Isle of Skye

A friend of mine kindly reminded me that my blog needed updating, she said "I'm getting fed up with seeing the same post", and she's right! I've been so busy that I just haven't had a chance to keep it updated lately, so thanks to Gloria, here I am - updating!

I had a great opportunity of visiting the Isle of Skye over the weekend, I was invited to attend the Celebration of Life event held at Portree Community Hall. We haven't visited the island before and was blown away by its beauty. The photo above is the famous Eilean Donan Castle, situated near Dornie. We past this castle on the way, it was a spectacular visit to the castle. We were on the way home from Skye and took a break to walk around and take photos.

The scenery on the way to Skye was simply stunning, as you can see from these photos. Luckily the weather was great too.The photo above is Portree Harbour

This is the view from the newly built Skye Bridge

Some of the exhibitors stayed at the same hotel in Portree and we met up for dinner Saturday night. We had a lovely meal at the Caledonian Hotel and then had drinks until the small hours!! Needless to say, I was a little delicate at the breakfast table!

While I was working at the event on Sunday, hubby and daughter set off to the harbour and boarded Stardust for a wildlife trip around the island. They were lucky enough to see some Sea Eagles (wing span 6-8 feet and according to my daughter "they were massive"), a seal and a salmon farm, where the fish were diving out of the water. I was rather jealous I missed out on this, but we will visit again one day as a long weekend.

Kathryn, Lazy Daisy Glass xx

Clachan Yell Were Fantastic

The weather surprised us when we pitched up at the Grampian Transport Museum in Alford - it was a beautiful day, although horrendous wind at times. Huge gusts came along and nearly took the gazebos with it! Some of our stands:

It was an interesting day, not too many folk looking around the craft stalls, but the music was great. I thoroughly enjoyed Clachan Yell - traditional Scottish fiddle music. All the youngsters loved it too as they were all dancing. The fiddle players were brilliant musicians.

It was the first event of it's kind at the museum, and they have to improve on some aspects of it, but the Speyside Artisans would be more than happy to go back next year.

I hung around for a little while listening to the music, but left before Sandi Thom made an appearance. It was a long day, and was quite tired so happy to leave and head off home.

Kathryn, Lazy Daisy Glass xx

Sandi Thom & Clachan Yell - Arena Concert

I will be attending the Grampian Transport Museum in Alford tomorrow, part of the Arena Concert with Sandi Thom.

Arts and crafts will be available to view around the arena from 1pm. The music starts at 3pm.

I hope the weather is fine as it's an outdoor event.

Pop along and say hi

Kathryn, Lazy Daisy Glass xx

Ooh.com - For Crafters and Makers

Ooh.com is a free general noticeboard for trips, courses, workshops, accommodation and events. We spend a lot of time digging around trying to find exciting and unusual things to do - all events listed on Ooh.com are by individuals or companies. Listings are from passionate people who really care and offer the chance of participating in something you do not normally hear about.

People browsing the site can find local stuff going on near them, but if people are travelling abroad and want to take part in the more unusual non-tourist activities, these are also listed. Basically, whatever you're looking for, whether it be this weekend, next weekend, home or away, anyone can book new things to do.

Some of the great 'crafty' things listed in the UK are; silk painting, shibori indigo dyeing, kimono dressing, omiyage, bush craft, carving in stone - to name but a few.

Other outdoor type activities include beekeeping taster day, graffiti, hedge laying, mountaineering, surfing and more.

There's even stuff for foodies - food smoking, preparing for an afternoon tea, chocolate shoe making - loads more.

In fact, it's a great site and have found some wonderful things to try, I haven't heard of some them!

If you have something to offer, why not list it on ooh.com - its FREE. Check it out now!

Kathryn, Lazy Daisy Glass xx