Border Taste Awards 2010

The St. Andrew’s Day Taste Awards, created to showcase the Borders’ best food created using the best locally produced ingredients took place on Burn's Night at Wedderburn Castle near Duns in the Scottish Borders.

The rescheduled Border Taste Awards awarded prizes for;

Best Borders Breakfast - awarded to Whitehouse Country House
Best Borders Lunch - awarded to The Caddy Mann Restaurant
Best Borders Dinner - awarded to Allanton Inn

Jim Mather, Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism hosted the evening.

To view the full gallery of images and to buy prints visit the GALLERY.

Perthshire Amber - The Dougie MacLean Festival

I first met Dougie MacLean in London a few years ago and then photographed him several times last year when working on Homecoming Scotland 2009. I have always admired his music so I was delighted when he asked me to photograph Perthshire Amber - The Dougie MacLean Festival up in Perthshire last week. It's a 10 day long feast of events in locations as diverse as Dunkeld Cathedral, Castle Menzies, Perth Concert Hall, The Crannog and of course Pitlochry Festival Theatre which is the hub of the operation.

Galleries of images can be seen of the Festival Facebook page here and on my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/RobMcDougallPhoto

Fort George Colossal Event

In Historic Scotland’s largest event of 2010, hundreds of performers travelled from all over Britain to the impressive military fortification of Fort George.

Commencing with a grand parade into the central arena, the day unfolded with a series of exciting, informative, impressive and interactive shows, displays and presentations covering everything from the marching soldiers of the Roman period to the fighting troops of the twentieth century.

More images here on the BBC site.