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This beautiful landscaped area is dedicated to the English author and illustrator who holidayed in Birnam during the summer months with her family in her childhood years.
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Former Royal Air Force Regiment Gunner Jason Harper witnesses this and then his wife, Pippa, telephones him, shouting that she needs him. They then get cut off. He sets straight out, unprepared for the nightmare that unfolds during his journey. Everyone seems to want to kill him.
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This special time early in her life left such fond memories that she named her book characters after local people. Examples are Mrs Tiggy Winkle the Dalguise Washerwoman Kitty MacDonald and Mr Tod the Cally Fox.
Beatrix and her brother Bertram became good friends with the local postman, Charles Macintosh, who taught them about the local flora and fungi, during his mail delivery walks. They were free to explore the area and gain a love for the countryside which was in sharp contrast to her London life.
In nearby Eastwood, Dunkeld, she composed a letter with illustrations to Noel Moore and this later became The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
His brother, Erc Moore, received one about a frog and this formed the basis for Mr Jeremy Fisher.
Have you seen my beautiful golden retriever Lynne out and about in Aberdeen? Ask her for a high-five! She's a Bravehound PTSD assistance dog, so we'll often be in shops, restaurants, and the cinema together.
We've written a book where I talk about growing up in Aberdeen and then joining the army to be a medic and nurse, and developing military Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
I also talk about losing my son to suicide and the therapy I have had at Royal Cornhill Hospital and grief support groups in Aberdeen.
The author, Damien Lewis, said of Lynne:
"A powerful account of what one dog means to one man on his road to recovery. Both heart-warming and life-affirming. Bravo Chris and Lynne. Bravo Bravehound."
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Graduate of Gray's School of Art, Katie Hammond, has a solo exhibition titled 'Daydreaming' at the Phoenix Centre, Newton Dee Village, Bieldside, Aberdeen, AB15 9DX.
The opening evening will be on Friday 10th October from 7pm - 9pm. Free entry and refreshments to enjoy. 20% of all sales will go directly to support Newton Dee.
The exhibition will then be open Monday to Friday from 9:30am until 5pm until 13th November.
In the Beatrix Potter Garden are bronze statues of her famous characters. It is great fun for children (and adults) to wander around and spot. It is free admission in this pleasant little park and there are plenty of seats to enjoy the scenery and gentle cooing of the wood pigeons.
It is located on the high street just next to the exhibition and cafe in The Birnam Institute and arts centre. There is free parking round the corner and toilets in the centre. The garden and Beatrix Potter Exhibition has full disabled access.
The postcode for your sat nav is PH8 ODS. For more information visit www.birnaminstitute.com
We stayed at nearby Pitlochry Hydro Hotel and other local attractions include Blair Castle and Diana Grove with Hercules Garden, Pass of Killiecrankie Walk and Battle Visitor Centre, Scottish Crannog Centre, Queen's View, Falls of Bruar, Rannoch Moor Train Station, Dunkeld Cathedral, Loch of Lowes Osprey, The Hermitage, Atholl Country Life Museum, and Ossian's Hall and Cave.
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Beatrix Potter Garden
Photographs of the Beatrix Potter Garden and Exhibition in Birnham Perthshire Scotland and the history of why the characters in her books have a Scottish connectionThis beautiful landscaped area is dedicated to the English author and illustrator who holidayed in Birnam during the summer months with her family in her childhood years.
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My new novel:
The Aberdeen skies are under attack from an enemy jet. It is spilling a strange yellow smoke. Minutes later, people start killing each other.
Former Royal Air Force Regiment Gunner Jason Harper witnesses this and then his wife, Pippa, telephones him, shouting that she needs him. They then get cut off. He sets straight out, unprepared for the nightmare that unfolds during his journey. Everyone seems to want to kill him.
Along the way, he pairs up with fellow survivor Imogen. But she enjoys killing the living dead far too much. Will she kill Jason in her blood thirst? Or will she hinder his journey through this zombie filled dystopian landscape to find his pregnant wife?
The Fence is the first in this series of post-apocalyptic military survival thrillers from the torturous mind of local horror and science fiction novel writer C.G. Buswell.
Download Now.
Buy the Paperback.
This special time early in her life left such fond memories that she named her book characters after local people. Examples are Mrs Tiggy Winkle the Dalguise Washerwoman Kitty MacDonald and Mr Tod the Cally Fox.
Beatrix and her brother Bertram became good friends with the local postman, Charles Macintosh, who taught them about the local flora and fungi, during his mail delivery walks. They were free to explore the area and gain a love for the countryside which was in sharp contrast to her London life.
In nearby Eastwood, Dunkeld, she composed a letter with illustrations to Noel Moore and this later became The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
His brother, Erc Moore, received one about a frog and this formed the basis for Mr Jeremy Fisher.
Have you seen my beautiful golden retriever Lynne out and about in Aberdeen? Ask her for a high-five! She's a Bravehound PTSD assistance dog, so we'll often be in shops, restaurants, and the cinema together.
We've written a book where I talk about growing up in Aberdeen and then joining the army to be a medic and nurse, and developing military Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
I also talk about losing my son to suicide and the therapy I have had at Royal Cornhill Hospital and grief support groups in Aberdeen.
The author, Damien Lewis, said of Lynne:
"A powerful account of what one dog means to one man on his road to recovery. Both heart-warming and life-affirming. Bravo Chris and Lynne. Bravo Bravehound."
Download.
Buy the paperback.
Graduate of Gray's School of Art, Katie Hammond, has a solo exhibition titled 'Daydreaming' at the Phoenix Centre, Newton Dee Village, Bieldside, Aberdeen, AB15 9DX.
The opening evening will be on Friday 10th October from 7pm - 9pm. Free entry and refreshments to enjoy. 20% of all sales will go directly to support Newton Dee.
The exhibition will then be open Monday to Friday from 9:30am until 5pm until 13th November.
In the Beatrix Potter Garden are bronze statues of her famous characters. It is great fun for children (and adults) to wander around and spot. It is free admission in this pleasant little park and there are plenty of seats to enjoy the scenery and gentle cooing of the wood pigeons.
It is located on the high street just next to the exhibition and cafe in The Birnam Institute and arts centre. There is free parking round the corner and toilets in the centre. The garden and Beatrix Potter Exhibition has full disabled access.
The postcode for your sat nav is PH8 ODS. For more information visit www.birnaminstitute.com
We stayed at nearby Pitlochry Hydro Hotel and other local attractions include Blair Castle and Diana Grove with Hercules Garden, Pass of Killiecrankie Walk and Battle Visitor Centre, Scottish Crannog Centre, Queen's View, Falls of Bruar, Rannoch Moor Train Station, Dunkeld Cathedral, Loch of Lowes Osprey, The Hermitage, Atholl Country Life Museum, and Ossian's Hall and Cave.
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