Posts Tagged ‘Rural’
Tickets for Galloway Country Fair are now on sale
Tickets are now on sale for Galloway Country Fair 2017, with a 10 per cent early bird discount for anyone buying tickets before Friday 30th June. This year’s event, which is set to take place on Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th August, will be packed with an array of activities and stalls for visitors to…
Read MoreGoing in search of lost distilleries
PETER RANSCOMBE ASK whisky fans about “silent” or closed distilleries and they’ll quickly reel off the famous names, like Port Ellen and Rosebank. But what about Scotland’s other lost distilleries? Scott Watson is on a mission to find those silent stills. Back in 2013 he teamed up with co-founder Brian Woods to launch The Lost…
Read MorePort of Leith Distillery to return to Edinburgh’s historic whisky district
Whisky distilling will return to Leith with the construction of a state of the art distillery in Edinburgh’s port district beside Ocean Terminal Shopping Centre and The Royal Yacht Britannia; the first purpose-built single malt distillery to be constructed in the capital for over a century. Founded by Ian Stirling and Patrick Fletcher, who grew…
Read MorePerkhill Holiday Cottages
Located in glorious Royal Deeside between the mountains and the sea, these grade four self-catering cottages provide the perfect place for a rural retreat. Perkhill Holiday Cottages are a family-run farm business with a herd of award-winning Aberdeen Angus cattle. The cottages offer every comfort, wood burning stove, underfloor heating, TV with DVD, free WiFi, large bathrooms with showers,…
Read MoreSkye man scoops Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year award
Dumfries-born photographer Nick Hanson, has been announced as this year’s winner of the Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year Award. Skye-based Nick beat off strong competition from thousands of entries submitted from across the globe to win the prestigious accolade with his magnificently evocative images shot in the Scottish Highlands and Islands. …
Read MoreForestry – it’s time to take stock of your trees
Landowners and estate managers are starting to take cognisance of the potential risk posed by trees and be more proactive in the management of veteran tree stocks, according to Scotland’s leading rural property consultancy. CKD Galbraith witnessed a surge in the number of tree survey reports conducted by their forestry team throughout 2016 as they…
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