Strathyre Music Festival 2018
Strathyre Music Festival 2018 will be the festival’s 6th year and will be held this year on 25th May – 27th May and is now the largest small community based…
V & A Dundee due to open in September 2018
V&A Dundee. Photographed by Ross Fraser McLean Opening on 15 September 2018, V&A Dundee will be the only V&A museum in the world outside London. It will be the first…
Comic Con’s 5th Anniversary at Edinburgh
This year’s Comic Con will be taking place next weekend 14th and 15th April at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. 2018 will not only be Edinburgh Comic Con’s third year…
Monty Python and the Holy Grail filming locations
The 1975 film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” recently celebrated its 40th anniversary. The film was the comedy troupe’s first ‘proper’ feature film, consisting of a whole new story…
First Cuckoo heard this morning in Lochearnhead
It’s the 1st April and the first cuckoo has been heard this morning having arrived back in Lochearnhead for the summer. The cuckoos are generally medium-sized slender birds. The majority…
Historic Scotland Fun and Foolery this April
This April, Historic Scotland are encouraging all of the fun and foolery you desire, with a fantastic programme of events that all of the family will love. Have a Wild…
The Saltire
The Saltire is the recognized flag of Scotland. It can be seen flying at many castles and government buildings. The flag is also used to represent Scotland at sporting events.…
Easter is nearly here!
The Easter break is nearly here with Good Friday being this week on 30th March. Many of the tourist attractions in the area will be opening their doors after the…
A visit to Wester Pickston Railway
The Scottish Model Engineering Trust owns and runs the Wester Pickston Railway (WPR) which is set in seven acres of woodland in the heart of the Perthshire countryside. There is…
Munro Bagging in the Trossachs
Munros are mountains over 3,000 feet. They are named after Sir Hugh T Munro, who was the first man to catalogue them all. There are 282 such mountains in Scotland,…