The Gleneagle - Blog
The best of all that is great and quintessentially Scottish. And so, in every issue of The Gleneagle, we’re celebrating just that.
- Filter By:
- All
- Blog
- Country Pursuits
- Culture
- Eat & Drink
- Events
- Family
- Golf
- Places to go
Blog
Gleneagles Townhouse
From countryside flair to life on the square, The Glorious Playground is city-bound!
Learn more
The Glen Guide – Walking & Hiking
Here in Perthshire, we often see four seasons in one day, but whether it’s blissfully balmy or “blowin’ a hoolie”, walking is one of the best ways to explore the dramatic local ...
Learn more
When the boat comes in
On a blustery day in September, we joined our Executive Sous Chef, Ian Syme, and Iain Campbell from our local fishmonger, George Campbell & Sons, for an adventure on the west co...
Learn more
Reeling in the excitement
Our Senior Fishing Ghillie, Gerry Rattray, has represented Scotland in elite level fishing five times, but he still remembers the day he caught his first salmon.
Learn more
Arcade Antics
Shopping bags at the ready – our retail arcade’s having a beautiful makeover! Inspired by the shopping experiences of the early 1900s, our new-look Gleneagles Arcade will pay h...
Learn more
Meet the team: Alan Dickson
I’ve been at Gleneagles for 12 years now. We’re a hands-on team and I’m no exception – I teach every day & enjoy passing on my skills in clay pigeon and air rifle shooting, arch...
Learn more
Meet the team: Iona McKechnie
18-year-old Iona first joined the team as a volunteer over two years ago. Hooked from day one, she fell in love with the art of gundog handling.
Learn more
King’s and Queen’s Celebrate 100-Year Anniversary
Wednesday 1 May proved a memorable and historic occasion on Gleneagles’ golfing calendar, the day officially marking the 100-year anniversaries of The King’s and Queen’s Courses.
Learn more
Gather for Glamour
The celebrations begin in our elegant beauty lodge, Bob & Cloche, where you’ll have exclusive use of our luxury sitting room and sip Champagne cocktails by the fire, before our ...
Learn more
A Den of Imagination
The toy fire is taken from the toy campsite to the toy railway carriage to create “a steam engine”. The train driver shouts to his crew that the steam has caused a fire at the n...
Learn more
Meet the team: Lulu Fedi
Lulu Fedi is the head bartender in the American Bar, the glamorous, grown-up cocktail bar hidden in the heart of the hotel.
Learn more
Lawrie tees up a feast of summer golf at Gleneagles
Having had his photograph snapped many times before on gleneagles’ hallowed courses, the celebrated golfer, and 1999 winner of the open, is no stranger to the limelight.
Learn more
Look what’s crêped up in time for spring!
The first time I tried crêpes was from a street stall and the smell lured me in! The vendor was serving them only one way – smothered in fresh lemon juice and doused with sugar ...
Learn more
Gleneagles & Co
Ever fancied taking a little touch of Gleneagles home with you? Well, now you can, thanks to Gleneagles & co.
Learn more
Swing for Spring
Our PGA golf pro Clarke Lutton used to play on the European Tour, so you’d expect him to know his punch shot from his lob shot and his fade from his draw, but half the battle in...
Learn more
Here’s to the celebrations, shindigs and soirées!
"Gleneagles is a beautiful venue for any celebration" says Event Manager, Karen McVeigh, who’s been organising private events at the Glen for the past seven years.
Learn more
The Glorious Playground for all generations
When I was a student at Edinburgh university, Gleneagles was a faraway place. It was where people of my parents’ age (including world leaders) went to play golf. I imagined it t...
Learn more
Making Memories
Peter Wilson might be best know for the prizes his shotgun skills have brought him - an olympic gold and an mbe - but food is always foremost in his mind when it comes to game s...
Learn more
Banking the crop of the season
From city bank to country estate, Simon Attridge explains the lure of Scotland's natural larder and why shellfish and game are on the menu this season.
Learn more
Expert Exposure
David cannon is one of the world’s most revered specialist sports photographers with a deepfelt passion for golf.
Learn more
Welcoming Sam Heughan to Gleneagles
The hottest new talent to come out of Scotland, Sam Heughan’s role as Jamie Fraser in the starz series, outlander (based on Diana Gabaldon’s best-selling books) has certainly go...
Learn more
Welcome to Ochil House
Weird, wonderful, wild and whacky; Scotland and her people have been at the heart of some of the world’s most amazing inventions.
Learn more
Are you a breakfast person?
Some are, some aren't. The 3rd Duke of Buckingham liked breakfast so much that, in 1501, he built himself a ‘breakfast room’.
Learn more
A Family Affair
After the sell-out success of their last dining event at gleneagles, Andrew Fairlie has once again teamed up with Alain Roux from the famous waterside inn in bray to curate a sp...
Learn more
The Glorious Strathearn is Open
The tables are set, the candles are lit and the Champagne is flowing… The Glorious Strathearn is open.
Learn more
Step into spring – walks in Dunkeld
The arrival of warmer spring days at Gleneagles signal it’s time to shed the extra layers of clothing and enjoy the great outdoors. From our trees bursting into green leaf to t...
Learn more
Retail therapy for wee ones
Take a hop, skip and a jump over to our Retail Arcade to take a peek at our brand new children’s boutique, Hop & Scotch. The latest of many new stores being launched in the Ret...
Learn more