Posts for September, 2021

It was with great sadness that we had to cancel our Atholl Highlanders Weekend earlier on in May this year, we will be holding the Atholl Highlander’s Parade on Saturday 9th of October 2021 for visitors to attend.

The Atholl Highlanders are the only remaining private army 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. Please note that the last entry to Blair Castle will be at 1 pm.

Atholl Highlander Parade Timetable

2.30 pm – Spectators assemble for the parade at Blair Castle

2.45 pm – Atholl Highlanders parade begins including The Marquis of Tullibardine (Michael Murray) who will be parading and deputising for his father.

3 pm – The Atholl Highlanders 3lb Field Gun will be fired

This cherished event also includes an inspection from The Right Honourable Lord Naren Patel of Dunkeld KT., FRSE., FMedSci. and long service presentations.

Entry is available with a standard Castle and Gardens or Garden ticket.

Book now and enjoy this spectacular Scottish experience!

Join landscape photographer and wilderness guide David Russell for a day of guided forest photography with moderate hiking – explore ancient woodlands at the most glorious time of year.

🔶 Learn the craft of landscape photography from an experienced and knowledgeable tutor.

🔶 Capture the autumn colours of ancient pines and golden birch trees in one of Scotland’s rarest and most beautiful pinewoods.

🔶Explore hidden depths of the forest that few photographers have ever seen

In the very beautiful setting of Grantown East come and join us for a weekend of street food, beautiful art, fabulous foods and gorgeous crafts. Entry to this event is free .

Also to be enjoyed is the miniature railway which is great fun for children and adults alike and alongside is the wonderful railway carriage restaurant and Grantown East’s own totally unique gift shop.

Enjoy browsing local produce, arts and crafts from our national park

JUDE CRAIG and guest artists Ali Johnston, Iva Petrvalska, Sandra Robertson and Susanna McLean have light and colourful art exhibitions and sales.

There are varied mediums including paintings, pastels, textiles and felting plus some unique JUDE CHI Colour healing art products including the “amazing double deck chair”.

It is free to enter and artists will be there each day to welcome you to browse the art work and multiple greetings cards to fit every occasion—lots of items at sale price with something for everyone.

As Oscar Wilde said “ Colour can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways” we welcome you to come along to Iona Gallery Kingussie for some soul-nourishing time.

A sensational series of new compositions by renowned Scottish fiddler, Paul Anderson, paintings by distinguished Scottish artist John Lowrie Morrison (Jolomo) and verse written by eminent Irish lyricist Francie Devine inspired by the Scottish Island of Iona.

This is the premiere of this new blend of arts. The event will include performances of the music and written word combined with Jolomo’s evocative paintings.

This is a unique, once only event.

A solo show of works taking inspiration from the surrounding landscape in which Sylva and her family live and play and share their connection with that environment, while also exploring the importance of connecting with nature during the corona virus pandemic.

As part of our community connections series we are delighted to have this collection of new work on show.

Moishe’s Bagel was formed in 2003, the lucky meeting of an Edinburgh-based Chilean tango singer and four like-minded musicians. Their music is an intoxicating mix of Eastern European dance, Middle Eastern rhythms and virtuoso performances. According to The Scotsman ‘ they put the class into unclassified’.

A wonderful new ‘digital guidebook’ has now been created for the Badenoch area – really useful for visitors and locals alike – ‘Badenoch The Storylands App’. It’s a free smartphone app, and comes with highly recommended tours for driving, cycling and walking as well as a customisable map with accommodation, restaurants and great places to visit in the area.

It also doubles as a Badenoch entertainment jukebox – featuring music by local performers and over 7 hours of local fascinating local heritage stories written and narrated by well known local folk musician Hamish Napier.

The app also includes a pioneering new feature for travel apps of this kind – stunningly detailed 3D artist impressions of what the local castles and stone circles would have looked like back in their heyday. See Ruthven Barracks and two local hill forts as they might have looked centuries ago.

Whether a visitor to the area or local this is a chance to hear more about the App, its content and how it works, presented by Hamish Napier and hosted by The Badenoch Great Place Project.

Ashley Fripp is welcomed back to Boat of Garten for his third visit as a guest of The Osprey Music Society. His recital will focus on two of his favourite composers, Chopin and Schubert. The concert will kick off with Chopin’s, ‘Impromptus 1 and 4’ followed by Schubert’s ‘Sonata in B flat major, D.960’, and after the interval the programme continues with Schubert’s ‘Impromptu in F minor’ followed by Chopin’s ‘Sonata No.3, opus 58 in B minor’.