Welcome to the July issue of The Torridon Newsletter.

In this Issue

	Join the Torridon Fold
	Prawn to be wild: Learn how to cook fresh West Coast shellfish
	June Scorcher - extended into July
	Torridon Activities
	The Torridon kitchen garden

In Other News

The Torridon Inn surpassed all records recently, feeding more people than ever in a month.

The Boat House is fully booked until middle of October....just a few weeks remain

The Torridon Activities sees Chris return for the summer to join Richard in offering you all some adventure

Torridon Cheese Fest 6th and 7th Nov 09

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Join the Torridon Fold

We love staying in touch with guests and friends from around the world and what better way than through the Torridon's blog.  We have regular contribution from Les in the garden, Kevin in the kitchen, Richard up a mountain somewhere and me talking about life as a Scottish hotelier. Just enter your email address here highlandhotelblog.com and receive all the latest stories, menus and ramblings at The Torridon. Rest assured it is very easy to unsubscribe again if you change your mind.

Prawn to be wild: Learn how to cook fresh West Coast shellfish

Shellfish, lovely to eat but tricky to cook? Relax. Here’s a great opportunity to learn to prepare cook some of the world’s best loved shellfish with Kevin John Broome and his chefs at The Torridon. Our new shellfish cookery class is for everyone who shares a passion for food and wants to glean a few professional kitchen secrets. As well as showing you how to cook and prepare fresh Scottish seafood, we will teach you how to make up a salad and dressing accompaniments to the shellfish and how to bake fresh breads - all in a fun packed environment without the head chef screaming abuse at you! This is a hands-on opportunity not to be missed, leaving you with the confidence to go and create your own seafood delights.

The course runs Saturday mornings through out the summer. Start with welcome coffee, followed by a two hour cookery session and then eat what you cook for lunch with a glass of wine.

All inclusive price of £60.00 per person with maximum of 6 people per session. Join Kevin now for a great experience. Phone 01445 712253

June Scorcher - extended into July

With this great weather why not take advantage of a short break away to the Highlands and enjoy the peace and tranquility of Torridon. Enjoy a walk around one of the many lochs in the area, enjoy climbing one of the many munro mountains or perhaps just relax in our sumptious drawing room. Enjoy complimentary afternoon tea on arrival to start your break away.The first five rooms to book and quote July newsletter will receive a complimetary 1/2 bottle of Louis Roederer champagne. Rates start from £270.00 per room, per night based on dinner, bed and breakfast. This is a minimum booking of 2 nights stay.

Torridon Activities

This year's kayaking has gone off with a bang with a record number of Otter sightings. They have been seen in Loch Torridon, Loch Shieldaig and Loch Diabaig, some merely brief sightings, however a couple when the Otters have stayed around to play which simply can't be beaten as an experience. Following on with the kayaking the instructors have been busy working on their tans, taking people out as well as running an introduction to sea kayaking course where they not only discovered but also paddled into a sea cave about 80m deep and about 60m high which was just unbelievable.

The summer is here and the instructors can’t wait to slap on some more of that sun cream and share with you the very unique views of sitting in one of our kayaks and seeing Torridon from a very different angle.

The Torridon kitchen garden

Things are buzzing in Torridon kitchen garden and regular updates can be found on the hotels blog pages. A warm spell as seen quite an increase of insect life with a variety of butterflies, peacock, orange tip, and painted lady seen in the garden. The early planted broad beans have flowers and the bi-coloured flowers of the purple podded peas are beginning to show along with some huge flowers on our tree paeonies. Bumblebees and honey bees have been in the national and international news almost as much as our wayward politicians but without the success of these important creatures, I mean the bees, we would not have reliable food production. Excitingly I saw a wild black bee
on the raspberry flowers yesterday and these insects are being looked at to re-invigorate and save the work of the nations bee keepers, fortunately as with most things in this far north west corner of Scotland, honey bees are free of the viroa mite which is causing havoc to bee hives elsewhere. So hopes are high for their continued health.