Cheesy-Ness!
Double Blog this week as we missed last week with so much on. Anyway we will fill you in with what's been happening here at Loch Ness.
Autumn is almost upon us and another great 2 weeks has been had by our guests at this iconic Highland location. The last 2 weekends have had fantastic weather, great company, brilliant food, excellent drink, a little bit of music and a lot of laughs - is that not what chilling-out is all about.
Total relaxez-vous!!
First of all we had, for the second year the annual tournament of the 'Gemini Cribbage Club' who's members come from all over - even as far as New York. They had 3 full days organised again by Angus and Ann Beaton - a delightful couple who live locally.
A week past Saturday, we had the FIRST MONSTER CHALLENGE - a team duathlon which is going from strength to strength. Celebrity competitors Nell McAndrew and Gavin Hastings couldn't praise the event high enough. Rory and team supplied 240+ competitors with hot tea and coffee at the Castle jetty on Loch Ness.
This jetty is to be renewed next year with a splendid oak replacement courtesy of Historic Scotland.
Rory then changed from sporting gear to kilt and all the trimmings to host a wedding at Urquhart Castle with a drinks celebration on the Jacobite Legend on Loch Ness before the wedding meal was served at the castle - the weather was magnificent - what a day for a wedding.
Meanwhile back at the hotel we catered for an extremely busy lunch followed by an equally busy dinner followed by a cracking Ceilidh with Stuart andWillie (The Murphy Brothers). Really good Highland 'craic' with some malt whisky tasting thrown in.
Many of our guests did the Applecross trip last week and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. This is a must excursion when you come to stay with us. Some of the other places to visit are Cairngorm Mountain, Culloden Battlefield, Castle Stuart Golf Course, Dolphin Watching and Plodda Falls. There is so much to do in the Highlands in the autumn - so spoil yourself and get away for a 3-day break. Good deals on-line or telephoning will secure a room for you.
Our congratulations to Daniel Campbell who trained as a waiter here at the Clansman before going on to the Cesar Ritz Hotel School in Switzerland. Daniel has won through to the UK final of the young waiter of the year to be held in London on October 6th. We are all very proud of him and wish him all the best.
One of the disciplines he was judged on was creating a cheese-board and presenting it to the client with a story and history of all the cheeses selected - a cheesy task!
This reminds me of an incident which happened 2 weeks ago - 2 lovely guests asked a member of staff to deposit some wonderful Caithness Smoked cheese in the fridge overnight prior to departure the next day. At breakfast next morning, they asked Jay, their waiter to fetch the cheese - on close examination it was noticed that the packet was opened and a considerable hunk had been removed. Unknown to our dessert lady Joyce, the cheese had been placed next to our hotel selection and duly used on the previous nights cheese-board. They took it all in good faith and we had a chuckle - them knowing they had supplied this speciality cheese to our dinner guests the previous evening. The gentleman remarked (tongue in cheek) that on his next return visit if we told him in advance, he would supply us with some of his own local delicacies - and by the way the Caithness smoked cheese was very tasty!
That's one thing about the Highlands - we have a great selection of cheeses - what a lovely way to finish off your meal with some Connage Cheese or some Fine Highland from Tain complimented with a glass of our GRANT BURGE AUSTRALIAN TAWNY PORT. Who says that's cheesy! - well it is Loch Ness.
So why not make a date with cheese this weekend - there will be a fantastic selection on show at Cawdor Castle for the LIVING FOOD EVENT -a wonderful celebration of organic and slow-food from the Highlands. A great experience for all you foodies.
And finally if you have any friends or relatives competing in the Loch Ness Marathon, please drop in to see us and have our afternoon cheesboard with a glass of Red Cuillin Real Ale from the Isle of Skye Brewery.
Autumn is almost upon us and another great 2 weeks has been had by our guests at this iconic Highland location. The last 2 weekends have had fantastic weather, great company, brilliant food, excellent drink, a little bit of music and a lot of laughs - is that not what chilling-out is all about.
Total relaxez-vous!!
First of all we had, for the second year the annual tournament of the 'Gemini Cribbage Club' who's members come from all over - even as far as New York. They had 3 full days organised again by Angus and Ann Beaton - a delightful couple who live locally.
A week past Saturday, we had the FIRST MONSTER CHALLENGE - a team duathlon which is going from strength to strength. Celebrity competitors Nell McAndrew and Gavin Hastings couldn't praise the event high enough. Rory and team supplied 240+ competitors with hot tea and coffee at the Castle jetty on Loch Ness.
This jetty is to be renewed next year with a splendid oak replacement courtesy of Historic Scotland.
Rory then changed from sporting gear to kilt and all the trimmings to host a wedding at Urquhart Castle with a drinks celebration on the Jacobite Legend on Loch Ness before the wedding meal was served at the castle - the weather was magnificent - what a day for a wedding.
Meanwhile back at the hotel we catered for an extremely busy lunch followed by an equally busy dinner followed by a cracking Ceilidh with Stuart andWillie (The Murphy Brothers). Really good Highland 'craic' with some malt whisky tasting thrown in.
Many of our guests did the Applecross trip last week and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. This is a must excursion when you come to stay with us. Some of the other places to visit are Cairngorm Mountain, Culloden Battlefield, Castle Stuart Golf Course, Dolphin Watching and Plodda Falls. There is so much to do in the Highlands in the autumn - so spoil yourself and get away for a 3-day break. Good deals on-line or telephoning will secure a room for you.
Our congratulations to Daniel Campbell who trained as a waiter here at the Clansman before going on to the Cesar Ritz Hotel School in Switzerland. Daniel has won through to the UK final of the young waiter of the year to be held in London on October 6th. We are all very proud of him and wish him all the best.
One of the disciplines he was judged on was creating a cheese-board and presenting it to the client with a story and history of all the cheeses selected - a cheesy task!
This reminds me of an incident which happened 2 weeks ago - 2 lovely guests asked a member of staff to deposit some wonderful Caithness Smoked cheese in the fridge overnight prior to departure the next day. At breakfast next morning, they asked Jay, their waiter to fetch the cheese - on close examination it was noticed that the packet was opened and a considerable hunk had been removed. Unknown to our dessert lady Joyce, the cheese had been placed next to our hotel selection and duly used on the previous nights cheese-board. They took it all in good faith and we had a chuckle - them knowing they had supplied this speciality cheese to our dinner guests the previous evening. The gentleman remarked (tongue in cheek) that on his next return visit if we told him in advance, he would supply us with some of his own local delicacies - and by the way the Caithness smoked cheese was very tasty!
That's one thing about the Highlands - we have a great selection of cheeses - what a lovely way to finish off your meal with some Connage Cheese or some Fine Highland from Tain complimented with a glass of our GRANT BURGE AUSTRALIAN TAWNY PORT. Who says that's cheesy! - well it is Loch Ness.
So why not make a date with cheese this weekend - there will be a fantastic selection on show at Cawdor Castle for the LIVING FOOD EVENT -a wonderful celebration of organic and slow-food from the Highlands. A great experience for all you foodies.
And finally if you have any friends or relatives competing in the Loch Ness Marathon, please drop in to see us and have our afternoon cheesboard with a glass of Red Cuillin Real Ale from the Isle of Skye Brewery.
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