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July 2010 Events in Highland
Perthshire 
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
see website for details.
www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com
A selection of 5 plays including;
Kiss Me Kate - Romantic, touching and
hilariously funny, with a classic Cole
Porter score,
1st/6th/7th/9th/17th/23rd/28th/31st
Noises Off - a hilarious classic comedy!
2nd/5th/10th/17th22nd/30th
Rough Crossing - A wickedly funny
nautical comedy! 3rd/7th/10th/19th/24/29th
Bus Stop - A bittersweet American
Romance. 3rd/8th/16th/21st/24th/27th/28th
An Ideal Husband - Wilde’s sharp,
elegant, stylish comedy-drama explores the
dangers inherent in a life lived in the
public spotlight is not to be missed!
15th/20th/21st/26th/31st
Tel:Box Office: 01796 484
626
www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com
Sundays & Wednesdays in
July 11:30am
Garden Tours
Explorers Garden, Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Led by experienced guides who bring
Explorers to life. £4 includes garden
entry. Tel 01796 484626
www.exploretsgarden.com Thursday 1st July
10.30am - 12.00midday
SQUIRRELTASTIC
Atholl Estates Ranger Service, Blair
Atholl
Find out more about our treetop friends.
Meet at Glen Tilt Car Park, by Blair Atholl.
Cost: £1 per child phone 01796 481355 or
481646
pf@atholl-estates.co.uk
www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk
Sunday 4th July 8pm
Donnie Munro & Band
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Last year’s inaugural Pitlochry concert
was a massive success. Join us as we welcome
back the inspirational Celtic superstar and
former member of Runrig with his stellar
band for a night of Gael-Rock to remember!
Box Office Telephone - 01796 484626 Email:
boxoffice@pitlochry.org.uk Web
www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com
Every Monday from 31st May
– 6th September
Robert Wiseman Dairies Vale of Atholl Pipe
Band
Highland Night
Recreation Ground, Pitlochry (Town Hall,
wet weather venue)
An evening of traditional Scottish
entertainment with the Vale of Atholl Junior
Pipe Band, highland and Scottish country
dancing displays, songs and accordion music.
Watch the spectacle from your car (parking
free) or sit on the terraced banking.
Admission: Adults £5, children £1.
www.highlandnight.co.uk
Tuesday 6th July 10.30am –
12noon
Rock Detectives – Suitable for families with
5-12 year olds.
Meet: Outside Killiecrankie Visitor Centre
A children’s introduction to geology –
discover about rocks and fossils, build a
volcano and see how water and ice shape the
land. Children £2; accompanying adults
£1 Tel: 0844 4932192
www.nts.org.uk
Tuesday
6th July 2.00 - 3.30pm
Explore Glen Fender Meadow
Atholl Estates
Ranger Service, Blair Atholl
A
glorious meadow with wild flowers,
butterflies and bumblebees. Come and see
what we can find today and maybe record some
new species. May be rough and wet underfoot.
Follow signs from opposite Tilt Hotel in
Blair Atholl Cost: £2
pf@atholl-estates.co.uk
telephone
01796 481355
www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk
Wednesdays 7th & 21st
July and 4th & 18th August: 1.30pm
Hillside safari
Meet: 1.30pm Ben Lawers NNR car park.
Experience some of the varied plant and
animal life on the lower slopes of this
famous reserve where pioneering conservation
work is restoring threatened plant
communities to the hill. Duration: 2½ hours.
Cost: adults £5, children £2. Bring: Walking
boots, warm, waterproof and windproof
clothing. No need to book. For further info
telephone 0844 4932 13.
Thurs 8
July 10.30am - 12.00 midday
Minibeast Magic
Atholl Estates
Ranger Service, Blair Atholl
We
look for bugs and beasties in their mini
world. Meet at Atholl Estates
Information Centre, Blair Atholl Cost: £1
per child Telephone 01796 481355
pf@atholl-estates.co.uk
www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk
Saturday 10th July
7.30pm
Scottish Country Dancing
Pitlochry Town Hall.
Visitors welcome to join us on the dance floor or come along
to watch. Dancers £6.50 Spectators
£2.00 Tel 01796 473488
Every Monday from 31st May
– 6th September
Robert Wiseman Dairies Vale of Atholl Pipe
Band
Highland Night
Recreation Ground, Pitlochry (Town Hall,
wet weather venue)
An evening of traditional Scottish
entertainment with the Vale of Atholl Junior
Pipe Band, highland and Scottish country
dancing displays, songs and accordion music.
Watch the spectacle from your car (parking
free) or sit on the terraced banking.
Admission: Adults £5, children £1.
www.highlandnight.co.uk
Monday 12th July 8pm
Women Behaving Madly!
Pitlochry Festival Theatre.
