Posts for June, 2025

Entries will open approximately 6 weeks prior to the race ie late June.

The Glenshee 9 hill race is a 19 mile/5,500ft run across the 9 Munro’s bordering Glenshee Ski Centre in the East Highlands.

The race is run in an anticlockwise circuit across the following summits in this order:-

Creag Leacach (987m)
Glas Maol (1068m)
Cairn of Claise (1064m)
Tom Buidhe (957m)
Tolmount (958m)
Carn an Tuirc (1019m)
Carn Aosda (917m)
Carn a’Gheoidh (975m)
The Cairnwell (933m)
Start and finish is at Glenshee Ski Centre

There is one road crossing after approximately 13 miles (GR NO 147800) This checkpoint is also a cut-off which must be reached by 2.30pm. (ie. 3.5 hours from the start for faster competitiors up to 4.5hours for older age categories). This will be strictly enforced.

Route details can be found at www.stevenfallon.co.uk/glensheeroute.html

Entry Fee
Entry fee includes post race refreshments from Glenshee Catering. All profits from the race will be donated to Braemar MRT who will be providing event safety cover. 300 limit. Closing date Thursday 31st July 2025.

Wave Start
We will operate a two wave start. A 10am start for those in Veteran categories who would like this option (it is not mandatory!) and the main race start at 11am. We would not expect you to pick the 10am start if you are able to comfortably reach the road crossing within 3.5 hours.

Rules
This is a Category A long race and competitors are required to have completed similar events in the last two years.

Entrants must be over 18 years old.

Competitiors will be required to carry full body cover, whistle, map (this map must extend at least 2km beyond your race route in all directions and be waterproof), compass and some emergency food. PLUS any additional clothing dependent on the forecasted weather conditions.

Please note that although it is held in summer, it is Scotland, and well over 50% of the route lies above the 900m contour line. The route is not flagged and there are no water stations. Competitors will cross a number of burns which normally flow even in very dry summers.

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND WILL NO LONGER TAKE PLACE TODAY (SUNDAY 29TH)

Lego fans and families! What does “Home” mean to you?
What could a home in the Cairngorms National Park look like? A cabin? An eco house?
Perhaps a tree, nest, drey or dam? A river?
Use the bricks available in the National Park’s Ballater space to build something new, then leave it to inspire others and form an exhibition for all to see over the summer.
All children must be accompanied and adequately supervised by a responsible adult.
Adults do not have to be accompanied by a child 🙂
Free | Donations to Ballater Lego Club welcome
Builds will be displayed until mid-September
No booking required but space is limited in the public area.
If it looks busy, please come back later 🙂

Come along on the last Thursday of the month for 5 months and have fun creating and printing.
Join me in our Aviemore studio where each month we will experiment and play with a new printing style while meeting other creative folk.

April 24th – printing with Lego to make occasion cards

May 29th – mark making/printing with your recycling to make small drawstring bags

June 26th – screenprinting with hand cut stencils to make a wooden wall tile or coaster

July 31st- mark making/printing with found objects in nature to make wrapping paper

August 28th – Screenprinting with hand cut stencils to upcycle one of your own pieces of clothing

Thursday Print club runs from 7pm-9pm
You can book just one week = £20
Book for all five weeks = £90
Adults only
Class hosted by Timber + Stitch

Cairngorm Community Cinema – On Falling.

On Falling tells the story of Aurora, a Portuguese warehouse picker working in a vast fulfilment centre in Scotland. Trapped between the confines of a vast distribution centre and the solitude of her own bedroom. An intimate and unwavering portrait of an isolated migrant and her relationship to the precarious labour that constrains and defines her.

The film had its World premiere at Toronto International Film Festival 2024 and its European premiere at the 72nd San Sebastián Film Festival where director Laura Carreira won the Silver Shell for Best Director. The film also won the Sutherland Award at the 68th BFI London Film Festival.

Doors at 6.30pm, film start 6.40pm.
Run length 1hr45min.

Community-owned but operated in partnership with Spey Valley Cinema and supported by the BFI and Film Hub Scotland, Cairngorm Community Cinema aims to create a space where the community can gather, discover new perspectives, and enjoy film.

At just £5 a ticket, we’re making it accessible to all.
Tickets only available on the door, so just show up!

Please come once again support our community cinema to keep it running for the rest of the year.

