Whats on in highland Perthshire events October 2013 by Explore Pitlochry

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the area. Between Killin and Aberfeldy there will be a fourth two-way service Pitlochry Festival Theatre see web- in the early evening. site for details. www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com 20th April- 31st December Cinema, Live Event/Broadcasts A selection of 6 plays including; The Birks Cinema PO Box 7517 Hello Dolly 1st 8pm, 2nd 2pm, 9th 8pm, 10th 2pm, Aberfeldy PH15 2WH http://issuu.com/birkscinema/docs/ 14th 8pm, 17th 2pm, 19th 8pm october_listings_booklet_a5__page_d A Chorus of Disapproval by Alan see website for details & listings book Ayckbourn 4th 8pm, 7th 8pm, 12th online or Tel 0871 902 5754 2pm, 17th 8pm www.birkscinema.co.uk Present Laughter by Noel Coward

2nd 8pm, 12th 8pm, 15th 8pm, 16th October - Cairngorm National Park 2pm. various Single Spies - A Double-bill by Alan Tread events Lightlythroughout the park see Bennett 3rd 2pm, 5th 8pm, 11th 8pm, in the Park 19th 2pm October 2013 Cairngorms National Lady Windermere’s Fan by Oscar Park Ranger Services Wilde 5th 2pm, 10th 8pm. Countryside Events Two by Jim Cartwright 3rd 8pm, 8th 8pm, 9th 2pm, 16th 8pm The Steamie by Tony Roper 24th October until 17th November. Tel: Box Office: 01796 484 626 www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com Rangers welcome visitors to the countryside and help people discover and appreciate what’s around them. Rangers run a variety of countryside events that encourage people to learn about the National Park. A list of events can also be found on www.cairngorms.co.uk or ask at your accommodation, local Visitor Information Centre or Ranger base.

Every Friday in October 10 - 11.30am HEALTH WALK Easy, low-level ranger-led health walk in the beautiful surroundings of the Glen Tanar Estate. Booking: essential Contact: 01339 886072 or ranger@glentanar.co.uk Meet: Glen Tanar Visitor Centre Car Park, Glen Tanar or pick up in Aboyne Cost: FREE Glen Tanar Charitable Trust Ranger Service

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10am - 2pm October 2nd DUN DA LAMH, LAGGAN The fort of Dun da Lamh is one of the finest Iron Age sites in Badenoch and Strathspey and commands a superb view over upper Strathspey and beyond. Contact: 01479 873706 or duncan.macdonald@highland.gov.uk Meet: car park just past Laggan Village Stores Cost: adults £5, conc £3 Highland Council Ranger Service 1.45 – 5pm October 5th SECRETS OF STRATHDON Discover Strathdon’s rich history & natural beauty on a walk linking new waymarked trails around the village.9km/5.5 miles mainly on surfaced paths/minor roads with some rough tracks & gradual ascent/descent. Bring waterproofs, stout footwear & snack. Booking: essential Contact: 013398 80868 or marr.ranger@aberdeenshire.gov.uk Meet: car park/picnic site between war memorial & motte by A944, Bellabeg, Strathdon Cost: FREE Aberdeenshire Council Ranger Service

October 11th 4.30 – 7pm ROAR OF THE REDS Experience the sights, sounds and smells of the red deer rut, when stags challenge each other for the hinds among stunning scenery. 3km/2 miles on landrover track with gentle inclines. U16s must be accompanied. Bring warm & waterproof clothing, stout footwear, torch and (if you have any) binoculars. Sorry no dogs. Booking: essential Contact: 013398 80868 or marr.ranger@aberdeenshire.gov.uk Meet: public car park, Balnellan Road, Braemar Cost: FREE Aberdeenshire Council Ranger Service & Invercauld Estate 4.30 - 7pm October 11th MONARCHS OF THE GLEN, LAGGAN The red deer rut is one of Scotland’s finest wildlife spectacles, with the glens echoing to roaring of stags.We will be on the lookout for other wildlife. Booking: book before 4pm Thurs 10th Oct Contact: 01479 873706 or duncan.macdonald@highland.gov.uk Meet: place given out on booking Cost: adults £5, conc £3 Highland Council Ranger Service

Saturday 29th June to Sunday 20th October, Ring of Breadalbane Explorer 2013 hop on hop off circular route Ring of Breadalbane Explorer 2013 will run three times a day on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays Takes in Aberfeldy, Amulree, Crieff, Comrie, St Fillans, Lochearnhead and Killin, runs in both directions and calls at all of the major tourist attractions in http://cairngorms.co.uk/ park-authority/about-us/ 10am - 2pm October 9th MONARCHS OF THE GLEN The red deer rut is one of Scotland’s finest wildlife spectacles.We will take a walk into a remote glen to hopefully experience the full power of the rut, whilst being alert for other wildlife. Booking: book before 4pm Tues 8th Oct Contact: 01479 873706 or duncan.macdonald@highland.gov.uk Meet: given out on booking Cost: adults £5, conc £3 Highland Council Ranger Service

11am - 3pm October 13th CLASH OF THE TITANS Join the Ranger and a professional deer stalker on a walk along the Dounalt loop path to watch and listen to the roaring of the rutting of Red Deer stags. Stout shoes, warm clothing and packed lunch required. Please bring binoculars if you have. Booking: essential Contact: 01575 550233 Meet: Glen Doll Ranger Base Cost: FREE Angus Glens Ranger Service

October 13th 11am - 3pm ROARING STAGS - MOUNTAIN VIEWS Climb some low hills with the ranger to get some excellent views of the high hills, and hopefully hear stags at their best. Some rough walking off a path. No dogs please. Booking: essential Contact: 01796 481355 Meet: Blair Atholl Cost: adults £6 Atholl Estates Ranger Service 11am - 3pm October 15th THE KING OF BIRDS, COIGNAFEARN The Golden Eagle is a majestic, iconic species that is also Scotland’s unofficial National bird, but can you recognise them? Join the Ranger in the heart of the Monadhliath to get to grips with identifying eagles and hopefully, other birds of prey. Contact: 01479 873706 or duncan.macdonald@highland.gov.uk Meet: car park at the end of the public road in Strathdearn, south west from Tomatin Cost: adults £5, conc £3 Highland Council Ranger Service

