Posts for May, 2024

Aviemore Community Enterprise Ltd community market on Aviemore village green every 2nd & 4th Sunday of each month. Many different stalls which vary each event

Paintings, photographs, textiles, ceramics, glass and jewellery created by local artists.

The Ghillie’s Larder is Braemar’s Farmers’ Market and will be held in June, August and December in 2024.

Passionate about the amazing local produce available here in Highland Aberdeenshire, Federica Bertolini and Jasmine Sherry connect the best food and drink makers with buyers — creating a thoughtfully curated, unique market experience for locals, day-trippers and tourists exploring this magical part of Scotland.

There’s always something new to try at the Ghillie’s Larder, with regular guest stallholders complementing monthly favourites that keep visitors returning again and again to the village.

The beautiful surrounds of St Margaret’s Braemar provide indoor market space for you to peruse the stalls on a rainy day, with plenty of outdoor space to relax and enjoy a picnic when the sun shines.

The Ghillie’s Larder regularly features live music from local artists, there to serenade you while you shop and you can combine your visit with a walk or cycle around the hills, glens and forests of Upper Deeside — the perfect family day out!

Details of upcoming markets can be found on social media at facebook.com/theghillieslarder

Those of a certain age will remember the popular 1960’s TV programme “Dr Finlay’s Casebook”. The stories of the colourful rural practice seem like a bygone age. In many ways they are but even today some GPs are modern-day Dr Finlays, working alone or with little support at the heart of their communities.

Now a major new exhibition in Braemar will take a close look at that history and trace the substantial changes in the provision of remote and rural single-handed general practice over the past 25 years.

”Dr Finlay I Presume?” has its roots in 1999 and a collaboration between the Royal College of General Practitioners and Dundee University. That resulted in the publication of ‘Single-Handed’, a book containing black and white photographic portraits of 46 single-handed GPs from throughout Scotland from Shetland to Stranraer with a written description of their background and experiences.

The exhibition includes some of the material from 1999. It traces how general practice / primary care services are now delivered in a number of remote and rural areas in Scotland which were originally featured in the book. It also revisits some of those doctors first interviewed in 1999 and asks where are they now.

Image credit BBC

Encounter the amazing history and wildlife of the beautiful area around Tomintoul on a short to moderate guided walk (2 – 4km) 1.5 – 2 hours. Led by a local expert who will share their local knowledge and expertise to ensure you get the most from your visit to Tomintoul and Glenlivet!

Meet at Tomintoul & Glenlivet Discovery Centre, The Square, Tomintoul AB37 9ET every Saturday 10am.

Please dress according to the weather, good footwear recommended.

Free but donations to Tomintoul and Glenlivet Development Trust very welcome

Join award-winning musician, music tutor and experienced performer, Hamish Napier, in these local folk music workshops that:

– are open to melody and chord players alike,
– are open to people age 16+ who play a folk instrument at intermediate to advanced level,
– are suitable for both by-ear players and those who can read a little music,
– will build confidence, theoretical ideas and techniques, in a relaxed, fun and supportive environment,
– will show you how to interpret Scottish folk tunes and accompany using chord sequences
– will focus on local traditional tunes with links to the Badenoch & Strathspey landscape and heritage
– will give participants the opportunity to arrange some tunes together as a group, to perform at the monthly Storylands Sessions Late Show community concerts

Rachel Sermanni is a Scottish based singer/songwriter that makes the mundane moments mystical: shock-positive pregnancy tests in train-station toilets, coffee machine breakages, cold river swims, the regret of not saying ‘I love You’, the moon & how it pulls, bare feet on wood floors, the soft glow of a house plant, ‘what even is consciousness?’, strange dreams lingering in quiet mornings…

She brims with dreamy indie-folk pop that speaks of the struggle and desire to Flow, to love, to live, to feel. Sometimes, her songs speak of the rare moments of quiet-still, found in the midst of this struggle & desire.

Come a support Louize from Clubbercise and Heather from Cairngorm School of Dance – rasing funds to support Louise’s Strictly Inverness participation

We are delighted to be hosting Fiona Hunter, one of the founders of Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS), for an afternoon in our tipi dedicated to raising awareness and money for this wonderful cause. A chance to learn about the incredible work CHAS does to support children with life-shortening conditions and their families and to hear first hand from parents who are receiving essential support and respite for themselves and their 4 year old daughter Evelyn.

You will also have the opportunity to partake in breathwork, Somatics and yoga related methods which focus on managing and reducing stress with Katie White and Carrie Wilde, two fabulous local yoga teachers. And who doesn’t love a cup of tea and a bit of cake?!

Together, we can make a difference and show our support for this important cause. We’d love to see you there!

All ticket sales go directly to CHAS

Come along and grab a bargain at our community table top sale