Are Car Boot Sales your ‘thing’? If so, book in for our last sale of the year! All indoors so we don’t need to worry about what the weather will be doing.

📅 Sunday 05 October 2025
⏰ 12:00
📍 Boat of Garten Community Hall (main hall)

Our Car Boot Sales will happen in August (outdoor), October (indoor).

If you are interested in holding a stall, please get in touch.
Contact Boat Hall:
📧 [email protected]
☎️ 01479 831123

£10 per car/space to be paid in advance

The Clan Grant Society UK is hosting an International Gathering in Strathspey on Sunday 3 August – Sunday 10 August 2025. It is an opportunity for Clan Grant to welcome Grants from all over the world, rekindle the strong bonds of kinship and to re-connect with old friends.

It is very much an inclusive event and we hope that people with just an interest in the clan and its heritage will also engage and join us.

For those attending the week long Gathering there will be visits to places in Strathspey connected to the Clan as well as talks and social events. The Gathering will culminate at Abernethy Games on Saturday 9th August with the Clan March and meet up at the Clan tent.

In the evening, the Clan Dinner and Ceilidh will be held in Grantown-on-Spey. Please click on this link to the draft Programme for the International Gathering.

WENDY GROSVENOR
BA(Hons)Fine Art

AN INTENTION – A stretching or bending of the mind toward an object; closeness of
application; fixedness of attention.

You are invited to view an artist’s exhibition of intention, process and outcome. And to take a tiny glimpse into the world of a sensory practice.
Semi-figurative artist Wendy Grosvenor uses a variety of different mediums to explore and respond to sensory connections and the sensory places that she inhabits.
‘My artmaking always begins with an intention.
My practice embraces tactile markmaking :- paint, water, charcoal, graphite – spoken word, sounds, found objects and three-dimensional form.
My process takes me to unexpected places and invariably, regardless of my intent, my painting seems find a life of it’s own. This is the explorative part for me.
It is exciting to visit a ‘different place’- an unexpected place – on a canvas. There is the gambler’s thrill in the unknowing, together with pure happenstance, which is quite addictive. When this overrides the intention – well, then I am delighted.
Wendy Grosvenor

This is 12 season that we have hosted the event up the Cairngorm mountain resort. The weekend consists of demos backcountry seminars and a fun wee race. The moneys we raise from the legendry raffle goes towards the Cairngorm mountain rescue team. All event info is on the Facebook page and information can be found on Instagram.

The UK Telecoms Industry has begun the process to migrate landline users to a digital service. BT Group has partnered with AbilityNet and Neighbourhood Watch Scotland to provide people in Scotland with the information they need to prepare for the switch.

To safely migrate all 7 million of its customers to Digital Voice, BT Group has invested significantly in an engagement campaign that aims to raise as much awareness as possible about the digital switchover with its customers across the UK. The BT engagement team are raising awareness regionally with newspaper and radio campaigns and by running a series of events through each region of the UK.

The roadshows are a platform where customers come along to find out more about digital voice and what it means for them and to answer any questions they may have and an opportunity to quash any myths out there.

Join AbilityNet to learn more about Digital Voice, why the change is taking place and what to expect when upgrading to Digital Voice. AbilityNet is a charity that supports older and disabled people. AbilityNet is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. By supporting AbilityNet, you can help ensure disabled people and older people are not excluded from the digital world.

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Would you like to learn more about the night sky? Join Cairngorms Astronomy Club and Tomintoul & Glenlivet Development Trust on Saturday, February 1st at the Discovery Centre in Tomintoul at 5:15 pm for a Crescent Moon with Venus, Neptune and Saturn evening telescope session to celebrate the start of National Astronomy Week. On February 1st the Crescent Moon will form a triangle with Venus and Neptune. The fantastic telescope target Saturn will also be visible below right. As the moon sets, we’ll also look at stars and constellations and will share resources for improving your celestial knowledge. Please meet at the Discovery Centre at 5:15 pm.

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 one of the most northerly in the world.

As we will be outside, please dress appropriately for cool February conditions and changeable weather. Sturdy footwear, lots of layers, along with gloves and a hat will make your telescope and stargazing experience more enjoyable. If conditions are unsuitable on the day of the event the organiser will email attendees. Toilets are available in the Discovery Centre.

Suggested donation £5 through Eventbrite or on the night helps to support the Tomintoul & Glenlivet Cairngorms Dark Sky Park. Under 16’s free.