2 - 3.30pm October 17th AUTUMN TREASURE HUNT A family event searching for clues and treasure. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Meet: Glen Tilt Car Park, by Blair Atholl. 1 mile north of Blair Atholl on road to Old Blair. Cost: £2 Atholl Estates Ranger Service 6.30-8.30am October 17th & 18th OUT WITH THE OTTERS AT DAWNCreep about in the early hours looking for these beautiful elusive creatures. No guarantees we’ll see any but it’ll be fun trying! Booking: book before by 5pm Mon 16th Oct Contact: 01479 873914 or saranne.bish@highland.gov.uk Meet: given out on booking Cost: adults £5, conc £3 Highland Council Ranger Service

What’s On Highland Perthshire publications/?publicationID=307 Daily 9.30am-5.30pm Blair Castle Gardens Blair Castle Blair Atholl PH18 5TL Enjoy a peaceful stroll this summer and experience the gardens in full bloom. Highlights include a 9 acre walled garden, peaceful wooded grove, ruined kirk, Red Deer park and a Gothic folly. Children can enjoy the Adventure Playground or why not go on a Vintage Tractor and Trailer Ride around the grounds and meet some of the wildlife that live on the estate. Adult £5.40, Child £2.50, Family £13.50 e.mail office@blair-castle.co.uk www.atholl-estates.co.uk

Wednesday 2nd October - Thursday 31st October 10am-5pm daily The Scottish Felters - Felts of Fancy Birnam Arts & Conference Centre Station Road Birnam Dunkeld PH8 0DS An exhibition of felt masterpieces for sale, featuring the latest work by the Scottish Felters , a branch of the International Feltmakers Assocation, in which the brief for all the artists was to take flights of inspiration into the world of fantasy. Amongst the exhibition pieces will be wearable items, pictures and objects. Free. Tel: box office 01350 727674 admin@birnaminstitute.com www.birnamarts.com

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are aged under 3 years of age it may be cheaper to buy two adult tickets individually. www.enchantedforest.org.uk Friday 4th - Saturday 26th October Pumpkin Treasure Hunt Pitlochry For a chance to win the wonderful prize, collect an entry form from any participating business, and complete the clues by finding the pumpkin letters hidden in the shops. All clues hidden within walking distance of the town centre www.enchantedforest.org.uk

Friday 4th - Sunday 27th October Children’s Entertainment Fishers Hotel, Atholl Road Pitlochry 28th March to 3rd November Come to Fishers Hotel the departures Exhibition 80 Years of Scottish Friday 4th October - Saurday 26th point for the Enchanted Forest coaches, Rock! October where there will be pumkin carving in Explorers Garden Port-Na-Craig, The Enchanted Forest 2013 Absorb the garden and a host of activities in Pitlochry, PH16 5DR Faskally Woods by Pitlochry the Atholl Lounge. Refreshments avail80 Years of Scottish Rock! runs from Using the woodland and loch as a able. www.fishershotelpitlochry.com 28th March to 3rd November and is natural backdrop, you will experience a www.enchantedforest.org.uk housed in the David Douglas Pavilion lighting show that is, quite simply, out - entrance is free to anyone with an of this world. Tickets available Sunday 13th - 20th October Explorers Entry Ticket. Online: www.enchangedforest.org.uk Bird Fest Tel: 01796 484626 Lo-Call Number: 0871 288 7655 Highland Safaris By Aberfeldy www.explorersgarden.com Calls cost 10p per minute from a BT Perthshire PH15 2JQ Landline, other operator’s costs may Celebrate Feed the Birds Week in 1st October - 7th November vary. Standard BT landline costs are conjunction with the RSPB on Saturday, Autumn Watch Safaris 7.95p per minute. Average call duration 19th October Highland Safaris By Aberfeldy is 4 minutes.) - Falconry Display Perthshire PH15 2JQ Visit: Just the Ticket, Atholl Road, - Bird Deli – bird food, feeders & accesHead high into the hills to see and hear Pitlochry sories the primal roar of the Red Deer Rut International Callers: 0044 1796 - ‘Make a bird cake’ demos and the amazing Autumn colours at 947011 - Binoculars –Try before you buy their most dramatic. Sights & sounds 2013 absorb Ticket Prices - Plants for the garden not to be missed! Tel: 01887 820071 Monday - Thursday - Great range of wildlife books www.highlandsafaris.net Child Under 3: FREE; Child 3 - 15: Tel: 01887 820071 £7.50; Adult: £12.50; Family Ticket: www.highlandsafaris.net £35.00 Mon - Thurs Prime Time (7 - 8pm) Thursday 17th October to WednesChild Under 3: FREE; Child 3 - 15: day 23rd October 2013, 10am £8.00; Adult: £15.00; Family Ticket: 4.30pm, Sunday 12 - 4.30pm. £41.00 The 5th Annual Aberfeldy Amateur Friday, Saturday & Sunday Artists Fair Child Under 3: FREE; Child 3 - 15: The Locus Centre Aberfeldy £8.00; Adult: £17.50; Family Ticket: The 5th Annual Aberfeldy Amateur £46.00 Artists Fair will take place at the Locus Group Discounts Centre, Aberfeldy from Thursday 17th For all groups of 10 or over, £1 disOctober to Wednesday 23rd October count per individual ticket applies. 2013, 10am - 4.30pm, Sunday 12 Group discounts can only be applied by 4.30pm. There will be a selection telephone, please call 0871 288 7655. of paintings, photographs & cards to Family Tickets interest everyone! Family Tickets admit 2 adults and 2 Free entry - all welcome - see you children aged under 16. If your children there!

