Great new tastes at the Old Inn, Dunfermline!

Great new tastes at the Old Inn, Dunfermline!

If you’re feeling hungry – very hungry – and are looking for an interesting new food experience in Dunfermline, head along to the Old Inn, the oldest pub in the oldest part of a very old town. New manager Calum Miller has pulled off the coup of persuading hot young Glasgow chefs Meathammer to bring their extraordinary award-winning gourmet burgers to Fife. The gravity defying stacked burgers come with satisfyingly

Beautiful walled garden at Maggie’s centre, Lanarkshire

Without a beautiful old stone wall it’s always tricky to make a walled garden look truly appealing. However, Reiach and Hall, an Edinburgh-based architectural practice, have pulled it off at the latest Maggie’s Centre which opened in Lanarkshire in 2014. Neil Gillespie of Reiach and Hall says: ‘ A Maggie’s brief is challenging for many reasons, it is a unique building type. A Maggie’s is all about a different kind

Kara Burke’s dog cushions capture the heart

Kara Burke is an illustrator from Portland, Oregon who brilliantly captures the personality of dogs and cats in these adorable cushions and mini stuffed ornaments. Off the peg designs start at around £20 from Kara’s Etsy shop and she is happy to accept custom orders based on a photograph of your pet. You can find out more here and can contact Kara at kara.l.burke [!at]gmail.com.    

Stylish ‘beach house’ to rent in Morar, near Mallaig

Want to stay in this stylish ‘beach house’ in Morar, near Mallaig in the Scottish Highlands? Designed by Glasgow-based Dualchas architects, the house was shortlisted for the RIAS awards in 2015 and is available to rent a week at a time.  The Glasgow-based firm adapted the concept of the traditional Highland agricultural building for modern living. The house is called ‘Faire Chaolais’, pronounced ‘Fara Chulish’ to rhyme with Ballachulish and

Luxury camping near Falkirk

If you want to make like Clark Gable and Ava Gardner in Mogambo and hang out in a safari tent, look no further than Falkirk. Carr’s Hill Caravan site, which enjoys fine views of the Ochil Hills, has just introduced two luxury safari tents. The tents are located separately from the touring pitches and offer a unique retreat in the Stirlingshire countryside . Carr’s Hill is situated in a peaceful