October 2010 – Between The Lines

Chapter 10 – The ins and outs of angling

Gordon Mack 04/10/2010 2 Comments

IT SEEMED, on the face of it, a fairly innocuous conversation. We were sitting in the conservatory of the Borrodale Hotel on South Uist enjoying one of the chef’s substantial stomach-lining breakfasts in readiness for what was likely to be a fairly challenging day ahead. Outside, the wind gusted to 35 mph and huge droplets…

Game, Not Exactly Fishing

Is it too late for our oceans? asks Attenborough

Gordon Mack 04/10/2010

TUNE in tonight to BBC-2 where David Attenborough takes a long, hard look at the state of the planet’s oceans following one of the most ambitious scientific studies of our time and asks the question: Is it too late to save the diversity of our seas? Meanwhile, Scotland’s environment minister, Richard Lochhead, has signalled a…

Sea

Month: October 2010