Posts for May, 2025

Morven from Cairngorm Bothies is a there and back route of 16-17km with about 800m of ascent which would equate to approx 8 hrs hrs including stops.

A low Carbon Footprint walk from the Cairngorm Bothies to The Jewel of Deeside; the “Big Mountain” standing alone surveying Mighty Lochnagar; the awe inspiring Cairngorms and beautiful Royal Deeside.

Meeting Point is at the Solar array at Cairngorm Bothies.

Botanical printing, using nature to create art, in an outdoor setting. This craft takes a while so set aside a morning, afternoon or make a day of it!

Willow weaving in woodland – learn a new skill, make a bird or animal and enjoy a time old craft in an outdoor setting.

Come and enjoy refreshments, browse the stalls and get some raffle tickets for lovely hampers. In aid of church funds.

Loch Kinord & Muir of Dinnet Guided Walk
A beautiful circuit around Loch Kinord in the Muir of Dinnet National Nature Reserve. The walk is excellent for nature lovers with plenty of flora and fauna both on and around the loch and in the surrounding birch woodland.

Loch Kinord – a short walk around Loch Kinord in the beautiful Muir of Dinnet National Nature Reserve – full of wildlife on the loch and in the surrounding Birch woodland. Included in the walk is the popular hidden gem; the Burn o’Vat – a fantastic example of a bowl-shaped “pot-hole”; a geological feature carved out by glacial meltwater at the end of the last Ice Age around 10,000 years ago. Please note Transport is needed.

Join us for the start of our summer exhibition. Angus Grant and Campbell Bryson are teaming up for Sunshine & Shadows, a reprise of their first show 14 years ago.
Both men are landscape painters with distinctive styles. Bryson’s work is renowned for its treatment of light and shadow, creating almost mosaic-like patterns. Grant’s work features the familiar landscapes of the Cairngorms, especially the lochs and mountains.

Come share the love of film and support community cinema in Aviemore!

Twenty-five years after environmental collapse left the Earth uninhabitable, one family clings to a sense of normalcy while confined to a palatial bunker. Wealthy ex-ballerina Mother, former oil executive Father, their precocious Son (and a chosen few companions) keep a happy routine.

But when a Girl turns up at their underground doorstep, with her own past and a plain-spoken perspective, the group’s blind optimism begins to unravel. As long-repressed emotions resurface, and a connection blossoms between the outsider and the Son, a changed existence becomes the only way forward.

Starring Academy Award® winner Tilda Swinton, George MacKay (1917), Moses Ingram and Academy Award® nominee Michael Shannon, The End is an inspired showcase for today’s best actors. Rich with daring, romance, and song, this clear-eyed vision blends satire and sincerity to shed light on the conflict between the truth and the stories we tell.

Doors at 6.30pm, film start 6.40pm.
Run length 2hr30min.

Community-owned but operated in partnership with Spey Valley Cinema and supported by the BFI and Film Hub Scotland, Cairngorm Community Cinema aims to create a space where the community can gather, discover new perspectives, and enjoy film.

At just £5 a ticket, we’re making it accessible to all.
Tickets only available on the door, so just show up!

Please come once again support our community cinema to keep it running for the rest of the year.

Discover Blairfindy Castle: A Guided Walk Through Glenlivet’s Rich Past

“Glenlivet it has castles three – Drumin, Blairfindy and Deskie.”
Join us for an easy, guided walk through the heart of Glenlivet, beginning at the iconic Glenlivet Distillery. As we make our way toward the impressive 16th-century Blairfindy Castle, you’ll be treated to sweeping views across one of Scotland’s most renowned glens. Along the way, we’ll delve into the rich history of Glenlivet, with a dash of whisky heritage thrown in too.

Blairfindy Castle, completed in 1564 by John Gordon, stands as a nice example of an L-plan tower house that remains remarkably well preserved. In 2019, a major conservation project—supported by the Tomintoul & Glenlivet Landscape Partnership and the National Lottery Heritage Fund—stabilised the structure and opened it to visitors for the first time in decades. The site has also been enhanced to support wildlife, with features that encourage nesting birds and pollinators.

Step into the story of Blairfindy and see a different side of Glenlivet—one where history, nature, and whisky meet.

Join Glenlivet & Inveravon Heritage Ranger Lydia for a talk on Pictish art and symbol stones. We will be looking at four Pictish Stones discovered in the churchyard of Inveraven, which has been a site of spiritual practice and pilgrimage for centuries. This tour will provide an overview to Pictish art and culture and will show how the Picts contributed to the shaping of modern Scotland.

Access to Inveraven Church is off the A95 about half a mile north the entrance to Ballindalloch Castle, and can be found by following the brown tourist sign directing visitors down the single track road to the Inveraven Pictish Stones.

Parking is available at the bottom of the drive before you arrive at the church or in front of the church building.

As we will be outside, please dress appropriately for changeable weather.

Children are very welcome to attend.

Well behaved dogs may attend but must be leashed as livestock live on site.

Funded by Foundation Scotland from the Dorenell Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund.

Please note that toilet facilities are not available on site.

A session of traditional Scottish music, every second Wednesday, 7.30pm.

If you can play, bring an instrument and join in! Or feel free to sing…clap….hum…stamp those feet….or just come have a drink.

All welcome. Come down, grab a seat, squeeze up, chat to your neighbour, make nice.

Pizza truck Highland Slice serving from 5pm every Wednesday. Feel free to bring your pizza in and enjoy it with a pint.