What’s On in Highland Perthshire August 2013 www.HighlandPerthsire.com Continuous Events Pitlochry Festival Theatre see website for details. www.PitAugust2013 lochryFestivalTheatre.com A selection of 6 plays including; www.explorescotland.net Hello Dolly 3rd 2pm, 6th 8pm, 7th 2pm, 12th 8pm, www.explore-highland-perthshire.com 17th 8pm, 24th 8pm, 28th 8pm. A Chorus of Disapproval by Alan Ayckwww.hpwhatson.net bourn 2nd 8pm, 7th 8pm, 10th 2pm, 13th www.cyclehighlandperthshire.com 8pm, 14th 2pm, 23rd 8pm, 29th 8pm Present Laughter by Noel Coward e.mail James@explorescotland.net or Tel: 01796 473335 9th 8pm, 15th 8pm, 26th 8pm, 31st 2pm. Single Spies - A Double-bill by Alan Bennett 1st 8pm. 5th 8pm, 10th 8pm, 16th 8pm, 24th 2pm, 30th 8pm Lady Windermere’s Fan by Oscar Wilde 3rd 8pm, 8th 8pm, 14th 8pm.17th 2pm, 22nd 8pm, 29th 2pm, 31st 8pm Two by Jim Cartwright 21st 8pm, 22nd 2pm, 27th 8pm, 28th If you have an Event you 2pm. would like to advertise Tel: Box Office: 01796 484 626 FREE OF CHARGE www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com
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Killin, runs in both directions and calls at all of the major tourist attractions in the area. Between Killin and Aberfeldy there will be a fourth two-way service in the early evening. 20th April- 31st December Cinema, Live Event/Broadcasts The Birks Cinema PO Box 7517 Aberfeldy PH15 2WH see website for details & listings book online or Tel 0871 902 5754 www.birkscinema.co.uk 28th March to 3rd November Exhibition 80 Years of Scottish Rock! Explorers Garden Port-Na-Craig, Pitlochry, PH16 5DR 80 Years of Scottish Rock! runs from 28th March to 3rd November and is housed in the David Douglas Pavilion - entrance is free to anyone with an Explorers Entry Ticket. Tel: 01796 484626 www.explorersgarden.com
29 March – 4 August. Prices start from £27 pp Highland Pony Trekking Saturday 29th June to Sunday Blair Castle, Blair Atholl, Pitlochry, 20th October, Ring of Breadalbane Explorer 2013 Perthshire PH18 5TL Enjoy a gentle trek or faster ride into hop on hop off circular route Ring of Breadalbane Explorer 2013 will the hills. Call 01796 481568 to make a booking. run three times a day on Tuesdays, www.blair-castle.co.uk Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays Takes in Aberfeldy, Amulree, Crieff, Comrie, St Fillans, Lochearnhead and
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What’s On Highland Perthshire 01 Apr 2013 to 14 Sep 2013 Exhibition - 150th anniversary of the Perth to Inverness Railway Blair Castle Blair Atholl PH18 5TL In 1863, the railway between Dunkeld and Inverness was completed opening the Highlands to increased visitors and trade. Engineer Joseph Mitchell attempted to get the proposal passed for almost 20 years but struggled to get support due to the common view that it would be too difficult to build a railway line across the rocky terrain of the Highlands. The proposal was passed by parliament in 1861 and the railway line was completed only 2 years later on 9 September 1963. The 6th Duke of Atholl and 7th Duke of Atholl were heavily involved in the process, as the railway line crossed a large proportion of Atholl Estates. The 6th Duke insisted on having beautifullydesigned bridges across his land to cater for the new railway (the bridges that were built include the Bridge of Tilt, Killicrankie Viaduct and the Calvine bridge) and the 7th Duke took the first trial run on the line. To celebrate the 150th anniversary, Blair Castle has a number of artefacts on display in the Banvie Hall relating to the development of the railway, including watercolours, old photos of Blair Atholl station and a model of a Stevenson design locomotive which featured on the Antiques Road Show in 2011. Normal Entry prices apply. www.atholl-estates.co.uk
section of the I&PJR was opened from Dunkeld to Pitlochry, on 3rd August 1863 the Forres-Aviemore section followed and on 9th September 1863 the Aviemore-Pitlochry section was completed, thereby forming the strategic main line across the Grampians. From these dates, the growth of many villages as tourist venues and service centres can be traced. In 1865 the I&PJR became the Highland Railway which was in existence for almost 60 years. In 1923 it became part of the London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS), and in 1948 British Railways took over at nationalisation. Tel 01796 481232
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1st July - 9th August Kids activity Programme Dunolly Adventures Taybridge Drive Aberfeldy PH15 2BP You can drop your child off from 9am and they will be supervised. suitable for 6-12yr olds Climbing wall & tree, River rafting,High ropes course ,Archery, River Duckys, walks, teambuilding loch duckys, gorge scramble, Biking skills. Each session just £15 per child. must be booked in advance Tel 01887 820298 www.dunollyadventures.co.uk
Friday 26th July to 4th August exhibition for local artist Olga Todorovici Thursday 20th June - Thursday VIVA Gallery, Arts and Crafts 1 Mill 29th August Lane Pitlochry Dunkeld Art Exhibition Olga will be showing the full range of Duchess Anne Hall The Cross Dun- her work from oil paintings and sculpkeld. tures to ceramic jewellery. Opening For over 40 years the Dunkeld Art hours: 9.30 - 5 Mon - Sat 12 - 3.30 Exhibition has been running every Sun Entrance free. summer to raise money for the upkeep of Dunkeld Cathedral. Artists from all 27th July to Sunday 4th August over the UK show paintings, prints and 10am to 6pm sculptures and the exhibition attracts Fortingal Art Exhibition some 10,000 visitors each year. The Molteno Hall Fortingall exhibition has regularly contributed This exhibition of over 30 local artists thousands of pounds to the Dunkeld features painting , photography, printCathedral funds. For over 40 years, making, jewellery and furniture, and the Dunkeld Art Exhibition has been the popular Children’s Art competition, running for 10 weeks every summer to with 400 entries this year. raise money for the upkeep of Dunkeld Held in the elegant Molteno Hall, in the Cathedral. Artists from all over the UK village of Fortingall, with its Arts and show paintings, prints and sculptures Crafts style architecture, and ancient and the exhibition attracts some 10,000 Yew tree. visitors each year. Opening hours: ‘Amazing, inspirational, something for daily Friday 3rd May to 30th Sep- Monday - Saturday from 10.00am everyone. A great day out’ tember to 7.00pm, Sunday from 2.00pm to Molteno Hall, Fortingall, Perthshire Exhibition “Blair Atholl’s Railway “ 7.00pm Enjoy a great day out apprePH15 2LL Follow AA signs from A9 to commemorate the 150 years of ciating fine works of art in a beautiful and A827 e.mail: Secretary@fortingalSummer Twilight , North Uist by Kevin Fleming railway in Blair Atholl part of Highland Perthshire! Atholl Country Life Museum Blair Tel: 01738 710399 Atholl PH18 5SP www.dunkeldartexhibition.com display to commemorate the 150 years of railway in Blair Atholl... visit the com- Monday 1st July - Mid September memorative exhibition over weekends Summer Watch Safaris in May or daily from 1st June 2013 to Highland Safaris By Aberfeldy 30th September 2013. Perthshire PH15 2JQ The 150th year anniversary of the Departing at 1700hrs. Nothing can opening of what at the outset was the prepare you for the beauty, peace and Inverness & Perth Junction Railway is tranquillity of our hills and glens at to be marked. It was a considerable dusk. engineering achievement to surmount Tel: 01887 820071 Druimuachdar Pass, at 1,484ft the www.highlandsafaris.net highest point on any main line in Britain. On the 1st June 1863 the first
