Spring the best time of year, everything bursting into life! The gorse is wonderful with its coconut fragrance, everything has changed from grey to green! One of our lambing highlight was our quads, four beautiful lambs.
Our new wood chip boiler is working well after a few hiccups at the start, but fingers crossed its all sorted now.
We still have some availability for the Summer so please get in touch
Fantastic news Laggan Coffee Bothy has re-opened. Lots of info on their facebook page just search Laggan Coffee Bothy. Definitely worth a visit if you are staying in Laggan or just passing through.
The Pottery on the Dalwhinnie road (A889) is also a good place to stop for a coffee and has some very nice gifts although a wee bit pricy!
Last stop for coffee heading west before you hit Lochaber is the Cafe at Wolftrax bike centre. I haven’t been into the cafe for a while but the last time I visited is was great good coffee and tasty cakes.
February brought some very windy stormy weather but also some settled spells which gave us some amazing sunrises and sunsets
The Laggan Coffee Bothy closed at the end of last year but we have been hearing that the new owners are planning to opening up again sometime in March, it will be lovely to have the cafe back and its will be great to see whats new!
We still have some availability at Easter if you need any information please do not hesitate to get in touch
January gave us some more very cold weather -10 but with that we got some beautiful sunrises and sunsets as well as crisp bright days and amazing starry nights. Also lots and lots of snow, Craig Meagaidh cliffs were just laden with snow!
Cairngorm Funicular Railway reopens
Good news for skiers and mountain enthusiasts Cairngorm mountain railway has at long last re opened after 4 years of repairs! The Funicular Railway is the highest railway in Scotland going up to the Ptarmigan Restaurant at 1065m. Worth a trip to the top even if you are not a skier, but it can get very busy at the weekends if the snow is good!
The top two left photos were taken at about 11pm and it was about -13, it was a great night for stargazing, quite impressed my camera (phone) managed to take photos in the dark! The next one is Ewan doing the late shift snow clearing in the wee tractor lighting up the tress. The last top photo is Gaskbeg Farmhouse looking very Christmassy thanks very much to Alan Docker for the wonderful wreath.
The bottom photos were all taken today the last day of 2022, what a beautiful day blue skies but cold, freezing spiders webs on the gate to the cottages.
Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year and all the very best for 2023
After having a very mellow mild November, -10 plus this morning was a bit of a shock ! We haven’t had much snow just a covering but further North and East there has been quite a bit of snow, enough for some good skiing, unfortunately Cairngorm Mountain is not open yet! according to their website they are hoping to be open soon and their season passes run from the 21st Dec. If you are feeling fit you can walk or use skins on your skis and ski up to the top and ski down very quiet runs! Tiso in Aviemore offer equipments hire (£35 per day Ski touring package).
This is Willie Laird who grew up on Gaskbeg with a good catch on Hogmanay. The pike is heading straight for the Highland Wildlife Park for Hamish’s tea!
If you like polar bears here is some great footage from Channel 4 of the lead up to Wee Hamish emerging last year
Also just a wee bit down the road from the Wildlife park is Landmark Forest Adventure at Carrbridge they are offering to renew season tickets at last years price till the end of January! follow the link or phone 01479 841 613
Spectacular sky this morning pinks and oranges lighting up the whole sky. Hope the saying is wrong and its not a sign for the weather to deteriorate later in the day!
Still have availability in Allt Bronach for the New Year please get in touch for a price
Forget about how many days until Christmas, there is only 17 days until the shortest day on the 21st of December! Then the days start getting longer and that is a very nice thought.
The photo was taken this morning at sunrise from the banks looking over Gaskbeg and the Spey to Cluny’s Monument.
Happy St Andrews Day
The sun just catching a wee stand of Scots Pine trees, just off the road going up the Glen, next to the Laggan Dam.