What’s On in Highland Perthshire August 2016 www.HighlandPerthshire.com If you have an Event you would like to advertise FREE OF CHARGE info@explorescotland.net with Date/Time/Event/ Venue/Price NB We try to make sure all the information we post is accurate, but please check directly with the venue concerned before committing yourself.
Continuous Events Thursday 25th to Sunday 28th August 2016 The Blair Castle International Horse Trials and Bruadar Country Fair. Atholl Estates, Blair Atholl, PH18 5TH
crafted items for sale. Further details from Fiona, 01887 829343 or 07990 834092 or aberfeldymarket@btopenworld.com. The Aberfeldy Craft and Arts Fair has handmade, traditional, contemporary, unique, bespoke, Scottish, quality gifts and presents from in and around beautiful Highland Perthshire. For more details contact Judith Toner 01796 473030 or shona.jennings@icloud.com
Saturday 20th August to 17th December (3rd Saturday each month) 10.00am to 2.00pm Pitlochry Market Pitlochry Business Centre, Armoury Road.
Local Traders, Produce and Crafts. For more details email: stalls@pitlochrymarket.co.uk or www.pitlochrymarket.co.uk
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
Blair Castle International Horse Trials and Country Fair is Scotland’s leading equestrian event, running over four days in August each year and attracting in excess of 40,000 visitors. Olympic Daily 10am - 4.30pm medalists compete alongside amateurs in the Beatrix Potter Interactive Exibifour International event classes, whilst British Showjumping and showing classes provide a plat- tion and Garden. Birnam Arts & form for riders in other disciplines to compete on Conference Centre Station Road Blair’s hallowed turf. Box office opens in Spring Birnam Dunkeld PH8 0DS 2016. Tel01796 481543 Suitable for adults and children alike housing a history section and a Victorian play area. £3 per Sunday 7th August to 2nd October person. Tel: box office 01350 727674 www.birnamarts.com
(1st Sunday each month) 10am to 2pm Birks Cinema Celtic Acoustic Music Aberfeldy Farmers Market + Craft Every Thursday 7pm to 10.30pm Fair Birks Cinema Celtic Acoustic Music The Square, Aberfeldy PH15 2DD The farmers market has a fantastic range of fresh Birks Cinema, Aberfeldy PH15 2DA produce including meat, vegetables, fish, cheese, Everyone is welcome to come along to play or just enjoy the music, which may be anything bread, chocolate and lots of beautiful hand
from folk, blues, bluegrass or instrumental. It is free entry, sit in comfort in the upstairs cinema bar, with a drink and song. Further details Doug 01887 820165
Saturday 6th to Friday 12th August 2016 Gents Highland Open Golf Tournament Pitlochry Golf Club, Golf Course Road, Pitlochry PH16 5QY
The competitions comprise events and activities both on and off the course, and with many new friends to make, old acquaintances to catch up with, and everything in between, it makes for a complete golfing experience. Full details. So come along, join in and taste for yourself the Highland golf experience at Pitlochry. If you have any queries or need any clarification on any issues relating to the Highland Open please contact our Head professional Mark Pirie on 01796 472792 or email pro@pitlochrygolf.co.uk
August to 15th October Carousel - Musical Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Port na Craig, Pitlochry PH16 5DR
Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s flagship production for 2016. Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Music by Richard Rodgers. A dramatic testament to the enduring power of love, Carousel is Rodgers & Hammerstein’s towering achievement. New England, 1873: when a travelling carnival pitches up in a small fishing village, an unlikely relationship develops between the charismatic carousel barker, Billy Bigelow, and Julie Jordan, a naïve local mill worker. Within weeks - and against everyone’s advice - the seemingly ill-matched lovers are married. But Billy’s fiery temper quickly causes problems for the newly-weds. After losing his job, Billy begins to feel hemmed in by the constraints of married life. And his financial difficulties quickly mount. The discovery that he is soon to be a father only intensifies Billy’s need to find some cash – and fast. So when Billy’s friend,