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Saturday 3rd August (opening 2pm- 4pm) to Saturday 31st August Daily 10am-5pm 27th July until Wed 28th August Alasdair Hamilton ‘Found’ Land(10-5.30, 11-5.30 Sun) scapes and Voyages Art exhibition open daily Nancy Birnam Arts & Conference Centre Fuller - Anagama Firings Station Road Birnam Dunkeld PH8 The Watermill, Mill Street, Aber0DS feldy PH15 2BG Birnam Arts, Birnam by Dunkeld AlasWood-fired ceramics from Nancy dair Hamilton studied graphic design Fuller’s ‘anagama’ (a type of Japanese and mural painting at Edinburgh Colwood-fired kiln) in the north-east of lege of Art, which led to a career in deScotland. The work is fired for 4 days sign for the BBC, an American company and 3 nights with a mixture of split in Amsterdam, and Manchester Unipine and beech - the intrigue of the versity, before returning to Scotland to work is in the surface effects that result design for the Scottish Natural Heritage from the interplay of the wood ash and at Battleby. mineral inclusions within the clay. After 10 years freelancing in countryTel: 01887 822896 side interpretation, Alasdair has turned www.aberfeldywatermill.com to creating anew from countryside materials, exploring the cultural and Monday 29th July until Saturday physical aspects of landscape. Many 17th August of the pictures in this exhibition are Summer Art and Crafts Exhibition made from ‘found’ materials, in colours The Atholl Centre (behind the reflecting the seasons and geometry of Tourist Office)Pitlochry PH16 5BX the land. Others depict the impact of Pitlochry Gallery Association will be man’s activities, and some the strucholding their summer Art and Crafts ture of nature’s life forms. Yet another Exhibition in the Atholl Centre from group explores memories, discovery Monday 29th July until and sea journeys. Saturday 17th August 2013. Box Office Tel: 01350 727674 Opening hours are 10.30am until www.birnamarts.com 5.00pm daily and 2.00pm until 6.00pm Tuesday 6th until on Sundays. Entry is free but donations to our char- Tuesday 13th August ity collection will be gratefully received. Quilt Exhibition A large selection of crafts and original Kenmore Church, Kenmore artworks and prints will be on sale. We PH15 2NU look forward to seeing you there! Exhibition with some sale items. EveryTel 01796 473044 one welcome. www.pitlochrygallery.co.uk lart.co.uk, www.fortingallart.co.uk
Thursday 1st August to Monday 5th August Bankfoot Inn Beer Festival 2013 The Bankfoot Inn Main Street Bankfoot PH1 4AB The first annual Bankfoot Inn Beer Festival will be held from Thursday August 1st to Monday 5th. We aim to have about 20 beers available across the four days. This is also the year we were awarded CAMRA Tayside Pub of the Year 2013 runner-up. Thursday 6-11pm preview, Friday - Sunday 12.00 - 00.30 (live musicSaturday - ‘Tunna’ of Dunkeld) Monday 12 - 11pm 01738-787243 Email info@bankfootinn.co.uk www.bankfootinn.co.uk
Weekly Events
April - October Every Sundays 11.30am Garden Tours Explorers Garden Pitlochry Festival Theatre PH16 5DR Lasting approximately one and a half hours, our guided tours provide insights into the plants, trees, wildlife, history, art and architecture contained in Explorers. Fun, fascinating and informative! Price: £5, includes Garden entry www.explorersgarden.com
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Every Sunday at 2pm Attic Tours Blair Castle, Blair Atholl, Pitlochry, Perthshire PH18 5TL With a maze of rooms usually off limits to castle visitors, experience a guided tour of Blair Castle’s attics. A behind the scenes look at a wealth of artefacts not on general display, finishing with a climb onto the castle rooftops for views across Perthshire. £15 (includes access to full castle tour) Tel:01796 481355. www.atholl-estates.co.uk Every Sunday “Sunday Session” 8-11pm McKays Bar & Restaurant 138 Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 5AG Session night where a mixture of musicians or those of you learning a musical talent gather round to sing, strum or drum what they know best, a great fun night open to everyone. Free entry. McKays, Atholl Road, Pitlochry Tel: 01796473888 www.mckayshotel.co.uk Every Monday 27th May to 9th September 7pm for 7.45pm HIGHLAND NIGHTS. Recreation Ground Pitlochry (Robert Wiseman Dairies Vale of Atholl Pipe Band), Highland and Scottish dancing, songs and music. Mondays, 27th May to 9th September 7.45pm Gates open 7pm. Venue - Recreation Ground. If wet, venue - Pitlochry Town Hall. Adults £5 Children £1. www.highlandnight.co.uk Every Tuesday 7.30pm Whisky Tasting McKays Bar & Restaurant 138 Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 5AG Whisky Tasting from 7.30pm with a variety of distilleries. Tel: 01796473888 www.mckayshotel.co.uk Every Tuesday from 8.30pm The Taybank Tay Terrace Dunkeld PH8 0AQ Donny McElligott and Alan Dickson, lead the Tuesday night session with an eccelctic mix of old and new tunes anyone welcome to come and join from 8.30pm. Free entry. Tel: 01350 727340 www.thetaybank.co.uk
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What’s On Highland Perthshire June - September Every Wednesday 11.30am Garden Tours Explorers Garden Pitlochry Festival Theatre PH16 5DR Lasting approximately one and a half hours, our guided tours provide insights into the plants, trees, wildlife, history, art and architecture contained in Explorers. Fun, fascinating and informative! Price: £5, includes Garden entry www.explorersgarden.com Every Wednesday 1st May to 25th September 2-4pm Handbell Harmony Dunkeld Cathedral Cathedral Street DUNKELD PH8 0AW A season of solo ringing performances in Dunkeld Cathedral from 2.00 - 4.00 pm Solo ringing is fascinating to watch and lovely to hear. You are invited to come and enjoy the music for a while. There is no charge, just a freewill collection for the Cathedral. Please contact The Dunkeld Tourist Information Office before travelling. It is always informed of the very few occasions when Handbell Harmony has to be cancelled.
