Posts for June, 2022

Join us for Woolly Weekend – fun activities for all the family. Follow the journey of wool from lamb to loom, from shearing, dyeing, carding and spinning to many crafts, including knitting, crochet, weaving, felt making and lots, lots more. Visit our different activity areas and have a go yourself at sheep-based arts! (Small fee for some activities apply) Hope to see ewe there! No charge to visit the museum; donations are welcome.

Heritage in Action Days offers you the chance to see and participate in a wide range of activities. There will be demonstrations across the site of traditional skills, including rope making, spinning and weaving, waulking the cloth and lots more!! In addition, have a shot at some classic school games and hear live traditional music. (Activities may differ on different dates.) No charge, donations are welcome.

The Dell, Kingussie, hosts the Camanachd Cup Final followed in the evening by the Final Fling Concert featuring: Peat & Diesel, Manran, Keir Gibson, DJ Dan Gilchrist. Scotland’s best sport – Scotland’s best music.

The way we each experience places can be vastly different – our unique emotions, knowledge, memories and company can all alter how we connect to the land. What and who we’re in company with shapes our connections to a landscape. In this workshop, we’ll be looking at our relationship with a place over time.

No previous writing experience is necessary; over 16s* and all abilities very welcome.
*under-18s must be accompanied by an adult.

These workshops are free, but places are limited. Please sign up to reserve a space.

Location: RSPB Loch Garten Nature Centre.

Tuesday 5th July 6pm-8pm A writing workshop with Amanda Thomson and Elizabeth Reeder

For any questions please contact Elizabeth directly on ekr.waxwing@gmail.com

If you live locally and would like to attend but need help getting to the event please get in touch and we can arrange a lift to and from the event.


Elizabeth Reeder and Amanda Thomson (writer), together with Robbie Synge (choreographer and filmmaker) are Artists in Residence with Cairngorms Connect through the Endangered Landscapes Artists Residency programme.

Journey through the history of the valley from Iron Age roundhouses to the Canadian Forestry Corp’s Railway. Hear stories from local folk tales and the history of the Kincardine and Glenmore.
Walk is about 10km long and includes breaks. Moderate fitness required, some hilly sections.

Golf competition over two courses starting on Newtonmore and finishing on Kingussie

The exhibition showcases watercolour paintings made by Jos Mahon whilst backpacking a long walk from Land’s End to John o’ Groats together with her husband Bob and dog Barney. Come on a journey over clifftops, through fields and woods, alongside canals, on moor and mountain, until you reach the North and the sea.
Only a selection of original paintings are for sale but individual prints can be requested from all works.

Two books will also be for sale:
‘Barney’s Long Walk’ detailing the trip. All profits from the sale of this book to Guide Dogs.
‘Painting on the End to End Trail’ showing Jos’s paintings.

We will also have a wide range of locally produced crafts including glass, jewellery, tweed, wood and ceramics. The gallery is also a working glass studio.

In this exhibition we are showing paintings by local artists including Bob Kinnaird, and also some as a tribute to gallery co-founder Dave Fallows, who sadly passed away recently. We have a wide range of high quality crafts including glass, tweed, jewellery and much work. The gallery is a working fused glass studio.

Join us for a complimentary taste of Angels’ Nectar Scotch Whisky at Spey Valley Shopping in Aviemore.

Inspired by the Angels’ share, the traditional name given to the whisky lost to evaporation during maturation, Angels’ Nectar showcases contrasting styles of Scotch Whisky, with a series of limited edition releases for you to enjoy.

On taste will be the Angels’ Nectar Cairngorms 3rd Edition Single Cask Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky, bottled in partnership with the Cairngorms Trust, and the Angels’ Nectar Original Blended Malt Scotch Whisky.

Stableford golf competition for men and ladies