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the shady sailor Jigger, suggests that robbing the local mill owner could solve all of Billy’s problems, Billy doesn’t take much persuading. But the robbery goes horribly wrong - and Billy ends up risking not only his life, but also his immortal soul . . . All tickets (From £15.00) can be purchased from PFT’s Box Office on Tel: 01796 484626 or online: www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com
story, featuring completely different characters. Uniquely, however, all three plays share the same actors - and the same set! With echoes of Hitchcock’s North By Northwest, FlatSpin is an hilarious, high-energy story of mistaken identity, magic and misdirection, featuring twist, after twist, after twist. All tickets (From £15.00) PFT’s Box Office on Tel: 01796 484626 or online: www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com
Weekly Events
Monday 1st August to Sunday 7th August 2016 10am to 6pm Fortingall Art 2016 Summer Exhibition Molteno Hall, Fortingall, Perthshire PH15 2LW
August to 13th Oct RolePlay Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Port na Craig, Pitlochry PH16 5DR RolePlay By Alan Ayckbourn. Each play in this trilogy is an entirely separate, stand-alone story, featuring completely different characters. Uniquely, however, all three plays share the same actors and the same set! A wickedly funny and sometimes poignant story of love, lust and the hazards of dinner parties, the third part of the Damsels In Distress trilogy is classic Ayckbourn. If you enjoyed PFT’s hugely popular A Chorus Of Disapproval in 2013, you won’t want to miss this! All tickets (From £15.00) can be purchased from PFT’s Box Office on Tel: 01796
cians 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
Open daily for two weeks. 10am to 6pm. Free admission. This exhibition of over 30 local artists, features painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, jewellery and furniture, and the popular Schools Mini Art Competition. Held in the elegant Molteno Hall, in the village of Fortingall, with its Arts and Craft style architecture, and ancient Yew tree. “Amazing, inspirational, something for everyone. A great day out.”
August to 13th Oct Thark By Ben Travers Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Port na Craig, Pitlochry PH16 5DR
Thark By Ben Travers; adapted by Clive Francis. Things are looking up for sporting, man-abouttown, Sir Hector Benbow . . . Not only has he finally managed to offload his gloomy country pile, Thark, onto an unsuspecting buyer, but he’s also caught the eye of the beautiful Cherry Buck. ... . Ben Travers’s classic 1927 Aldwych farce, in a glorious new version by Clive Francis, is fast-paced, rip-roaring and hilariously inventive: perfect Summer entertainment! All tickets (From £15.00) can be purchased from PFT’s Box Office on Tel: 01796 484626 or online: www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com
484626 or online: www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com
August to 15th October This Happy Breed By Nöel Coward Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Port na Craig, Pitlochry PH16 5DR
1919: almost unscathed from his time in the trenches, Frank Gibbons returns to civilian life, starts a new job in a travel agency and moves his wife, Ethel, their three children, Reg, Vi and Queenie, and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Flint, into a new home near Clapham Common. On the day of August to Sunday 12th October the move to Number 17 Sycamore Road, Frank is Gameplan delighted to discover that their nearest neighbour Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Port na is Bob Mitchell, an old comrade-in-arms whom he Craig, Pitlochry PH16 5DR had given up for dead in 1915. With the Mitchells GamePlan By Alan Ayckbourn. The first play in – Bob, his wife Nora, and son Billy - living cheek