What’s On Highland Perthshire Thursday 24th October - Sunday 17th November The Steamie by Tony Roper Music by David Anderson Pitlochry Festival Theatre Port Na Craig, Pitlochry, PH16 5DR It’s Hogmanay. In that great Victorian institution, the Steamie, four women set about getting their heavy loads of washing done in time for the bells. Amongst the heat and the suds, Mrs Culfeathers, Dolly, Doreen and the irrepressible Magrit swap tales of menfolk, memories and mince, as they wring sheets dry over sinks and scrub the dirt from their husbands’ overalls with ferocity, dedication . . . and a wicked sense of humour. Tel: Box Office: 01796 484 626 www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com

history, art and architecture contained in Explorers. Fun, fascinating and informative! Price: £5, includes Garden entry www.explorersgarden.com

Every Sunday in October at 7am. 10am and 2pm Roaring Stag Safaris Atholl Estates Office Blair Atholl PH18 5TH The hills of Atholl Estates come alive with hundreds of red deer during rutting season. To celebrate the Year of Natural, we are putting on special Roaring Stag Safaris allowing visitors to experience the rut. Listen to the bellowing roar and watch them lock antlers as they battle for mates. Our safaris are hosted by experienced guides who live on the estate and have Friday 25th October - Sunday 3rd a lifetime of experience working with the deer. Taking in some of the most November breathtaking views of Highland PerthPerthshire Amber Festival shire, you will be guided through open Throughout Perthshire, including countryside, woodland enclosures and Perth Concert Hall, Blair Castle, town up into the hills allowing you to dishalls and village halls cover the dramatic and tranquil scenery Perthshire Amber – the Dougie Maof our 145,000 acre estate. cLean Festival 2013 . Telephone 01350 724281 Email: admin@dunkeld. Safaris are extremely popular during this season so early booking is recomco.uk Tickets on sale Tuesday 14th May at 2.00pm (UK time) with the pro- mended. gramme being launched the week be- Adult £35 Child £20 For more informafore. Download a complete programme tion or to book, please contact Helen Graham on 01796 481355 or email www.perthshireamber.com helen@athollestates.co.uk www.atholl-estates.co.uk October 2013 Music at The Old Mill Inn, Mill Lane Every Sunday at 2pm Pitlochry PH16 5BH Attic Tours Friday 4th Scott MacDonald free Blair Castle, Blair Atholl, Pitlochry, Saturday 5th Last Orders free Perthshire PH18 5TL Friday 11th Don Nicolson free Friday 18th Mad Ferret @ The Old Mill With a maze of rooms usually off limits to castle visitors, experience a guided free tour of Blair Castle’s attics. A behind Saturday 19th Rusty Nail free the scenes look at a wealth of artefacts Friday 25th Bobby Holly free not on general display, finishing with a Tel 01796 474020 climb onto the castle rooftops for views www.theoldmillpitlochry.co.uk across Perthshire. £15 (includes access to full castle tour) Weekly Events Tel:01796 481355. www.atholl-estates.co.uk April - October Every Sundays 11.30am Every Sunday “Sunday Session” Garden Tours 8-11pm Explorers Garden Pitlochry McKays Bar & Restaurant 138 Festival Theatre PH16 5DR Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 5AG Lasting approximately one and a half Session night where a mixture of musihours, our guided tours provide incians or those of you learning a musisights into the plants, trees, wildlife, cal talent gather round to sing, strum

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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 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 Every Wednesday Wonderful Golf Wednesdays Pitlochry Golf Club Golf Course Rd Pitlochry PH16 5QY An open competition every Wednesday for Gents Ladies & jnrs - Non members welcome £10 entry incl Gree Frees. Tel 01796 472792 or e.mail info@pitlochrygolf.co.uk Every Wednesday, 9pm Open Music Sessions Bankfoot Inn, Main Street, Bankfoot PH1 4AB Open session for musicians of all abilities to gather and play music - any music. Local musicians assemble to play a variety of instruments and sing songs. 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

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Thursday 7.30pm Moulin Scottish Country Dance Class Moulin Hall Moulin Pitlochry If you have not danced before or just need a refresher come along and join us. All levels of dancers welcome. Great fun and good excersie no partner required. £2 per night Tel June Templeman on 01796 473488

“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. Tel: 01796473888 www.mckayshotel.co.uk

Every Thursday “Traditional Thursdays” 8-11pm McKays Bar & Restaurant 138 Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 5AG A night of traditional Scottish music, dine in a relaxed atmosphere while listening to our live musicians playing an abundance of foot tapping tunes.... Free entry. 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

Every Thursday Traditional Fiddle Session The Taybank Tay Terrace Dunkeld PH8 0AQ Pete Clark leads a traditional fiddle session in the bar from 8.30 - again all musicians are welcome to come and join!! Tel: 01350 727340 www.thetaybank.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

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Daily Diary Events Wednesday 2nd October 10am 3pm Recycled Jumper into a Bag - Craft Class Karelia House, Kenmore Road Comrie Bridge By Aberfeldy PH15 2LS Recycled Jumper into a Bag - Turn an old worn out jumper into a new and exciting bag – and it doesn’t matter is there are a few holes in it either! You will learn techniques to make appliqué flowers, hearts and spots which you can use to decorate the bag. (All levels) Cost £25.00 Tel: 01887 822027 email: kaye@kareliahouse.co.uk www.kareliahouse.co.uk

Saturday 5th October 10.30am – 12.30am Cathedral Window & Secret Garden (learning techniques) Karelia House, Kenmore Road Comrie Bridge By Aberfeldy PH15 2LS The finished result of these techniques can be used in quilts, bags, cushions, Every Saturday from 9pm hangings etc. And again is an enjoyable Live Music therapy. (Beginners) Cost £20.00 Tel: Old Mill Restaurant-Pub, Mill 01887 822027 email: kaye@kareliaLane, Pitlochry PH16 5BH Top quality Perthshire Bands, playing a house.co.uk www.kareliahouse.co.uk variety of styles including covers, blues, Saturday 5th October rock, jazz … Colin McRae Forest Stages Rally Tel: 01796 474020 Drummond Hill Kenmore www.theoldmillpitlochry.co.uk The stages set to be used are Griffin, Drummond Hill, Errochty, Craigvinean “Saturday night live@McKays” check website for updated information 9-11pm http://www.scottishrallychampionship. McKays Bar & Restaurant 138 co.uk/ Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 5AG Every Saturday 11am to 11.30am Children’s Storytelling The Watermill Book Shop & Gallery Mill St Aberfeldy PH15 2BG Tel 01887 820071 www.aberfeldywatermill.com,

Live bands from Scottish, Irish, Pop, rock, Blues, Jazz, Motown and many more. Sing dance and clap the night away... Free entry. Tel: 01796473888 www.mckayshotel.co.uk “Saturday Night Fever” 11-1.30am McKays Bar & Restaurant 138 Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 5AG resident DJ plays some of the latest tunes to dance the night from 11pmlate, if you come in after 11pn there is a £3.00 door charge. Tel: 01796473888 www.mckayshotel.co.uk

