A9 crash victim was Inverness rail worker

Inverness Courier – A LONG-serving Inverness rail worker was the victim of a horrific fireball crash on the A9 this week. John McInnes was killed when the Network Rail van he was travelling in was engulfed in flames after a smash with a car. Mr McInnes’s colleague, who was driving the works vehicle, had a [...]

A9 smash victims to be identified by dental records

STV – The victims of a horror crash where two vehicles burst into flames will have to be identified by dental records. Police are still probing the fireball smash on the A9 near Kingussie. A large white Fort Transit van owned by Network Rail was involved in the accident with a Chevrolet Lacetti. A passenger [...]

Euro cash for internet upgrades

BBC – Thousands of pounds are to be spent to provide communities within the Cairngorms National Park with reliable broadband connections. Laggan Community Association will use some of the £17,100 it has been awarded from the European Leader programme to launch a wi-fi network. Glen Tanar Estate has been awarded £15,943 to upgrade the telephone [...]

Fire rips through gorse bushes near Inverness

STV – Firefighters are tackling a large blaze at gorse heather bushes near Inverness The Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue Service received the call from various members of the public who saw smoking billowing from the area at around 11.10am. Two pumps, a water carrier, three jets and a 4×4 are being used at [...]

PICTURE: Bus overturns on A95 – no serious injuries

A service bus has crashed near Boat of Garten.
The coach was travelling between Carrbridge and Aviemore and was carrying three passengers when the accident happened on the A95 at Laggantygown Cemetery. It is believed the coach has overturned.
The three passengers are now out of the vehicle and are described as walking wounded. The driver sustained [...]

Safety calls after train derailment

Strathspey and Badenoch Herald – IT would have taken the freight train which derailed at Carrbridge around 600 metres to stop safely an investigation into the accident has found. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch blamed a combination of snow and ice for affecting the effectiveness of the train’s brakes for the accident on January 4, [...]

When dreams do come true

Herald Scotland – Rachel Sermanni was 18 when she was spotted by an agent of the Queen of Jordan. The Carrbridge singer-songwriter, who has been compared to Eva Cassidy and counts Mumford and Sons among her fans, was playing at a Homecoming gig in Edinburgh at the time. Within the year, she’d travelled to the [...]

Trains slow down after lorry hits bridge

BBC – An articulated lorry has hit a railway bridge on the line between Aviemore to Inverness. The incident happened at the crossing over the A938 near Carrbridge at about 1145 GMT. Northern Constabulary, who have been dealing with the accident, said no-one was injured.

Forest park is the ‘perfect family day out’

Staff and management at Landmark Forest Adventure Park in Carrbridge are celebrating after the forest adventure park was voted the ‘perfect family day out’ at the Scottish Thistle Awards last Friday.
Earlier in the year it was announced that Landmark faced stiff competition against some of Scotland’s family favourites including Blair Drummond Safari and Adventure Park, [...]

Special spoon stirs World Porridge Making Championships

BBC – The winner of this year’s World Porridge Making Championships has credited his success to pure hill water and a specially designed spoon. Neal Robertson, from the Tannochbrae Tearoom in Auchtermuchty, won the Golden Spurtle award at the event in Carrbridge in the Highlands. His Spoon, a wooden, double-backed spoon, was designed to give [...]

Stirring it up at Carrbridge contest

Press and Journal – THE Highland village of Carrbridge is preparing to step into the spotlight once more, as this Sunday it hosts the 17th annual World Porridge Making Championship. Contenders range from locals to those travelling from Sweden, Canada and the US to prove they can make a perfect bowl of porridge. As well [...]

Spurtles are at the ready as porridge battle heats up

Strathspey and Badenoch Herald – AS competition hots up for the annual World Porridge Making Championship, the event has been stirring up increasing interest across the globe. This year’s line up of contenders includes expert porridge makers from across Scotland and the wider UK as well as Canada, Sweden and the USA. At the end [...]

Spurtle stirs up interest in porridge championships

Strathspey and Badenoch Herald – ORGANISERS of the World Porridge Making Championship handed Scotland’s First Minister, Alex Salmond, a specially commissioned wooden spurtle to mark the official countdown to this year’s contest. The presentation took place at Clashmore Hall, Dornoch, on Monday evening as Scottish Ministers hosted a reception for champions of the Highland-based food [...]

Carrbridge man becomes UHI student of year

Press and Journal – A former general manager in the motor industry has become the Inverness College UHI Student of the Year for his achievements since taking up full-time studies for a business and management degree.

Cairngorms triathlon awarded European funding

Press and Journal – The Wicked Wolf Triathlon, a new event in the Cairngorms National Park next month, has been awarded more than £2,000 from the European-funded Leader programme to help meet costs. The Wicked Wolf race on Saturday, August 7, begins with a two-mile kayak from the beach at Lochindorb, around the 13th-century ruined [...]

North thrill-seekers flock to Landmark

Press and Journal – IT MIGHT not be on a scale with what can be found at Alton Towers or Disneyland – but the Highlands’ first rollercoaster is packing them in at Landmark Forest Adventure Park at Carrbridge. The park says the world’s first Bamboozeleum is also joining the rollercoaster as a major attraction. It [...]

Carrbridge Films

Carrbridge Films is an independent youth-run, non-profit film company.

Feature film pulls focus on Big Grey Man

A team of local youngsters is about to embark on the production of a feature film which will probe on the Highland’s unsolved mysteries.
Brocken Spectre is to be based on the myth of the Big Grey Man of Ben MacDhui, a legendary being who is said to reside in the Cairngorms.
Carrbridge Films is a [...]

Landmark’s new look takes shape

Strathspey and Badenoch Herald – THE world’s very first Bamboozeleum and a “pink knuckle” runaway train ride are set to become the latest big draws at one of the strath’s most popular attractions. Heads will be served up on a platter and visitors will have a chance to catch their own shadow and meet their [...]

Path upgrade opens the way to walkers

Strathspey and Badenoch Herald – A WATER-sodden footpath which takes in a famous Strathspey landmark has been upgraded so that walkers will no longer get their wet feet. The newly improved Riverside Path, which runs from the Old Bridge Garage and follows the north bank of the River Dulnain up to Ellan Bridge, is already [...]

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