Ayckbourn’s dazzling Damsels In Distress trilogy, by jowl with the Gibbonses, the two families GamePlan is a sharp, contemporary black comedy adapt to life in suburbia - and to peacetime. Coward’s saga of the lives and loves of one of metropolitan morals and mishaps. Each play in this trilogy is an entirely separate, stand-alone lower-middle-class family and their friends during story, featuring completely different characters. a turbulent period of history is warm-hearted, Uniquely, however, all three plays share the same funny, deeply moving and infused with a love of actors - and the same set! GamePlan is a sharp, Britain and its people. All tickets (From £15.00) contemporary black comedy of metropolitan mor- can be purchased from PFT’s Box Office on als and mishaps. If you enjoyed Communicating 01796 484626 or online: Doors in 2012, you’ll love this! All tickets (From www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com £15.00) can be purchased from PFT’s Box Office on Tel: 01796 484626 or online: www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com
August to 12th Oct FlatSpin Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Port na Craig, Pitlochry PH16 5DR FlatSpin By Alan Ayckbourn. Each play in this trilogy is an entirely separate, stand-alone
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SUNDAYS Every Sunday “Sunday Session” 8-11pm, McKays Bar & Restaurant 138 Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 5AG . Session night where a mixture of musi-
MONDAYS Every Monday 7.45pm 1st August to 5th September HIGHLAND NIGHTS 50th Anniversary Venue - Recreation Ground. If wet, venue - Pitlochry Town Hall. Vale of Atholl Pipe Band, Highland and Scottish dancing, songs and music. Gates open 7pm. Adults £6 Children £1. www.highlandnight.co.uk
WEDNESDAYS 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
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Every Thursday 7.00pm to 10.30pm Birks Cinema Celtic Acoustic Music Birks Cinema, Aberfeldy PH15 2DA Everyone is welcome to come along to play or just enjoy the music, which may be anything from folk, blues, bluegrass or instrumental. It is free entry, sit in comfort in the upstairs cinema bar, with a drink and song. Further details Doug 01887 820165
Every Thursday 6 to 9pm Schiehallion Hotel, 6 Dunkeld Street, Aberfeldy PH15 2AF (opposite the Coop Petrol Pump)
Two course Chinese Meal £10.95. The Schiehallion is newly renovated, locally owned hotel based in the centre of Aberfeldy, offering luxurious en suite bedrooms, a large bar serving a wide variety of local ales, wines and spirits and an extensive menu to suit all. Tel: 01887 820421
What’s On Highland Perthshire Every Thursday Traditional Fiddle Session The Taybank Tay Terrace Dunkeld PH8 0AQ Pete Clark leads a traditional fiddle session in the bar from 8.30pm - again all musicians are welcome to come and join!! Tel: 01350 727340 www.thetaybank.co.uk
FRIDAYS 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
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Tuesday 2nd August 2.00pm Outdoor Science - Bugs Blair Atholl Information Centre, Blair Atholl. PH18 5SP
Join us to look for different mimibeasts, do a Bugs Count survey and then try one at home. Time: 2.00pm - 4.00pm. Meet: Blair Atholl Information Centre. Who for: Families, adults £2 children £1. To contact the ranger service, phone 01796 481355, or email pf@atholl-estates.co.uk or www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk
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and challenged the audiences of the 19th century as much as they do us today. A stellar programme of Beethoven, Mozart and Prokofiev. Admission - Standard £16.00, Senior £14.00 Disabled person £14.00 U26/Student/Unemployed £6.00 Under 16 (Under 16’s go free if accompanied by a paying adult. Your discount will be applied at the checkout.) £5.0Travelling around Europe aged 23, Mozart was no longer the cute ‘boy wonder’ who had initially caught Europe’s attention, but this period of his compositional life was hugely productive. SCO Leader Stephanie Gonley and Principal Viola Jane Atkins join forces to perform Mozart’s heartfelt and virtuosic Sinfonia Concertante, considered by many to be his crowning achievement. Buy Tickets on 01796 481207 or ON LINE