Saturday 5th October 8pm Rancho Rebop and the Full Moon Howlers Birnam Arts & Conference Centre Station Road Birnam Dunkeld PH8 0DS Darned Good, cotton pickin’ fun with Perthshire bluegrass maestros Rancho Rebop and the Full Moon Howlers, featuring Pete Caban, Dave Amos, Owen nicholson, Jim kerr,Stuart Clark and Pete Honeyman, plus a special surprise guest! Tickets: £12/ £10 Tel: box office 01350 727674 admin@birnaminstitute.com

What’s On Highland Perthshire www.birnamarts.com Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th October 10am - 5pm Autumn Arts & Crafts Fair The Drill Hall, The Cross, Dunkeld Old favourites and new faces for this fair - woodcarving, jewellery, art, bags, photographs, stained glass, cards, woodcarving, knitwear, soaps, teddy bears, cushions and chair re-caner. Demonstrations - free admission. Saturday 5th October 2.00pm 3.00pm. Derek Robertson: Wildlife Artist, Loch of the Lowes Visitor Centre Dunkeld PH8 0HH Derek Robertson, famous Scottish wildlife artist, will be giving a talk about his work and the practical side of being a wildlife artist. 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/ Sunday 6th October 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 White Water Rafting Trips starting at 5pm. Suitable for everyone above the age of 8! To book call 01887 820298 info@dunollyadventures.co.uk Sunday 6th October 7.30pm Madame Butterfly Birnam Arts & Conference Centre Station Road Birnam Dunkeld PH8 0DS

Following Their critically acclaimed productions of La Bohème and Lucia di Lammermoor, Opera Bohemia returns with Giacomo Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, the tragic story of a young Japanese girl’s unrequited love for her American naval officer husband. Bohemia’s production of this most famous classic is set in modern-day Japan and has been rapturously received by packed audiences across Scotland. leading the cast for madame Butterfly is rising Scottish star, Catriona Clark, singing the role of the naïve Cio-Cio San. This tale of love, sacrifice and heartbreak promises to be a memorable night for opera lovers and newcomers alike. Sung in Italian with english subtitles,accompanied by piano and violin. For full cast list go to www.operabohemia.com Tickets: £13 / £11 con/ £5 kids Tel: box office 01350 727674 admin@birnaminstitute.com www.birnamarts.com Monday 7th October 10.30am -12.00 noon Skyward Squirrels Meet in Rannoch Square Kinloch Rannoch. Scampering in the woods of Rannoch are the acrobatic Red Squirrels. Come and learn more about these amazing little critters and hopefully see some! Family Guided walk. Meet in Rannoch Square. Donations to Local Paths Project. For further information and booking please email rannochscotland@gmail.com or phone 07786063678 www.rannochscotland.co.uk Friday 11th October 6.00pm - 8.30pm Nightwatch Walk, Loch of the Lowes Visitor Centre Dunkeld PH8 0HH Discover bats, owls , moths and so much more in the dark! Short talk followed by torchlight walk with Bat detectors- hands on fun! Cost: £5 Adult, £4 Concession/ Member, £2 Child. Booking essential. Tel: 01350 727337 http://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/reserve/loch-of-the-lowes/

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Saturday 12th October 10.00 to 11.30. Booking advised “Red leaves and Red Squirrels” Cluny House Gardens, Aberfeldy, Perthshire PH15 2JT Join us on a guided walk around Cluny at one of the most colourful times of the year. Marvel at the autumn hues and tints of the many different deciduous trees and shrubs. Cluny is famed for its thriving population of easily seen red squirrels. How many will you see on the day? We have chosen our own “Big 5” native species of fauna and flora we believe are in some way significant to Cluny. These will be posted shortly. Price: £5/adult, £1/child 5 to 16, under age 5 free Tel: 01887 820795 Wendy Mattingley Email: wmattingley@btinternet.com www.clunyhousegardens.com Saturday 12th October 10.30am – 12.30pm Japanese Folded Patchwork Karelia House, Kenmore Road Comrie Bridge By Aberfeldy PH15 2LS An interesting and flexible technique and great for using up scraps. As always Ann’s classes are informative, fun and relaxing. (Beginners) Cost £20.00 Tel: 01887 822027 email: kaye@kareliahouse.co.uk www.kareliahouse.co.uk Sunday 13th October 11am - 3.30pm Roaring Stags Walk BOOKING ESSENTIAL contact Atholl Estates Rangers A walk amongst the hills to hear stags at their best. 6 miles. Some rough walking. Who for: Adults £6 Tel: 01796 481355 email pf@atholl-estates.co.uk www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk Sunday 13th October 11am - 4.30pm Autumn Fruit & Forest Fair The Scottish Crannog Centre Kenmore, Loch Tay Perthshire PH15 2HY Cooking, tastings, fruit pressings and woodcraft demonstrations promise flavourful fun for all ages. Tel. 01887 830583 Email: info@crannog.co.uk www.crannog.co.uk

What’s On Highland Perthshire Monday 14th October 10.30am -1200 noon Treemendous Trees Meet at Dall Shed South Loch Rannoch The trees are old and large and have stories to tell. Come and explore this amazing wood with its many secrets and surprises. Family Guided walk. Meet at Dall Shed South Loch Rannoch Donations to Local Paths Project. For further information and booking please email rannochscotland@gmail.com or phone 07786063678 www.rannochscotland.co.uk

dow. As the winter’s on its way, now’s a great time to provide the birds with a cosy home. We’ll also give you tips on what to feed the birds who make their home with you! Tickets: £5 Tel: box office 01350 727674 admin@birnaminstitute.com www.birnamarts.com

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missionary. Visitors are very welcome

