What's On

The what's on page will showcase Scotland's diversity of events, culture and activities throughout the year.  It is current and is updated on a regular basis.  It shows Scotland is not just a "six month season" golf destination, if anything it highlights that Scotland is open for business all the year round!  There is something for everyone from white water rafting and ski sports to fishing, hill walking and cycling for those who enjoy outdoor pursuits.  For the more laid back there are castle tours, city shopping, ancestry tours and of course the ever popular distillery visits.  Add to that list the fantastic food and drink experience that Scotland has to offer and you'll see that there is an almost endless list of things to see and do that goes on 365 days a year.

You're welcome pack will have detailed local 'what's on' info specific to the areas you are visiting at the time of your stay.

January 2012

Winter Climbing Workshop

06 Dec 2011; 23 Jan 2012

You will usually be in a group of no more than six with one instructor. The course include basic rope work (tying into multi point anchors) and belaying both leader and second, using different belay options: indirect, semi-direct and direct belays, choosing your rack for different styles of climb including mixed, snow and ice and many more.

Venue Details

Glenmore Lodge

Aviemore
Inverness-shire
Highlands
PH22 1QU

Website

http://www.glenmorelodge.org.uk/course-general-display.asp?ID=801

Crook of Baldoon

01 Sep 2011 - 29 Feb 2012 Daily 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

A walk with Cairnsmore of Fleet and the Galloway Hills as a backdrop to wild saltmarsh and mudflats which ooze with birdlife. Watch thousands of golden plovers, lapwings, knots and dunlins wheel in the sky in a mesmerising display. Between December and March the Crook plays host to thousands of winter visitors such as pink-footed and barnacle geese and a large number of shelducks, whooper and mute swans that feed and roost on the merse. In the hawthorn and crab apple trees, hundreds of redwings and fieldfares can be spotted. Other birds that can be seen are oystercatchers, curlews, ringed plovers, pintails and wigeons.

Venue Details

Crook of Baldoon
Wigtown
Dumfries And Galloway

Website

http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/c/crookofbaldoon

Russian Winter Ball

The Caves Edinburgh.

Experience the opulence of a bygone age at Edinburghs first ever Russian Winter Ball. 

17^th January 2012. 

http://eventful.com/edinburgh/events/russian-winter-ball-/E0-001-018705293-0@2012011719

Celtic Connections

Glasgow. 

An annual festival of folk roots and world music. 

19^th Jan to 5^th Feb 2012. 

http://www.celticconnections.com

Cocktail Heaven

The cookery School, Glasgow

Cocktail making and tasting course.

http://www.thecookeryschool.org/course.php?cid=132

A dinner, a drama and a dram with Rabbie Burns

Oran Mor, Glasgow

A dinner followed by a performance.

http://www.myspace.com/robbieburnsband

Aviemore Sled Dog Rally

Glenmore Forest Park, Aviemore

Wrap up warm and join the thousands of spectators for the Aviemore Sled Dog Rally.

21^st and 22^nd of Jan 2012

http://www.siberianhuskyclub.com/aviemore

The Beginning and the End of the World

Open all year Mon - Fri 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM; Sat 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM

In the early 1840s St Andrews became the first town in the world to be documented thoroughly through the new medium of photography. At the same time Robert Chambers wrote in St Andrews one of the most scandalous books of the Victorian age, Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation (1844). Vestiges presented a comprehensive account of the history of the Earth, from the formation of the Solar System through the development of plant and animal life, up to the origins of humankind. It suggested that scientific laws, rather than the intervention of God, could explain the development and progression of life. This exciting exhibition is based on a new book of the same title by Robert Crawford. It considers how Chambers’ work, and early photographs of ruined buildings and eroding geological features in and around St Andrews, forced people to consider the vastness of geological time and contemplate ‘the Beginning and End of the World’.

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/museum/gateway/see/temporaryexhibition

Venue Details

University of St Andrews: Gateway Galleries

North Haugh
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 9ST

Tel: 01334 461660
Email: museumenquiries@st-andrews.ac.uk
Web: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/museum/gateway

AC/DC Exhibition

17 Sep 2011 - 12 Feb 2012 Mon - Thu, Sat 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM; Fri, Sun 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Closed 02 Jan 2012

An exhibition celebrating the 37-year career of rock band AC/DC. See materials that have never before been on public display, alongside items on loan from record company archives, fans and the band members themselves. Highlights include one of Angus Young's custom-made guitars, and a leather jacket owned by the late Bon Scott. It is fitting that the exhibition is in Glasgow, because AC/DC has such strong connections with the city and Scotland.

Website

http://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/our-museums/kelvingrove/whats-on/exhibitions/AC-DC-exhibition/Pages/default.aspx

Venue Details

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Argyle Street
Glasgow
City Of Glasgow
G3 8AG

Tel: 01412 769500
Email: museums@csglasgow.org
Web: http://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/our-museums/kelvingrove/Pages/home.aspx