Gayle Ritchie
Features Writer at The Courier and Evening Telegraph (Dundee)
Features Writer at DC Thomson
Features writer at DCT Media. Lover of the Great Outdoors. Views are my own.
Articles
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1 week ago |
thecourier.co.uk | Gayle Ritchie
Forget Tinder, Bumble, Match and the seemingly endless stream of dating apps. Love can still be found in the most traditional of ways – by meeting in person. Indeed, many who join their local Young Farmers’ Club have cheekily described the organisation as a “rural dating service”. Want proof the so-called “service” works? Enter Kara Cameron Gall, 17, from Glamis. She met her boyfriend, Lewis Simpson, after joining Forfar JAC (Junior Agricultural Club), her local Young Farmers’ Club.
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1 week ago |
pressandjournal.co.uk | Gayle Ritchie
Nestled beneath dramatic mountains, on the shores of Loch Torridon, is the open-air church of Am Ploc. Stone seats are laid out in rows, and a cleft in a rock face forms a natural platform, or pulpit. The outdoor preaching place was one of several set up in the north-west Highlands following the so-called Disruption of 1843. This was when the Church of Scotland split over the rights of parishioners, rather than landowners, to choose their ministers.
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2 weeks ago |
thecourier.co.uk | Gayle Ritchie
The costs of caring for our pets are rocketing. With soaring vet bills and the cost of living crisis continuing to put pressure on people’s finances, some fear they could be forced to give up their pets – because they simply cannot afford them. In 2024, in Dundee, the Scottish SPCA responded to 1,594 reports of animals in need. And, nationwide, the charity experienced a worrying 24% increase in calls from people looking to surrender their pets.
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2 weeks ago |
thecourier.co.uk | Gayle Ritchie
It is one of several ‘lost’ airfields in Angus. Built in March 1942 as an advanced fighter training base, RAF Tealing played a key role in the Second World War. However, the facility, north of Dundee, was located in a hollow susceptible to fog and poor visibility, and the fact it was overlooked by the Sidlaw Hills to the west made night flying impossible. Since it was disbanded in June 1945, the airfield’s sprawling assortment of buildings has been slowly falling into decay.
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3 weeks ago |
pressandjournal.co.uk | Gayle Ritchie
As I planned the final day of a trip spent in and around Torridon, I decided I wanted to give my weary, over-walked legs a bit of a rest. I’d spent four days hiking up and down hills and glens, covering a fair distance in the process. So when I spotted a four mile circuit around Beinn Eighe’s stunning national nature reserve, I reckoned it sounded absolutely perfect. Billed as Britain’s only waymarked mountain trail, I assumed it might be fairly easy.
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How Scottish SPCA project can help Dundee owners in 'pet debt' https://t.co/0Rk13as1Ry @ScottishSPCA @SSPCA_Kirsteen @SSPCA_Mike @SAMHtweets @CitizensAdvice @DundeeCulture
A wee explore of abandoned RAF Tealing airfield. https://t.co/3atBQGbNcA
Fetternear House has been falling into decay since it was gutted by fire in 1919. The nearby kirkyard is a scene of absolute desolation. https://t.co/H4mJLlBBXV