Bogbain Adventure & Heritage Farm Blog

Valentine's Lunch

2010-01-21T08:29:00.000-08:00

Valentine’s Lunch at Bogbain

Come dine with us on Sunday 14th February

A sumptuous romantic lunch followed by a love themed music session.
Set menu £15 per person.

Soup of the day
or
Grilled Halloumi & grape salad
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Luxury Seafood Chowder
or
Slow Roasted Lamb Shanks
or
Roasted Red Pepper & Aubergine Custard
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Heart shaped waffles with hot cherry compote
& ice cream or cream
or
Chocolate Torte with cream

Make this Valentines Day one to remember.

Booking essential

The hunt for a new "haggis"

2010-01-14T10:11:00.000-08:00

Burns for Bairns

Bogbain farm is hosting its annual Burns for Bairns on Sunday 24th January. The family focused event will start at 1pm with the piping of the Haggis followed by poems, speeches and songs.
“Last year was a great success,” explained Bogbain catering manager Louie Andreas, “so we’re sticking with a winning formula! The only additional thing we’re doing this year is launching a competition for children under the age of 12 for a new ode to the Haggis. We want to see what folk come up with using our own local accents and language. We’re looking for something that has the passion and humour of Burns but with a Highland twang!”

Competition entries can be e-mailed to info@bogbainfarm.com or sent by mail to Bogbain farm, Inshes, Inverness, IV2 5BD.
The winner will be announced on the day with a full family membership for the adventure farm as first prize.

After the meal the monthly music session with Bruce Macgregor will kick off.
Please reserve seats by phoning 01463 772800

2010-01-03T12:56:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the first newsletter of 2010. I hope you all had a greatChristmas and new year vacation despite the weather!

Some of you might have heard the amazing news that Status Quo will beheadlining Rock4Life at Bogbain farm on May 1st! The concert is beingorganized by Caledonian Promotions and is aiming to raise funds for theHighland Hospice. Tickets can be bought from Bogbain and cost £45. Openingthe festival will be ex - RunRig lead singer Donnie Munro, followed by theVatersay Boys unique brand of ceilidh shananigans, and then the mainsupport will be from Steve Harly and Cockney Rebel.

Other music news

We have the wonderful Dick Gaughan performing on the 17th Januaryalongside his old friend (and ours), Iain MacGillivray. The two did aconcert together forty years ago to the day and have decided it was finetime to reprise their show. Tickets are priced £10 with a two course mealavailable before hand for £8. Please pre book as we expect this to be asell out.
Northern Roots festival, Bogbain's own acoustic and roots music festivalwill be held in the first weekend of June. There is a blogging sitededicated to this festival at www.northernrootsfestival.wordpress.com

Burns for Bairns

On Sunday 24th January we will be hosting a lunch time Burns dinner. Thisis a family Burns supper - toasts, speeches and music will all be part ofthe event which will lead into our regular afternoon music session. So ifyou fancy a lighthearted Burns treat for the whole family get yourselvesbooked for this dinner.
We have linked up with a new venture called www.stagandhenscotland.co.ukPackages are available including quad biking, archery, paintball, claypigeon shooting, eating, partying, etc etc. If you need to organize a stagor hen party or indeed, an office day out, have a look and see if there issomething that tickles your fancy.
We are also taking bookings for team building courses. These arecustomised to your requirements so give us a ring if you think your teamare needing some help in this New year.

Thats it for just now, as ever, if you do not want to subscribe to thisnewsletter please let us know by return

Cheers
Bruce MacGregor
Bogbain Adventure and Heritage Farm
01463 772800
www.bogbainfarm.com

2009-12-18T08:12:00.000-08:00

The legendary Status Quo are coming to Bogbain Farm!!!!!! Yes on the 1st May 2010, Status Quo, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, the Vatersay Boys and Donnie Munro will all be gracing the stage in this unique event - Rock4life. The event organized by Caledonian Promotions is in aid of Highland Hospice and is sure to be a sell out. Crowds of 20,000 are expected. The event will also have a second day and the headliner for that will be announced shortly.
Yipee!!

Duncan Chisholm, Iain MacFarlane and Marc Clement - Bogbain Farm Sun 13th Dec

2009-12-07T04:58:00.000-08:00

Duncan Chisholm, Iain MacFarlane and Marc Clement - Bogbain Farm Sun 13th Dec

Lost Brothers Concert

2009-11-06T06:57:00.000-08:00

The Lost Brothers created quite a buzz when they played The Tall Ship and the festival club during Celtic Connections and we are pleased to announce that they are coming back to Scotland in November to play here at Bogbain farm.
Friday 13th November 8.00pm .
Tickets £8.00 0r £15 .00 with 2 course meal .

