Highland Gathering 2024 will be held at Corriegarth Estate, Gorthleck on Saturday 20 July,12 noon to 4pm , Directions to the gathering will be signposted locally, and the turn off to Corriegarth from the B862 is at the Drumtemple Crossroads .
The South Loch Ness Heritage Group will have a stand at the Highland Gathering, next to the vintage tractors display . There will be display boards featuring local scenes ect along with display books on local topics.
There are two competitions
KNOW YOUR STRATH – Quiz for under 12’s, and 10 MYSTERY OBJECTS – for under 100years
Also local book publications will be available to purchase on the day. One of our committee members Bob Main, is organising the display of vintage tractors and agricultural machinery alongside our Stand/Tent
MYSTERY QUIZ : ANSWERS & WINNER.
1. Bee smoker. 2. Making lead shot. 3. Knife with different -sized blades for bleeding a sick animal. 4. Filling water to rear tyres of a tractor. 5. Punching the septum for a bull’s nose ring. 6. Old saw set. 7. Another type of saw set. 8. For stoning cherries / extracting juice. 9.A cannula – probe for e.g. a bloated cow. 10. Nut/ bolt splitter.
The winner of the £10 book token was Corran Gardiner from South Laggan, Invergarry.
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