Wednesday, 28 December 2011

Winter Words Festival Pitlochry Festival Theatre

Coming to Pitlochry in January 2012



PITLOCHRY FESTIVAL THEATRE PANTO - SLEEPING BEAUTY

S L E E P I N G  B E A U T Y

On now until 7th January 
A traditional, fun-filled family panto!
Cheery, colourful and energetic - Perthshire Advertiser


Pitlochry's Sleeping Beauty is a strong, good-natured family show, with the special advantage of being created from scratch, to very high production standards, in the theatre's own design and costume workshops - The Scotsman



Monday, 26 December 2011

Pitlochry Tropical

16.05hrs on Boxing Day in the bleak
mid winter town of Pitlochry...........


........and its 11degrees, tropical!

Thursday, 22 December 2011

Craigatin House & Courtyard - Four Star GOLD

The Craigatin House - Visit Scotland
Four Star GOLD plaque finally arrived this morning!


"The Gold award recognises serviced accommodation businesses which consistently achieve the highest levels of excellence within their VisitScotland star grading. Businesses achieving the award will excel in the areas of customer care and hospitality…”

Craigatin House and Courtyard - Accommodation in Pitlochry

Wednesday, 21 December 2011

New Trailer for Disny/Pixar movie Brave!

Since ancient times, stories of epic battles and mystical legends have been passed through the generations across the rugged and mysterious Highlands of Scotland.


Brave opens in UK in Summer 2012,
new trailer released this week!


NEW Craigatin House & Courtyard Pitlochry Website Launched Today

Launched today, the improved and new
Craigatin House and Courtyard website is now online.


New features and functions throughout


Easier navigation with more pages


...improved local restaurant information


.....and more local and attraction information


Visit the new and improved
Craigatin House and Courtyard site here:

Tuesday, 20 December 2011

Friday, 16 December 2011

Craigatin House & Courtyard Pitlochy in Scotland the Best

Delighted to report that Craigatin House & Courtyard B&B Pitlochry features in the latest edition of Scotland the Best,
by respected travel authour Mr Peter Irvine.




This fantastic guide brings the very best Scotland has to offer to you in one concise place. 
Scotland The Best is acknowledged to be
the best Scottish guide
Craigatin House & Courtyard Boutique B&B Pitlochry

Buy the guide on line here:

Friday, 2 December 2011

The Mighty Loch Faskally over flows the Pitlochry Dam

A rare Pitlochry occurrence, due to all the recent rain we've been having, the Pitlochry Dam drop's its gates to allow the mighty Loch Faskally to drain and over flow


A great sight and sound as thousands of
litres of water a second roar and pour over the dam!

Wednesday, 23 November 2011

A Day at Wolftrax - Laggan

We had a great day out mountain biking today at Laggan Wolftrax Mountain Bike Park.


Located just 35 miles north of Pitlochry, Wolftrax has everything from family track to black runs for seriously experienced mountain bikers.



Laggan Wolftrax has nearly 35km of the most up-to-date, year-round singletrack available in the country. 


Set in the outstanding natural highland beauty of Strathmashie Forest, Wolftrax provides a green-graded beginners' trail, the thrills of a big-and-bermy Bike Park, a fast red-graded route packed with features and a black-graded trail that's possibly the most technical of its type in Scotland.




For novices and young children, the 4.8km green trail, featuring real singletrack, is a perfect introduction to mountain biking.



The Bike Park has 3.6km of trail.  Novices can trundle or freewheel from top to bottom, but more skilled riders will rip up this route and find 'big air' opportunities all the way down!  Not recommended for very young children.




The black route is 6.4km of tight, singletrack trail with multiple features!  Watch out for serious drop offs, boulder fields and rock slabs aplenty!



Yours truly at the end of the red route



Designed to be fast and flowing, the 15km red route is a fantastic experience in two sections, enjoyably testing and rideable.



B&B Pitlochry accommodation
Craigatin House & Courtyard

Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Scottish Field - 10 Things to do in Perthshire

A recent feature in Scottish Field magazine -
10 Things to do in Perthshire.


All attractions are close to
Craigatin House and Courtyard - Pitlochry Accommodation. 


Monday, 14 November 2011

WINTER REFURBISHMENTS - PHASE 1 - CRAIGATIN PITLOCHRY B&B

Empty rooms at Craigatin House & Courtyard. 


Waiting on the arrival of the decorators! B&B Pitlochry


By the end of day one


Let refurbishment commence!


Craigatin House & Courtyard - Boutique B&B Pitlochry


Sunday, 13 November 2011

Goodbye Katalin and Agnes

Today we said goodbye to Katalin and Agnes, two members of our staff who have been with us for the past two years.



Katalin and Agnes both arrived at Craigatin with one suitcase each.  Two years later after a lot of time buying on e-bay,
they left.................IN A TRANSIT VAN!




Thanks for all your hard work girls and good luck for your future in Glasgow, the city won't know whats hit them!

Craigatin House - Pitlochry B&B

Thursday, 10 November 2011

New and Improved - Craigatin Log Burning Stove

Craigatin House and Courtyard has a new and improved log
burning stove installed yesterday.

The old stove is removed.

Rather large hole without the stove!


The new stove arrives on site!


The finished article warming up nicely!

Wednesday, 9 November 2011

Tuesday, 8 November 2011

Monday, 7 November 2011

Artistic Craigatin House Pitlochry Guest Book

The award for most artistic guest book entry goes to our recent guests, the Ruthven party from the USA.


Thanks very much for the fantastic guest book entry, your kind comments and for staying at Craigatin House and Courtyard Pitlochry.

Friday, 4 November 2011

Blair Castle Winter Opening


Starting this weekend (5th November 2011) Blair Castle opens weekends only until March 2012.


  

Enjoy Sunday lunch in the ballroom from 12pm and enjoy FREE admission to the gardens, grounds, restaurant and shop.