Tuesday 2nd August at 8.00pm Traditional music concert with the Feis Fhoirt Ceilidh Trail The Big Shed Tombreck, Lawers, Saturday 6th August 10.00 PH15 2PB The Ceilidh Trail project allows young traditional 4.00pm each day. musicians, the opportunity to tour their local area Weekend Yoga workshop with during the summer Clare Stephen - £95 including This year’s line-up features fiddle, clarsach, piano, guitar and mandolin. Tickets £10 - available meals on the door. Find out more at Big Shed, Tombreck, Loch Tay, www.bigshed.org.uk Aberfeldy, PH15 2PB
Wednesday 3rd August 10.00amEvery Saturday from 9pm 12noon Live Music , Old Mill RestaurantPub, Mill Lane, Pitlochry PH16 5BH Hermitage Camouflage
More details on www.bigshed.org.uk Book via website or txt/phone 07508645453
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How do animals protect themselves from preda- 4.00pm each day. tors and why are they different colours? We will Weekend Yoga workshop with explore the Hermitage woods and hunt for some of the camouflaged creatures that live here. Bug Clare Stephen - £95 including boxes provided. Suitable for children aged 5-12 meals years. Children £5; accompanying adults free. Big Shed, Tombreck, Loch Tay, “Saturday night live@McKays” Booking required – please call 01350 728641. Aberfeldy, PH15 2PB 9-12pm, McKays Bar & Restaurant The Hermitage, is 1 miles off the A9 from DunMore details on www.bigshed.org.uk keld and Birnam A9 road junction towards Pit138 Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 Book via website or txt/phone 07508645453 lochry. Further details please contact the ranger 5AG. Live bands from Scottish, Irish, Pop, rock, service on 01350 728641 or Killiecrankie Visitor Blues, Jazz, Motown and many more. Sing dance Centre on 01796 473233 for further information. Tuesday 9th August 2.00pm and clap the night away... Free entry. Rocky Treasure Hunt with Atholl Tel: 01796473888 Estates Rangers www.mckayshotel.co.uk Thursday 4th August 10.30am Top quality Perthshire Bands, playing a variety of styles including covers, blues, rock, jazz … Tel: 01796 474020 www.theoldmillpitlochry.co.uk
Blair Atholl Information Centre, Tooth and Claw Blair Atholl. PH18 5SP “Saturday Night Fever” 12-1.30am Blair Atholl Information Centre, A family event searching for rocky clues and McKays Bar & Restaurant, 138 Blair Atholl. PH18 5SP treasure. Time: 2.00pm - 3.30pm. Meet: Blair Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 5AG We find out more about nature’s predators.Time: Atholl Information Centre. Who for: Children resident DJ plays some of the latest tunes to dance the night from 11pm-late, if you come in after 11pn there is a £3.00 door charge. Tel: 01796473888 www.mckayshotel.co.uk
Daily Diary Events Tuesday 2nd August 10.30am Burn dipping and beastie hunting Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve
Join our hands-on exploration of some of the habitats on our nature trail to discover some of the less obvious wildlife living there. Duration: 2 hours Cost: adults £2, children £5, family £12.50. Adults must be accompanied by a child (and vice versa). Bring: Wellies and waterproofs. Meet: 10.30 am Ben Lawers NNR car park. Numbers are limited, so booking is advisable. Telephone 01567 820988 or email benlawers@nts.org.uk or book online
10.30am – 12.00 midday. Meet: Glen Tilt Car £2. To contact the ranger service, phone 01796 Park, by Blair Atholl. Who for: Children £2. To 481355, or email pf@atholl-estates.co.uk or contact the ranger service, phone 01796 481355, www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk or email pf@atholl-estates.co.uk or www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk
Saturday 6th August 7.30pm The Scottish Chamber Orchestra Blair Castle, Blair Atholl PH18 5TL
