Saturday 14th July. Strathpeffer Museum of Childhood, 2.00pm – 5.00pm. Admission free.

A family afternoon of music, stories and workshops with Bob Pegg.

2.00 -3.30pm: Storytelling and making storybooks workshop for families. Bring your own story, or use one of Bob’s, to illustrate your personal storybook to take away. All materials provided. Please book for this session.

4.00 – 5.00pm: Roots and Flutes. Featuring the sounds and stories of the world’s oldest musical instruments, including scallop shells, sea-shore pebbles, food bowl drum, ocarinas of stone, horn and clay, Viking panpipes, bone flute, snorrie bone, buckie shell, ox horn, conch shell trumpet, Dark Ages lyre, Native American flutes, Scandinavian shepherd’s pipe, deerskin drum, jaw harp, and more. All welcome, including unaccompanied adults!

If staying for both sessions, why not bring a snack for break time.

The Museum of Childhood is situated in the Old Railway Station in Strathpeffer. For more information and bookings, contact:

Tel: 01997 421031

E-mail: info@highlandmuseumofchildhood.org.uk

Monday 16th July. Log Cabin, Borgie Forest, by Bettyhill. 10.00am – 3.00pm. Admission free.

Forest Day. Activities with Paul Castle, Highland Countryside Ranger, followed by a walk through the forest accompanied by Bob Pegg, local storyteller, with music making and stories along the route.

Borgie Forest is one of the most northerly forests in Britain, and the first managed forest in Scotland. For more information including the forest’s location, go to www.borgieforest.co.ukBorgie Forest is one of the most northerly forests in the United Kingdom and the first managed forest in Scotland Borgie Forest is one of the most northerly forests in the United Kingdom and the first managed forest in Scotland

Limited bus & car transport available, leaving Farr High School at 9.45am returns at 3.15pm tel: 07766247631 to arrange transport.

Bob Pegg is the author of the recently published Highland Folk Tales (The History Press, £9.99), available in bookshops and online.

Source: Bob Pegg