Posts for May, 2024

Join our guests and one of our local professional Wildlife Guides on guided walk along part of the Speyside Way looking for some of the amazing wildlife and flora in this area.
*Bring binoculars and telescopes if you have them.
*Numbers are limited so early booking is advised.
*Come to the Grant Arms Hotel Reception to book your place.
*Bookings are non-refundable
*Trips are subject to change due to weather and other determining factors

Join our guests and one of our local professional Wildlife Guides on guided walk through Anagach Woods looking for some of the forest amazing wildlife and flora.
*Bring binoculars and telescopes if you have them.
*Numbers are limited so early booking is advised.
*Come to the Grant Arms Hotel Reception to book your place.
*Bookings are non-refundable
*Trips are subject to change due to weather and other determining factors

🌟 Calling all PAW Patrol fans!

Join us at Landmark Forest Adventure Park on June 22nd and 23rd for a special meet-and-greet with Skye and Chase. Bring the whole family for photo ops, hugs, and high-fives with your favourite superhero pups!
Start planning your epic adventure with the PAW Patrol crew today by booking a visit to the park.

Secure your tickets by visiting www.landmarkpark.co.uk!

Remember and bring your cameras!

The Mountains are Calling is our new summer exhibition, taking inspiration from the rugged landscape of the Highlands and beyond.

Our specially selected artists will show their beautiful works of art, including photography, painting and printmaking, and reveal how they are inspired by those imposing peaks.

Artists include Kitty Watt, Shona Cammack, Campbell Bryson, Esther Tyson, Rona Kant, Myrddin Irwin, Georgia Murray and many more.

Rachel Walker & Aaron Jones
Live @ Glenbuchat Hall
Saturday 29th June 7.30pm
Entrance £15 under 16s £10
To reserve tickets in advance
Tel : 01975641303
Email : events@glenbuchatmusic.co.uk

Bringing together one of Scotland’s finest Gaelic singer / songwriters with one of the country’s foremost folksingers and accompanists, Rachel Walker and Aaron Jones celebrate songs from both the traditional and contemporary repertoire with a focus on sensitive arrangements with beautiful vocal harmony.

Two of Scotland’s most highly regarded performers, Rachel Walker and Aaron Jones bring a wealth of skills, knowledge, musicianship and experience to this exciting new duo. After years of writing, touring and performing with many of traditional music’s finest, Rachel and Aaron have joined forces to create one of the scenes most exciting new collaborations. Their combined passion for song and the exploration of the wide repertoire across the tradition, blended with beautiful and heartfelt original songs, ensure an evening of captivating live music and song with two of Scotland’s finest singers & musicians.

Despite The Wind & Rain celebrates inspirational Scottish women. Including songs and stories of artist, campaigner & photographer Maud Sulter, and health pioneer, suffragette & LGBTQ+ icon Flora Murray who both lived in D&G. It was released to great critical acclaim in November 2022 and launched at a headline concert at The MacIntosh Church in Glasgow as part of Celtic Connections in February 2023.

The concert will feature a mixture of Gaelic and English song, including the album in it’s entirety, the back stories of the Scottish women who inspired the tracks, and a selection of traditional and contemporary songs.

Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas
Live at Glenbuchat Hall
Saturday 1st June 7.30pm
Entrance £15 under 16s £10
To reserve tickets in advance
01975641303
events@glenbuchatmusic.co.uk

The musical partnership between consummate performer Alasdair Fraser, “the Michael Jordan of Scottish fiddling”, and brilliant Californian cellist Natalie Haas spans the full spectrum between intimate chamber music and ecstatic dance energy. Over the last 20 years of creating a buzz at festivals and concert halls across the world, they have truly set the standard for fiddle and cello in traditional music. They continue to thrill audiences internationally with their virtuosic playing, their near-telepathic understanding and the joyful spontaneity and sheer physical presence of their music.

Fraser has a concert and recording career spanning over 30 years, with a long list of awards, accolades, radio and television credits, and feature performances on top movie soundtracks (Last of the Mohicans, Titanic, etc.). In 2011, he was inducted into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame. Haas, a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music, is one of the most sought after cellists in traditional music today. She has performed and recorded with a who’s who of the fiddle world including Mark O’Connor, Natalie MacMaster, Irish supergroups Solas and Altan, Liz Carroll, Dirk Powell, Brittany Haas, Darol Anger, Jeremy Kittel, Hanneke Cassel, Laura Cortese, and many more.

This seemingly unlikely pairing of fiddle and cello is the fulfillment of a long-standing musical dream for Fraser. His search eventually led him to find a cellist who could help return the cello to its historical role at the rhythmic heart of Scottish dance music, where it stood for hundreds of years before being relegated to the orchestra. The duo’s debut recording, Fire & Grace, won the coveted the Scots Trad Music “Album of the Year” award, the Scottish equivalent of a Grammy. Since its release, the two have gone on to record five more critically acclaimed albums that blend a profound understanding of the Scottish tradition with cutting-edge string explorations. In additional to performing, they both have motivated generations of string players through their teaching at fiddle camps across the globe.

cutting-edge fiddle and cello explorations of Scottish and global music

” … you would think they’d been playing together for centuries. While his fiddle dances, her cello throbs darkly or plucks puckishly. Then [Haas] opens her cello’s throat, joining Fraser in soaring sustains, windswept refrains, and sudden, jazzy explosions. Their sound is as urbane as a Manhattan midnight, and as wild as a Clackmannan winter.”