17 October 8pm Thread Birnam Arts & Conference Centre Station Road Birnam Dunkeld PH8 0DS Winner of The Scotsman Fringe First Wednesday 16th October, Award 2012 10.30am - 12noon Friends since primary school and Autumn Safari children’s event closer-than-close ever since, Joan, WilNational Trust for Scotland Killiec- liam and Izzy’s identities are stitched rankie Visitor Centre, Killiecrankie together as intricately as their homePitlochry PH16 5LG meet in stone made party clothes. circle Living in the secure, but suffocating, A walk in the woods - collecting nuts embrace of a 1950s’ Scottish seaside and seeds and looking at autumn Monday 14 October (to be concommunity, has it been possible to leaves and fungi. firmed) become the person they always wanted Suitable for families with 5 to 12 year Heartland Film Society presents to be? olds Booking: Just turn up Cost: Chil‘Untouchable’ Cert 15. Thread explores the choices we make, dren £3; accompanying adults free The Birks Cinema Aberfeldy and who we become, when our memoA wealthy paraplegic and his irreverent, Tel: 0844 4932194 ries start to fade. Email : killiecrankie@nts.org.uk ex-con carer develop a friendship and Come roll your dice at the church hall share the fun of life. Award winner. At www.nts.org.uk beetle drive and share Joan, William Wed 16th October 10.00am – the Birks Cinema Aberfeldy. All weland Izzy’s tangled lives. 1.00pm. come. Check date and time: www. Tickets: £12/ £10 con Beginners Felting birkscinema.co.uk Tel: 08719025754 Tel: box office 01350 727674 Tel: 08719025754 (Check: www.birks- Karelia House, Kenmore Road admin@birnaminstitute.com Comrie Bridge By Aberfeldy PH15 www.birnamarts.com cinema.co.uk) 2LS Flat Felt – Learn the basics of felt mak- Saturday, 19th October Tuesday 15th October 2013 The Official Closing of the Salmon ing, to make a piece big enough for Birdfest in conjunction with the use on a cushion cover or wall hanging. RSPB Season on the River Tay (Beginners) Kenmore Hotel, The Square, Highland Safaris by Aberfeldy Cost £25.00 Kenmore,PH15 2NU PH15 2JQ Join us on Tuesday 15th October 2013 Tel: 01887 822027 - Falconry Display - Bird Deli – bird to celebrate the 66th Salmon Closing of email: kaye@kareliahouse.co.uk food, feeders & accessories - ‘Make a www.kareliahouse.co.uk the River Tay at Kenmore. Permits for bird cake’ demos - Binoculars –Try beclosing day cost £25.00 and proceeds fore you buy - Plants for the garden Thursday 17th October 2.00pm from all permit sales will be donated - Great range of wildlife books 3.30pm to Angling for Youth Development Tel: 01887 820071 Autumn Treasure Hunt (AFYD). Everyone is welcome at this www.highlandsafaris.net Meet: Glen Tilt Car Park Atholl historic event, gather on the Boars Head Terrace at 6.45 pm for a dram of Estate Blair Atholl Saturday 19th October A family event searching for clues and Scottish Slalom Championships Dewar’s whisky and see the last boat treasure.Meet: Glen Tilt Car Park Chil- Grandtully Village by Aberfeldy come under Kenmore bridge with the dren must be accompanied by an adult PH9 0PL lone piper followed by a spectacular on all events. Children £2 fireworks display. Tel: 01887 830 205 Grandtully slalom is held on the River Tel: 01796 481355 www.kenmorehotel.com Tay, as it passes between the villages email pf@atholl-estates.co.uk of Grandtully and Strathtay. At this www.athollestatesrangerservice Tuesday 15th October 10.30am point the Tay is grade 3 water, about Bird Box Making Age 7+ 30m wide and depending on water Birnam Arts & Conference Centre Thursday 17th October 2.30 pm level can provide some very challenging North Perthshire Family History Station Road Birnam Dunkeld whitewater. Group PH8 0DS Scottish Championships Competitions Moulin Hall Moulin Pitlochry For all the younger twitchers, join the include: Veteran, Senior, U23, J18 and Birnam Arts team and make your very Sue Caton from Edinburgh will give an J16 illustrated talk about her great uncle own bird box to take pride of place in http://www.canoeslalom.co.uk/info/ your garden, or hanging outside a win- Eric Liddell, the Olympic athlete and precision.htm

What’s On Highland Perthshire Saturday 19th October 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 available. 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 Saturday 19th October 2pm Where Felt has Taken Me Birnam Arts & Conference Centre Station Road Birnam Dunkeld PH8 0DS Adults - A Free talk by Jenny Mckay, one of the exhibitors of Felts of Fancy. A fascinating, illustrated story of Jenny’s travels around the world in pursuit of felt-making. Jenny will have examples of traditional felt made in countries that she has visited, which include Turkey, Kirgystan and Mongolia. Free Tel: box office 01350 727674 admin@birnaminstitute.com www.birnamarts.com Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th October 11.00am - 4.00pm Awesome Autumn Loch of the Lowes Visitor Centre Dunkeld PH8 0HH Family Fun Day – Join the staff and volunteers for a fun day to celebrate all that autumn has to offer. Woodland themed craft activities including scavenger hunts, leaf collages and much, much more! 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/ Saturday 19th October 8pm 925 and Heartbeatz Birnam Arts & Conference Centre Station Road Birnam Dunkeld PH8

0DS Everyone dreams of a different kind of life: in the routines of an ordinary day, music can slip through the cracks and make you move… A double-bill of street dance with a difference, 925 (an Edinburgh Mela 2012 commissioned piece) and Heartbeatz is a takeyour breath-away multi-media dance theatre experience fusing together the dynamic and demanding styles of Hip Hop, the daredevil, acrobatic moves of Parkour and Freerunning, contemporary, fluid dance styled by Xena Gusthart, live beatboxing from acclaimed Glasgow musician, Bigg Taj and dramaturgy by award-winning theatre-maker, Drew Taylor. Tickets: £10 / £8 con / £5 kids Tel: box office 01350 727674 admin@birnaminstitute.com www.birnamarts.com Sunday 20th October 1.30 - 4.30. Join us for the launch of the Rannoch Caches. Weller Poley Park, Kinloch Rannoch. Rannoch Caches: - Where in the Wilderness is it? Over 30 new caches have been set along the Clan Trail around Loch Rannoch, on Rannoch Moor and in the Black Wood at Carie. These will go ‘live’ on Saturday 19 October. Please log your “Will Attend” on www. geocaching.com if you are planning to join us so we can track numbers. And tell us how many people will be in your group. Food available from 1.30 – 4.30. Sunday Funday Kinloch Rannoch 20th October. Alternatively, come to a Family Sunday Funday which will include a scavenger hunt, BBQ, face painting and an opportunity to learn about our Rannoch Caches. Something for everyone in the Weller Poley Park Kinloch Rannoch on Sunday 20th October 1.30-4.30 For more information check www. rannochscotland or email rannochscotland@gmail.com 07786063678 Sunday 20th October 2 - 3.30pm Red Squirrel Walk Meet: Glen Tilt Car Park Come and look for red squirrels and

