Melrose Sevens 125 Rugby
The Melrose Rugby Football Club in Scotland is one of the oldest and most prestigious clubs in the world. It was first established in the year 1877 and in 1880 it received full membership to the Scottish Rugby Union. What has made the club and the town of Melrose so well known is the fact that it is the birthplace of the Melrose Sevens rugby tournament and a form of rugby that is internationally recognized and enjoyed by both players and spectators.
Features - Editor - 10 March 2008
All Aboard the Jacobite Steam Train!
During Scotland’s summer months the Jacobite Steam Train offers passengers a memorable journey through some of the most scenic areas in Scotland on a train that has been immortalized by the popular Harry Potter films as “Hogwarts Express”. Construction of the Fort William to Mallaig extension of Scotland’s West Highland railway line was started in January 1897 and completed in April 1901 - this is the route that the Jacobite Steam Train follows.
Features - Editor - 05 March 2008
Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Visual Art
It is the aim of the 2008 Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Visual Art to showcase a selection of new work by established and respected artists as well to introduce emerging talent from throughout Scotland and other parts of the world. It is anticipated that the Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Visual Art will promote Glasgow’s position as an international center for both the production and presentation of visual art. These contemporary visual art exhibitions will be staged in a number of interesting venues throughout Glasgow, to national and international audiences, from 11 to 27 April 2008.
Features - Editor - 03 March 2008
Orienteering in the Striking Landscapes of Scotland
Orienteering is an adventure sport in which competitors make use of a magnetic compass and a map to navigate their way across diverse terrain on foot, visiting control points as indicated on the map in a pre-determined sequence. Competitors need to decide on the best route between control points in order to complete the course in the quickest time possible. This exciting and challenging sport is very popular in Scotland, a country that has an abundance of beautiful countryside which offers an endless choice of interesting terrain for orienteering courses.
