Posts Tagged ‘scottish’
Interior design trends for the year ahead
Everyone wants their home to look at its best. Sian Astley, property expert for the homebuilding and renovating show and project manager for BBC2 series Your Home Made Perfect, is predicting the biggest interior trends for the year ahead. And she gives Scottish Field readers some pointers for their homes, to ensure their interiors look…
Read MoreVauxhall is Scotland’s biggest selling 19-plate car
Vauxhall was the largest-selling manufacturer in Scotland in the crucial 19-plate month of March. That’s according to figures released by the Scottish Motor Trade Association. Vauxhall sold 4,484 cars in Scotland last month, accounting for 12.5 per cent of the market. Corsa was Scotland’s best-selling car with sales of 1,690. Stephen Norman, Vauxhall’s group managing…
Read MoreBoswell Book Festival to hear from Grenfell duo
As is often the case, the most awful of tragedies can bring out the very best in a community. Following the devastating fire at Grenfell Tower in 2017 a group of women would gather at the community kitchen in the Al-Manaar mosque. Twice a week they would cook recipes they had grown up eating in…
Read MoreAn outstanding lifestyle property for sale
A most spectacular and contemporary country property in a beautiful rural setting has been brought to the open market. Presented for sale by Galbraith, Ach An Darach is a stunning property located in the crofting township of Teavarran near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. The house sits in decrofted grounds of approximately 0.29 hectares (0.74…
Read MoreRacing to good health in their campervan
A Scots GP and her family have been racing to good health with the help of their trusty campervan. Shona Beveridge, 43, regularly takes part in triathlons and has been able to battle some of Scotland’s harshest weather conditions as she does so thanks to her Jerba Campervan. Since Shona and her husband, Simon, purchased…
Read MoreAll set for the 18th Moniaive Folk Festival
A Scottish village is offering its annual invitation for music lovers to come along and enjoy the some of the best sounds on the folk circuit. The Moniaive Folk Festival, which celebrates its 18th anniversary from 10 to 12 May, is a much-loved feature in the country’s live music calendar. This year it offers a…
Read MoreTrio of books celebrate Scotland’s fish
Drew Jamieson’s trio of books (Where the Wild Salmon Run, A Scottish Angler’s Companions and Where The Wild Trout Swim), are dedicated to salmon fishing, trout angling and days out with angling legends. His careful observations of trout and salmon, his advice on managing reservoirs and the classic waters for anglers make these three books…
Read MoreTullibardine and Aurora are a match made in heaven
On the rocks, neat or with a dash of water? Personally, I’ll take my dram with venison loin, haggis bonbons and a 228 Tullibardine whisky and peppercorn sauce, thank you very much. No matter how you take your whisky, (provided it’s not ‘with Irn Bru or Jack Daniels’, in which case you can pack your…
Read MoreA new chapter begins on Scotland’s whisky isle
The eagerly awaited reveal of the first new distillery on Scotland’s iconic ‘whisky isle’ since 2005 takes place today. Built with a £12m investment from third generation Scottish family-owned Hunter Laing & Company, Ardnahoe Distillery is like no other whisky production facility on the island and has been built with both whisky connoisseurs and tourists…
Read MoreHow Eisenhower came to Banchory during World War II
It is well documented that Dwight D Eisenhower, first as General, and later as President visited the Royal family at Balmoral on Royal Deeside. On Saturday 5 October 1946, HM King George VI hosted General Eisenhower and his wife and again on Friday 28 August 1959, as President Eisenhower, he spent the night at Balmoral…
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