October 2013 learn more about them. Who for: Adults £2 and Quiet Children £1 Tel: 01796 481355 email pf@atholl-estates.co.uk www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk Monday 21st October 10.30am – 12.00 noon Awesome Animals Meet in Rannoch Square Kinloch Rannoch. Where have animals been and what are they up to? Can you work out who has been where and when? Meet in Rannoch Square. For further information and booking please email rannochscotland@gmail. com or phone 07786063678 www.rannochscotland.co.uk Wednesday, 23th October 11.30am – 1.00pm Autumn Watch - FORESTRY COMMISSION WALKS Meet: Faskally Car Park The wood is ablaze with autumn colour. Enjoy Perthshire’s golds, reds and yellows in Faskally Wood, by Pitlochry. Bring your camera Adults: £3.50 Children £2.00 Tel: 01350 727284 Wednesday 23rd October, 11am - 2pm Hermitage Hunt family event National Trust for Scotland The Hermitage, by Dunkeld; PH8 0HX meet in the Lower Car Park Collect a trail paper from the ranger and hunt for clues and questions in the woods. Suitable for families with 5 to 12 year olds Booking: Just turn up Cost: Children £3; accompanying adults free Tel: 0844 4932192 Email : hermitage@nts.org.uk www.nts.org.uk Friday 25th October Naughty Knickers Karelia House, Kenmore Road Comrie Bridge By Aberfeldy PH15 2LS Come and enjoy an evening of fun & giggles with Melanie to make a pair of Naughty Knickers. Using our in house Brother sewing machines you will be able to complete a cheeky pair of Knickers to take away. Tel: 01887 822027 email: kaye@kareliahouse.co.uk

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Saturday 26th October 1-4pm Perthshire Amber Festival - Open Mic Friday 25th October 8pm Royal Dunkeld Hotel Atholl Street, Perthshire Amber Festival The Dunkeld PH8 0AR Opening Concert Caledonia Hall, Edradour Distillery hosted by Ewen Sutherland - As with past years the time for each perforPitlochry, PH16 5JP mance will be limited to 10 minutes (2 Dougie MacLean & Karine Polwart songs max) per artist or group http://www.perthshireamber.com/ index.php/2013-festival/concerts/even- http://www.perthshireamber.com/ index.php/2013-festival/concerts/opening-concerts mic Friday 25th October - Saturday Saturday 26th October, 2.30pm – 26th October 8pm 3.30pm Equally Divided Birnam Arts & Conference Centre Jacobite Weapons Display Station Road Birnam Dunkeld PH8 National Trust for Scotland Killiecrankie Visitor Centre, Killiecrankie 0DS Edith Likes to think she is a good per- Pitlochry PH16 5LG meet in stone son. She was a dutiful daughter to her circle demanding,w heelchair bound mohter, An opportunity to find out about the while selfish younger sister Renata got weapons which were used at the Battle all the attention - and all the husbands. of Killiecrankie, first of the Jacobite uprisings in 1689. Now Mohter has died and the famBooking: Just turn up Cost: Adults £1; ily solicitor is on his way with the Children £0.50 will......... Tel: 0844 4932194 Friday £12/conc £10 Saturday FundEmail : killiecrankie@nts.org.uk raiser £15 with a glass of bubbly and www.nts.org.uk nibbly bits Tel: box office 01350 727674 Last Saturday of Every Month admin@birnaminstitute.com Doors Open 7pm. Show starts www.birnamarts.com 8.30pm Just Laugh Comedy Club - at McKSaturday 26th October ays Bar Tay Decent McKays Bar & Restaurant 138 Organised by the Scottish Canoe Atholl Road Pitlochry . PH16 5AG Association, a canoeing and kayaking event for both 1 host, 3 stand up comedians - lots of laughter Enjoy Just laugh Comedy Club touring and racing paddlers. Two dis, last Saturday of every month £10 pp tances, starting in Dunkeld (23 miles) and Stanley Mills (7 miles), finishing in Giggle and dine deal - 2 comedy tickets and a meal for 2 - £20pp Perth. After hit the floor as our DJ has you wTel: 0131-317-7314 dancing until the early hours. Head www.canoescotland.org Liner tbc - Main Support John McGoldrick Support David Innes Saturday 26th October 10am Tel: 01796 473888 The 40th Glenfiddich Piping Email: info@mckayshotel.co.uk Championship Blair Castle Blair Atholl PH18 5TL www.mckayshotel.co.uk established in 1974 to inspire and Saturday 26th October 8pm stimulate the world’s finest individual Perthshire Amber Festival Dougie pipers, and to seek the best overall exponents of ceol mor or piobaireachd MacLean Trio & The Hazey Janes Aberfeldy Town Hall North Meth(the great music) and ceol beag (the ven Street PH1 5PP little music). http://www.perthshireamber.com/ Tickets available from Liz Mazwell on index.php/2013-festival/concerts/eventhe door. ing-concerts Tel 0845 6021974 http://www.glenfiddich.com/uk/ www.kareliahouse.co.uk

