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Victoria Pendleton Gears Up Cycletta Series Ahead

Victoria Pendleton Gears Up Cycletta Series Ahead of Scone Palace Event 16/05/2013

Olympic Gold Medallist and female role model, Victoria Pendleton (CBE), was joined on Sunday by over 600 women at Cycletta Cheshire, as she got the first of this year’s Cycletta events into first gear ahead of the first Cycletta Scotland event which comes to Perth on 15th September. With the choice of a 20km, 45km or 63km course, women of all ages and abilities are encouraged to take on the challenge with their friends and family in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, the official charity. Ahead...

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Kinnoull Hill felling operations to begin in June

Dog Walkers at Kinnoull Hill 15/05/2013

Forestry Commission Scotland is advising Perth residents that forest thinning operations at Kinnoull Hill will start at the beginning of June 2013. The proposed works could take up to three months to complete and will mean that access to some parts of the woodland on the hill will be restricted, or subject to diversions. Robin Lofthouse, the Commission’s forester in the area, said; “Thinning woodland is vital. Creating more space improves the health and quality of the remaining trees an...

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Enchanted Forest Shortlisted

The Enchanted Forest Shortlisted 15/05/2013

The Enchanted Forest, Scotland’s premier sound and light event, will be hoping for a hat trick next month having been shortlisted in no less than three categories at this year’s Regional Final of the North East of Scotland’s Scottish Thistle Awards. If successful the event will secure a place in the national final later this year. The Enchanted Forest has picked up nominations for The Year of Natural Scotland’s Best Nature Based Experience Award category and Best Cultural Event, as well as be...

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Expressions of Interests Open for 2014 Etape

Expressions of Interests Open for 2014 Etape 13/05/2013

Buzzing from the success of today’s event in Pitlochry, IMG Challenger World, organisers of the Marie Curie Cancer Care Etape Caledonia, have announced that they have opened up pre-registration for the 2014 event which will take place on Sunday 11th May. Applicants will get an exclusive 24 hour window to enter the event when places go on sale later this year and, with all 5000 places selling out in just 72 hours last year, those 24 hours could make all the difference to those budding cyclis...

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Promising Young Cyclist Wins Etape 2013

Promising Young Cyclist Wins Etape 2013 13/05/2013

A talented young Scottish cyclist aiming for the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games has won the 2014 Marie Curie Cancer Care Etape Caledonia, challenging the course record which was set by former Endura Racing rider and fellow Scotsman Evan Oliphant in 2011. Tom Arnstein, who is 18 years old and lives in Glasgow, was just one minute outside the course record of 3.27:32, set by Oliphant when he was 29 years of age. More impressive still, the Etape Caledonia is Arnstein’s first sportive, miles ...

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