Compassion, comedy
and compost combine in this topical, funny
and moving one woman comedy-drama from the
makers of Sex & Chocolate and Fur Coat &
Magic Knickers. Box Office Telephone -
01796 484626 Email:
boxoffice@pitlochry.org.uk
Web
www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com
Tuesday 13th July 10.30am
– 12noon
Record Breakers – Suitable for families with
5-12 year olds.
Meet: The Hermitage Lower Car Park Dunkeld
Record breaking wildlife facts – see who
can jump the furthest and grow the tallest.
Charge: Children £2; accompanying adults £1
Tel: 0844 4932192
www.nts.org.uk
Tuesdays 13th & 27th July
and 10th & 24th August:
Close Encounters: a walk for children all
ages!
Meet: 10.30 am Ben Lawers NNR car park.
Enjoy a close look at some of the less
obvious animals and some of the plants that
live on the lower slopes of Ben Lawers.
Duration: 2 hours 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 telephone
0844 4932 136.
Tues 13
July between 2.00 and 4.00pm.
Feeders and Homes
Atholl Estates
Ranger Service, Blair Atholl
Help out your local wildlife by making
nestboxes and feeders. Drop in anytime
between 2.00 and 4.00pm. Meet at
Atholl Estates Information Centre, Blair
Atholl Cost: Donations for materials.
Telephone 01796 481355
pf@atholl-estates.co.uk
www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk
Tuesday 13th July 8pm
Garden Music
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Broadcaster and singer-songwriter, Frieda
Morrison, joins renowned horticulturalist
David Mitchell from the Royal Botanic
Garden, Edinburgh, to take us on a journey
of exploration into the plants in your
garden. With songs from Frieda's new album
Morven and thrilling stories about the
adventures of the Scottish plant-hunters
from Dave, this will be a uniquely
entertaining evening.
Box Office Telephone - 01796 484626 Email:
boxoffice@pitlochry.org.uk
Web
www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com
Wednesday 14th July:
Mountain flowers.
Meet:. 9.30am Ben Lawers NNR car park.
A high-level guided walk to see some of
the arctic-alpine plants for which these
hills are famous. Requires a reasonable
level of fitness. Duration: 7 hours
Cost: adults £25, children £12.50. Bring:
Walking boots, warm, waterproof and
windproof clothing, packed lunch and drink.
Booking essential, please telephone 0844
4932 136.
Wednesday 14th July
2.00pm
The Battle of Killiecrankie
Meet: Outside Killiecrankie Visitor Centre
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. Charge: Adults £3; Children £2 Tel:
0844 4932192
www.nts.org.uk
Thurs 15 July 10.30am - 12.00 midday
Wet and Wild
Atholl Estates
Ranger Service, Blair Atholl
Discover the weird, watery world around the
river. Meet at Atholl Estates Information
Centre, Blair Atholl. Cost: £1 per
child telephone 01796 481355
pf@atholl-estates.co.uk
www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk
Sat/Sunday 17th/18th July 11am -4pm 2010
Go Native!
The Scottish
Crannog Centre, Kenmore, Loch Tay
Ancient Technology & Wild Cooking Fair Test
our dugout canoes, learn a new craft, and
cook on the wild side. Cost to be confirmed
Tel. 01887 830583
www.crannog.co.uk
Saturday 17th July 1pm
– 4pm
Giant Art Afternoon – Suitable for families
with 5-12 year olds.
Meet: The Hermitage Lower Car Park Dunkeld
Enjoy a giant sculpture art and craft
session in the woods. Call in anytime
between 1pm and 4pm. Charge: Children £2;
accompanying adults free Tel: 0844 4932192
www.nts.org.uk
Friday 18th July 80m
Ceilidh in the Foyer
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Dance to the East Neuk ceilidh band
Scotch in a Box. £6.50 or £9.50 with Suppe.r
Box Office Telephone - 01796 484626 Email:
boxoffice@pitlochry.org.uk
Web
www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com
Every Monday from 31st May
– 6th September
Robert Wiseman Dairies Vale of Atholl Pipe
Band
Highland Night
Recreation Ground, Pitlochry (Town Hall,
wet weather venue)
An evening of traditional Scottish
entertainment with the Vale of Atholl Junior
Pipe Band, highland and Scottish country
dancing displays, songs and accordion music.
Watch the spectacle from your car (parking
free) or sit on the terraced banking.
