Features Sneak Peek: May 8, 2021 Issue - The People's Friend
Features Sneak Peek: May 8, 2021 Issue By Willie Shand’s hike in the Menteith Hills is the delightful cover feature in our May 8, 2021 issue. The 700-acre Lake of Menteith is Scotland’s only lake. In extremely cold winters it can completely freeze over, which excites Scotland’s curlers. That means it’s time for a Grand Match or “bonspiel”. The last bonspiel here was in 1979, when several thousand curlers and spectators took to the ice. People even drove their cars across the frozen waters! Geese, swans, herons, great crested grebe and even osprey abound in this reed-fringed ...
Source: thepeoplesfriend.co.uk