Ardkinglas Grand Fir takes UK’s tallest tree title

Ardkinglas Grand Fir - UK tallest tree againEven trees don’t willingly accept a knock back these days. Seeing a tree on a neighbouring estate take the title of the UK’s tallest tree just over a year ago, the Grand Fir in Ardkinglas Woodland Gardens at Cairndow in Cowal has asserted its own status in short order.

The deed was done on April 8th 2010. The Grand Fir situated in the Woodland Garden of the Ardkinglas Estate on the banks of Loch Fyne in Argyllshire was measured at 64.28 m or 210’ 11”. Continue reading

Finding David Douglas film premiere for Pitlochry

A Perthshire adventurer comes home to Pitlochry on celluloid Continue reading