A passion for sports and the capacity for hard work dictated where the MacGeoch family made their home — and it is the reason why they are leaving it. The family are moving from Drumuillie Lodge, in Boat of Garten, near Aviemore, to somewhere less remote so that 11-year-old Calum can develop his talent for tennis.

Norman MacGeoch gained his love of sport when a teenager living in mountainous Strathspey 40 years ago. He was a keen skier, and whenever there was snow he headed for the slopes above Aviemore. But even then he had the instincts of an entrepreneur. Why, he wondered, did ski hats not carry logos? It seemed such an obvious idea. So, together with a friend he set to work, cold-calling likely sponsors, knitting hats then selling the finished product from a rucksack at the top of the chairlift. “It took off like a rocket,” he says. “We even got Prince Charles to wear one with a Union flag design.” Read More→