Posts for February, 2024

A biographical drama Western film about a portrait painter who travels from Brooklyn to Dakota to paint the leader of the Lakota tribe. She eventually gets caught up in the tribe’s fight for their land.

This is a R for Restricted film rating. Not suitable for people who are under 17.

Doors will open at 6.30pm and there will be drinks and snacks available to purchase.

You do NOT need to bring a print out of your ticket, we just need your name on the door.

PLEASE NOTE tickets are NON refundable, unless we cancel the event ourselves in which case a full refund will automatically be sent to you.

Join us for the 1947 classic horror / drama Black Narcissus. A psychological drama about a group of nuns travelling to a remote place in the Himalayas to serve the local people of the region. However, tensions develop when two of them fall for the same man.

This film is classified as a U, but in our opinion is not suitable for young children.

Doors will open at 3.30pm and there will be drinks and snacks available to purchase.

You do NOT need to bring a print out of your ticket, we just need your name on the door.

PLEASE NOTE tickets are NON refundable, unless we cancel the event ourselves in which case a full refund will automatically be sent to you.

We are getting together at Glenlivet Estate Office in Tomintoul to celebrate LGBT History Month with a special Rainbow Afternoon Tea, an LGBTQ+ Heritage Talk and a Pride Ideas Session to ask everyone what they might like to see as part of a Pride in the Cairngorms National Park.

Led by cultural interpreter Stef Lauer, the Heritage Talk will cover the lives of three very different LGBTQ+ people who all had links to the Park. This will start at 2.30pm and run until 3.15pm, including a Q&A. Then it’s over to Kath from Somewhere: For Us magazine from 3.30pm to guide us through a Pride Ideas session, collecting up everyone’s ideas and thoughts as part of a Park-wide consultation into the possibility of a new Pride next year.

Free tea, cake, chat and rainbow fun. See you there!

Would you like to learn more about the night sky? Join us at the Discovery Centre in Tomintoul for an all ages stargazing session. We’ll have a briefing in the Discovery Centre before walking down to a nearby stargazing site in a group to look at stars, planets, and constellations and share resources for improving your celestial knowledge.

The Glenlivet and Tomintoul area is one of the best places in the Cairngorms National Park to discover the wonders of the night sky. It is Scotland’s second International Dark Sky Park and the most northerly in the world.

Toilets are available in the Discovery Centre and limited amenities are available in Tomintoul. Please dress appropriately for cold and changeable weather. Lots of layers, along with gloves and hat will make your stargazing experience more enjoyable. Please also wear appropriate footwear for wet and wintry conditions. If conditions are unsuitable on the day of the event the organiser will email attendees.

Join Cairngorms Astronomy Group and Tomintoul & Glenlivet Development Trust for a night of introductory stargazing and star stories during the new moon at Inveraven Church & Pictish Stones. Where do we get our stories of the night sky? What did the Celts see in the night sky? Come along to find out more and have a go trying out our community telescope.

Access to Inveraven Church is off the A95 about half a mile north of 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. We will be meeting in the foyer inside the church building before walking up to field above to access the telescope.

As we will be outside, please dress appropriately for cold and changeable weather. Please also wear shoes appropriate for outdoor, wet, and muddy conditions.

Join Cairngorms Astronomy Club and Tomintoul & Glenlivet Development Trust in The Square, Tomintoul for an all ages telescope moon viewing session. The first quarter moon on the 16th is a great time to view and learn about the moon. We’ll meet at Tomintoul & Glenlivet Discovery Centre at 43 The Square, Tomintoul.

The Glenlivet and Tomintoul area is one of the best places in the Cairngorms National Park to discover the wonders of the night sky. Not only does this remote area have stunning dark skies but it also has easy access allowing everyone to enjoy a night sky brimming with stars.

We’ll have the Celestron telescope and a smartphone bracket on the night that will allow you to take the moon home in your pocket!

Toilets are available in the Tomintoul & Glenlivet Discovery Centre.

If the weather isn’t suitable on the day, we’ll endeavour to run an alternative session in the days following.
As we will be outside in March, please dress appropriately for cold and changeable weather. Please also wear appropriate shoes for wet, and wintry conditions.

Grantown Society historical talk: The Grants and the Jacobite Rebellions by Chris Grant (…and…. who were the Grants of Shewglie?). A presentation from local family research – with stories of loyalty, betrayal and much more! (Refreshments purchased at the bar may be taken through to the Osprey Room).

Exhibition of art produced by members of the Society of Badenoch & Strathspey Artists

“Glenlivet it has castles three, Drumin, Blairfindy and Deskie”. This guided walk will take us to the 16th century tower house of Blairfindy and begins outside the iconic Glenlivet Distillery. On the walk in we’ll enjoy stunning views over one of Scotalnd’s most famous glens. You’ll learn a bit about Glenlivet’s rich history and some whisky history too.

Blairfindy Castle was completed in 1564 by John Gordon. In 1586 Blairfindy passed to the Earls of Huntly, another branch of the family, who used it as a hunting seat. A panel above the arched doorway bears the Gordon arms and this date. In its heyday Blairfindy was a fine example of a three storey L-plan tower house and even today shows a remarkable degree of preservation.

A project to stabilise Blairfindy Castle took place in 2019, funded through the Tomintoul & Glenlivet Landscape Partnership, a programme supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The castle is now open to visitors for the first time in decades and has been specially adapted to encourage nesting birds and pollinators.

Please park at the The Glenlivet Distillery car park. The walk will start from outside the stillhouse under the green signpost marked ‘Blairfindy Castle 1/2 mile’ (see last photo).

Access is by foot along a dedicated track. Please wear appropriate footwear and clothing for changeable weather.

Toilets are available inside The Glenlivet Distillery Visitor Centre.

Children are very welcome to attend.

Well behaved dogs are welcome.

We would like to express thanks to Foundation Scotland, who fund this event through the Dorenell Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund.

Join us for a walk around Moray’s earliest surviving tower house reputed to have been built for Scotland’s vilest man- Alexander Stewart, the Wolf of Badenoch. Drumin Castle is an impressive medieval fortification standing on a commanding bluff overlooking the confluence of the River Livet and the River Avon. Once we get to the castle, you’ll learn a bit about the architecture, history, and the notorious Wolf, whose evil deeds continue to cast a long shadow in Moray’s history.

“Cathedral and Toun

Wyld wrath did engulf

Lone Lochindorb Castle

The lair of the Wolf”

This castle has recently reopened after masonry repairs. Access to the first floor is once again possible via a narrow, stone staircase. Sensible footwear is recommended.

Please park at the The Drumin Castle car park. This short circular walk will start from the Drumin Castle sign in the lower car park. Access is by foot along a pedestrian trail and will return by a set of steps. Please dress appropriately for changeable weather.

Toilets are not available on site.

Children are very welcome to attend.

Well behaved dogs are welcome.

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