Open to all. Join in if you want, play an instrument, or just sit in and enjoy good music. Tel: 01738 787243 www.bankfootinn.co.uk Every 2nd Wednesday from 8.30pm The Taybank Tay Terrace Dunkeld PH8 0AQ Open Mic Night in the bar from 8.30pm - anyone is welcome to come and join or simply come and enjoy the music Free entry. Tel: 01350 727340 www.thetaybank.co.uk Every Thursday July - August Summer Guided Walks in Rannoch The Square Kinloch Rannoch PH16 5PF Two hour low level guided walks in the Rannoch Area. For more details email rannochscotland@gmail.com, phone 07786063678 or check out the website www.rannochscotland.co.uk Bookings can also be made in person at Treats, The Square, Kinloch Rannoch.
Thursday 7.30pm Moulin Scottish Country Dance Class Moulin Hall Moulin Pitlochry Every Wednesday If you have not danced before or just Wonderful Golf Wednesdays need a refresher come along and join Pitlochry Golf Club Golf Course Rd us. All levels of dancers welcome. Pitlochry PH16 5QY Great fun and good excersie no partner An open competition every Wednesday required. £2 per night Tel June Templefor Gents Ladies & jnrs - Non members man on 01796 473488 welcome £10 entry incl Gree Frees. Tel 01796 472792 or e.mail info@ Every Thursday pitlochrygolf.co.uk Traditional Fiddle Session The Taybank Tay Terrace Dunkeld Every Wednesday August 7th PH8 0AQ 25th September Pete Clark leads a traditional fiddle Scottish Night Out session in the bar from 8.30 - again all Pitlochry Town Hall West Moulin musicians are welcome to come and Rd Pitlochry join!! Eddie Rose - Scotland’s Son of Fun with Tel: 01350 727340 a night of fun, songs, and music. www.thetaybank.co.uk www.eddierose.co.uk “Traditional Thursdays” 8-11pm Every Wednesday, 9pm McKays Bar & Restaurant 138 Open Music Sessions Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 5AG Bankfoot Inn, Main Street, BankA night of traditional Scottish music, foot PH1 4AB dine in a relaxed atmosphere while Open session for musicians of all abili- listening to our live musicians playing ties to gather and play music - any mu- an abundance of foot tapping tunes.... sic. Local musicians assemble to play a Free entry. McKays, Atholl Road, Pitvariety of instruments and sing songs. lochry
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Tel: 01796473888 www.mckayshotel.co.uk Every Friday 5th July - 11th October 11.00am – 12.30pm Secrets of the Stage Pitlochry Festival Theatre PH16 5DR This entertaining illustrated talk, with examples of actual props and costumes, covers all aspects of PFT’s stage productions, from set design and auditions to play selection and the rehearsal process. There will also be short video interviews with theatre professionals who will give an insight into backstage life at the Theatre in the Hills. Included in the talk will be a “sneaky peak” at the production being built on stage that day and a look at how PFT has changed since its early days in the tent. You will also have the opportunity to have any questions you may have about our productions answered. Price £7.50 (Includes tea/coffee and a scone/Highland pâtisserie) Tel: 01796 484626 www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com “Friday night Folk” 8-11pmMcKays Bar & Restaurant 138 Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 5AG Traditional folk music from musicians all over Scotland using an array of different instruments to bring you some of the best Scottish beasts and sounds. Free entry. McKays, Atholl Road, Pitlochry Tel: 01796473888 www.mckayshotel.co.uk Every Friday Night Music Sessions Atholl Arms Hotel Bridgehead, Dunkeld, PH8 OAQ An open session for musicians of all abilities to gather and play music - any music. Or just come and enjoy the music. Free Entry. Tel: 01350 727 219 www.athollarmshotel.com “Saturday night live@McKays” 9-11pm McKays Bar & Restaurant 138 Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 5AG Live bands from Scottish, Irish, Pop, rock, Blues, Jazz, Motown and many more. Sing dance and clap the night
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saturday 24th August 9pm Coaltown Daisies Friday 30th August 9pm David and Clare saturday 31th August 8pm “saturday night Fever” 11-1.30am Shenanigans McKays Bar & Restaurant 138 Tel 01796 473888 Email: info@mckayAtholl Road Pitlochry PH16 5AG shotel.co.uk resident DJ plays some of the latest http://www.mckayshotel.co.uk/pittunes to dance the night from 11pmlochry_entertainment/programme.htm late, if you come in after 11pn there DAILY DIARY EVEnTs is a £3.00 door charge. McKays, Atholl Road, Pitlochry Thursday 1st August Tel: 01796473888 Trick Riding Camp www.mckayshotel.co.uk Killiecrankie. Trick Riding Camp - experienced ridAugust 2013 Music at The Old Mill Inn, Mill Lane ers will teach you amazing tricks. Children and Adults welcome £25. Tel Pitlochry PH16 5BH 07784119377 info@ridersofthestorm. Friday 2nd August co.uk www.ridersofthestorm.co.uk Mad Ferret @ The Old Mill free away... Free entry. McKays, Atholl Road, Pitlochry Tel: 01796473888 www.mckayshotel.co.uk
saturday 3rd august Jaime Harper free Friday 9th August Fozzie (The Clachies) free saturday 10th August The Red Pine Timber Company free Friday 16th August Gordy Duncan free saturday 17th August Dread or Alive free Friday 23rd August Scott MacDonald free saturday 24th August The Sunshine Delay free Friday 30th August Stuart McKandie @ The Old Mill free saturday 31st August 2010 free Tel 01796 474020 www.theoldmillpitlochry.co.uk
August 2013 Music at Mckays Bar & Restaurnat 138 Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 5AG Friday 2nd August 8pm Macpolvo saturday 3rd August 9pm Sandy Tweeddale and Dougie Strong Friday 9th August 8pm Colin Ramage and Iain Anderson saturday 10th August 9pm Joy Friday 16th August 8pm Pete Clarke and Gregor Lowery saturday 17th August 9pm K2 Friday 23rd August 8pm Jack Badcok and Carrie Thomas
Thursday 1st August Go Wild Day Highland safaris By Aberfeldy Perthshire PH15 2JQ Fun Charity Day-Gold Panning-FalconryBushcraft Demonstrations BBQ-Land Rover Safaris-Red Deer Encounter. Help for Heroes stand and RSPB. £6.50 Adults £3.50 Child £18 Family. The entrance price includes Falconry Display, Highland Warrior Displays, Bouncy Castle, Bush Tel: 01887 820071 www.highlandsafaris.net
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All Day
Tayside Mountain Rescue & Equipment
All Day
Bush Craft Skills
All Day
Help for Heroes stand
All Day
Bouncy Castle
All Day
Gold & Gem Panning
All Day
BikeTrax Mountain Bike Skills Loop (Bike Hire Available)
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Tayside Mountain Rescue Demonstration
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Highland Warriors Display
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Red Deer Encounter – meet our herd of Red Deer
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BBQ
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Highland Warriors Display
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Falconry Display
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Tayside Mountain Rescue Demonstration The entrance price includes Falconry Display, Highland Warrior Displays, Bouncy Castle, Bush Craft Workshops and Red Deer Encounter.