Travelling around Europe aged 23, Mozart was no longer the cute ‘boy wonder’ who had initially caught Europe’s attention, but this period of his compositional life was hugely productive. SCO Leader Stephanie Gonley and Principal Viola Jane Atkins join forces to perform Mozart’s heartfelt and virtuosic Sinfonia Concertante, considered by many to be his crowning achievement. Experience the joy of youth and the freedom of the countryside in Prokofiev’s First Symphony, which he wrote aged just 26 whilst on holiday. We close with Beethoven’s ebulliently experimental and light-hearted Eighth Symphony, full of musical jokes and twists and turns that delighted
Tuesday August 9th 10.30am -12noon Treemendous Trees, Forestry Commission Walks Faskally: a wee wood with a big history. The beginners guide to why trees are great. Adults: £3.50, Children £2. Meet at Faskally Car Park. Faskally Forest is just off the B8019, about 1 mile (2km) north-west of Pitlochry. The car park is at grid reference NN 922 591. PH16 5LB is the nearest postcode. Organised by Tay Forest District, Inverpark, Dunkeld PH8 0JR Tel: 01350 727284 Email: tay@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
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What’s What’s On On Highland HighlandPerthshire Perthshire Wednesday 10th August 2.00pm-3.30pm Battle of Killiecrankie, Killiecrankie Visitor Centre, PH16 5LG
Get to grips with the gory details of this gruesome battle. Interactive battle talk in the woods above Soldier’s Leap, followed by a weapons display and children’s craft activities. Adults £4; Children £2. No booking required. Meet in the stone circle outside the Visitor Centre. Further details please contact the ranger service on 01350 728641 or Killiecrankie Visitor Centre on 01796 473233 for further information. Thursday 11th August 8.30pm-10p
Nightlife Bat Walk At the Hermitage, By Dunkeld
Find out more about the elusive wildlife that frequents the half-life between day and night, we will look for bats and learn lots about our only flying mammal. There will be bat detectors available to use. Adults £4; Children £2. No booking required. Further details please contact the ranger service on 01350 728641 or Killiecrankie Visitor Centre on 01796 473233 for further information
Thursday 11thAugust Lughnasa Harvest Festival Scottish Crannog Centre, Kenmore Loch Tay PH15 2HY
Try ancient ploughing, sow seeds, learn about prehistoric farming, make herb garlands and bake your own harvest rolls in our Iron Age clay ovens. All events include museum exhibits, talks around a log-fire in the Crannog roundhouse, demonstrations and hands-on experience of ancient crafts and technologies. Booking essential for large groups otherwise just join us for a great day out. Tel 01887 830583 www.Crannog.co.uk
Thursday 11th August 10.30am Minibeast Hunt and House Blair Atholl Information Centre, Blair Atholl. PH18 5SP
We go on a minibeast hunt and then you can make a bug house to take home. Time: 10.30am – 12.00 midday. Meet: Blair Atholl Information Centre. Who for: Families. £1 per child and £2 per box. To contact the ranger service, phone 01796 481355, or email pf@ atholl-estates.co.uk or www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk
Friday 12th August 10.30am An introduction to navigation Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve
Don’t rely on your GPS or phone, get to grips with the basics of how to use a map and compass in the hills. The route will involve rough ground and moderate gradients so requires a reasonable level of fitness. Duration: 6 hours Cost: adults £15, children £7.50. Bring: walking boots, warm, waterproof and windproof clothing, food, map (OS Landranger 51 or
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Explorer 378) and compass. Meet: 10.30am Ben Lawers NNR car park. Booking is essential. Telephone 01567 820988 or email benlawers@ nts.org.uk or book online
Friday 12th August at 9.00am Atholl & Breadalbane Agricultural Show and Highland Gathering Wade’s Park, next to Wade’s Bridge Aberfeldy
