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Winners of The Award Of Excellence for Quality & Service Retreat of the Year '08 - '09 awarded by Shires Magazine |
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What's On
We're quite a busy bunch at The Galley of Lorne and like to offer our guests and local residents alike lots of activities & events throughout the year. Here's a list of what's on in the next few months:
Wednesday Quiz Night
Join us at The Galley for fun filled quiz nights every Wednesday from 9.30PM. Free to enter for teams of 4...see you there? Click here for further details.
Ardfern Pirates Parade - Saturday 28th August
The
great Ardfern Pirate parade offers the irresistible opportunity to dress
up as a pirate, join in a parade and treasure hunt and drink beers. What's
not to like?
Families dress up, convert prams to galleons, decorate the parade with pirate flags and boats and prepare floats. We've even had dressed up dogs! That's a mangy cur in Pirate.
All this silliness is not without reason. Pointless partying? Us? One of the great pirate vessels, the Flying Eagle, originally captained by the infamous Black Bart Roberts, crept into Loch Craignish in a storm, in the winter of 1720. Here she and her crew were captured by the Hanoverian militia of the day and tried and hanged in Edinburgh the following year. Their testimony provided much of the raw material for a lot of the subsequent writing on piracy, from Defoe to Stevenson. You could, in fact argue that the modern pirate mythology was invented here.
So, pack a stripey shirt, bandana and eyepatch and join in the fun. There will be pirate grub, buxom wenches, cabin crew and skulls and crossbones a plenty - aarrrrrrrrrr!
- Ardfern Pirate Parade: Saturday 28th August, leave from
Craignish Village Hall 3pm.
- Crowning of the Pirate King and Queen on pub lawn
The Galleon of Lawn(!) with silly games, including a kid's treasure hunt,
thereafter.
- Hornpipes and jigging to the music of "Finn"
in the evening.
Enjoy a traditional Hogmany at The Galley of Lorne Inn
Escape to Ardfern for a wonderful New Year break. Our three night package
includes Bed & Breakfast PLUS our popular Hogmanay Dinner & Dance.
Priced from £162.50 pp, click here
for details. NB Our Hogmanay package is not available to book online
- please call or email us to enquire.
Hogmanay Dinner and Dance
Having only six rooms at The Galley of Lorne Inn means that there will be plenty of people staying elsewhere in the area wishing to join in with our Hogmanay celebrations. Our Hogmanay Dinner and Dance consists of a mouthwatering three course dinner menu featuring the best seasonal local produce followed by local band 'Finn' who will entertain you with a mix of traditional, celtic and modern music to keep your toes tapping into the wee small hours.
Tickets for our Dinner and Dance are priced at £35.00 per person.
For further information or to book a hotel break or dinner, call us on 01852 500 284 or email: enquiries@galleyoflorne.co.uk
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