Monthly Archives: August 2015
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Posted: August 26, 2015Read more »
Great Scottish Bake Off
This famous cake which was first baked by the Keiller family in the late 1700s has become a point of dispute in a turf war over where the baked goods can be lawfully made and still called, “Dundee Cake.”
All Out War, Well Nearly
In the same way that Cornish Pasties, Arbroath Smokies, Aberdeen Angus beef and Stornoway black pudding and of course Champagne are defined by EU law...
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Posted: August 26, 2015Read more »
Long Distance Chanter
Scotland has recaptured the world record for bagpipe playing after a police controller from Aberdeen didn’t run out of puff when piping for over 24 straight hours.
Rikki Evans who is only 29 played a medley of 1200 tunes to take the record, taking only one break for 5 minutes every hour
Reed My Lips
His challenge started in Glasgow on a Wednesday morning in Glasgow and...
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Posted: August 06, 2015Read more »
Scottish Farmers Feel the Pinch
Unhappy Scottish dairy farmers angry about the price of milk and on the brink of bankruptcy have staged protests at supermarkets in Kilmarnock and Ayr. They said 19 farms in Scotland had gone out of business this year alone.
At the Supermarket
The farmers filmed themselves buying all the milk off the shelves in several supermarkets to draw attention to their plight...
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Posted: August 06, 2015Read more »
Not a Native Species
It was the stuff of nightmares when cleaner Gordon Fraser found a four-foot-long anaconda on an Edinburgh street. Poor Gordon thought at first it was a children’s toy, but when the toy moved he called the Scottish SPCA to Pilton Bank.
A Snake Called William
The yellow anaconda, nicknamed William, taken to the charity’s Edinburgh and Lothians Animal Rescue and Rehoming Centre in...
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Posted: August 06, 2015Read more »
What Do You Buy for Boy Band Members?
Boyzone star Ronan Keating is getting set to tie the knot with Storm Uechtritz, no I can’t pronounce her name either, in Scotland this month; and here in August we are deep into wedding season. Ronan will marry Storm, well she’s well named for the Scottish weather, in Haddington, East Lothian with a ceremony expected to be held at the luxurious Archerfield House...
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Posted: August 05, 2015Read more »
In the week that snow gritters have been spotted prowling the summerfree streets of Scotland I am pleased to report that Dundee University has news that has put a face to an old inhabitant of South Lanarkshire, somewhat older than most - he’s from some 4,000 years ago.
Resident of South Lanarkshire on Display
He lived at a warm period in Scotland’s history and hopefully gritters were unknown to this...
