Posts for July, 2023

Outdoor music, food and drink from Friday 25th August to Sun 27th August.

A great selection of bands to entertain you throughout the weekend from noon until midnight Friday through to Sunday. Something for everyone covering jazz, pop rock and even a gospel choir to ease you into Sunday afternoon.

A great selection of beers and food from our BBQ.

A free guided hike taking you along the Cairngorm’s impressive northern corries.

This 12km loop takes us around some of the finest terrain in the Northern Cairngorms. After gradually ascending passed Coire an-t Sneachda and Coire an Lochain we then hike up onto the Cairngorm Plateau itself, where in fine weather we are offered incredible views across the unique high ground and out north towards Aviemore and Strathspey. We then continue along the tops of the Northern Corries eventually descending back down towards the Cairngorm Ski Centre. This hike has a total of 800m ascent and includes a large variety of terrain, from well built pathways to small sections of boulderfields.

A good level of fitness is required, however previous hiking experience is not essential.

We will be meeting at 10:00. Please be sure to arrive promptly with appropriate kit for the hike, as indicated by the kit list. We will spend a short amount of time checking equipment and then aim to start the hike no later then 10:15.

Please note: if you do not bring the correct equipment you will be unable to join this hike. If you are unable to bring all of the items listed in our kit list please get in touch and I will try my best to provide what is required.

This eco-event is now in its 3rd year and will again showcase ways of achieving a sustainable environment with the green credentials of local businesses on display.

The show is organised by volunteer members of Sustainable Strathspey, an eco-group in Badenoch and Strathspey which aims to initiate local change to help tackle the nature and climate emergencies.

We are expecting return visits by most of last year’s stallholders including representatives from the building industry, the Cairngorms National Park Authority, Home Energy Scotland, Grantown Society, wind farm developers, wildlife champions, and experts in waste management, the circular economy and creative child’s play. This year we are extending our invitation to all with an interest in active travel.

Do you have what it takes to help Ranger Saranne track this secretive creature at the Highland Folk Museum?

There have been reports of signs of a ‘dragon’ at the Highland Folk Museum but if it does exist – it has proved to have been very elusive.

The curators have asked local Countryside Ranger Saranne to take a look on Tuesday 11th or 25th July between 10am – 12pm. And she could do with some helpers with keen eyes, ears and noses aged 6-10 years old (P2 – P5). Do you have what it takes to use your senses as you explore the museum trying to track down this secretive creature?

10am – 12pm each day, suitable for 6 – 10 yr olds. ££
Booking essential https://www.highlifehighland.com/schools-out/

Heritage in Action Days offer you the chance to see and take part in a wide range of activities. There will be demonstrations across the site of traditional skills including rope making, spinning and weaving, basketry, waulking the cloth and lots more!! Try out some traditional games down at the Croft and in our School, and have a go in a coracle at the Sawmill pond. (Activities may differ on different dates.) Activities run 11am – 1pm and 2 – 4pm each Thursday. Entry by donation, car parking charges apply.

A spectacular outdoor performance by The Three Inch Fools of “Robin Hood”, which will be held in the grounds of Balmoral.

Gates will open at 5.15 p.m. so you can get seated before the performance starts at 6.00 p.m. Bring a picnic if you wish or visit our coffee shop for something to eat. Our BBQ will also be available (cash payments only).

OPEN AIR THEATRE TICKETS ARE NON REFUNDABLE

Children under 5 are admitted free of charge.

Annie Ives from Skills for Bees will be facilitating this workshop. She will explain the need for pollinator habitats, how you can create them in your own and a community spaces and get a chance to plant up a planter with wildflowers for your community to enjoy. Nancy Chambers, Manager of the Cairngorms Trust will be on hand to answer any questions about the new Cairngorms Trust Nature Resilience Fund which includes funding for community pollinator and wildflower projects.

Hayley Wiswell, conservation officer from the Cairngorms National Park Authority will be facilitating this workshop. She will explain the need for pollinator habitats, how you can create them in your own and a community spaces and get a chance to plant up a planter with wildflowers for your community to enjoy. Nancy Chambers, Manager of the Cairngorms Trust will be on hand to answer any questions about the new Cairngorms Trust Nature Resilience Fund which includes funding for community pollinator and wildflower projects.

Annie Ives from Skills for Bees will be facilitating this workshop.

She will explain the need for pollinator habitats, how you can create them in your own and a community spaces and get a chance to plant up a planter with wildflowers for your community to enjoy.

Nancy Chambers, Manager of the Cairngorms Trust will be on hand to answer any questions about the new Cairngorms Trust Nature Resilience Fund which includes funding for community pollinator and wildflower projects.

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 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.