By the sea shore: The Seafood Shack cookbook

A trip to the coast is a free pass to indulge in the simple pleasures. Some collect seashells, others build sandcastles, and the day simply isn’t complete without sampling the Great Scottish Fruits de Mer.  Thanks to local lasses Kirsty Scobie and Fenella Renwick, such fabulous fare is not hard to come by in Ullapool.…

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‘Spectacle of Light’ opens at Dalkeith

DALKEITH Country Park’s second “Spectacle of Light” opened on Saturday. The display runs until 4 January. Midlothian residents are taken on a light and sound journey up through Fort Douglas, Sky Maze, Mini Maze, Rainbow’s End, and into the new Fantasy Forest. The historic Orangerie is also lit for the occasion. Read more stories on…

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A visit to the most northern distillery in Scotland

We all like to travel to the far flung parts of the planet visiting places that we have heard about or seen on our screens. But how many of us have ventured to the most northerly part of the British Isles; not that many if the truth be known? However the islands of Shetland have…

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Fourth annual show will be blooming lovely

Flower power will come to the fore at a show taking place in Perthshire next month. Organised by the Scottish Auricula and Primula Society, their fourth annual show is taking place on Saturday, 19 May. It will be held in the Blackford Village Hall. A spokesman said: ‘This is a rare opportunity to see some…

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Quiet Monday

Monday May 9th…Warm but showery today, first tennis match of the year planned for this evening so bound to rain.  Ground likely to be pretty soft at Perth I guess, suits me generally. Most of the horses had quite an easy day,  hacking across the arable ground and some gentle canters back on the grass,…

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Can anyone help?

A Scottish Field reader from Toronto recently got in touch to ask for our help to track down a copy of an article that she thinks appeared in Scottish Field in 1935. It appears from the image (left) that the ’35’ top left refers to 1935 and the ‘413’, (top right) refers to the page…

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