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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.

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A home near River Spey and Cairngorm mountain

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.

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A home near River Spey and Cairngorm mountain

The clip-on revolution, you might think, ended long ago with sunglasses, ties and earrings. But it is stirring once again in a housing market stifled by recession and facing the need to become more sustainable

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Sustainable living in Ardrossan, Ayrshire

Sep
03

The mooring with the most

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Seen from the inside, The Harpy puts the visitor in mind of an eccentrically furnished Edwardian cricket pavilion — except no pavilion outside an earthquake zone sways and thumps quite like this one. Glance out through the sash windows, taking in the dramatic close-up of Tower Bridge, however, and the reason for the movement becomes obvious: this is no conventional building, but rather a double-decker pontoon that for more than 70 years was a base for the men from Customs and Excise and now, completely restored, has been converted into an unusual floating home. “The reason I love it is it feels so open

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The mooring with the most

My grandmother loved caravans. She started out with a tiny one at Prestwick caravan park but eventually upgraded to a bigger, more luxurious model that she won in a competition.

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Time and place: Kathleen McDermott

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