Overview

10km + a bit; beautiful river-side setting; uses first stage of Nokia Coast to Coast route; finishes at Cawdor Castle; £15 per person

If you don’t fancy the full Nokia Coast to Coast, or simply want to experience the spirit of the event with a good old stretch of the legs on Sunday 19th September, we have a great 10km (and a bit) run taking place that follows the first stretch of the Nokia Coast to Coast journey from Nairn Links to Cawdor Castle, tracing the course of the River Nairn. It features on and off road sections and is predominantly classed as a trail run.

Is this for me?

If you want to go for a run in beautiful surroundings with beach, river, forest and countryside vistas, this is for you. The Coast to Cawdor is a delightful Sunday morning running option, open to all runners and is just over 10km long. It is a one-way course and you can either arrange a pick-up with your supporters at the finish at Cawdor, or book our transfer bus back to Nairn.

You need to be at least 16 years old to take part in the run. Anyone between 16 and 18 years old must have their parental/legal guardian consent signed.

Itinerary

Sunday 19th Sep

• Registration 0800 – 1030
• Race Start 1100

Other useful info

There is a transfer service available for the return journey from Cawdor to Nairn which can be booked at time of entry into the run. This is priced at £6 per person. Minimum age is 14 years (14 – 17 years will require parental consent and/ or consent of Guardian/ Loco in Parentis. Click here for more details).

Price and what is included

Run entry: £15 per person

• Professionally managed, way-marked and stewarded running event
• Distance markers every mile
• Race number
• Electronic chip timing
• Finisher’s medal

To register log in at www.scotlandcoasttocoast.com

LIVING FOOD AT CAWDOR CASTLE
Saturday 25th September 2010
“Gabh is meal e” – “Eat and Enjoy”


LIVING FOOD AT CAWDOR CASTLE was launched in 2006, to meet the need in the Highlands for a food festival which celebrates exclusively artisan and organic producers. It responds to concerns from the public and small-scale producers that the industrialisation of farming, fishing and food production will eclipse the tradition of high quality food associated with the Highlands of Scotland.

The first Living Food at Cawdor Castle, in September 2006, had 35 stalls showcasing artisan and organic produce from within a radius of approximately fifty miles of the castle. A small committee was set up to select stallholders whose products have obvious connections to the traditional Highland larder. In subsequent years, the number of stallholders increased to nearly 50 but the criteria for selection were retained. The area from which producers were drawn included very close neighbours to the castle, in order to help local farmers, and was extended further east into Aberdeenshire and west into the islands.

Food is provided by the Slow Food taster plates which featured products from the stalls. A team of chefs from Highland and Grampian, led by Charles Lockley from Boath House, a champion of local producers, Scotland Chef of the Year 2009 and now the proud owner of a Michelin star, has supported the event with demonstrations each year. This year he will again be present with up and coming Highland chefs and all this will be enhanced by the presence of Albert Roux, who will open the event. Music, clearly associated with the Highlands, also features prominently throughout the day.

Living Food at Cawdor Castle is a highly successful and proven event which has, over the past four years, played a major part in promoting all that is good about high quality organic and local produce in the Highlands and Islands. It has given our top producers a unique regional and international platform to educate the public on where to source good food, to let them taste good food and to allow them to greater understand the benefits to their health and to the environment of such food production. This makes it the ideal event for the year of Scotland ‘Land of Food and Drink’ and a perfect opportunity to enhance joint working between the food and drink industry and the events industry.

STALL HOLDERS

A-Bun-Dance
Ardnamushrooms
Benromach Distillery
Berry Good
Black Isle Brewery
Brackla Farm Free Range Pork
Cawdor Castle
Cocoa Mountain
Connage Highland Dairy
Cairngorm Smokehouse at Delfour Hatchery
Dry Island Shellfish
Earthshare
Easterton Venison
Forbes Farm Fresh
Geddes Free Range
Great Glen Game
Happy Faces
Highland Council Catering Services
Highland Wholefoods
Highlands & Islands Organic Association
Highland Real Nappy Project
Huntly Herbs
Isle of Skye Bakery
Laura's Cottage Kitchen
The Oatmeal of Alford
Macleod Organics
Natural Vegetable Company
Nutwood Preserves
Findhorn Bakery
REAL Food – Inverness Academy
Rose Cottage Country Kitchen
Scottish Crofting Foundation
Sleepy Hollow
Slow Food
Speyside Organics
The Really Garlicky Company
Ullapool Bakery
Walkers Shortbread
Wark Farm
Ola Oil
Wester Lawrenceton Farm
Christie Cup Cakes
Zero Waste Scotland
Letty's Preserves
Caithness Smokehouse
Mortlach Game