Monday, 21 December 2009
Winter has come to Speyside
Labels:
bluefolds,
cairngorms,
lecht ski resort,
reindeer,
snow,
speyside,
winter
Saturday, 5 September 2009
Lonach Highland Games
What a fantastic day out! The weather was lovely and the drive over the heather clad hills to Strath Don was breathtaking. This was my first visit to the Lonach Highland Games although I have visited all my other local ones many times - Dufftown, Tomintoul and Aberlour as well as Braemar. Having seen and talked to some of the Lonach Highlanders at the Gathering in Edinburgh at end of July, I was keen to finally see them in action in their home place. Strathdon is very small with a tiny village and to see the car parks full of cars for at least 1/2 a mile in every direction was an eye opener. The place was buzzing with excitement. The setting is great with plenty of space for lots of retail opportunities as well as a very busy arena with dancing, piping, heavy games and athletics all taking place simultaneously. It was difficult to know where to look as there was such a lot happening. The Pipe Bands le
d the Lonach Highlanders around the field and it is truly a remarkable spectacle. We were told that Billy Connelly and Pamela Stephenson were present, but I did not bump into them. The colour of the day was wonderful and the men of all ages involved in the Highlanders is great to see in this day age.
Labels:
billy connelly,
highland dancers,
highland games,
highland scotland,
lonach highlanders,
pipe bands,
pipers,
strathdon
Wednesday, 2 September 2009
Summer in Glenlivet and area
It has been a busy summer with lots of visitors staying at Bluefolds Holiday cottages and also lots staying at my home. This has given me many chances to get out and about and to see the area through visitors eyes. I had a wonderful trip via Cullen to Troup Head to see how the Gannets were doing this year. There seemed to be lots of large chicks, some already having lost all their fluff and l
Labels:
cullen,
gannets,
highland scotland,
macduff,
moray firth,
seabirds,
troup head
Sunday, 31 May 2009
Ballindalloch Castle, Buckie and Portnockie


Labels:
ballindalloch castle,
birds,
bow fiddle rock,
buckie,
coast,
flowers,
gannets,
gardens,
guillemots,
highland scotland,
moray,
moray firth,
portknockie,
puffins,
razorbills,
rhododendrons,
speyside
Saturday, 16 May 2009
Whisky Festival - Cavalcade and Music
The most amazing day of the festival for photographers. It was great to see something different happening on Speyside. The first time that a horse cavalcade has been involved and the new Spirit of Speyside Flag. After following the horses for th
e afternoon and watching them ride behind the band through Aberlour it was the turn of the River Spey to be the central focus for the flag. A heavy shower of rain did not detract from the Flag being brought down the Spey by the Ghillies and handed over for the Musical Even finale of the Festival. I guess Pipe Bands are used to getting wet - the Dufftown band certainly did while playing manfully as the boat passed under the Penny Bridge. The Evening concert including the Broxburn Pipe Bands, dancers, Fochabers Fiddlers and finally Capercaillie was a magical end to the day culminating in a fantastic firework display.

Labels:
aberlour,
cavalcade,
dancers,
dufftown pipe band,
glenfiddich distillery,
highland scotland,
horses,
pipe bands,
RAF,
river spey,
speyside
Friday, 15 May 2009
Smugglers Walk in Glenlivet

Labels:
benromach whisky,
bridgend of glenlivet,
glenlivet,
nadurra,
packhorse bridge,
river livet,
smugglers,
speyside,
the glenlivet,
walks,
whisky festival
Tuesday, 14 April 2009
Saturday, 11 April 2009
Easter at Bluefolds Holiday Cottages

Labels:
bluefolds cottages,
daffodils,
easter,
glenlivet,
highland scotland,
lossiemouth,
moray,
self catering cottages,
speyside.
Friday, 10 April 2009
Easter in Glenlivet
Although, it is bit windy today - great for drying the washing, it is lovely weather for getting out and exploring Speyside and Moray. I have found a great site that offers various lengths of walk across the whole area. See www.morayways.org.uk
Labels:
glenlivet,
highland scotland,
moray,
speyside,
walks
Tuesday, 7 April 2009
Daffodil Time in Elgin - Oystercatchers, Curlews and Lapwings return to Glenlivet

Labels:
bluefolds cottages,
elgin,
elgin cathedral,
glenlivet,
highland,
highland scotland,
moray,
river lossie,
self catering cottages,
speyside
Monday, 30 March 2009
Changing Weather at Bluefolds, Glenlivet and Cairngorm

On Sunday after all our labours over the last few days, we went for a typical day out from Glenlivet starting with a visit to Drumin Castle (Lair of the Wolf of Badenoch in an earlier time), the views to the River Livet and River Avon are lovely and it was easy to see why he chose this spot with panoramic views. The castle has been made safe by the Crown Estate, Glenlivet. There is also a lovely walled garden and the daffodils will be in bloom in another w


Labels:
aviemore,
bluefolds holiday cottages,
cairngorms,
castles,
drumin castle,
funicular,
glenlivet,
highland,
holiday cottages,
river spey,
self catering cottages,
sking,
snow,
tomintoul
Friday, 27 March 2009
Visit to Lossiemouth Beach from Bluefolds Holiday Cottages

Monday, 16 March 2009
Trip to Findhorn

Labels:
bluefolds holiday cottages,
cullen beach,
findhorn,
findhorn bay,
moray,
moray firth,
scotland,
self catering cottages,
speyside.
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Winter snow and sunshine - mountains and castles

Labels:
bluefolds holiday cottages,
cairngorms,
cairngorms national park,
castle,
distillery,
drumin castle,
glenlivet,
highland,
scotland,
self catering cottages,
snow,
speyside,
whisky,
winter
Thursday, 26 February 2009
Trip to Cullen

Labels:
cooperage,
craigellachie,
cullen,
cullen beach,
harbour,
holiday cottages,
huntly,
huntly castle,
moray,
portsoy,
self catering cottages,
speyside,
speyside cooperage
Saturday, 21 February 2009
Snow in Glenlivet
Labels:
aberlour,
bluefolds,
bluefolds cottages,
glenlivet,
highland,
self catering cottages,
snow,
speyside
Tuesday, 6 January 2009
Winter wonderland - Glenlivet at New Year

December in Glenlivet and Speyside

The sunrises, sunsets and hoare frost that we saw during the Christmas and New Year was wonderful. The cold, dry weather was a joy. The visitors staying at Bluefolds Cottages had a wonderful time. 4 of them spent their days sking at the Lecht. We went for walks by the River Spey in Aberlour along the Speyside Way and down by the River Livet to the confluence with the River Avon. We met the local farmer going to check on his cattle in the field by the river. He too was enjoying the dry weather. He lives beside Drumin castle and said that there had been lots of visitors to it over the Christmas period. The collage shows the frosty view to Ben Avon along with a stunning sunrise and sunset and beautiful frosted leaves.
Labels:
bluefolds holiday cottages,
glenlivet,
river livet,
river spey,
speyside,
winter
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