Kate Pierrepont tested the waters with some of Scotland's finest fishermen.
The romance of fly fishing captured me at a young age. I think it was the pictures I had seen of solitary figures, gracefully poised amid the gushing torrents that entranced my imagination. It was generally regarded as an odd dream for a girl to have, those I told put it down to the fact I was being...
By Kate Pierrepont
from Issue 11 published on 16/9/2000
Jane Slade talks to racing yachtsman Andy Hindley about his love of the dram and the sea.
It was a heart-breaking moment when Andy Hindley saw his dream literally break up before his eyes. Just days after the dramatic launch of Team Phillips, from the quayside in Totnes, and its naming by Her Majesty The Queen at Tower Bridge, Andy was witnessing the cracking and groaning hull wrench its...
By Jane Slade
from Issue 10 published on 16/6/2000
Beautiful craft, adventure and the dram- What else is there? Cutty Sark have the perfect recipe, reports Brian Hennigan
Events don't come much bigger than The Cutty Sark Tall Ships' Race. Over five million people are attracted to the ports where the race makes a call. That five million represents the live audience and excludes all those who watch it on TV.
This is the world's largest international annual sailing e...
By Brian Hennigan
from Issue 7 published on 16/12/1999
How do you support rugby and introduce two million Chinese to the prase Famous Grouse' at the same time? Richard Bath explains.
Whisky and rugby are not the most natural of bedfellows, you might think. But you would be wrong. Or at least, if you were right, Highland Distillers has been wasting a vast amount of the marketing budget for The Famous Grouse for many years now. As well as sponsoring London Scottish and the Scotlan...
By Richard Bath
from Issue 5 published on 4/8/1999
