Gathering Information

Clan Chisholm Society
International Gathering 2001

Sunday 22nd July to Saturday 28th July 2001

LATEST UPDATE (17th July 2001)

Booking Contacts ~~~~~ Prices ~~~~~ Pricing Policy ~~~~~ Gathering 1996

>>> Late Breaking Information:

There will be a Chisholm Society Tent at the City of Inverness Highland games. The start time is 11.00 and and it takes place at Bught Park on the south side of the River Ness. It will be hosted by Ben and Juliette Chisholm-Broomfield. All support most welcome!

Coaches will try to pick up delegates from the main hotels or from the central coach area by the Library on the site of the former 'La Scala' cinema. You must inform us on the Sunday welcome evening where you are staying so that we can make arrangements.

Start Times are now indicated in each box.

Don't forget to bring waterproof gear as it might well rain

Midge cream is strongly recommended!

Please bear in mind that there are likely to be alterations and changes either due to circumstances beyond our control or by common consent of those attending the Gathering.

Sunday 22nd July	Welcome Evening at the Chieftain Hotel - Start 7.00 pm i.) FINAL Collection of Tour Charges - (Please note that this is the expensive way of paying. If you pay before the week there are substantial discounts) ii.) Introduction of key Society Members iii.) Summary of Week ahead including Changes & Alterations
*Notes >>*	*Not a lot more to say! Come to meet the Chisholms!*

Monday 23rd July	Chisholm Lands Tour 1 - Start 9.15 am Clan Lands - Part 1 Strathglass & Glen Affric ~~~~~ Picnic at Glen Affric ~~~~~ Return via Corrimony Stones, Kiltarlity & Kilmorack ? Glen Ord Distillery if wet ~~~~~ Evening - Whisky Tasting & Talk on Chisholm History and Genealogy by well known Chisholm experts Buffet at the Chieftain Hotel - 7.30
*Notes >>*	*Essential Trip for Chisholms!*

Tuesday 24th July (Full day of travelling)	*The Highlands & West Coast - Start 9.00 am* A Coach Trip visiting: Glen Carron, Plocton & Kyle of Lochalsh ~~~~~ Lunch in Plockton (Not provided) ~~~~~ Return via Eilean Donan Castle, Five Sisters of Kintail, Glen Shiel, Glen Moriston and Loch Ness ~~~~~ Evening - Ceilidh & Buffet at the Thistle Hotel - Start 7.30 pm
*Notes >>*	*See the glorious West Coast travelling through beautiful but desolate glens between the east and west coasts.*

Wednesday 25th July (Can be taken as a half day for shopping etc.)	Battlefield Tour - Start 9.15 am Culloden (Locally Guided) ~~~~~ Lunch in Inverness (Not provided) ~~~~~ Fort George (Locally Guided) [Optional] 2.30 ~~~~~ Inverness Provost's Invitation Evening - Start 6.00 pm in City Hall (This is by Ticket only) ~~~~~ Mini Ceildih and Folk Evening at the Chieftain Hotel - Start 7.30 pm
*Notes >>*	*Another Essential Trip for Chisholms to the Battlefield of Culloden.*

Thursday 26th July (Full day of travelling)	Sights Further Afield - Start 9.00 am Coach trip along the far north-east coast of Scotland seeing:- Falls of Shin (Coffee Stop) Lairg Highland Brochs Dunrobin Castle Dornoch Cathedral & Castle Glenmorangie / Tain (Lunch not provided) ~~~~~ Evening Ceilidh & Buffet at the Thistle Hotel - Start 7.30 pm
*Notes >>*	*A Trip for those who wish to see more of Scotland including a fantastic castle high on the cliffs.*

Friday
27th July

Chisholm Lands Tour 2 - Start 9.15 am

Beauly Priory and Centre
Glen Cannich, Glen Strathfarrar, Eskadale
Chisholm Graveyards
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Picnic Lunch in the Clan lands
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Tea at Erchless Castle (Included in week's ticket) Start 3.30 pm approximately
(NB This will be by pre-paid ticket only. These will only be available up to and including the Sunday Welcoming Evening).
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Group Photos & Chisholm Burial Ground
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Inverness Tattoo - Time to be notified
Informal Evening at Chieftain Hotel with the Inverness Fiddlers for those who wish to miis the Tattoo andmeet with their friends - Start 7.30 pm

Notes >>

Another Essential Trip for Chisholms relaxing in Chisholm Lands.

Saturday 28th July	Annual General Meeting at Inverness Scout Hut - Refreshments 10.30 Start - 11.00 am followed by: Barbeque Lunch (Free for Society members attending AGM) ~~~~~ Farewells
*Notes >>*	*May seem boring but the AGM is the time and place where you can decide how you want your Society to run for the next few years AND what you yourself can offer.*

Others Possibilities	Detailed tour of Chisholm Graveyards (Locally Guided) Archaeology Tour of Kiltarlty & Kilmorack (Locally Guided) Golf Loch Ness - Under and Over water Tours! Highland Folk Museums Day Trip to the Orkneys
	If sufficient numbers wish to do something else let us know and given sufficient time we will arrange it.