When is this event?
Join us in Boat of Garten to celebrate ecological restoration in the Cairngorms on the big screen.
From 6pm, we’ll enjoy a delicious meal featuring Cairngorms Connect Venison (and a vegan option), before settling down to watch an extra special ‘Wild Isles’ episode together.
Following the screening, there’ll be a panel discussion with a chance for the audience to ask questions.
The panel discussion and audience Q&A, will feature Laura Howard and Chris Howard, Silverback producers who worked on the Wild Isles series, and Cairngorms Connect contributors.
This event is free, but please reserve your space so we make sure we have enough food, drink and seats for everyone!
Accessibility:
It is important that all people have equal access to Cairngorms Connect events.
Boat of Garten Community Hall is fully wheelchair accessible, and has accessible toilets and baby changing facilities on-site.
We are happy to provide for your requirements, wherever possible eg. BSL interpreters, off-road wheelchairs, adapted bikes etc.
If have any accessibility requirements, please get in touch.
The Atholl Gathering and Highland Games will return to Blair Castle on Sunday 26th May 2024 and tickets can be purchased online using the link above.
The Atholl Highlanders officially open the Highland Games with a ‘March On’, led by the sound of their pipes and drums.
Strongmen from around Scotland take centre stage to battle it out. Events include tossing the caber, putting the shot and throwing the hammer.
There are plenty of other attractions, such as highland dancing, tug o’ war, solo piping, trade stands and refreshments to provide a fun day out for all the family.
The annual Atholl Highlanders Parade will return to Blair Castle on Saturday the 25th May 2024. Entry to the parade is with a gardens ticket which can be purchased online today.
The Atholl Highlanders are the only remaining private regiment in Europe and act as the personal bodyguard to the Duke of Atholl, who is Chief of Clan Murray. Whilst they don’t have any military role, they are armed with Lee Metford rifles and include a pipe band.
Join us on the forecourt of Blair Caste for the annual parade, including a live pipe band and the firing of the cannon.
Join Glenlivet & Inveravon Heritage Ranger Lydia for an introduction to 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 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.
As we will be outside, please dress appropriately for changeable weather.
Children are very welcome to attend. Please note that toilet facilities are not available on site.
Well behaved dogs may attend but must be leashed.
Funded by Foundation Scotland from the Dorenell Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund.
“Glenlivet it has castles three, Drumin, Blairfindy and Deskie”. This Heritage Ranger led castle 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 fantastic views over the glen. 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.
Research has shown that the castle was probably burned by troops after the Battle of Culloden in 1746, and it was never repaired or occupied after this time. 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.
Funded by Foundation Scotland from the Dorenell Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund.
Scalan was originally the site of a secret Roman Catholic seminary where priests, known as ‘heather priests’ were trained in the 1700s when Catholicism was prohibited. Following the departure of the priests in 1799, Scalan reverted to a farm. Two steading buildings were built housing corn threshing mills which served the Glenlivet farming community. The threshing machines and water wheels are still in place along with a wealth of historical graffiti telling the story of farming life in the 19th and 20th centuries. A major project to conserve the mill buildings took place in 2019, restoring the waterwheel and lade in North Mill and improving visitor access to the site. This was funded through the Tomintoul & Glenlivet Landscape Partnership with funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Join Glenlivet & Inveravon Heritage Ranger Lydia on a guided tour of the site and the mill buildings. In addition to being a special area of historical interest, this area of the Glenlivet Estate abounds with oystercatchers, curlews, and lapwings in the spring and summer months – be sure to bring your binoculars if you have them.
We will be meeting in the Carrachs car park before proceeding by foot along a farm track, 1km from the car park at the end of the public road. Please wear appropriate footwear and clothing for changeable weather.
Children are very welcome to attend.
Toilet facilities are available during the summer season but are currently closed.
Well behaved dogs are welcome in the mill buildings, but are not permitted in the seminary. Please note that sheep and other livestock live on site. Please be aware that there may be cattle present on the walk in.
How to get to the Carrachs car park:
Turn east off the B9008 at Auchnarrow (signposted for Scalan) and follow this road right to the end ensuring to follow sign for Chapeltown of Glenlivet. If you are using a navigation system, the postcode AB37 9JS will take you most of the way to Chapeltown of Glenlivet. Drive past Braeval Distillery and at the road end follow the 90-degree right hand turn which leads to the car park. This track is quite potholed and uneven in places so please proceed slowly and carefully.
Funded by Foundation Scotland from the Dorenell Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund.
The Spey Art Group presents their annual exhibition and sale, themed on aspects of “Highland Life”. Featuring work by local artists from the Spey Art Group and invited guest artists.
The Easter bunny has got lost somewhere around the Museum. Follow his paw prints and see if you can spot him. Trail available every day 1 – 16 April 23, Museum open each day 10am – 5pm. Suitable for little and big kids alike!
Exhibition of art by members of the Society of Badenoch & Strathspey Artists. May include an Easter egg painting competition onSaturday 8th April.
TOMS (The Osprey Music Society) presents a concert performed by The Leonore Piano Trio, featuring Gemma Rosefield on cello, Benjamin Nabarro on violin and Tim Horton on piano.
Where is this event being held?
Boat of Garten Community Centre has a large car park, bike rack and is served by buses from local areas. If you would like a space in a pre-booked minibus (from Grantown, Aviemore, Carrbridge and Kingussie area), you will be able to book your space as an ‘add-on’ when booking your ticket.
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