Starts 9.00am - there are Horse and Pony classes for children of all ages - from 4 to 64! Begins with the slightly more serious show classes, then the working hunter classes and after lunch time, the fancy dress on horseback and rounding off the day with the mounted games. The pet show at 1.00pm for pets of all shapes, sizes and species! There’s also the funfair, bucking bronco and various trade stances selling a variety of craft and other items. Secretary T: 01887 820666 Aberfeldy Highland Game
Saturday 13th August 9.30am An introduction to identification of grasses, sedges and rushes Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve
Get to grips with the graminoids! Come along and learn the basics how to identify these plants on this famous botanical nature reserve. Duration: 7½ hours Cost: £50 Bring: Walking boots, warm, waterproof and windproof clothing, a copy of Francis Rose’s guide-to grasses, sedges ,rushes and ferns or your favourite ID book for these groups and a hand lens (available for loan). You will need a packed lunch and drink. Meet: 9.30am Ben Lawers NNR car park. Booking is essential. Telephone 01567 820988 or email benlawers@nts.org.uk or book online
Saturday 13th August 7.30pm. SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING. Pitlochry Town Hall
Visitors welcome to join us on the dance floor or come along and watch. Dancers:£7.00, Spectators:£2.00 Tel: 01796 473488
Sunday 14th August 10am-4pm Optics fair Loch of the Lowes Visitor Centre, Dunkeld, Perth & Kinross, PH8 0HH A wide selection of binoculars and telescopes available to buy, with expert advice from the Opticron representative on hand. Tel: 01350 727 337 scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk
Monday 16th August 8.00pm Bats and Boxes Blair Atholl Information Centre, Blair Atholl. PH18 5SP
Make a bat box and come on an evening walk to see our local bats. Time: 8.00 - 10.00pm. Meet: Atholl Estates Information Centre. Who for: Everyone, £5 per box. To contact the ranger service, phone 01796 481355, or email pf@atholl-estates.co.uk or www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk
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Wednesday 17th August 10.30am-12.30pm Hermitage Fantastic Fungi Foray
A beginner’s guide to the fascinating world of fungi, including basic id and folklore. Suitable for adults and older children. Adults £5; Children £3 No booking required. The Hermitage, is 1 miles off the A9 from Dunkeld and Birnam A9 road junction towards Pitlochry. Further details please contact the ranger service on 01350 728641 or Killiecrankie Visitor Centre on 01796 473233 for further information.
Wednesday 17th August 1.30pm Hillside Safari Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve
Experience the rich flora of the lower slopes of this famous botanical nature reserve and the varied wildlife flourishing in restored native plant communities. Duration: 2½ hours. Cost: adults £5, children £2.50, family £12.50 Bring: walking boots, warm, waterproof and windproof clothing. Meet: 1.30pm Ben Lawers NNR car park. Numbers are limited, so booking is advisable. For further information telephone 01567 820988 or email benlawers@nts.org.uk or book online
Thursday 18th August 10.30am Wet and Wild Blair Atholl Information Centre, Blair Atholl. PH18 5SP
Discover the watery world around the river. Time: 10.30am – 12.00 midday Meet: Blair Atholl Information Centre. Who for: Children £2. To contact the ranger service, phone 01796 481355, or email pf@atholl-estates.co.uk or www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk
Saturday 20th August 11am – 1.00pm Little Wood, Big Wood, Forestry Commission Walks
Explore Faskally this little wood, with a great big history. Adults: £3.50, Children £2. Meet at Faskally Car Park. Faskally Forest is just off the B8019, about 1 mile (2km) north-west of Pitlochry. The car park is at grid reference NN 922 591. PH16 5LB is the nearest postcode. Organised by Tay Forest District, Inverpark, Dunkeld PH8 0JR Tel: 01350 727284 Email: tay@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