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Sunday 27th October 10am – 11.30am Dunkeld Guided Walk Meet at Dunkeld North car park, beside the Cathedral. This walk is organised by the Perth & Kinross Countryside Trust and is also part of the Big Tree Roots Project. Book your Place: Free of charge. Prebooking essential from Festival Office Tel: 01350 724281 or email tickets@ dougiemaclean.com. Numbers limited. A guided walk from Dunkeld Cathedral around the grounds of Dunkeld Hilton with Perth & Kinross Countryside Trust. The walk will take in the many awe inspiring and record breaking trees that are the legacy of the Planting Dukes of Atholl. http://www.perthshireamber.com/index.php/2013-festival/amber-discoveries/guided-walks Sunday 27th October 10am Autumnal Medicinal Herb Walk with Plant Ideas Meet at the Yurt, Stanley Hill, Dunkeld. Book your Place: £5. Pre-booking essential from Festival Office BOOK ONLINE or Tel: 01350 724281. Numbers limited to 12. Easy walk but dress sensibly for the weather. A chance to learn more of the countryside around us in an autumnal medicinal herb walk which will look at roots and tree uses. http://www.perthshireamber.com/index.php/2013-festival/amber-discoveries/guided-walks Sunday 27th October 1-4pm Perthshire Amber Festival - Open Mic Royal Dunkeld Hotel Atholl Street, Dunkeld PH8 0AR hosted by Ewen Sutherland - As with past years the time for each performance will be limited to 10 minutes (2 songs max) per artist or group http://www.perthshireamber.com/ index.php/2013-festival/concerts/openmic Sunday 27th October 2pm The 24th Glenfiddich Fiddle Championship Blair Castle Blair Atholl PH18 5TL The Glenfiddich Fiddling Championship was established in 1989, to encourage,

What’s On Highland Perthshire stimulate and perpetuate the art of fiddle playing throughout the country. Tickets available from Liz Mazwell on the door. Tel 0845 6021974 http://www.glenfiddich.com/uk/ Sunday 27th October 2pm Perthshire Amber Festival Concert: Karine Polwart Castle Menzies Weem Aberfeldy Perthshire PH15 2JD http://www.perthshireamber.com/index.php/2013-festival/concerts/amberafternoon-concerts Sunday 27th October 6pm Fancy Dress Street Parade & Halloween Party Visitor Centre Atholl Road to Fishers Hotel. The Fancy Dress St Parade will gather at the Visitor Centre car park and the parade of witches warlocks, devils and demons will parade down the street to the Fishers Hotel where the Halloween Party for all participating children will take place. The judging of the children will take place between 6.15 & 7pm. Refreshements and Children’s entertainment www.enchantedforest.org.uk Sunday 27th October 8pm Perthshire Amber Festival Dougie MacLean & Ross Ainslie and Jarlath Henderson Band Pitlochry Town Hall West Moulin Road Pitlochry PH16 5AY http://www.perthshireamber.com/ index.php/2013-festival/concerts/evening-concerts Monday 28th October 10.30am – 12.00 noon Awesome Autumn Meet in Rannoch Square Kinloch Rannoch. As the season is changing come and enjoy the colours and learn where and what the local wildlife does during the winter. Family Guided walk. Meet in Rannoch Square. Donations to Local Paths Project. For further information and booking please email rannochscotland@gmail.com or phone 07786063678 www.rannochscotland.co.uk Monday, 28th October 11.30am –

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1.00pm Daylight Enchantment – FORESTRY COMMISSION WALKS Meet: Faskally Car Park The wood is ablaze with autumn colour. Enjoy Perthshire’s golds, reds and yellows in Faskally Wood, by Pitlochry. All in totally natural Daylight. Charge: Adults: £3.50 Children £2.00 Tel: 01350 727284

Sophie Nicol of Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust to visit this remarkably well preserved Iron Age building, excavated by Margaret Stewart from 1974-7. Discover something of the fascinating story of these monumental buildings and how they functioned at the end of the First Millennium BC. A second part of the walk is on 31st October if you fancy further immersion in Perthshire’s archaeological past! Monday 28th October 2pm This walk is very easy - though as ever Perthshire Amber Festival Concert: appropriate footwear/clothing recomRoss Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson mended. Caputh Church Caputh, PH1 4JH http://www.perthshireamber.com/inhttp://www.perthshireamber.com/index.php/2013-festival/amber-discoverdex.php/2013-festival/concerts/amber- ies/guided-walks afternoon-concerts Tuesday 29th October 2pm Monday 28th October 5-7pm Perthshire Amber Festival Concert: Cabaret Amber Cabaret Amber Tunes & Songs - Sorren Maclean, hosts - Gina MacLeod and Alan Hannah Fisher & Buddy Macdonald Jordan Venue: Butterstone Village Hall Royal Dunkeld Hotel Atholl Street, Dunkeld PH8 0HA Dunkeld PH8 0AR http://www.perthshireamber.com/inNot Completely Blonde : Iain Thomson dex.php/2013-festival/concerts/amberwith Marc Duff afternoon-concerts http://www.perthshireamber.com/index.php/2013-festival/concerts/amber- Tuesday 29th October 5-7pm afternoon-concerts Cabaret Amber Cabaret Amber Monday 28th October 8pm hosts - Gina MacLeod and Alan Perthshire Amber Festival Dougie Jordan MacLean & Karen Matheson Royal Dunkeld Hotel Atholl Street, Blair Castle, Blair Atholl PH18 5TL Dunkeld PH8 0AR http://www.perthshireamber.com/ The Deadly Winters : Daniel James index.php/2013-festival/concerts/even- Fraser : Ross (New Zealand) ing-concerts http://www.perthshireamber.com/index.php/2013-festival/concerts/amberMonday 28th October 8pm afternoon-concerts Perthshire Amber Festival Dougie MacLean & Karen Matheson Tuesday 29th October 8pm Venue: Blair Castle, Blair Atholl Perthshire Amber Festival Dougie http://www.perthshireamber.com/ MacLean & AMWWF (Anderson, index.php/2013-festival/concerts/even- McGinty, Webster, Ward & Fisher) ing-concerts Blairgowrie Town Hall PH10 6BD http://www.perthshireamber.com/ Tuesday 29th October 10.30am index.php/2013-festival/concerts/even12.30pm ing-concerts Archaeology Walk - The Queen’s View: an Iron Age monumental Wed 30th October roundhouse 10.00am – 1.00pm. Meet at the Allean Forest Car Felting Chunky Jewellery Park, Loch Tummel, just past the Karelia House, Kenmore Road Queen’s View Visitor Centre. Comrie Bridge By Aberfeldy Book your Place: Free of Charge. Pre- PH15 2LS booking essential from Festival Office Using a different technique make Fun, Tel: 01350 724281 or email tickets@ Funky, Chunky Felt Jewellery. (Begindougiemaclean.com. Numbers limited ners) Cost £25.00 to 15. Tel: 01887 822027 Join archaeologists David Strachan and email: kaye@kareliahouse.co.uk

