Cairngorms Characters: Recent Episodes
The Cairngorms National Park Authority
Situated in the Scottish Highlands, the Cairngorms National Park is a vast, living, changing landscape, formed not just by the crushing glaciers of the past, but also by the lives of the people who live and work in the area.
Cameron Angus Mackay takes you to meet some of those people in this four-part series.
In the final episode of series 1, Cameron meets Joss McGregor at the Braemar Gathering arena and Duke of Rothesay Pavilion. On the western side of the Park, Keith Taylor reflects on his decades-long experience as an outdoor instructor and business owner. Cameron also meets members of Kingussie Shinty (Camanachd) Club to learn about the rules and history of the sport.
Braemar Highland Games Centre: highlandgamescentre.org
Loch Morlich Watersports: lochmorlich.com
Kingussie Camanachd Club: shinty.com/kingussie-shinty-club
For more information about Cairngorms Characters, go to: www.thebiglight.com/cairngormscharacters
Cameron visits the Highland Folk Museum in Newtonmore where he meets Liz English and Helen Pickles. He then travels to Braemar for a Yellow Welly Tour with Simon Blackett. Later, Cameron drives to Castle Roy in Nethy Bridge for a Secret Strathspey adventure with Marcus Caldwell.
Highland Folk Museum: highlifehighland.com/highlandfolkmuseum/
Yellow Welly Tours (Simon Blackett): yellowwellytours.com
Secret Srathspey (Marcus Caldwell): secretstrathspey.com
Cairngorms Characters is a Big Light Studio production for the Cairngorms National Park Authority and the Cairngorms Business Partnership.
Music by Hamish Napier. Tunes features are - The Shield Tree from his album The Woods and The Dance from The River.
For more information, go to: visitcairngorms.com
Show notes via: thebiglight.com/cairngormscharacters
Cameron travels to Ghillie Basan's house near Chapeltown to learn some foraging techniques, Aviemore to hear the story of the Cairngorm Brewery and Braemar to visit the Hazelnut Patisserie.
Ghillie Basan: www.ghilliebasan.com
Cairngorm Brewery: www.cairngormbrewery.com
Hazelnut Patisserie: www.hazelnut-braemar.com
Cairngorms Characters is a Big Light Studio production for the Cairngorms National Park Authority and the Cairngorms Business Partnership.
Music by Hamish Napier. Tunes features are - The Shield Tree from his album The Woods and The Dance from The River.
For more information, go to: visitcairngorms.com
Show notes via: thebiglight.com/cairngormscharacters
Cameron travels to Crathie for an e-bike safari with Wild Discovery and E-Guide Scotland, Grantown-on-Spey for forest bathing and Glenmore to meet Tilly Smith and the Cairngorm Reindeer.
Key facts: The Cairngorms National Park is home to one-quarter of Scotland's native forest; one-third of the UK land above 600 meters; more breeding waders than the whole of Wales and a quarter of the rare and endangered species in the UK. More than half the surviving Caledonian forest, including the largest remaining remnants, can be found in the Park.
E-Bike Safari with Wild Discovery and E-Guide: wild-discovery.com/tours/esafari
Forest Bathing (Highland Quiet Life): www.highlandquietlife.co.uk
Cairngorm Reindeer: www.cairngormreindeer.co.uk
Cairngorms Characters is a Big Light Studio production for the Cairngorms National Park Authority and the Cairngorms Business Partnership.
Music by Hamish Napier. Tunes features are - The Shield Tree from his album The Woods and The Dance from The River.
For more information, go to: visitcairngorms.com
Show notes via: thebiglight.com/cairngormscharacters
Cameron Angus Mackay introduces a new four-part series set in the Cairngorms National Park.
Episode 1 available from 12 May 2022.
For more information, go to: visitcairngorms.com
Show notes via: thebiglight.com/cairngormscharacters