All entry proceeds go to the Tayside Mountain Rescue Team.
Thursday 1st August 10.30am – 12.00 midday Tree Giants Meet: Glen Tilt Car Park, by Blair Atholl Meet the special giant trees that live here and get to know them better. Children £2 Tel: 01796 481355 email pf@athollestates.co.uk www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk Friday 2nd August 1.00 - 3.00pm. nature Detectives: Just for Kids! Loch of the Lowes Visitor Centre Dunkeld PH8 0HH Have fun following the clues, tracks and signs of wildlife and find out how to spy on them in secret! Cost: £3 Adult, £2 Concession/ Member, £1 Child. Admission to Visitor Centre extra Tel: 01350 727337 http://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/reserve/loch-of-the-lowes/ Friday 2nd August Films at Blair Castle Blair Castle, Blair Atholl, Pitlochry, Perthshire PH18 5TL Monster University (U) 5.15pm WWZ (15) 7.30pm Adult £6.95, Child £5.65, Family £22.90 Pre-booking is essential. Call 01796 481207 or book online at www.blair-castle.co.uk saturday 3rd August ultimate stunt Experience Day Killiecrankie Try your hand at trick riding, vaulting & jousting. Children or Adults Welcome £45 including lunch. Tel 07784119377 info@ridersofthestorm.co.uk www.ridersofthestorm.co.uk saturday 3rd August 1.00 3.00pm. How to be a Wildlife spy, Loch of the Lowes Visitor Centre Dunkeld PH8 0HH Learn fieldcraft techniques and tracking, and how to use spy cameras to see secretive wildlife. Hands on with equipment. Cost: £3 Adult, £2 Concession/ Member, £1 Child over 10. Admission to Visitor Centre extra. Booking essential. Tel: 01350 727337
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What’s On Highland Perthshire http://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/reserve/loch-of-the-lowes/ Saturday 3rd August 7.30pm Scottish Country Dancing Pitlochry Town Hall, West Moulin Road Pitlochry Come along and join us on the dance floor, or watch and listen to the music provided by some of Scotland’s best bands. ALL WELCOME Admission: Dancer: £7.00 Spectator: £2.00 Tel: June on 01796 473488 or email: jdat@topofthebox.freeserve.co.uk Saturday 3rd August 8pm Saturday Night Fever with The Scottish Super Troopers Birnam Arts & Conference Centre Station Road Birnam Dunkeld PH8 0DS 70s Dance Night - Flares, Platforms, or come as you want – but be prepared to party! The best of both worlds – one half of pure Abba music, followed by showstopper after showstopper from the 70s, with Birnam Arts’ favourites – The Scottish Supertroopers... Plus, there’ll be a wee prize for the best outfit of the night!! Tickets: £14 Box Office Tel: 01350 727674 www.birnamarts.com
Saturday & Sunday 3rd-4th August 10am - 4.30pm Bronze-Age Bling – Jewellery and metalworking The Scottish Crannog Centre Kenmore, Loch Tay Perthshire PH15 2HY Craft your very own pendant or spiral ring to take home, and watch demonstrations of bronze-casting replica ancient artefacts. Limit one item per person. Booking recommended. Tel. 01887 830583 Email: info@crannog.co.uk www.crannog.co.uk Sunday 4th August 10am - 3pm Aberfeldy Farmers Market Town Square Aberfeldy First Sunday of the Month until October Showcase the very best of Perthshire’s famous food larder, will feathure local produce and suppliers from across the range available in the area. To book a stall or for further details Tel: 01738 582159 or email ad@theeventstore.com
first Sunday of every month Evening Rafting Dunolly Adventures, Taybridge Drive, Aberfeldy, PH15 2BP To compliment the Aberfeldy Farmers Market on the first Sunday of every month, they will be running evening Saturday & Sunday 3rd-4th August White Water Rafting Trips starting at 11am till 4pm 5pm. Suitable for everyone above the Exhibition of Historic Photos age of 8! Killiecrankie Village Hall. To book call 01887 820298 info@ Come and browse the photos and dunollyadventures.co.uk enjoy a cuppa along with some lovely home-baking, tombola, raffle and so Sunday 4th August much more. 10.00am - 5.00pm. Optics Fair, Loch of the Lowes Visitor Centre Dunkeld PH8 0HH A wide selection of binoculars and telescopes available to buy. Let us make your choice easy by getting expert advice from the Opticron representative. No additional charge. Adults £4.00 Conc £3.50 Family Ticket: £7.50 – SWT Member FREE Tel: 01350 727337 http:// scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/ reserve/loch-of-the-lowes/
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PITLOCHRY’S SECRET GARDENS Sunday 4th August 2013 11am - 5pm Admission by programme Adults £5
Well-behaved children free
Programmes available from the Visitor Information Centre Come and visit some of our beautiful gardens and hidden corners, refreshments included, served in the Atholl Palace Marquee. Pitlochry in Bloom gratefully acknowledge the kind sponsorship of Bells Distillery, Atholl Palace Hotel, Explorers - Scottish Plant Hunters Garden and the community.
Money raised goes to Pitlochry in Bloom
People, Plants & Pride Working together for the good of the environment...
