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Gympie Times
April 17, 2018
While there is some lovely scenery and good coastal views along the tidal Solway Firth, there's, sadly, no wall to be seen. There is, however, the satisfaction of standing under that final guide post, knowing we've walked in the footsteps of the ancient Roman auxiliaries who lived and worked in the shadow ofÃâà...
Derby Telegraph
April 17, 2018
The following morning I was high above the waters of the Solway Firth for a stomach-churning introduction to RAF flying.” The next stage of Harry's training was in Canada. “After my first home leave I was on my way on a packed and grim ship over a grey, stormy and German U-boat-haunted North Atlantic.
Scottish Field
April 9, 2018
A quality country house of elegance and comfort offering stunning views over the Solway Firth and beyond to the Lake District coastline is now for sale. The Torrs, in Portling, Dalbeattie, is presented to the market by Galbraith. The Torrs is the former residence of Sir Thomas McAlpine, the house wasÃâà...
News & Star
April 9, 2018
A series of walks looking a creatures living along the Solway Coast will begins next week. Ann Lingard's low-tide walks will explore the Solway's newest marine conservation zone at Allonby Bay. The first event takes place on Wednesday, April 18, starting at 8am. Further events will take place on June 17,Ãâà...
The Ferret
April 3, 2018
Among the 51 designated sites in Scotland, are the Firth of Forth, the Firth of Tay, the Dornoch Firth, the Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands, Loch Lomond, Loch Maree and Rannoch Moor. One site in the upper Solway Firth is shared with England. Under the convention, Westminster and Holyrood areÃâà...
The Times
April 3, 2018
One of the largest private-sector employers in the south of Scotland has announced plans to close a seafood factory with the loss of 450 jobs because of “exceptionally challenging” market forces. Young's Seafood, Britain's biggest seafood producer, said production at the Pinneys site in Annan, whichÃâà...
Netweather
March 16, 2018
This edges northwards today bringing damp, grey conditions, reaching the Solway Firth this afternoon. To the south of this, there will be brighter spells and a scattering of showers, some heavy, even thundery. It won't be as mild as this until at least the middle of next week. Rest of March looks on the coolÃâà...
Scottish Daily Record
February 22, 2018
If he'd got stuck and the tide started to run that then becomes a massive factor. “He is a very lucky boy.” Coastguard Stewart Bryden is warning people to be aware of quicksand. (Image: Drew Geddes). Mr Bryden added: “There's a lot of shifting quicksand within the Solway Firth and it can be very dangerous.
News & Star
February 22, 2018
Her cottage is at the entrance to the village and overlooks the Solway Firth to Scotland. It has two reception rooms, kitchen, pantry and utility downstairs with three bedrooms - one used by Susan as a living room - study and bathroom on the first floor. Outside is a raised forecourt and parking place. "I guessÃâà...
Racing Post
February 19, 2018
From Roy Barrett heading up Lenny Lungo's squadron of horses overlooking the Solway Firth that opening year in 2005 to Terry Doherty celebrating a quarter of a century of dedicated stud life beneath Watership Down last spring, the same theme comes through. What lifts them are the needs of theirÃâà...
ITV News
February 16, 2018
A 12-year-old boy has been rescued after becoming stuck for more than an hour up to his waist in mud on the Solway coast. Emergency services responded to calls reporting the incident at around 4pm on Thursday 15 February. Nearly 40 coastguards, firefighters, police, ambulance personnel and lifeboatÃâà...
The Guardian
February 10, 2018
It marches along the watershed of the Cheviot hills and the valley of the Tweed, a diagonal that strikes north-east from the Solway Firth until it reaches the North Sea just above Berwick: a political boundary that looks as though nature intended it, for most of the way. Only at its western end is the geographyÃâà...
The Australian
February 9, 2018
It's the Debatable Land, the lost world between Scotland and England, a tract running northeast from Solway Firth and a buffer between the two historical foes. Author Graham Robb tells us that “within those 50 square miles, by parliamentary decrees issued in 1537 and 1551, 'all Englishmen andÃâà...
Architects Journal
February 9, 2018
'While much more costly because of the geological and environmental challenges, it would also reinvigorate the area around Stranraer and potentially the whole Ayrshire coast from Troon to Stranraer and the whole north coastline of the Solway Firth for people coming from the North of England. 'I wouldÃâà...
STV News
January 2, 2018
Levels in these areas are not currently expected to be as high as those in the Solway Firth but much depends on the exact track of Storm Eleanor. Vince Crane, of the AA, advised drivers to take extra care in the worsening conditions. He said: "Torrential rain and gale-force winds are a recipe for drivingÃâà...
ITV News
October 16, 2017
One flood alert and seven flood warnings have been issued for Dumfries and Galloway and along the Solway Firth coast. Coastal flooding was predicted at around 10pm due to a combination of tidal levels and large waves. Flood warnings have been issued for East Luce Bay, Kirkcudbright Bay, RoughÃâà...
The Times
August 4, 2017
The Solway Plain, leading north to the vast tideway of the Solway Firth that separates England and Scotland, is a most extraordinary landscape. Squelching with juicy peat and water, teeming with wildlife, dotted with remote farmsteads and rimmed with giant salt marshes, sands and mudflats, it is as lonelyÃâà...
HeraldScotland
December 31, 1999
AFTER spending the winter on the internationally important wetlands of the Solway Firth, hundreds of magnificent whooper swans have departed on their perilous flight back to Iceland. All year round this astonishing landscape, only just above sea level, provides a refuge for birds of many species. These include ospreysÃâà...
Scottish Daily Record
December 31, 1999
The historic B-listed building overlooking the village is on the market for offers around Ãâã60,000. It is billed as being of Gothic design with views over the Solway Firth and Galloway Hills. The early 19th century church is still used for monthly services and funerals. But attendances have fallen over the yearsÃâà...
The Scotsman
December 31, 1999
Do Not Disturb – Scotland On Sunday For talented chefs in London it seems moving north to set up their own new venture is the plat du jour. Jake and Cassie White were head chef and pastry chef at Marcus at The Berkeley before setting up shop at Pentonbridge Inn. Situated in the small hamlet of Penton,Ãâà...
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