Admission: Adults £5, children £1.
www.highlandnight.co.uk
Tuesday 20th July
10.30am-12noon
Woodland Safari – Suitable for families with
5-12 year olds
Meet: Outside Killiecrankie Visitor Centre
Discover a secret Killiecrankie
woodland. This walk will take you off the
path, down slopes, under branches and over
logs. Charge: Children £2;
accompanying adults £1 Tel: 0844 4932192
www.nts.org.uk
Tuesday 20th July 2.00
- 3.30pm
EXPLORE GLEN FENDER MEADOW 2
Atholl Estates Ranger Service, Blair Atholl
A glorious meadow with wild flowers,
butterflies and bumblebees. Come and see
what we can find today, there will be
different things out and about now from the
event on 6 July. May be rough and wet
underfoot. Follow signs from opposite
Tilt Hotel in Blair Atholl Cost: £2
Telephone 01796 481355
pf@atholl-estates.co.uk
www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk
Wednesdays 21st July and
4th & 18th August: 1.30pm
Hillside safari
Meet: 1.30pm Ben Lawers NNR car park.
Experience some of the varied plant and
animal life on the lower slopes of this
famous reserve where pioneering conservation
work is restoring threatened plant
communities to the hill. Duration: 2½ hours.
Cost: adults £5, children £2. Bring: Walking
boots, warm, waterproof and windproof
clothing. No need to book. For further info
telephone 0844 4932 13.
Wednesday 21st July 2.00pm
The Battle of Killiecrankie –
Meet: Outside Killiecrankie Visitor Centre
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. Charge: Adults £3; Children £2
Tel: 0844 4932192
www.nts.org.uk
Thursday 22nd July 10.30am - 12.00 midday
MAGIC SPELL AND BROOMSTICK WORKSHOP
Atholl Estates Ranger Service, Blair
Atholl
Practice spells in the woods and make a
broomstick to take home. Meet at
Atholl Estates Information Centre, Blair
Atholl Cost: £2 per child
telephone 01796 481355
pf@atholl-estates.co.uk
www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk
Saturday 24th July 7.30pm
Scottish Country Dancing
Pitlochry Town Hall.
Visitors welcome to join us on the dance floor or come along
to watch. Dancers £6.50 Spectators
£2.00 Tel 01796 473488
Sunday 25th July 8pm
West Coast! Beach Boys Tribute
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
A thrilling tribute to the 1960s West
Coast surf sound. Grab your shades, dust
down your surf board and hit the beach as
Good Vibrations mean you’ll have Fun Fun Fun
with the talented vocal exuberance of these
big concert performers! Tickets £22.50
Telephone - 01796 484626 Email:
boxoffice@pitlochry.org.uk
Web
www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com
Every Monday from 31st May
– 6th September
Robert Wiseman Dairies Vale of Atholl Pipe
Band
Highland Night
Recreation Ground, Pitlochry (Town Hall,
wet weather venue)
An evening of traditional Scottish
entertainment with the Vale of Atholl Junior
Pipe Band, highland and Scottish country
dancing displays, songs and accordion music.
Watch the spectacle from your car (parking
free) or sit on the terraced banking.
Admission: Adults £5, children £1.
www.highlandnight.co.uk
Tuesdays 27th July and
10th & 24th August:
Close Encounters: a walk for children all
ages!
Meet: 10.30 am Ben Lawers NNR car park.
Enjoy a close look at some of the less
obvious animals and some of the plants that
live on the lower slopes of Ben Lawers.
Duration: 2 hours 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 telephone
0844 4932 136.
Wednesday 27th July 2.00 - 3.30pm
ROCKY TREASURE HUNT
Atholl Estates Ranger Service, Blair
Atholl
A family event searching for rocks and
treasure. Meet at Atholl Estates
Information Centre, Blair Atholl.
Cost: £2 per child telephone 01796
481355
pf@atholl-estates.co.uk
www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk
Tuesday 27th July 8.30pm – 10.00pm
Family Dusk Walk – Suitable for families
with 5-12 year olds.
Meet: The Hermitage Lower Car Park Dunkeld
Experience the twilight zone and find out
about the creatures of the night. Charge:
Adults £3; Children £2 Tel: 0844 4932192
www.nts.org.uk
Wednesday 28th July 2.00pm
The Battle of Killiecrankie –
Meet: Outside Killiecrankie Visitor Centre
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. Charge: Adults £3; Children £2
Tel: 0844 4932192
www.nts.org.uk
Thursday 29th July 10.30am
– 12 noon
Mysterious Killiecrankie – Suitable
for families with 5-12 year olds.
Meet: Outside Killiecrankie Visitor Centre
Unravel the mysteries of Killiecrankie.
Who did what where? Charge: Children £2;
accompanying adults £1 Tel: 0844 4932192
www.nts.org.uk
Thursday 29th July 10.30am - 12.00 midday
WET AND WILD
Atholl Estates Ranger Service, Blair
Atholl
Discover the weird, watery world around
the river. Meet at Atholl Estates
Information Centre, Blair Atholl Cost:
£1 per child telephone 01796 481355
pf@atholl-estates.co.uk
www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk
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