Posts Tagged ‘Perthshire’
The masked raiser invading gardens and trees
With its Zorro-style eye markings, the distinctive nuthatch has northern Scotland in its sights. I am peering out of my office window at the sodden garden, hoping for inspiration to strike. Suddenly I see it; a flash of grey-blue back with a soft apricot-coloured breast, it lands on the cotoneaster and I register the long…
Read MoreThe house that ‘broke’ the internet is still for sale
A country house is offering keen buyers the rare opportunity to transform an uninhabited property into a dream family home. Located just six miles from Dundee, Chesterhill House is now on the market with Perthshire-based Bell Ingram. Built in 1870, Chesterhill House is a C listed Tudor-Italianate style property situated in grounds of over three…
Read MoreTickets now available for the Enchanted Forest
Tickets for The Enchanted Forest 2019 are now on sale, for a starry spectacle this autumn. Perthshire’s multi-award-winning sound and light show is now selling tickets to the general public, with the box office releasing over 80,000. Now in its 18th year, the 2019 event, entitled Cosmos, is inspired by the vastness and natural beauty…
Read More10 fascinating facts about… West Lothian
Located just outside of Edinburgh, West Lothian is a fascinating place to visit. With a host of historical sites, as well newer attractions, there’s so much to see and do. But how many of these facts did you know? Until 1921 West Lothian was called Linlithgow-shire. West Lothian’s largest town, Livingston, is named after 12th…
Read MoreMozolowski & Murray saddle up for Blair Castle
Mozolowski & Murray will be sponsors of this year’s Blair Castle International Horse Trials and Country Fair, in their 30th anniversary event with international status. Land Rover Blair Castle International Horse Trials is set in the stunning Perthshire countryside within the grounds of Blair Castle, home to the Atholl family for seven centuries, steeped in…
Read MoreSpot a once in a decade butterfly phenomenon
Conservationist Chris Packham is urging wildlife lovers across Scotland to take part in the world’s largest insect citizen science survey to help reveal if the UK is experiencing a once in a decade butterfly phenomenon. Unusually high numbers of Painted Lady butterflies have been reported across Europe over the spring and early summer, with large…
Read More10 fascinating facts about… Speyside
Speyside is a fantastic part of Scotland that is well worth a visit at any time of year. Think of the area, and you’ll automatically think of the area’s whisky industry. But there’s far more to it that just that – so we present 10 fascinating facts about Speyside. The river Spey is 107 miles…
Read MoreBeautiful West Freuchies is built from reclaimed stone
West Freuchies and the Mill House are stunning properties which just have to be viewed. Bell Ingram presents to the market West Freuchies, in Blairgowrie, a substantial property which was constructed around 1995 using the stone reclaimed from the original steading which stood there. It has a pitched slate roof. Adjoining the main house, but independently…
Read MoreThe Scottish connections of beloved writer
Beatrix Potter and Scotland is a written summary of talks given by the Beatrix Potter Society at their international study conference in June 2014. This book sets out to discuss the connection with one of Britain’s best-loved authors and Scotland. Rowena Godfrey sets the scene for the Potters’ Scottish holidays with ‘Visitors to Perthshire’; Emma…
Read More10 fascinating facts about… Perthshire
Perthshire – home of beautiful scenery and the gateway to the Highlands. Here we present 10 things you probably never knew about Perthshire. Over 5,000 salmon climb the fish ladder at Pitlochry Dam at Loch Faskally each year. Rob Roy, the 1995 film directed by Michael Caton-Jones, was partly filmed in Perthshire, at Megginch and…
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