Best unusual all-year-round gift idea for your dad

Published on Friday 26 June 2009 20:17

FATHER'S Day is past , but the ideas live on!

BUY STIRLING ALBION, www.buystirlingalbion.org.uk Every football-loving Dad will have dreamed of owning his own team; now that dream could come true! Supporters of Stirling Albion hoping to make their club the first 100 per cent community-owned league club in the UK are offering fans from across the world the opportunity to share in their dream. For just 40, owners of an "Albion Trust Membership" would have a direct input into the running of the club, through the Stirling Albion Supporters Trust, including choosing the team kit and who holds the position of club president. Trust members will also have the chance to win seats in the directors' box and travel on the team bus to away matches.

LOCH VISIONS, www.lochvisions.co.uk How often does dad spend hours taking photos only for them to be no good? He can spend the day with an award-winning wildlife photographer and learn how to take that elusive "great picture". Whether he is a complete novice or not, Loch Visions, based on the banks of Loch Awe in Argyll, has something for everyone.

COASTAL CONNECTION, www.coastal-connection.co.uk Enjoy a great whisky, poured in the very location it has been distilled; meet basking sharks, minke whales and dolphins; visit some of the West of Scotland's most iconic castles. Based in Oban, Coastal Connection and its two Redbay boats run trips around the west coast for small groups looking to experience the beauty of the area from a completely different perspective.

THE BUZZ, 01324-613002 www.funatthebuzz.co.uk Scotland's newest entertainment destination will allow dad and his mates will enjoy the very latest in laser game technology and play in the Alien Outbreak and Dragon Attack arenas – what experienced gamers are calling "the best in the UK". Based in exhilarating Falkirk.