Winter opening days

2009-10-27T09:22:00.001-07:00

Just a quick note to let you know we'll be closed on Mondays & Tuesdays until Spring 2010. The babies club on Tuesday afternoon is unaffected.
Apologies for any inconvenience.
Bruce

Parent & Baby Group

2009-10-08T09:12:00.000-07:00

Every Tuesday during term time 1pm - 2.30pm parents with babies aged from birth to 12 months are invited to drop in to the new meeting room behind the Arteze studio to meet with other parents and carers in a relaxed and friendly environment.
The sessions are facilitated by Mairianne Nairn of the Care and Learning Alliance, and from November the Health Visitor will be coming along on the first Tuesday of every month.
Cost: £1.00 per session
Just pop in, or for more information contact Mairianne on 01808 521798

6 week pottery course for adults starts November 3rd

2009-10-08T09:08:00.000-07:00

Experienced Ceramic Artist Lisa Pritchard will be running a 6 week pottery course for adults starting 3rd November 2009.
The course will cover basic handbuilding and decorating techniques, to create unique finished glazed projects over a 6 week block. The projects will include coil and pinch pots and decorative tiles.
Tuesday 3rd November 2009 - Tuesday 8th December 2009
6.30pm - 8pm
£70.00
Group size will be limited to support beginners. Materials and equipment will be provided.
Childrens' course coming soon, as well as more courses for adults subject to demand.
To register interest for future courses and to book for this course call Lisa on 01463 717557 or 07789 563333

Free quad biking; target paintball, pigs, Ladies Lunch and music this weekend

2009-09-02T08:46:00.000-07:00

SEPTEMBER 09

What’s coming up?

FREE QUAD BIKING AT BOGBAIN….
We’re going to be doing quite a make over on both the junior and senior quads circuits over the next few weeks. Our new instructor Gavin will be increasing the challenges, thrills and spills of both courses. Look out for our special deal this autumn – you go free if you book yourself and five other mates on the hour long adult sessions. Ask at reception for further details. Booking essential

The return of Target paintball
We had all sorts of plans for the polytunnel but people just kept asking for target paintball, so it’s coming back! New targets, challenges and prizes all available.

Music @ Bogbain
Our free Sunday music sessions will be on the 18th October. You are all very welcome to come along and sing, play or just listen. Anything from 3 to 15 musicians and singers have been known to turn up to these sessions. To ensure a seat and an afternoon of great free music make sure you book a table for lunch which starts from 12.30. Priority seating to those who have lunch.

Room to let

We have converted Arteze into 2 smaller units, one of which is now available to rent by the hour for everything from toddler groups, beauty therapy, photography, classes etc. We already have interest from a ceramics teacher who is keen in running open classes towards the end of October – if anybody is keen to partake, or in renting the space, please call Louise on 01463 772803 for more information

Ladies Lunch

Our popular Ladies Lunch club returns. This is an open club to any lady who enjoys a lunchtime repast and the conviviality such a meeting engenders. Each month we put on a two course lunch with coffee and tea followed by a guest speaker. These have ranged from the Head of BBC Scotland to massage therapists to life coaches! This month’s lunch will be on Monday 26th October at 12.30. (Men may only be admitted with the supervision of a lady!)Please ring to book a table.

Animal additions
You may notice that we have a few new arrivals to Bogbain this summer. Two rather large ladies arrived in late August, Mrs Tubbs and Tabitha – Vietnamese pot bellied pigs with attitude! Nick Martin our “animal” man got these lovely creatures. One was actually so overweight that she was blinded by a roll of fat over her eyes! They’re on a strict diet and exercise plan now! We’ve also introduced new hens to our flock – we’re still not entirely sure what type they are – they’re very exotic looking !
We’ll be posting pictures up on our myspace – maybe someone can tell us what they are!

Hello and goodbye
A great big welcome to our new cook – Dawn House. Dawn has already made herself very popular by producing the best scones we reckon any of us have ever tasted. Dawn is a great believer in home cooking in a traditional style (although she does like a chilli or two!) Her cakes have already been ordered by customers for special occasions.
We will also be starting an outside catering service for functions and meetings. So if you require food for an event and you want something that little bit different just give us a call

And a goodbye to Lorraine Ross who has moved on to become manager of the new Steak Academy. A big thanks to Lorraine for all her hard work and we wish her all the best with her new venture.