Gaskbeg Holidays, Laggan, By Newtonmore, two fantastic self catering properties at the gateway to www.gaskbeg.co.uk
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Gaskbeg Holidays, Laggan, By Newtonmore, three fantastic self catering properties at the gateway to the Cairngorms National Park.
As many of you may (or may not) know… very frustratingly the A86 between Newtonmore and Laggan will be closed from today Monday 19th August until Saturday 7th September, with traffic being diverted via the A9.
We will continue to be OPEN as usual right throughout this period, from 9.30-4pm Tuesday to Saturday and 11-2 on Sunday and would love to see you all!
**IMPORTANT NOTICE**….
Please accept apologies from Lucy and myself as we have had to set up a gas gun bird scarer to operate from just before dawn and we are aware that this is a considerable noise inconvenience to people in the vicinity of our inby fields, it is with despair and anxiety to us that a sea eagle attacked and killed two lambs early yesterday morning with Ewan just managing to stop another kill taking place in front of his eyes on his early lambing round, we cannot begin to imagine the unimaginable pain, suffering and unparalleled trauma to these lambs went through as they were carried away in the talons of this bird to be eaten alive, we have since learned and understood that a pair of WTSE are presently nesting in Glenshiro with chicks that are just about to hatch, in the days and weeks to come they will be hunting at an even increased level to feed their young, this could potentially be up to 3 lambs per day, we are absolutely distraught at the prospect of scores of our own lambs as well as lambs from other neighbouring farms and crofts in and around Laggan been killed in this way and would respectfully request any support to lobby both NatScott, RSPB and any other elected representatives, perhaps ask the question why is this apex predator species being actively encouraged by these agencies and bodies and rolled out across the country and is there any end point to the multiplication and numbers at the expense of other species such as an iconic golden eagle not to mention the unprecedented welfare impact on domestic livestock in our farms and crofts. In these times of national budgetary constraints that is also very pertinent questions of use of taxpayers money.
Going forward your support will be gratefully appreciated as we do everything possible we can to try and protect the welfare of a young livestock in the short term, thank you for your understanding Ewan and Lucy (Gaskbeg Farm) 
Follow the Scottish Outdoor Access Code and be a responsible dog walker.
Sheepdogs getting the ewes into the fank for pregnancy scanning accompanied by some lovely birdsong!
A visit to the Dun da lamh hill fort near Laggan is one for your 2024 bucketlist!
Dun da Lamh is a Pictish hill fort, dating back to approximately 500 AD. The name Dun da Lamh is Gaelic, and means fort of the two hands, likely referring to two distinct peaks within the perimeter of the fort. The Picts were Celtic speaking people and inhabited a large span of northern and eastern Scotland. Their way of life is believed to have been typical of many Iron Age societies in northern Europe. The hill fort is thought to have been not only for defence and fortification purposes, but also as a gathering place for the community. The fort has not been formally excavated, but the grounds were archaeologically surveyed in 2010-2011.
The 360° views from here are amazing and well worth the hike up.
You can also discover how it looked back in the Pictish times with our app!
https://www.visitcairngorms.com/ancient-sites-of-badenoch-reconstructed/
Oh I wish I was skiing today the hills just look amazing
Happy New Year and all the very best for 24
Photos from the top of the hill near the Five Cairns
Badenoch Heritage Festival
Saturday 23rd September
Join David Taylor as he leads us up into the hills behind Laggan so find old settlements and the site of a hill fort.
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Booking: https://bit.ly/BadenochHeritageFestival
Spirit of the Highlands
Very exciting and very cute! Definitely worth a visit to the Highland Wildlife Park
Our website is now back to normal, so please get in touch as we still have some availability.
Unfortunately our website is down just now and might be for a few days, so please send me a message, we do still have some availability in July.
Here are some photos of the farm looking wonderful in this beautiful weather!
Oh, the places you’ll stumble across when venturing off the beaten path in ! 😍
📍 Kinloch Laggan, VisitCairngorms
📷 Instagram.com/dannyshep
Jim, Jock, Clark and Joe all raring to go, sitting on the back of the quad waiting for the shepherd!!
Looking forward to coffee and cake 🍰 ☕️
We are officially OPEN!
Why not pop in and try a slice of our homemade lemon and raspberry drizzle cake? It goes perfectly with a fresh cup of coffee!
We’re open until 4.30pm today and will reopen at 9.30am tomorrow morning!😊🍰
Fantastic news
Hi Everyone… just a quick update from us.
We’ve been busy renovating since taking over the cafe and can’t wait for you all to see the changes we’ve made!
Unfortunately there has been some last minute hiccups this week, meaning we can’t reopen today as we had hoped to. We are now aiming to open at 9.30am on Tuesday morning, if this changes we will be sure to let you all know.
We can’t wait to welcome you to the newly updated Laggan Coffee Bothy & Gallery!
The Coffee Bothy Team x
More spectacular scenes captured this time from the top of Sgor Gaoith by Ed Smith Photography who got to witness an amazing display last night in between the cloud rushing over the mountain top 💫⭐️❤️
Amazing day today, just beautiful 💕
Wow - Highlands one of National geographic’s Best in the World destinations 2023!
The Scottish Highlands was named one of National Geographic’s ‘Best of the World’ destinations of 2023, and the following ten Highland locations make it easy to understand why.
HAPPY NEW YEAR, BEST WISHES FOR 2023 from a snowy Laggan xx
Happy Christmas and All the very best for 2023 🍾🥂🎉
In February 1963, snowdrifts blocked the Highland Mainline between Dalwhinnie and Dalnaspidal and five locomotives, including two behind a snowplough, became stranded. Emergency trains, one from Perth and another from Inverness, carrying almost 200 workers were sent to dig them out.
[photo: Highland Railway Society]
Fantastic news
Creation of a long awaited blue grade trail is expected to cost around £250,000
Another great video, biking for everyone!
Fab cafe for whatever you feel like, coffee and a cake, lunch or dinner😀
Fantastic video
Fantastic news
We are DELIGHTED ten more kittens have been born in our conservation breeding for release centre at Highland Wildlife Park 🧡
Born to mums Tulla and Margaret, the two litters of five could be among the first of their kind released into the Cairngorms next year 👉 bit.ly/TenMoreKittens
Cows to the hill for the summer, Kirsty and Catrin in charge
Gaskbeg Farm, Laggan
Newtonmore
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Beautiful day for scanning the ewes at Gaskbeg.
Sheepdogs getting the ewes into the fank for pregnancy scanning accompanied by some lovely birdsong!
Had the very very difficult task of choosing just one of these little cuties
