Posts Tagged ‘travel’
A very busy weekend is in store for Aberdeen
This weekend a Scottish city will be enjoying two days of sporting achievement, celebration and music. Saturday and Sunday, (25 and 26 August, promise to be memorable with Celebrate Aberdeen and the Simplyhealth Great Aberdeen Run return to the city. On Saturday 25 August, Celebrate Aberdeen will feature the Union Street mile run organised by…
Read MorePrestigious award won by a Scottish tourist attraction
A Scottish tourist attraction has been voted amongst the best 1% in the world – and it’s probably not the one you were expecting. Landmark Forest Adventure Park, located just outside Aviemore, has once again been named in the Top 1% of visitor attractions worldwide. The Scottish visitor attraction, which first opened its doors back…
Read MoreOutlander inspired trips to 17th and 18th century Scotland
Jacobites will descend on Fort George this weekend as the Outlander-inspired Kings and Clansmen event takes place for the first time. The Jacobite soldiers will share their stories on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 August, based on the tales that inspired the Outlander novels. Visitors will travel through the history of the risings as they…
Read MoreMum’s the word with this tasty chicken recipe
Kirsten Gilmour, chef and owner of The Mountain Cafe in Aviemore, first came to the UK after winning a prize. She spent time cooking in New Zealand, where she won a competition for trainee chefs which allowed her to travel to London. But opening the Mountain Cafe was a big step. She said: ‘I’d never…
Read MorePommery adds some sparkle to the Fringe
Peter Ranscombe toasts the return of Champagne Pommery to the Fringe with a laser show at The Signet Library. I HAVE very fond memories of lasers – they were a big part of my course as a physics student at St Andrews – but I’d never associated them with drinking wine… until last night. The…
Read MoreWorld pipe band championships have youth appeal
A record number of young people have signed up to participate in the world’s biggest week of piping. Piping Live!, the Glasgow International Piping Festival, returns to Glasgow from 13–19 August, and will see with 33% of the 800 performers at this year’s event, and 40% of competitors in The World Pipe Band Championships, under…
Read MoreScots want to see more of their family and friends
People living in Scotland are among the most sociable in the UK, according to recent a poll. A survey of 2000 people in the UK carried out on behalf of National Express Coach, asked how often respondents visited friends and family living in another city or region, whether they wanted to visit them less or…
Read MorePioneer launches a new gin for airport market
One of the pioneers of the Scottish gin renaissance has this month unveiled the first-ever extension to its range. Almost a decade after it launched, Caorunn Small Batch Scottish Gin has released Caorunn Gin Master’s Cut. Crafted exclusively for the travel retail channel by Caorunn’s longstanding gin master Simon Buley at Balmenach Distillery in the…
Read MoreThe Artie Conan Doyle Mysteries: The Vanishing Dragon
Sherlock Holmes has undergone something of a revival over recent times. In addition to two popular films starring Robert Downey Junior as the Great Detective, two modern day Sherlock Holmes series have been created, Sherlock in the UK with Benedict Cumberbatch, and Elementary in the USA, with Johnny Lee Miller. It should therefore come as…
Read MoreA Painter’s Scotland: Favourite Places, Favourite Paintings
A full-time painter for almost two decades, Charles Simpson’s native pull is expressed in his artwork and candid writing, which comes to the fore in A Painter’s Scotland: Favourite Places, Favourite Paintings. Based in the Borders, he never lost his childhood enthusiasm for art and muses over the North West of Scotland, depicting the tranquil landscape…
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