What’s On Highland Perthshire October 2013 www.kareliahouse.co.uk Wednesday, 30th October 11.30am – 1.00pm Perthshire Amber – FORESTRY COMMISSION WALKS Meet: Faskally Car Park The wood is ablaze with autumn colour. Enjoy Perthshire’s golds, reds and yellows in Faskally Wood, by Pitlochry. Charge: Adults: £3.50 Children £2.00 Tel: 01350 727284 Wednesday 30th October 2pm Perthshire Amber Festival Concert: AMWWF Songwriters - Anderson, McGinty & Webster Venue: The Garden Room, Hilton Hotel Dunkeld, PH8 0HX http://www.perthshireamber.com/index.php/2013-festival/concerts/amberafternoon-concerts Wednesday 30th October, 2pm – 3.30pm Battle of Killiecrankie National Trust for Scotland Killiecrankie Visitor Centre, Killiecrankie Pitlochry PH16 5LG meet in stone circle Get to grips with the gory details of this gruesome battle. Interactive battle talk (1hr) in woods above Soldier’s Leap; followed by children’s craft activities and a display of weapons outside the visitor centre. Booking: Just turn up Cost: Adults £4; Children £2 Tel: 0844 4932194 Email : killiecrankie@nts.org.uk www.nts.org.uk Wednesday 30th October 5-7pm Cabaret Amber Cabaret Amber hosts - Gina MacLeod and Alan Jordan Royal Dunkeld Hotel Atholl Street, Dunkeld PH8 0AR Louise Jordan : Neusa http://www.perthshireamber.com/index.php/2013-festival/concerts/amberafternoon-concerts Wednesday 30th October 8pm Perthshire Amber Festival Dougie MacLean with Tim Edey & Charlie McKerron Dunkeld Cathedral Cathedral St Dunkeld PH8 OAW http://www.perthshireamber.com/

index.php/2013-festival/concerts/even- and have a look at the Ospreys nesting-concerts ing). You then pass Craiglush Loch by the roadside, and a few hundred yards Thursday 31st October 10.30am - beyond you will come to a layby that is 12.30pm partly closed off. Carefully, turn in here Archaeology Walk - The Black and park sensibly. Spout: an Iron Age monumental We will assemble and take the gently roundhouse rising path through lush woodland, Meet at the car-park at the Black following the Aldtine Burn, stopping Spout Wood at the south-east end for photographs as you choose. I will of Pitlochry. be available for photographic tips and Book your Place: Free of Charge. Pre- hints as you wish. On reaching the booking essential from Festival Office summit, this small fishing Loch will unTel: 01350 724281 or email tickets@ fold before you in all its serene beauty. dougiemaclean.com. Numbers limThere you will have the opportunity to ited to 15. Join the Perth and Kinross practice your landscape photography at Heritage Trust archaeologists for the leisure. second part of this journey, to visit the Please bring a picnic, camera and site excavated by David Strachan of the water proof clothes”. The walk-in takes Trust from 2005-9, and the subject of a around 20 – 30 minutes. Please note major new publication. Perched on the that the walk is Weather Permitting. Edradour burn, beside the spectacular http://www.perthshireamber.com/inwaterfall, the site itself is worth a visit! dex.php/2013-festival/amber-discoverLearn how these massive ‘monumenies/guided-walks tal roundhouse’ buildings, in many ways Perthshire’s ‘brochs’, were built Thursday 31st October, and used, and how they related to the 3.40pm – 5.10pm other buildings of the Iron Age, such Hallowe’en children’s event as crannogs, hill-forts and souterrains… National Trust for Scotland KilliecThis walk is very easy - though as ever rankie Visitor Centre, Killiecrankie appropriate footwear/clothing recomPitlochry PH16 5LG meet in stone mended. circle http://www.perthshireamber.com/inIt’s Hallowe’en – dare you join us at dex.php/2013-festival/amber-discover- Kiliecrankie for an afternoon of spooky ies/guided-walks activities? Fancy dress welcome! Suitable for families with 5 to 12 year Thursday 31st October 10.30am olds Booking: Just turn up Cost: ChilPhotographic Walk Experience dren £3; accompanying adults free with Graham Lumsden Tel: 0844 4932194 Meet at the lay-by past Craiglush Email : killiecrankie@nts.org.uk Loch www.nts.org.uk Book your Place: £5. Pre-booking essential from Festival Office BOOK ON- Thursday 31st October 5-7pm LINE or Tel: 01350 724281. Numbers Cabaret Amber Cabaret Amber limited to 15. hosts - Gina MacLeod and Alan Following his previous popular guided Jordan walks photographer Graham describes Royal Dunkeld Hotel Atholl Street, what’s on offer during this year’s festi- Dunkeld PH8 0AR val! Steve Turner : Cera Impala & the New “What better way to unwind than a Hill Prohibition Loch Walk?? Come with me and find a http://www.perthshireamber.com/inwee piece of peace. dex.php/2013-festival/concerts/amberA gentle climb up to Cardney Loch is afternoon-concerts our destination this year.? Cardney Loch is a hidden gem in the gentle hills between Dunkeld and Butterstone.? To Thursday 31st October 7-9pm Spooks & Sacrifice – Celtic reach Cardney Loch, drive from Dunkeld on the the Blairgowrie Road….past Samhain Festival. the golf course and Loch O’ The Lowes The Scottish Crannog Centre Kenmore, Loch Tay Perthshire is on your right (a great place to stop

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PH15 2HY Come dressed in costume and help us to celebrate Samhain, the ancestor of Halloween. Bring a carved lantern, join our torch lit procession through lochside woods, watch our fire sculptures burn in ceremonial sacrifice and enjoy storytelling, burn incense, fire juggling, soup, apple dookin’ and more. Booking essential. Cost to be confirmed. Tel. 01887 830583 Email: info@crannog.co.uk www.crannog.co.uk Thursday 31st October 8pm Perthshire Amber Festival The Young Trad Tour Birnam Arts Centre Station Road Birnam Dunkeld PH8 0DS A Perthshire Amber Festival Event. A showcase for the cream of the new generation of Scottish musicians.with surprise special guest. Tickets £22 http://www.perthshireamber.com/ index.php/2013-festival/concerts/evening-concerts