Posts for April, 2023

Come and join the Ballater Walking Festival. We have 3 or 4 walks a day, from Strenuous uphill routes , Moderate walks, Easy walks and walks of Special Interest. The walks start on Sunday 4th June and are every day until and including Friday 9th June. Walkers meet in Ballater at the hut on the green in the centre of the village , usually at 8am (Strenuous), 9am (Moderate) and 10am for the Easy and Special Interest walks. Friendly and informative leaders.
There is also a programme of evening events – a reception, an informative talk about the future of the Cairngorm National Park, and a Ceilidh on the Friday night. These events are free to walkers. We also have a dinner in the middle of the week.
The event is run by a volunteer committee, who would be very happy to welcome you to our friendly festival. Places are still available, so please go on our website, book your walks, and we shall see you in June.

Join us for a day full of learning and experience. We’ll give you the downlow on key things we have learned about:

how to set up and run a productive kitchen garden
keeping hens
working with pigs
regenerative grazing
introduction to beekeeping
planting trees, including fruit trees

There is a HUGE amount of material to cover so this will be intense and fast paced. The day starts at 9am and finishes at 5pm with a BBQ lunch in between. If there is enough interest, we may look to run a second course so if booking is not available, please get in touch with us directly via our website contact form.

Booking Essential

Join us for a fully packed morning in our super abundant kitchen garden, where we will share our experiences in our journey to become self-sufficient, covering:

how to set up a kitchen garden and soft fruit garden
the role of wildflowers and medicinal herbs
growing in a polytunnel
making your own compost
simple water systems

We’ll stop part way through the morning for a cuppa and a slice of cake but otherwise, it will be all about the learning as we download our experiences to you.

Booking essential via website

Join us and foraging expert Clare Holohan from West Highland Herbal and co-author of Scotland’s Wild Medicine for a day learning about wild plants.

You will learn how to identify and use local plants for all round health, which will include a walk around the grounds of the croft in the morning with some foraging and discussion on food and medicinal uses of the plants we find.

You’ll then gather for a feast lunch, which will include some locally sourced produce, supplemented with anything edible we find in the morning.

In the afternoon, you’ll head back out with Clare to do some more practical learning, either making remedies or foods with whatever we have found. Throughout the day, we will talk a little about how we work with nature and our team of animals to build biodiversity across Lynbreck, a place that can provide for all of us.

Discover the very best food and drink the Cairngorms has to offer, alongside local high quality crafts and gifts. You’ll find freshly cooked food ready for you to enjoy straight away, as well as things to take away with you too.

There are games for children to enjoy; free parking nearby; sit down meals and drinks at The Winking Owl; outdoor seating and cover.

We aim to offer visitors a lively, bustling atmosphere; provide a balanced cross-section of products, and encourage shoppers to buy local.

With last year’s Dell Market being such a huge success, we just can’t wait for the next one. Another chance to bring together the wonderful assortment of crafters, artists and food and drink producers from our local area.

Here at The Dell we aspire to be as sustainable and environmentally friendly as possible and so we have put together a group of like minded traders to showcase their fantastic products.

There will be a little bit of something for everyone. As well as bagging a beauty and being inspired by the creativity around you, you can hang out under the trees listening to music, watch demonstrations from local green woodworkers and fill up your bellies on food and drink.

Supporting local business owners has never been so important, so we hope you can join us and spread the word.

Classic Queen songs performed live…Radio Ga-Ga, We Are The Champions, Under Pressure…Aviemore will be rocking!

Join us for a “Eggcellent” weekend of family fun

5pm Family Curry quiz and Skating – enjoy some family time this Easter with a tasty curry buffet Served 5pm – 8pm

From 6.30 we kick of the quiz with kids Easter themed round, the kids can then head outside for some supervised skating on our slice rink leaving the parents to enjoy a drink, relax and get quizzical.

(Kids Menu available)

Join us from 9pm for some live music with Willie Campbell

Join us from 9pm with live music from Alan Frew