Sunday 4th August 11am till 5pm Pitlochry in Bloom’s Secret Gardens Day around Pitlochry Pitlochry In Bloom’s annual Secret Gardens Day is when local residents and businesses open their gardens, lawns and greenhouses for the day. A great variety of small, large, new, traditional, contemporary and commercial gardens on show. Programmes will be available from the Visitor Information Centre, Atholl Road from mid-July onwards. Programmes: £4.50, one per person required for entry. Sunday 4th August 2pm - 4pm Ages 6+ Paint your Wellies Birnam Arts & Conference Centre Station Road Birnam Dunkeld PH8 0DS Get creative with the Birnam Arts team and our Painted Wellies workshop - jazz up an old pair of wellies, or if you’ve just got new ones that are a bit boring, you can let your imagination run riot and paint yourself wellies that everyone is going to want to have! Make sure you wear old clothes for this, and don’t forget the most important thing – your wellies!! Pre-booking essential.Online booking is currently not available for this event. To book, please call the box office on 01350 727674. Tickets: £5 www.birnamarts.com
What’s On Highland Perthshire Sunday 4th August 6.30pm 8.00pm Roe Buck Seat walk FORESTRY COMMISSION WALKS Meet: Craigvinean Car Park A great new walk by the Forestry Commission to a stunning view point overlooking the silvery Tay. Charge: Adults: £3.50 Children £2.00 Tel: 01350 727284 Sunday 4th August 8pm Masters Of The House Pitlochry Festival Theatre Port Na Craig, Pitlochry, PH16 5DR Performers from West End musicals such as Les Misérables, Phantom and Mamma Mia, combine to perform 2 hours of spectacular songs from popular musicals. Tickets £20.00 Tel: Box Office: 01796 484 626 www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com Monday 5th, August 11.00am – 12.30pm The Queens View – FORESTRY COMMISSION WALKS Meet: Queens view Car Park What’s the Forestry Commission up to? Learn the facts on a variety of topics recreation, conservation and planning the forests of tomorrow today. Charge: Adults: £3.50 Children £2.00 Tel: 01350 727284 Tuesday 6th August: 10.30am 2 hours Close Encounters - a children’s walk Meet: 10.30 am Ben Lawers NNR car park An exploration of the habitats on the lower slopes of Ben Lawers; we hope to bring you close to some of the less obvious animals and plants that live here. Cost: adults £2, children £5. (Adults must be accompanied by a child and vice versa). Bring: Wellies and waterproofs. Meet: 10.30 am Ben Lawers NNR car park. For further information Tel 0844 4932 136 or email benlawers@nts.org.uk . http://www.nts.org.uk/Property/BenLawers-National-Nature-Reserve/Blog/ Tuesday 6th August 2.00pm 3.30pm Woodland Trail Race Meet: Glen Tilt Car Park, by Blair Atholl
Follow the trail through the woods, with clues to help you. Try not to take a dead end turn. Families. £2 per child Tel: 01796 481355 email pf@athollestates.co.uk www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk
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Who for: Children £2 Tel: 01796 481355 email pf@athollestates.co.uk www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk
Thursday 8th August, 2pm – 3.30pm Wednesday, 7th August 10.30am – Battle of Killiecrankie 12.30am National Trust for Scotland KilliecWeem With a View – FORESTRY rankie Visitor Centre, Killiecrankie COMMISSION WALKS Pitlochry PH16 5LG meet in stone Meet: Weem Car Park circle Enjoy the discoveries of the worldGet to grips with the gory details of this famous plant hunters, Douglas and gruesome battle. Interactive battle talk Menzies, in stunning scenery near (1hr) in woods above Soldier’s Leap; Castle Menzies. followed by children’s craft activities Charge: Adults: £3.50 Children £2.00 and a display of weapons outside the Tel: 01350 727284 visitor centre. Booking: Just turn up Cost: Adults £4; Children £2 Wednesday 7th August Tel: 0844 4932194 Email : killiecrank11.30am - 3pm ie@nts.org.uk Tay and Lyon Churches Guild www.nts.org.uk Summer Fete Village Green at Kenmore. Friday 9th August, 8.15pm-9.45pm PH15 2NU Family Dusk Walk family event Enjoy a delicious barbecue and stalls National Trust for Scotland The including; Baking & Produce, Jewellery, Hermitage, by Dunkeld; PH8 0HX Books, Plants & Garden Implements, meet in the Lower Car Park Burgers & Refreshment Stall. Find out about the elusive wildlife Everyone is welcome to go along! that frequents the half-light between day and night. Moths, bats and small Wednesday 7th August 8pm mammals will feature during the evenIllustrated talk - Habitat Manage- ing. Booking: Just turn up Cost: Adults ment in Norway £4; Children £2 NTS meetings room, Lynedoch, Tel: 0844 4932192 Email : hermitage@ Main Street, Killin FK21 8UW nts.org.uk Paul Thompson, Ranger Naturalist at www.nts.org.uk Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve, reflects on what we can learn from the Friday 9th August: Norwegian approach to management. Moth Night http://www.nts.org.uk/Property/Ben- Meet: 8.30pm Ben Lawers NNR car Lawers-National-Nature-Reserve/Blog/ park. A chance to see some of the moths of Thursday 8th August the mountains as they are attracted to Vaulting Camp - with Riders of the our harmless light traps. The rangers Storm. will be returning to the traps on SaturKilliecrankie. day morning to inspect the overnight Vaulting Camp - experienced riders will catch and you are welcome to join teach you an amazing things on a horse. them again then. Duration: As long as Children and Adults welcome £25. Tel you like Cost: adults £2, children £1 07784119377 info@ridersofthestorm. Bring: Warm clothes, midge repellent, co.uk www.ridersofthestorm.co.uk torch and sunglasses. Meet: 8.30pm Ben Lawers NNR car park. For further Thursday 8th August 10.30am – information 12.00 midday Tel 0844 4932 136 or email benlawMinibeast Hunt and Crafts ers@nts.org.uk Meet: Blair Atholl Information http://www.nts.org.uk/Property/BenCentre, Blair Atholl Lawers-National-Nature-Reserve/Blog/ We go on a minibeast hunt and then try to make some beasties of our own.
