August 2023

School holidays - an opportunity to enjoy the freedom afforded by the magnificent Scottish landscape, learn new skills or just head off into the unknown.

Photo: T C Deamer

Photo: P Bruce

Photo: P Bruce

August 2022

Holiday time - fun on the river and a colourful backdrop to hillside walks.

Photo: H L Duncan

August 2021

As a recent guest quipped:
"Who needs the Balearic Islands when they could have 'Costa Kildermorie'?"

The prolonged dry spell in the Highlands is a blessing for families with active children as we emerge from the restraints of the coronavirus pandemic. The low water level in the loch facilitates all kinds of safe beach and aquatic activities with guests bringing along their favourite water 'toys'. [N.B. Only non-motorised equipment is permitted]

Photo: K Stirton

August 2020

The meadows are alive with wildflowers at this time of year; they thrive entangled in the grass, with the occasional burst of the taller harebell Campanula rotundifolia, known here as the Bluebell of Scotland.

Out on the hills there is a vibrant coexistence of heathers - the visually dominant bell heather Erica cinerea, the cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and the less flamboyant ling Calluna vulgaris.

Closer to home, the Palisades have been created, using off-cuts of tree trunks left over from recent timber harvesting operations. All that is needed now is rain, to germinate the grass seeds and turn the Palisades into a verdant riverside picnic area.

August 2019

Much of the summer scene at Kildermorie revolves around the water, particularly Loch Morie, and the choice of walks to suit every age group.

Photos: P Bruce

August 2018

Summer holidays .. exhausting days for the younger family members, but there's always time for a final splash in Loch Morie before bedtime.

August 2016

Family time on the beach at the head of one of Kildermorie's sheltered lochs.

August 2015

Family holidays in the Scottish Highlands offer countless opportunities for exploring the rugged beauty of the area, but there is always time to pause above the River Glasa for a game of Poohsticks.

Photo: Carly Day

August 2014

With glorious sunshine and so little rain the level of Loch Morie has fallen, exposing additional areas of sandy beach and shingle. Guests have re-named the area 'Costa Kildermorie'.

Families on their summer holidays are enjoying the fine weather and in the pasture above the loch the garrons enjoy the fresh grass.

August 2012

A Macnab eluded us last year so we are hoping that someone from this month’s sporting parties will be successful this year – August being the month when previous Macnabs were bagged – in 2007 and 2009.

Since acquiring additional forestry a few years ago, sika are much more visible on Kildermorie and less nervous than previously, affording good photo opportunities. The photograph of the 8-pointer sika stag in full velvet was taken at the end of last month. Now, the stags are beginning to shed their velvet to reveal new antlers essential for asserting superiority in the rut.

Trees and shrubs in Cille Mhuir, the ancient burial ground, have undergone serious pruning and now the area is much more accommodating as a venue for both secular and ecclesiastical functions.