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Seven Glasgow pubs

By drdblogs on June 17, 2015January 4, 2018

“Ye’ ll hae tae go next door,” the doorman said. All the copious pubs around Hope Street were full. “But that’s Irish.” The occasion was Ireland v Scotland Euro football qualifier. We eventually squeezed into a small sports bar near Central Station. Result- 2 pints of Stella and Ireland 1 Scotland 1. Across the road

Posted in: Archers Lane, beer, Brewdog, craft beer, football, Glasgow, Hillhead, Pot Still, pubs, Rock'n roll, Scotland, Solid Rock Cafe, whisky

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Pheasant food

By drdblogs on June 13, 2015April 12, 2024

I’ve written before about the fabulous local produce of the North East of Scotland, particularly the Buchan area in Deveronvale is not McLaren Vale. Also about the quaint, vertiginous fishing villages: Pennan, Gardenstown, Cullen, Portsoy, Macduff, the bountiful farmlands and rolling hills. Additionally this part of Scotland has plentiful marine life: seals, dolphins, many types

Posted in: Buchan, chowder, cuisine, culinary tourism, Cullen, Cullen Skink, Deveronvale, Fife Arms Hotel, food, Gardenstown, MacDuff, market produce, NE Scotland, Pennan, pheasant, Portsoy, Scotland, travel, Turriff, venison

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Deveronvale is not McLaren Vale

By drdblogs on June 9, 2015January 4, 2018

Originally posted on Dr D in Oz:
Deveronvale is not McLaren Vale – but there are similarities… Banff Bay and Maslin Beach. Scotland in winter, South Australia in summer. Which is which? It’s about freezing in Deveronvale in the northeast of Scotland- about thirty degrees colder than South Australia at the moment. The towns of…