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Sunday 11th August 8pm Ultimate Bowie Pitlochry Festival Theatre Port Na Craig, Pitlochry, PH16 5DR Ed Blaney and his eight-piece band take to the stage to perform all of David Bowie’s greatest hits from across the decades. As seen on TV, Ed is famous for possessing Bowie’s awe-inspiring vocal prowess and a kaleidoscope of costumes! Tickets £20.00 & £22.50 Tel: Box Office: 01796 484 626 Friday 9th & Saturday 10th August www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com 9.30am onwards Atholl & Breadalbane Agricultural Tuesday 13th August between 2.00 and 4.00pm. Show and Highland Games Feeders and Homes Wade’s Park, Aberfeldy Spectacular setting on the banks of the Meet: Blair Atholl Information Centre R Tay incorporating the Clan Menzies Help out your local wildlife by making Gathering with carrying of the Clan nestboxes and feeders. Drop in anytime Manhood Stone; Confined & Open heavyweight events; Confined & Open Everyone Tel: 01796 481355 email pf@athollPremier Highland Dancing; Piping; estates.co.uk Weem Hill Race as well as horse & pony classes; cattle, sheep and Clydes- www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk dale horses. Time: Agricultural Show from 0930 onwards. Confined Highland Wednesday 14th August, Dancing begins 11am. Confined Heavy 10.30am-12.30pm events 12.30pm. Gathering incl. Open Travel Through the Ages National Trust for Scotland KilliecHighland Dancing 1.00pm Admission: Adults £7, Senior Citizens £3, and Jun- rankie Visitor Centre, Killiecrankie Pitlochry PH16 5LG meet in stone iors £2 (TBC) Tel: 01796 482376 (competitors) 01887 circle It is the 150th anniversary of the 820666 (general enquiries) E-mail: completion of the Victorian railway viainfo@aberfeldyshowandgames.co.uk (general enquiries) or jrlogierait@btint- duct through the Pass this year and it continues to carry the main line north – ernet.com (competitors) Killiecrankie is a key transport corridor www.aberfeldyshowandgames.co.uk by train, road, foot and river – this walk will explore the Pass today and in the Sunday 11th August 11am - 4pm past. Booking: Just turn up Cost: Adults Summer Fayre Monteno Hall Fortingall PH15 2LL £4; Children £2 There will be craft stalls selling a range Tel: 0844 4932194 Email : killiecrankie@nts.org.uk of goods. Kenmore Bakery as always will be present and there will be a stall Wednesday 14th August: 6 hours selling preserves. To keep you going there will be a BBQ An introduction to navigation serving burgers and also teas & coffee Meet: 10.30am Ben Lawers NNR car park. with some home-baking. Get to grips with the basics of how to The fire service have kindly agreed use a map and compass in the hills. to bring along one of their bright red fire trucks, which should keep the kids Requires a reasonable level of fitness. Cost: adults £15, children £7.50. Bring: happy! Entry is free so why not come along and enjoy the day. ... everyone is Walking boots, warm, waterproof and windproof clothing, food, map (OS welcome! Landranger 51 or Explorer 378) and compass. Meet: 10.30am Ben Lawers
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NNR car park. Booking essential, please telephone 0844 4932 136 or email benlawers@nts.org.uk . http://www.nts.org.uk/Property/BenLawers-National-Nature-Reserve/Blog/ Wednesday, 14th August 3.30pm – 4.30 pm Hermitage Walk – FORESTRY COMMISSION WALKS Meet: Craigvinean Car Park A walk to the Hermitage, then through historic Inver past Niel Gow’s cottage . A stroll for all ages and abilities. Charge: Adults: £3.50 Children £2.00 Tel: 01350 727284 Wednesday 14th August, 7.30 pm. Tales and Music from Highland Perthshire. The Old Church of Rannoch, Kinloch Rannoch. Storyteller Bob Pegg, singer Christina Stewart and harp player Bill Taylor present Gaelic stories told in translation, together with Perthshire songs in both Gaelic and English and tunes played on the Highland wire-strung clarsach. The stories, many of which deal with local legends and supernatural themes, are drawn from the collection of Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray (1868-1940) of Blair Castle, the youngest daughter of the 7th Duke of Atholl. Admission £8 at the door. Free admission for children. Email: info@ranociel.co.uk Thursday 15th August 10.30am 12 midday Mini Mammals Meet: Glen Tilt Car Park, by Blair Atholl We look for those teeny animals that live all around us but we hardly ever see. Who for: Children £2 Tel: 01796 481355 email pf@athollestates.co.uk www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk Thursday 15th August 10.30am – 12 .30am Squirrel Search – FORESTRY COMMISSION WALKS Meet: Craigvinean Car Park A Forestry Commission ranger takes you on his definitive guide to Squirrel lifestyle. Prize for the first person to spot a squirrel.
What’s On Highland Perthshire Charge: Adults: £3.50 Children £2.00 Tel: 01350 727284 Friday 16th August 8pm Sleepless ‘Til Seattle Birnam Arts & Conference Centre Station Road Birnam Dunkeld PH8 0DS A light-hearted, entertaining talk, with film clips, photos and background music, about a 4-month, 4000 mile journey by two Scottish cyclists, Graham Kitchener and Pauline Symaniak, across the United States, from the east coast, Plymouth, to Seattle on the west coast. With no support team and only tents for accommodation, a simple bicycle ride became a challenging adventure as they encountered bears, storms, empty prairies, intense heat, mechanical failures and a colourful set of characters along the road. Share the joys of the two intrepid travellers’ journey, and discover the real America through the small, friendly towns, the spectacular landscapes and the warmth and kindness of the local towns people. Tickets: £9/ £6 con Box Office Tel: 01350 727674 www.birnamarts.com Saturday 17th August 7.30am Aberfeldy Middle Distance Triathlon from Taymouth Marina Aberfeldy You can enter on: www.entrycentral. com And more information on www.liveactive.co.uk Saturday 17th August 10.30am Blair Atholl Church Flower Show Blair Atholl Church Blair Atholl PH18 5SP Arts Crafts, Flowers, Vegetables, Raffle and refreshments available. Come along to this “Friendly Show” Saturday 17th August 10am - 2pm Logierait Country Market Mill of Logierait Farm Pitlochry PH9 OLH This Months Logierait Country Market is on Saturday May 18th, between 10am2pm at the Mill of Logierait. There will be a good selection of local Produce, Crafts and Collectables on sale, as well as Live Traditional Music to listen to. The Farms own Narrow Gauge Railway will run from 11am, and there will be hot food and refreshments avail-
