a pipe-opener ahead of his run in the 3.20 at Catterick tomorrow, ground is…
Read MoreSpring is a bit bashful this year
So for a few days at the beginning of March I thought that a couple of lovely sunny spring days heralded the end of the long long winter. Not so, living on the east coast we have had another couple of weeks of grey weather and a biting wind. My daffodils, which had finally plucked…
Read MoreGardeners get ready for spring
Now that spring is finally just around the corner we welcome back our ‘Garden News’ pages in your March issue. In itĂ‚Â you will find lots of tips on what to do in the garden at this time of year to ensure that everything is in top condition for a colourful year. There are also…
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