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🎉 Bingo Night at Ballater Golf Club 🎉
Join us for a fantastic evening of fun and help fundraise for your local community hub! Ballater Community & Heritage Hub😀
We’re thrilled that Ballater Golf Club are hosting this classic bingo night, all in aid of your community hub, your space to explore history, enjoy community services and celebrate village life with local events. From heritage exhibits to eco conscious services, printing and web design, book sales and being the village box office, the hub is here for locals and visitors.
Book early to avoid missing out by calling 013397 55567- It’s going to be a full house!
Let’s support local, laugh together and maybe even win a raffle prize or two! 😀 Your support means a lot! Like, share and tag away!
All welcome, bring your friends, family, your lucky charms and your loudest B-I-N-G-O! 😝
“Glenlivet — it has castles three: Drumin, Blairfindy and Deskie…”
Step back in time and explore the hidden histories of Glenlivet on this easy, guided walk to the recently conserved 16th-century tower house of Blairfindy.
We begin at the world-famous Glenlivet Distillery, where our journey through one of Scotland’s most iconic glens begins — a landscape once shaped by powerful families, illicit distillers, and whisky smugglers.
On the way, enjoy stunning views and discover:
· Tales of smuggling and illicit stills in the hills of Glenlivet
· The strategic role of castles like Blairfindy
· How Glenlivet became a name known around the world for whisky
Blairfindy Castle, completed in 1564 by John Gordon, is a remarkable L-plan tower house — still standing proud after centuries. Thanks to recent conservation efforts by the Tomintoul & Glenlivet Landscape Partnership and the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the castle is open to visitors for the first time in decades and now also supports nesting birds and pollinators.
Meeting point: Outside the Glenlivet Distillery Stillhouse
(under the green signpost marked “Blairfindy Castle ½ mile”)
Parking: Available at the Glenlivet Distillery car park
Booking advised: Reserve your spot in advance or email to confirm Heritage Ranger availability.
Suggested donation: £4 (supporting local heritage tourism – free for under-16s)
Family-friendly: Children love castles — and they’re very welcome!
Join us for a history walk through the world-famous glen of Glenlivet.
We would like to express thanks to Foundation Scotland, who help to fund this event through the Dorenell Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund.
Timed Race, Style Comp, Live Music, Food, Prizes and More
Famous Courageous John Roy Stuart poet and warrior in Love and War reinacted by Michael Nevin with Bill Taylor harpist Jason Faulkner bag piper and Sheena Farquhar folk singer
Pilgrimage Expert David Pott talks at Kincardine Church
All funds raised will go to Mikeysline and CRY – Cardiac Risk in the Young.
Bring along your unsued biking related stuff and we will sell it for the charities, or come along to browse or get yourself kitted out. If you have more to sell, contact us to find out about renting a table.
We will be fuelled by the Jailhouse Coffee van.
Step back in time and uncover the mystery of the Picts with the Glenlivet & Inveravon Heritage and Dark Sky Ranger. This engaging talk and tour will introduce you to the Pictish people, their unique art, and the symbol stones that continue to inspire centuries after they were carved.
Set within the ancient and atmospheric site of Inveravon Church—an important place of worship and pilgrimage for generations—we’ll closely examine the intricate carvings on the four remarkable Pictish stones discovered here. You’ll learn how these enigmatic symbols fit into a wider cultural story and how the Picts helped lay the foundations of modern Scotland.
This is an opportunity to connect with Scotland’s ancient past, surrounded by the stunning scenery of Speyside.
Practical Information:
Meeting point: Access to Inveravon Church and burial ground is via a single-track road off the A95, about half a mile north of the entrance to Ballindalloch Castle. Follow the brown tourist sign for the Inveravon Pictish Stones.
Parking: Available at the bottom of the drive and in front of the church building.
Family-friendly: Young visitors are often fascinated by the Picts and are warmly encouraged to attend. All children and youth under 16 attend free.
Inveravon Church is currently under threat of closure and sale by the Church of Scotland. The local community is working hard to preserve it as a heritage centre and community hub. Your support helps keep this unique site alive and accessible for future generations.
Please note that toilet facilities are not available on site. Public toilets are available in Cragganmore at Ballindalloch Station on the Speyside Way or in Aberlour.
Well behaved dogs may attend but must be leashed.
This event is generously funded by Foundation Scotland from the Dorenell Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund.
Enjoy an afternoon of poetry celebrating the languages of Scotland at Braemar Castle. Joining us will be Miriam Gamble and Peter Mackay for a special walk-through event, combining a reading and tour of the castle.
Miriam Gamble is a Northern Irish poet. She has published three collections with Bloodaxe Books, The Squirrels Are Dead, Pirate Music and What Planet. In 2020 What Planet was awarded the Piggott Poetry Prize, the most valuable poetry prize in Ireland. Miriam lectures in creative writing at the University of Edinburgh.
Peter Mackay is a Gaelic poet originally from the Isle of Lewis. His poetry collections are Gu leòr/Galore and Nàdar de/Some Kind Of. He has also written critical books on the work of Sorley MacLean, Wordsworth and Seamus Heaney. Peter lectures at the University of St Andrews and in 2024 was named the new Scottish Makar.
In association with the University of Aberdeen
Urban orienteering involves using a map to find controls in the town. Run or walk, the aim is to find the right controls, in the right order. There will be long course and short course options. Courses should take 20-40 minutes. There are pre-printed maps and electronic timing. Families and children are welcome, but children (U16) must be accompanied by an adult. See the website for full details and please enter before the 22 June to make sure you can get a map.
Returning for 2025 is our popular Bivvy Trek. We will once again be returning to Ben Macdui in what will be a unique experience on the UK’s second highest mountain.
This trek will start at 6pm (1800hrs) from the Cairngorm Mountain upper car park. This is slightly later than our usual treks with the idea we will reach the summit of Ben Macdui just before midnight, able to enjoy the late light of midsummer from the comfort of our bivvy bags. The following day we will have a relaxed morning with a cooked breakfast prepared by your guide, with a return journey via Loch Avon and a second Munro summit of Cairn Gorm.
A bivy adventure for us is all about feeling connected to the environment you wish to be in. Tents are great and offer a lot of comfort but once you close the doors you miss that immersive experience with what’s going on outside. Bivvying also avoids many of the issues surrounding pitching a tent, for example unsuitable ground or finding a large enough area to accommodate a group. You literally find the perfect spot, lay yourself down, watch the sunset or simply open your eyes throughout the night to gaze up at the sky.
Provided on this trek is a lightweight Bivvy (348 grams), cooking equipment, hot drinks and breakfast. We recommend you have a meal before setting off. Your guide will also provide and carry all safety gear including a large tarp for the group to sleep under if the weather is wet. All other equipment is to be provided by the client including sleeping bag and mat. This is a great introduction to minimalist wild-camping.
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