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Monday 19th August 8pm Jinski Pitlochry Festival Theatre Port Na Craig, Pitlochry, PH16 5DR Return of this favoured duo with acoustic roots, country and resolutely Saturday August 17th 1.30pm modern – for fans of Simon & Garfun5pm kel, Dylan & Neil Young – you are in for Rannoch Highland Gathering a treat! Weller Poley Park Kinloch Rannoch Tickets £12.50 100yards; half mile race; hop step and Tel: Box Office: 01796 484 626 jump; hill race; long jump; children’s www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com races; solo piping; 9yrs-18yrs solo piping; sack race; confined tug-o-war Tuesday 20th August: 2 hours ; highland dancing; and confined and Close Encounters - a children’s open heavyweight competitions. walk Telephone: 01882 632257 E-mail: joy- Meet: 10.30 am Ben Lawers NNR emorton@hotmail.co.uk car park An exploration of the habitats on the Saturday 17th August 7.30pm lower slopes of Ben Lawers; we hope Scottish Country Dancing to bring you close to some of the Pitlochry Town Hall, West Moulin less obvious animals and plants that Road Pitlochry live here. Cost: adults £2, children Come along and join us on the dance £5. (Adults must be accompanied by floor, or watch and listen to the music a child and vice versa). Bring: Welprovided by some of Scotland’s best lies and waterproofs. Meet: 10.30 am bands. Ben Lawers NNR car park. For further ALL WELCOME Admission: Dancer: information Tel 0844 4932 136 or email £7.00 Spectator: £2.00 benlawers@nts.org.uk. Tel: June on 01796 473488 or email: jdat@topofthebox.freeserve.co.uk Tuesday 20th August, 11am – 2pm Hermitage Hunt children’s event Sunday 18th August 10.30amNational Trust for Scotland The 12.30pm - Adults Hermitage, by Dunkeld; PH8 0HX Brassed Off meet in the Lower Car Park Birnam Arts & Conference Centre Family guided trail to the giant Douglas Station Road Birnam Dunkeld PH8 Fir tree, Hermitage falls and Ossian’s 0DS Cave – hunt for clues and questions For horn and trumpet players – an along the way. unmissbale opportunity to further your Suitable for families with 5 to 12 year skills with top brass instructor, Julian olds Booking: Just turn up Children £3; Begg, ex principal Horn Player with accompanying adults free Band di Giovanni Baroque Ensemble/ Tel: 0844 4932192 Email : hermitage@ Brass Instructor St Barnabas College, nts.org.uk Johannesburg. Tickets: £10 www.nts.org.uk Please bring your instrument with you. To book, please call the box office on Tuesday 20th August 8pm 01350 727674. www.birnamarts.com North Sea Gas Pitlochry Festival Theatre Port Na Monday 19th August 11.00am – Craig, Pitlochry, PH16 5DR 12.30pm Scotland’s most popular folk band: guiSquirrel Search – FORESTRY COM- tars, bouzouki, fiddles, banjo, whistles MISSION WALKS and great harmonies. Expect a foot Meet: Craigvinean Car Park stompin’ night! A Forestry Commission ranger takes Tickets £12.50 you on his definitive guide to Squirrel Tel: Box Office: 01796 484 626 lifestyle. Prize for the first person to www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com spot a squirrel. Charge: Adults: £3.50 Children £2.00 Tel: 01350 727284 able. Mill of Logierait Farm PH9 0LH, is just off the A9 at Ballinluig, South of Pitlochry on the Aberfeldy road. Local buses will stop at the gate. www.highlandlightrailway.co.uk
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Saturday and Sunday, featuring displays of both traditional and more modern countryside pursuits. A large shopping village harbours all sorts of attractions and bargains in over 200 stands. Tel 01796 481543 www.blairhorsetrials.co.uk
Tuesday 20th August 8.00 10.00pm Dusk Watch Meet: Blair Atholl Information Centre Look for the creatures that come out at dusk - bats, moths, owls and more. Who for: Adults £2 and Children £1 Tel: 01796 481355 email pf@athollestates.co.uk www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk
Tel: 0844 4932194 Email : killiecrankie@nts.org.uk www.nts.org.uk Wed 21st August Doors open 7pm Ceilidh 7.30--- 10.30 pm Move 2 Improve Ceilidh Town Hall Aberfeldy Mid Atholl Strings and Things and Guests Tickets £5 Under 10 £2.50 At Door Or from Committee Raffle Tel 01887 820770
Friday 23rd & Saturday 24th August 9.00am - 11.00am. Meet a Wee Mammal Up Close, Loch of the Lowes Visitor Centre Dunkeld PH8 0HH Ever met a vole? Want to see eye to eye with a shrew? Come and help the ranger discover what wee beasties live on the reserve and find their homes. We will be live trapping small mammals and releasing them after admiring, drawing and photographing them! Fun for kids and adults too. Loch of the Lowes Visitor Centre. Cost: £3 Adult, £2 Concession/ Member, £1 Child. Admission to Visitor Centre extra. Booking essential. Tel: 01350 727337 http://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/reserve/loch-of-the-lowes/
Saturday 24th August, 10.30am – 12.30pm Wednesday 21st August 11am Fantastic Fungi 4.30pm Wednesday 21st August 8pm The Linn of Tummel, meet in the Lughnasa Summer Harvest Festi- Illustrated talk - Ben Lawers, More Garry Bridge car park val than a Munro A beginner’s guide to the fascinating The Scottish Crannog Centre Ken- NTS meetings room, Lynedoch, world of fungi found at Linn of Tummel. more, Loch Tay Perthshire PH15 Main Street, Killin FK21 8UW Includes basic id & folklore. 2HY Helen Cole, Senior Ranger Naturalist Booking: Just turn up Cost: Adults £4; Try ancient ploughing, sow seeds, learn talks about conserving one of Britain’s Children £2 about prehistoric farming, make herb top Nature Reserves. Tel: 0844 4932194 Email : killiecrankgarlands and bake your own harvest http://www.nts.org.uk/Property/Ben- ie@nts.org.uk rolls in our clay ovens. Lawers-National-Nature-Reserve/Blog/ www.nts.org.uk Tel. 01887 830583 Email: info@crannog.co.uk Thursday 22nd to Sunday 25th Saturday 24th August www.crannog.co.uk August 2013 Strathardle Highland Gathering Blair Castle Barclays International Bannerfield Strathardle, A 924 Wednesday 21st August, 2pm – Horse Trials and Country Fair Kirkmichael 3.30pm Blair Castle Blair Atholl PH18 5TH We are proud of our independent Battle of Killiecrankie Blair Castle Horse Trials is Scotland’s traditions in Strathardle and of none National Trust for Scotland Killiec- leading equestrian event, running over more so than the annual Gathering. As rankie Visitor Centre, Killiecrankie four days in August each year and well as the Games, be sure to visit the Pitlochry PH16 5LG meet in stone attracting in excess of 40,000 visitors. Agricultural Show with a fine selection circle Olympic medallists compete alongside of local livestock and also the Home Get to grips with the gory details of this amateurs in the four International Industries Tent. gruesome battle. Interactive battle talk event classes, whilst British Show (1hr) in woods above Soldier’s Leap; jumping and showing classes provide a Saturday 24th August 8pm followed by children’s craft activities platform for riders in other disciplines Diablito Tango and a display of weapons outside the to compete on Blair’s hallowed turf. Birnam Arts & Conference Centre visitor centre. Booking: Just turn up The Bruadar Country Fair runs alongStation Road Birnam Dunkeld PH8 Cost: Adults £4; Children £2 side the equestrian activities on the 0DS