— Boston Globe

“As many gigs as they must have played together over the past decade or so, there remains a striking spontaneity about Fraser and Haas’s music-making. He has tonal variation and attack to spare, but what makes them so consistently absorbing is the responsiveness each shows to the other. Haas is more than a cellist: she’s the rhythm section who uses the percussive chip’n’chop of her bowing and the double bass-like pulse of her pizzicato playing to great effect. The accompanist’s role moves so fluently between them, building tension all the while, and then they’ll slip into unison and it’s like floodgates opening. ”

— The Herald

“Fraser, one of the most respected of all exponents of the Scots fiddle, would look long and hard to find a more appropriate cellist as a partner…A positive joy.”

— The Scotsman

This is a half day guided walk for those wishing to explore the Glenmore area and find out a bit about it’s natural and human history.

Purchase tickets for children under 18 HERE, under 5s go free.

You can also enjoy lunch after your walk, with filled rolls, soup, cake, and tea & coffee available to purchase.

DETAILED INFO

IS IT FOR ME?

This is perfect for anyone visiting Glenmore who has a few hours to spare and would like to find out more about our special local area while taking in its beautiful scenery. We’ll mostly be on forest tracks and may head off the beaten path a little bit, but the aim of the walk will be to enjoy spending time in the natural environment so no need to worry about hiking up hills!

Families welcome – please book tickets for under 18s at a reduced rate HERE. Under 5s are free of charge

CONTENT

Glenmore Lodge is surrounded by a stunning landscape, and nestled in a beautiful forest at the foot of the Cairngorms. Join us on a guided walk around our local area and explore what makes it special; from the endangered flora and fauna, to it’s human history.

Find out about:

– The protected Caledonian pine forest’s ancient origins and its more recent renewal
– How reindeer came to live in Glenmore
– The native species of wildlife that call the Cairngorms home
– The people who have lived and worked in the area
– You’ll get to hear about this from a friendly guide, while you explore the forest and enjoy the lovely scenery on offer!

Paintings, photographs, textiles, ceramics, glass and jewellery created by local artists.

The Babble Ride Across Britain covering 980 miles of beautiful landscapes that two wheels can access. Across 9 days, cyclists will make their journey from one end of the UK to another, going from the most southernly point at Land’s End to the most northernly point at John O’Groats.

Although this event is a tough one, it allows the most experienced riders an opportunity to see some the UK’s finest land whilst raising millions of pounds for charity.

The race is split into stages for the Full Race. Glenshee is in stage 7: Hopetoun House to Bellabag.

Weaving amongst the glens and making their way through the glorious highlands of Scotland.

“Day 7 starts with one for the bucket list, an epic crossing over the iconic Forth River Bridge. Your journey continues into the stunning Grampian Mountains through the Cairngorms National Park, conquering the mighty Glenshee on your way. As the route winds into Strathdon, take a minute to admire the historic Braemar Castle”

Key Stats

Distance: 112.3 miles

Ascent: 7,332ft

Challenge Rating: 5/5

‘Rise, winds of autumn, rise; blow upon the dark heath! Streams of the mountains, roar!’

Join a walk to explore the importance of the oral tradition in the Highlands and learn how everything is connected to our landscapes. Experience Ossian’s bardic tales in their natural environment. Listen to history, tales, and Ossianic poetry, while looking at the scenery that surrounded the bards and storytellers. Think about the concept of Dùthchas, a feeling of belonging, understand, how the Ossianic stories generated a fascination with our Highland landscapes far beyond the Scottish borders and why all these stories still matter, today.

On this walk, you will hear stories and have a chance to share your own. You will also be encouraged to participate in a dialogue about our understanding of landscape, culture, and belonging.

There will be ample opportunities to express your understanding of the land in creative photography.

Children: Children are very welcome to join. Please make sure, they are comfortable with the physical demands of the walk and are accompanied by an adult at all times.

Dogs: Friendly dogs are very welcome on these walks and they will at times be in the company of our Landscape Lore dogs, who usually come along on the adventure (If this poses a problem for you, please get in touch, so we can arrange for a dog-free walk).

Meeting Point: Glen Banchor, Newtonmore. The nearest bus stop is 25minutes walking distance away from the meeting point, or you can access it by bike or car. The exact meeting point will be shared with instructions and a pin on google maps after booking.

Route Description and Accessibility: These walks usually cover approximately 2-4km and an ascent of 100-200m. Parts of the route can be very boggy and there are some short, steep sections. We will walk through the foothills of the Monadhliaths and enjoy the views of hills, glens and valleys.

Please be aware that you will need sturdy footing and footwear, as the paths we take can be uneven, steep and rocky in parts.

At an average fitness level, these walks would take about 1 hour, however, I always plan with some extra time, as we will be taking breaks to chat, take photos and share stories.

In case of severe weather conditions, we reserve the right to change the route of the walk or cancel the event.

What to bring: Please bring waterproof clothing, as well as sturdy shoes, and be aware that sections of the path can be rather boggy. We recommend some additional layers, as the weather in the Highlands can change very quickly and be unpredictable at times.

Please also bring a protective cover for your camera, if needed and some snacks.