• beautiful southern scotland

WALKING in SOUTHERN SCOTLAND

30.08.2010

For those who wish to go walking in Scotland and see some of the landscape away from the Highlands, you might be interested in the Borders Walking Festival which will run from September 4th to 12th. Holiday Southern Scotland can help with planning your itinerary. A wide range of walks are included in the event, [...]

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Skirling House Hosts the Minister for Tourism

25.08.2010

The sun shone brightly on Skirling House on Monday as it welcomed Jim Mather, Scotland’s Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism. Mr Mather was visiting businesses and communities in South Lanarkshire and the Scottish Borders to discuss economic development and growth opportunities in the region and as you can see from this Scottish Government video, [...]

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Simon King to Welcome the Two Millionth Visitor to the Scottish Seabird Centre

20.08.2010

Wildlife television presenter and film-maker, Simon King, is going to welcome the two millionth visitor to the Scottish Seabird Centre in North Berwick.  He is  a  loyal supporter of the Seabird Centre, since filming for BBC’s ‘Spring Watch’ series.  During his visit Simon King spent time finding out about the latest developments at the Centre [...]

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Visiting Port Logan and the Mull of Galloway

17.08.2010

Summer Sunshine in the Rhins of Galloway Dumfries & Galloway is sometimes referred to as Scotland`s Cornwall and the Mull of Galloway is Scotland`s Land`s End but without the crowds, busy roads and parking problems. Fred and Maggie Findlay have a fabulous B&B in Portpatrick Their daughter was visiting for a weekend so they took [...]

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Barr Open Gardens Event – Links With the USA!

06.07.2010

Here’s some of the events that are happening in the picturesque conservation village of Barr in South West Scotland on 10th and 11th July. * Firstly and most importantly at least 10 glorious village gardens will be open for visitors in support of the Scottish Garden Scheme charities and the Childrens Hospice Scotland including the [...]

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Ayrshire Food Network in the News

05.07.2010

AFN members have been in the news  during the  last 72  hrs .The BBC interviewed  live on the 24th june    Susan Crosthwaite  of Cosses  Country House  and www.blogsouthernscotland.comat the  Royal Highland Show   on the merits of  south west of Scotland  food and  other activities. Susan was giving  a cookery demonstration using some  of her  very fresh [...]

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Gannets Nesting on Bass Rock East Lothian

02.07.2010

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Seabird centre we went out to Bass Rock to view the gannets, kittiwakes and guillimots. The baby gannets are like huge puff balls and are so heavy that they can hardly fly. They often fall off thier rocky nest into the sea and have to wait for their weight [...]

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A Taste of Southern Scotland and the Royal Highland Show 2010

23.06.2010

Susan Crosthwaite, who is demonstrating at the Royal Highland Show this year, has been delighting her guests with amazing food (all home grown or locally sourced) for 20 years at Cosses Country House – one of those amazing gems hidden away in beautiful, unspoilt South West Scotland. She has written her own cook book and [...]

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