Posts for July, 2021

Connecting local farmers, producers and artisan makers with the community and the visitors in Braemar A-listed Church St Margaret’s.
There is so much to see and do in Braemar these days, history and heritage sites next to great places to eat and drink and interesting unique shops. We hope you will come and spend the day in one of the prettiest villages in the Cairngorms National Park

Badaguish are proud and delighted to announce their inaugural Christmas Fayre and Santa’s Grotto. We will be showcasing many local crafters and producers with stalls full of Christmas gifts to buy for your friends and families.

We will have lots of activities for the children and a special Santa’s Grotto to make for a memorable visit.

This community event will be held to support our charity The Speyside Trust.

Join us on Saturday 11th, Friday 17th or Saturday 18th December 2021

What’s included:
Enjoy a 3-course festive menu plus tea and coffee
Half a bottle of house wine per person
Live music from Drams Ceilidh Band plus Disco

£45 per ticket. Ticket and overnight stay from £79 per person.

Overnight stay includes full Scottish breakfast and use of our leisure facilities. Price is based on two sharing a twin or double room. Single supplement of £40 applies. Flexible cancellation is permitted in the event of lockdown restrictions.

At the time of writing this, I’m glad to announce that BVW is not postponed for this year…yet. We are planning to hold some events and are tiptoeing through the Covid regulations to see what can be done. The working title for this at the moment is BVW Lite, If anyone can come up with a better name we’d be glad to hear it. Basically we can have all the smaller events and fun, but the Big Events like the Fayre and Parade won’t be possible…

This actually works really well, in theory, BVW has always been lots of events under one umbrella, so if you as a business or group fancy putting something on we can include it in the programme. We learnt a few tricks last year by being all virtual, so hopefully even if you can’t make it to Ballater, or just fancy joining in from Home, there will be stuff to do.

We can run a lot of the children’s activities such as potted sports, story telling, crafts etc. We should be able to show a film or two. Whilst it is difficult to run a socially distanced pantomime horse event, its not impossible. We’re looking at outdoor bingo, treasure hunts and various walks that can be held. Add in a smattering of pet and sporting events we are nearly there. DJ Slim Ade is plotting a Disco, of some description. We’ll keep the Thursday free, and see if there’s a few things that can be done.

Our car boot sale for July

an open exhibition of varied two and three dimensional artwork and craft created by local; people during the extended lockdown period from March 2020 onwards. Most work is available for purchase. there is ample room in the gallery for 2m separation and a one way system is in operation for your safety.

Drop in for an hour or a day and take part in creating a willow creature to take away. No experience necessary. A relaxing way to spend time and learn a new skill. Bring your own refreshments and a chair or rug. Please follow current Covid guidelines.

Our partnership project intends to restore Scotland’s wildcat population by releasing captive bred individuals into the wild. To be successful, this approach requires long term commitments from both the Saving Wildcats team and from you, our local community.

This is a free, one hour event and members of the team will be doing a few short presentations to introduce those in the area to the different aspects of the project. Afterwards, there will be plenty of time for questions. We want to hear from you!

If you have any questions in the meantime – please get in touch.

From make shift tents in the garden to climbing the 8000m Peaks. Adele Pennington tells her story of how she made her decision to have a full time career in the mountains after a serious fall in the Alps which left her wheel chair bound for 8 months. The journey that has taken her all around the world experiencing life and culture. Not to mention her very close shave with death on Makalu in 2010.

After a brief career as an Academic and Chemistry school teacher Adele now lives in the Highlands and works as a Winter Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor. Throughout her Mountaineering career Adele has climbed extensively around the world and has had an affinity for climbing at high Altitude. To date she has climbed six 8000m peaks and made some first ascents of mountains in Bolivia and India. Above all though Adele is passionate about her Scottish Mountains and never gives the chance up to have a good day out on the hill.

You will be able to post questions during the Talk so we can have a Q & A at the end. The Talk will remain available to view on our channel – so if you can’t make the live event you can view it later.

One not to miss!

Once again this online Boat Talk will be free to watch, but we welcome donations to the Hall which we use to support the Talks and our speakers 😊 Click here to donate: https://bit.ly/3nBxrI8

After spending more than thirty years apart, Steve Mason meets up with two friends, living in different countries, to ride their motorcycles from Argentina to Alaska. He asked for an adventure and the universe delivered!
Steve is a retired IT manager living with his wife Amber in Lenzie, Scotland. He has four adult children and is a grandfather of one. Steve has been passionate about motorcycles and travel since his teens and has completed several big trips. Steve has written three books about his adventures namely “Ride to the Midnight Sun”, “Llamas, Bananas and Bears” and “Once around the Block”.

You will be able to post questions during the Talk so we can have a Q & A at the end. The Talk will remain available to view on our channel – so if you can’t make the live event you can view it later.

One not to miss!

Once again this online Boat Talk will be free to watch, but we welcome donations to the Hall which we use to support the Talks and our speakers 😊 Click here to donate: https://bit.ly/3nBxrI8