BeLocalScotland

27/11/2024

Be a temporary local with Eat, Sleep, Ride, CIC!

🐎 From grooming to galloping! Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned rider, our horse riding sessions offers lessons for all levels - plus, enjoy hands-on grooming experiences with your new four-legged friend!

Drop an email to [email protected] to enquire about our Equine Connection Experience for Two.

27/11/2024

An event for all with The Cateran Ecomuseum!

Over the last few months we’ve been working with Tayside-based storyteller Lindsey Gibb on creating a new StoryBank called ROOTED.Lindsey has researched, curated and then told thirteen stories on film, each of which illuminate how past communities from all cultures across the world understood thei...

27/11/2024

Community Christmas with Bute Community Forest🎅

27/11/2024

GRAND DAY OUT

We know how easy it is to enjoy a grand day out in the South of Scotland, but how did Susan Calman find her experience touring the South Scottish Glens and Arran in her vintage campervan this year?

We were delighted to welcome Susan to Crawick Multiverse as part of her trip and she also made a visit to our friends down the road at Drumlanrig Castle & Country Estate too. Sounds like a grand day out!

➡️ Find out more by watching Season 8 of Susan Calman’s Grand Day Out on Channel 5 at 8pm this Friday, 29th November.

Why not follow in Susan’s footsteps and make plans to visit or stay with us in 2025. We are open from spring to autumn and we’d love to see you!



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13/11/2024

14/10/2024

🍳 Ready Steady Cook is Coming to Seaboard Hall! 🍳

Join us for an exciting evening with our local chefs Laura Dundas and Ewan Chisholm, as they go head-to-head with contestants Rachael Smith and Liam Hailes in a culinary showdown!

The evening kicks off with a cookery demo followed by the main event. Plus, there’s a licensed bar for you to enjoy while watching the action unfold! 🍷🍴

🗓️ Date: Saturday, 23rd November
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM
🎟️ Tickets: £12.50. Available at Eventbrite & the Seaboard Centre office.

Don’t miss out on this fun night! Grab your t

This is a fundraising event.

14/10/2024

"We end our chat with typical Highland hospitality, with both Sadler and Halliday insisting I must visit again. Maybe I should pop up at Hogmanay. Grantown-on-Spey still has a traditional Hogmanay with dancing in the main square with a band playing from the back of a lorry, with the streets closed. The big night culminates with a firework display and the population doubles. There is certainly plenty of life in the old capital of Strathspey, which, with the help of the tireless Grantown Society, is a community firmly putting itself back on the map." Robin McKelvie, award-winning travel writer.

Read more of Robin's Belocal Blog featuring the Grantown Society by visiting https://www.belocal.scot/stories/the-grantown-society/













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06/09/2024

September is the month when you can indulge your curiosity and explore hundreds of buildings, historic sites, and unique spaces across Scotland that open their doors to the public for free!

Many of these buildings are cared for by community organisations that tirelessly work to preserve our heritage.
Please support them whenever you can!

Discover what’s open near you on the Doors Open Days website below-

Doors Open Days is Scotland’s largest free festival that celebrates places and stories, new and old.

05/09/2024

Be Local with Glentrool Hive

The countdown is on!

Only 3 days left now until our first Glentrool Forest Festival!

A couple of workshops are fully booked now, please remember to book your place to avoid disappointment by following the below link:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/glentrool-bargrennan-community-trust-90094023243

05/09/2024

Be like a temporary local when visiting Scotland...

31/08/2024

Be Local Scotland supports the campaign because stronger communities make better places to live, work and visit!

We have three tips on how you can support the campaign and community tourism:

Communities across Scotland own and operate a range of tourism services. By making a conscious choice on your travels you can make a difference.

31/08/2024

stop the bus I need a …. Always support toilets! Give generously as you never know when you might need to go. More and more communities are providing services which are vital for all! Thank you.

OUR COMMUNITY OWNED TOILETS ARE OPEN

We received an email from Building Standards this afternoon giving us temporary approval to open the toilets.
There is still an issue with the shower room so this will remain locked, but we are working to resolve it as soon as possible

17/08/2024

"I’m always conscious as a travel writer of avoiding dubbing communities ‘remote’, but in the case of the Ettrick and Yarrow valleys, the locals I spoke to said they consider themselves remote" Discover the hidden beauty of Ettrick and Yarrow—where nature and community thrive- with award-winning travel writer Robin McKelvie's latest Be Local Blog.



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Ettrick and Yarrow Community would like to share their truly wild location with temporary locals.

11/08/2024

Good advice here for temporary locals.

Whether you're island hopping or touring the this summer, know how to navigate Scotland's country roads safely 🚗

🌧️ It's a speed limit, not a target. Drive to the road conditions.
❗ Leave plenty of time to react. Hazards can be just around the bend.
🚙 Always wear your seatbelt.
🗺️ Slow down on bends.
📵 Put away distractions like phones and sat-navs.
🐑 Be aware of livestock on the road.
⚠️ Look out for road warning for blind summits, hidden dips and farm traffic.
🚫 Use passing places efficiently, and never park in them.
⬅️ For those visiting Scotland, remember to drive on the left.

12/07/2024

Community tourism does music and dance! 🪩

Not-for-profit traditional music festival in Newton Stewart & Minnigaff the Newton Stewart & Minnigaff Traditional Music & Dance Festival features traditional music concerts, workshops, tune sessions, song sessions, pipe band, tune and song writing competitions; to encourage, develop, support and pr...

11/07/2024

Today marks the 750th anniversary of Robert the Bruce's Birth. This weekend (13 July 2024), why not celebrate the Scottish Outlaw King's birthday at Glebe Park, Maybole for FREE!

Read all about the community celebrating Bruce's anniversary and putting the warrior king on the map in Robin McKelvie's latest Be Local Blog : https://www.belocal.scot/stories/bruce-750/





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https://www.belocal.scot/stories/bruce-750/