Tor Aluinn, Coldbackie

24/12/2022

Happy Christmas one and all, Jean, Boo and Sarra wish you a wonderful Christmas day.

20/12/2022

Christmas opening hours for the shop and post office at Bettyhill.

04/11/2022

24/09/2022

Coldbackie Beach looking towards Rabbit Islands
Photo: Ian Cowieson

25/08/2022

If you loved your stay enough to consider a move up to the north coast, the house at the Thurso end of Coldbackie has just been put up for sale.

3 bedroom house for sale in 75 Coldbackie, Tongue, Lairg, IV27 4XP, IV27 for £200,000. Marketed by McEwan Fraser Legal, Aberdeen

12/08/2022

09/08/2022

For any guests arriving between 15th August and 30th September and coming up from Inverness - part of the A836 around the Crask Inn will be closed from 2-2.30pm and 5-5.30pm most days, to allow wind turbine deliveries.

22/07/2022

10/07/2022

27/06/2022

Cocoa Mountain Balnakeil is open again (hurrah) and we're looking forward to welcoming visitors once more!

Our hours of business are:
9am to 5pm Monday to Saturday
(Closed Sunday)

We hope you enjoy your visit, please show respect to our hard-working team and our environment!

16/06/2022

For all those visitors who patiently wait while your person munches away on some tasty . Never fear!!!! Your very own treats are here.

We’ve always given out biscuits and water but now you can spend your Pawket ( ) Money on of your very own 🐶🤎

14/05/2022

*Open 12 - 2, Saturday 21st May*
Lots to enjoy in Skerray as we open alongside the village hall. Hope you can join us 🎨🖼️☕🍰😊

25/04/2022

13/04/2022

Another great guided walk from Caithness and Sutherland Countryside Rangers

08/04/2022

We re-open tomorrow 🥳

Check out our April opening hours below!

We’re so excited to welcome visitors again throughout 2022 - and we’ve got loads of new and exciting things to offer this year…

🍸 Our *BRAND NEW* Cocktail Menu is available from tomorrow! Expertly created by us & our in-house Mixologist featuring local ingredients & garnishes to create a vibrant and one-of-a-kind selection of Cocktails inspired by our local area 🤍 Menu is live on our website.

☕️ Our Coffee has always been the bees-knees…but our brand new 🌪🔥Paradox Roast🔥🌪 from Inverness Coffee Roasting Co will take you to another dimension! @ Farr Bay Coffee House.

🍽 Take-away is making a return starting Friday, 15th April & Saturday 16th April! Menu coming soon featuring brand new additions & all-time F.B.I favourites 🙌.

🍻 We’ve got loads more to tell you about - but we don’t want to make your head explode! We’ll leave that to Orkney Brewery & their ‘Skullsplitter’ Beer - 8.5% ALC of pure, delicious Ale available from us now.

Stay tuned for more & keep an eye on our website www.farrbayinn.co.uk for Menu’s and updates!
Find our Cocktail Menu here - www.farrbayinn.co.uk/bar-and-dining

See you soon 🤍
- Farr Bay Inn

30/03/2022

EXCITING NEWS!! We are now going to be operating in Durness aswell as Dunnet beach😁 we plan to run our first ever surf lesson there this Friday (1st April) at 12pm!! To celebrate, this lesson will cost HALF PRICE🏄🏽‍♀️ get in touch if you’d like to join this session- all equipment is included.

We plan to base an instructor at Balnakeil beach a couple of days a week in 2022 while we suss it all out. Equipment hire and surf lessons will be available when we are there!
We can’t wait to explore more of the beautiful North Coast:)

24/03/2022

A little bit of background to The Unknown sculpture at Borgie forest.

It's 10 years since "The Unknown" sculpture was erected at Borgie Glen - here's an interesting article just released today discussing the art installation with its creator Kenny Hunter: https://artuk.org/discover/stories/the-unknown-a-contemporary-giant-in-an-ancient-landscape #

22/03/2022

Absolutely delighted to have received these in the post today - many thanks to all our wonderful guests for your reviews.

25/02/2022

Ever wonder about the stories behind things? This skeleton statue stands alone in the wilderness of Borgie Glen and is called simply, ’The Unknown’.

It was made in 2012 and designed to age with the landscape, its iron frame developing a bright patina as it weathered the storm of seasons and time.

The Unknown reflects the ‘outcasts’ of stories; the monsters and giants, the underdogs, and it captures that Scottish love of these outcasts; alone in their own way but standing tall against sacrifice and exile, including the Highland Clearances which had such a significant impact upon this glen.

If you travel to the north coast this year be sure to pay The Unknown a visit. And find out more about our local stories here: https://www.venture-north.co.uk/about/year-of-stories-2022

📸IG/rhionna

15/02/2022

We are pleased to announce the Castle & Gardens of Mey will be open this year on 1st May 2022. To find out more about our opening times and to book your tickets visit our website:

www.castleofmey.org.uk

24/12/2021

Eat, drink & be merry. We have something for everyone.

22/12/2021

Christmas and New Years opening times 2021/2022

16/12/2021

We will be open:

25th and 26th December 11-3
1st and 2nd January 11-3

Serving a limited menu of Soup and Sausage/Bacon Rolls along with plenty 🍻 🍷 🥃 ☕️ 🍰 🍸 🍾🥂🥳🥳

Business as usual outwith these dates.

19/11/2021

The Tongue Hotel 120 years ago!

This week we're heading to Tongue for our Dealbh Dihaoine / Friday Photo, and the road into Tongue, circa 1901

15/11/2021

05/11/2021

The Craggan Hotel at Melness in earlier times!

Our Friday photo - dealbh dihaoine - from the Mackay Country archives is titled ' Christie & Uncle Bill outside the Craggan', note the lady sitting outside and perhaps her daughter beside her. (sorry we don't have any more details at this point but will update once we do.)

28/10/2021

Ranger walks through until the end of January.

23/10/2021

The nearby Weavers Cafe is now on winter opening hours - Sunday to Thursday, 11.30am to 4pm, closed Friday and Saturday.

02/10/2021

For any guests arriving between 25th October and 23rd December - please be aware that the Helmsdale to Melvich road is also closed during the same period.

23/09/2021

🥳 HAF IS BACK! 🥳

The Highland Archaeology Festival is a fortnight of fun archaeological and historical walks, talks and activities, all taking place between 25th Sept - 15th Oct.

There's cracking archaeology events taking place too -

🔫 On Oct 2nd you can explore the wartime remains of Dunnet with the archaeological stalwarts of the county, the Caithness FIELD CLUB:
https://www.highlandarchaeologyfestival.org/calendar.asp?intent=details&eventID=358117

🐟 On Oct 4th Highland Historic Environment Record take a closer look at the archaeology of alongside Martin Carruthers of Archaeology Institute UHI and Colleen Batey. Together they'll discuss the exemplerary Iron Age site of Swartigill, which has been excavated over a number of years by Yarrows Heritage Trust; as well as the fascinating, fabulous and downright fish-tastic settlements of Freswick!
https://www.highlandarchaeologyfestival.org/calendar.asp?intent=details&eventID=358136