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Fiona Bird has won our November photo competition prize with this shot called 'Fried Mars Bars'.

The photo shows Fiona's son Xander enjoying the delights of a deep fried Mars Bar at an agricultural show in South Uist.

Norette Ferns, editor of the Rural Gateway said, "We are delighted with our penultimate monthly winner. We really liked this unusual shot of an unusual snack at an agricultural show, and thought the composition was dynamic and interesting. If you click on the image you will be taken to a larger version, where you will be able to see more clearly the background action.

Xander said of this culinary experience, "Due to the underprivileged childhood for which I berate my parents on a daily basis, I had never sampled the delights of this most Scottish of dishes, and somewhat in a reaction to all the healthy eating mumbo jumbo (I'm just joking mum!) I was being peddled because of Mum's book, I thought I'd give it a try. Why not, I thought; it's only a quid. I can confirm for you that it tasted rank. And that's not a 'euch! McDonalds tastes rank' rank. It was properly horrible. Never again."

You can find out more about Fiona Bird on the Stirrin' Stuff website. Fiona and Dr Stephen Bird are the founders of Stirrin Stuff which works in partnership to educate children about food.

Last chance to enter

We only have one more monthly winner to choose before the end of year poll to decide which photo deserves the title Rural Gateway Photo of the Year 2007. The deadline for December's competition has been brought forward to 10th December 2007.

The 'Living in Rural Scotland' photo competition has been running throughout 2007. At the end of each month, a winner has been chosen by the Rural Gateway team. Each monthly winner receives a £10 Amazon voucher.

Monthly winners will go on to the final, with the winning photo chosen by Rural Gateway users. The overall winner will receive a luxury hamper.

Submit your photos electronically by email to editor@ruralgateway.org.uk stating your name, the title of the image and contact details.

• The competition is open to all ages.
• Photos can be black and white or colour.
• You can submit more than one photo for consideration.
• We would prefer that photos reflect the season they are submitted in.

The Rural Gateway and the Scottish Government may seek permission to use images submitted to the competition. If you would like more information on the photo competition please email Norette Ferns at editor@ruralgateway.org.uk

To see the best submissions and all our winners so far take a look at our photo competition archive.

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