Weekend

Lifestyle, big interviews, longer reads, and the lighter side of life in Courier Country at the weekend.

Rebecca takes a dip in Loch Lubnaig near Callander. Image: Kenny Smith/DC Thomson.

The best wild swimming spots near Stirling – including the only lake in Scotland

Courier Features writer Rebecca Baird reveals her favourite spots for a bracing dip in Stirlingshire.

By Rebecca Baird

Arabella Weir. Image: Adam Smith Festival of Ideas.

My Dunfermline: Arabella Weir recalls Pilmuir Street childhood and shouts out city bistro

Comedian and actress Arabella Weir, aka Beth from Two Doors Down, reveals her favourite spots in Dunfermline.

By Rebecca Baird

Feature writers Debbie Clarke and Cheryl Peebles visiting the new Fife Float Fire and Ice wellness centre in Glenrothes. Image: Kenny Smith/DC Thomson

Is Fife ‘Float-Fire-Ice’ wellness facility in Glenrothes worth £90 a session?

The Glenrothes business launched in December last year and offers floatation therapy as well as contrast therapy treatments. Costs range from £55 to £250.

By Debbie Clarke

Leuchars barmaid Teigan Cameron, 19, at 'Hendies': Image: Michael Alexander

10 years after RAF Leuchars, how has Leuchars village adapted to hosting the Army?

Leuchars Station is on track to become Scotland’s largest Army garrison - but clarity is being sought about the arrival date of 3 SCOTS, 'The Black Watch'.

By Michael Alexander 3

Leuchars-based SCOTS DG troops in Romania: (from left) Trooper Cody James Mackie from Leven, Lance Corporal Jack Skinner from Kent, Trooper William Robert Tait from Mablethorpe, Lance Corporal Geehn from West Midlands, Corporal Dillon Paton from Kilmarnock. Image: Michael Alexander

What’s life like on exercise with Leuchars soldiers in Romania?

From the amateur Fife footballer to the Englishman who joined a Scottish regiment to make his dad proud, The Courier's Michael Alexander meets Royal Scots Dragoon Guards in Romania.

By Michael Alexander 2