Tag: Aviemore
North-East revisited after several decades
Received an email from a former pupil of Peterhead Academy, 54 years on since I left that austere educational establishment, but one which provided a solid platform to help launch my media career.
“We’re having...
Heady numbers as Caorunn gin sales continue to rise
Remnants of winter clung to the mountain tops as the train cruised north from Edinburgh towards Aviemore, the pockets of white snow contrasting sharply against the clear blue sky.
The River Spey also sparkled in...
Letter from Scotland
This weekend we Burns fans are given over to “eating haggis and cranachan, toasting the lassies, dancing the Dashing White Sergeant and cavorting,” as the poster advertising my Burns Night puts it. It’s a...