Saturday 20th August 2016 1.30pm to 5pm Rannoch Highland Gathering Welley Poley park in Kinloch Rannoch The Gathering officially opens at 2pm with the Highland Dancing starting at 1.30pm. You will find: Heavy Events Piping Highland Dancing Hill Race Children’s Races Mini Highland Games Track & Field Local North v South Tug o war Auchterhouse Pipe Band Silly McB The Clown Children’s Amusements Stalls Tea Tent BBQ Ice Cream Van Bouncy Castle Archery Fire trucks Beer tent Adults - £4 Senior Citizens - £3 Children - £2 Family (2 adults + 2 kids) - £10
What’s On What’s On Highland HighlandPerthshire Perthshire Cars - £1 Telephone 07790 383671 for further information or email rannochgathering@gmail.com
Tuesday 23rd August 8.00pm Dusk Watch Blair Atholl Information Centre, Blair Atholl. PH18 5SP
Look for the creatures that come out at dusk - bats, moths, owls and more. Time: 8.00 - 10.00pm. Meet: Blair Atholl Information Centre. Who for: Adults £2 and Children £1. To contact the ranger service, phone 01796 481355, or email pf@atholl-estates.co.uk or www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk
Wednesday 24th August 2pm3.30pm Battle of Killiecrankie, Killiecrankie Visitor Centre PH16 5LG
Get to grips with the gory details of this gruesome battle. Interactive battle talk in the woods above Soldier’s Leap, followed by a weapons display and children’s craft activities. Adults £4; Children £2. No booking required. Meet in the stone circle outside the Visitor Centre. Further details please contact the ranger service on 01350 728641 or Killiecrankie Visitor Centre on 01796 473233 for further information.
Wednesday 24th August 1.30pm Fabulous ferns Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve Our second ‘Learn 5’ event this year looks at ferns on the lower slopes and how to identify them. You should leave knowing how to identify 5 different ferns. No experience or equipment is required. Duration: 2½ hours. Cost: adults £5, children £2.50, family £12.50 Bring: Walking boots, warm, waterproof and windproof clothing. Meet: 1.30pm Ben Lawers NNR car park. Numbers are limited, so booking is advisable. Telephone 01567 820988 or email benlawers@nts.org.uk or book online
Saturday 27th August 7.00pm9.00pm Brilliant bats – a walk and talk Loch of the Lowes Visitor Centre, Dunkeld, Perth & Kinross, PH8 0HH Try your hand at bat detecting! Which bats will you find at Lowes? Adult £8, concession/ member £6, child £3. Booking essential. Wear suitable outdoor clothes and bring a torch. Tel: 01350 727 337 scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk
Saturday the 27th August 2016 11.00am to 5.00pm Dunkeld & Birnam Highland Games Little Dunkeld Birnam by Dunkeld. A traditional Scottish Highland Games held amidst stunning Perthshire scenery. Gates Open: 10am, with the Heavy weight events starting at 11am. The Parade leaves the Square in Dunkeld 12noon, follow the Games Chieftain and pipe band to the games field for the opening. Events include: Running, Cycling, Heavy Weights, Solo Piping, Light Field, Highland Dance. You’ll be sure of a warm welcome! Adults: £6 Concession: £4 Children: £4 Family (2 Adults, 2 Children): £16 Car Park: £1 Tel: 01350 727 270 www.birnamhighlandgames.com
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Saturday 27th August 7.30pm. SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING. Pitlochry Town Hall
Visitors welcome to join us on the dance floor or come along and watch. Dancers:£7.00, Spectators:£2.00 Tel: 01796 473488
Saturday 27th August 2016 Strathardle Highland Gathering & Agricultural Show Bannerfield in the centre of Kirkmichael, Perthshire PH10 7NS We are a traditional, friendly gathering, we are proud of our independent traditions in Strathardle and none more so that the annual Gathering. As well as the Games, be sure to visit the Agricultural Show with a fine selection of local livestock and also the Home Industries Tent. 9.30am Agricultural Show - commencement of judging. 12.45pm Procession to Bannerfield, with the Coupar Angus Pipe Band, and guests the Clan MacThomas Society 1.00pm Games Opened by Chieftain Sir Michael Nairn, Bt. Contact details info@ strathardlehighlandgames.org.uk Tel: 01250 881447
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