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for interesting bugs and beasties, not forgetting our red squirrels. £5/adult, £1/child 5 to 16, under age 5 free Wendy Mattingley O1887 820795;wmattingley@btinternet.com www.clunyhousegardens.com Saturday 24th August 2.00pm 3.00pm. Alan Stewart: A Life of Wildlife Crime, Loch of the Lowes Visitor Centre Dunkeld PH8 0HH Join Alan Stewart, retired policeman and published author, for an illustrated talk in which he gives a fascinating insight into his 40 year career as a wildlife crime officer in Tayside. No additional charge. Adults £4.00 Conc £3.50 Family Ticket: £7.50 – SWT Member FREE Tel: 01350 727337 http://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/reserve/loch-of-the-lowes/
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Pitlochry PH16 5LG meet in stone circle An opportunity to find out about the weapons which were used at the Battle of Killiecrankie, first of the Jacobite uprisings in 1689. Booking: Just turn up Cost: Adults £1; Children £0.50 Tel: 0844 4932194 Email : killiecrankie@nts.org.uk www.nts.org.uk
Thursday 29th August 11.00am 3.00pm. Ranger Guided Nature Walk, Meet at the Tourist Information Centre, The Cross, Dunkeld, at 11am. Join the Ranger for a walk from Dunkeld to Loch of the Lowes, via summer woods and fields, to Loch of the Lowes, with time to enjoy our Visitor Centre and ospreys, and then a return to Dunkeld. Meet at the Tourist Information Centre, The Cross, Dunkeld, at 11am. Medium grade walk, some steep Sunday 25th August 8pm sections, sturdy footwear needed. Not Ceilidh suitable for Children under 5. Cost: Pitlochry Festival Theatre Port Na £3 Adult, £2 Concession/ Member, £1 Craig, Pitlochry, PH16 5DR Child. Admission to Visitor Centre extra. A great night out for locals and visitors Booking recommended alike with ceilidh band Scotch In A Box. Tel: 01350 727337 Tickets £12.50 http://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/reSaturday 24th & Sunday 25th Tel: Box Office: 01796 484 626 serve/loch-of-the-lowes/ August www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com Canoe Slalom - Div 1 / 2 Double Friday 30th August 7.30pm Slalom 2013 Wednesday 28th August: 2½ Ceilidh at the Castle Grandtully Village PH9 OPL hours. Blair Castle Blair Atholl PH18 5TL Canoe Slalom,a great event to watch! Hillside safari Black Tie Event - £45 per tickets. The www.forthcc.com/grandtully Meet: 1.30pm Ben Lawers NNR car evening commences at 7.30pm with park a welcome drink on the West Lawn Sunday 25th August 11.00 – 12.30 Experience the rich flora of the lower (weather permitting) and background Booking advised slopes of this famous botanical nature Blues For Heroes music, followed by “Natural Gardening” reserve and the varied wildlife flourish- dancing to Alba Ceilidh Band and Blues Cluny House Gardens, Aberfeldy, ing in restored native plant communiFor Heroes, Stovies, fundraising Raffle Perthshire PH15 2JT ties. Cost: adults £5, children £2. Bring: and even a Bacon Roll for the journey Price: £5/adult, £1/child 5 to 16, under Walking boots, warm, waterproof and home. book coach tickets at age 5 free windproof clothing. Meet: 1.30pm Ben http://www.forgetmenotevents.org/ Cluny is on the minor road the north Lawers NNR car park. No need to book. side of the river Tay between Strathtay For further information Saturday 31 August 10am - 4pm and Aberfeldy. 3.5 miles from AberTel 0844 4932 136 or email benlawA Marie Curie All Day Cafe feldy. ers@nts.org.uk . Aberfeldy Town hall Cluny is an organic woodland garden http://www.nts.org.uk/Property/BenThere will be tea coffee ,soup lunches which is carefully managed to give a Lawers-National-Nature-Reserve/Blog/ and afternoon tea from 2---4 pm,Stalls natural appearance without the use ,cake and candy and Raffle all in aid of of chemicals. Come and walk around Wednesday 28th August, 2pm – Marie Curie Cancer Care, the garden with the owners who will 3pm explain the ethos behind Cluny. InJacobite Weapons Display vestigate our home-made leaf mould National Trust for Scotland Killiecand compost. Search out the garden rankie Visitor Centre, Killiecrankie
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Saturday 31st August, 2013 11am - 5pm Birnam Highland Games Little Dunkeld, Birnam The Birnam Highland Games are a traditional Scottish Highland Games held amidst stunning Perthshire scenery. The games have been held annually since 1864, and are now held on the last Saturday in August. We warmly invite you to our next family friendly gathering on Saturday the 31st August. Experience for yourself the fun and culture that has kept the Games so popular for over a century. Running, Cycling, Heavy Weights, Solo Piping, Light Field, Highland Dance Secretary: David Crawshaw,, Stronlochie, St Mary’s Road, Birnam, PH8 0BJ Tel: 01350 720041 crawshaw990@ btinternet.com www.shga.co.uk www.birnamhighlandgames.com
Saturday 31st August 8pm I Spy Mrs Peery Birnam Arts & Conference Centre Station Road Birnam Dunkeld PH8 0DS The MsFits present their Edinburgh Fringe award-winning show I Spy Mrs Peery, with comedy actress Fiona Knowles, written by multi award winning, BAFTA nominated playwright Rona Munro. Evening News Edinburgh Fringe Capital Award-winning show, I Spy Mrs Peery, is a story of mystery, intrigue and suspense, more violent than a crash diet and more spine chilling than ice cubes down the back of “yer nightie”! Mrs Peery sees it all from behind her net curtains - she never crosses her own door step, but she’s plenty to say about the state of her neighbours. What would she do if the big bad world got in through her nets?! After hit the floor as our DJ has you A thought provoking slice of life focusdancing until the early hours. Head ing on three female neighbours, I Spy Liner tbc - Main Support John McGolMrs Peery is an hilarious yet, at times, drick Support David Innes Tel: 01796 473888 Email: info@mckay- extremely moving show. Tickets: £12/ £10 Box Office shotel.co.uk Tel: 01350 727674 www.mckayshotel.co.uk www.birnamarts.com Saturday 31st August 7.30pm Scottish Country Dancing Pitlochry Town Hall, West Moulin Road Pitlochry Come along and join us on the dance floor, or watch and listen to the music provided by some of Scotland’s best bands. ALL WELCOME Admission: Dancer: £7.00 Spectator: £2.00 Tel: June on 01796 473488 or email: jdat@topofthebox.freeserve.co.uk
Saturday 31st August Ceilidh Night at the Atholl Palace Atholl Palace Hotel Pitlochry PH16 5LY Saturday 31st August Real Scottish Ceilidh Evenings.....Come Last Saturday of Every Month along and join the Pride of Earn Ceilidh Doors Open 7pm. Show starts Band for an evening of dance and fun. 8.30pm Bookings are essential. Just Laugh Comedy Club - at McK- only £10.00 for non-residents! ays Bar Tel 01796 472400 McKays Bar & Restaurant 138 http://www.athollpalace.com Atholl Road Pitlochry . PH16 5AG 1 host, 3 stand up comedians - lots of laughter Enjoy Just laugh Comedy Club , last Saturday of every month £10 pp Giggle and dine deal - 2 comedy tickets and a meal for 2 - £20pp
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