The Loft Glamping & Camping

29/10/2026

🥂 A quick note for Friday night! 🎸
The Tom McRae gig is BYOB, so feel free to bring your own drinks along and settle in for a brilliant night of live music at The Loft!

20/10/2026

🎸 TOM McRAE – LIVE AT THE LOFT!

📅 Friday 30 October

One of Britain’s finest singer-songwriters, Tom McRae brings his intimate solo show to The Loft for an evening of brilliant songs, guitar and storytelling.

Expect musical magic in one of Moray’s best live music venues!

🎟️ Tickets £22 – grab yours before they’re gone!

👉 https://www.beyondhighlands.com/events/2026-10-30-tom-mcrae-the-loft



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Tom McRae at The Loft, Forres

25/08/2026

A fabulous selection of events Findhorn Bay Arts 2026 Festival.
https://findhornbayfestival.com/whats-on
Download the full events listing here.

What’s On Want to discover our events offline? PDF | 6MB First Shows Announced We are delighted to announce the first shows in our programme for the 2026 festival. Exploring Irish connections, we bring together artists from both sides of the Irish sea to perform, create and delight audiences. Our ...

24/08/2026

Pieces of history. Discovering what is beneath your feet. Beautiful Culbin has a history. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1B4XAcqgpJ/

🌾 On the Moray coast there is a desert. Beneath it lies a farming estate that fed hundreds of people, and it was buried alive in a matter of days.

The Barony of Culbin sat on the flat fertile ground between Nairn and Findhorn. It was good land, some of the best in the north, with a mansion house, orchards, gardens, farm towns and a whole community of tenants working it. The Kinnairds had held it since the 1300s.

The sand had been creeping for years before the end came. The dunes along that shore were held in place by marram grass, and the marram had been pulled for generations to thatch roofs and twist into rope, until the dunes had almost nothing binding them. Then, in the autumn of 1694, a great storm came in off the Moray Firth and drove the loosened sand inland in a wall.

It buried the fields. It buried the orchards. It buried the farm buildings and then the mansion house itself. People fled with what they could carry and did not come back, and in a very short time the entire barony was gone. Alexander Kinnaird petitioned Parliament in 1695 asking to be relieved of his taxes, because there was no longer any estate left to tax.

For two hundred years afterwards it was a wasteland of shifting dunes, and every so often the wind would scour down and expose a wall head, a chimney, a doorway, and then cover it over again. Local people spoke of it as a place under a curse.

From the 1920s the Forestry Commission planted it, and today Culbin is one of the largest forested dune systems in Britain, quiet and green and full of birds. Walk it now and you would never guess. 🌲

But under your feet there are d***s and hearths and the boundaries of fields, and the names of the people who worked them are in the parish records still. A whole community, and not one stone of it left standing above the sand.

04/08/2026

Feeling grateful this morning.

Things that make a soggy morning better....a treat this morning from a lovely guest, spreading kindness on a soggy morning. A Swedish bun gift! Enjoyed with my morning coffee ☕️ 🥐❤️🏕 Thank you.

And remembering that without the rain the grass wouldn't grow, the flower wouldn't bloom and we would have no water, so many places are waiting for rain....I'm seeing the beauty in every raindrop.

Sending happy holiday wishes come rain or shine.

Xx

02/08/2026

So happy to have guests sharing their memories :)
Thank you x

31/07/2026

Grateful for visits and visitors sharing their exploring of all the beautiful places they stay in Scotland (and beyond).
Happy travels to enjoy the rest of your NC500 adventure!
Thanks for sharing and thank you for visiting our little place whilst on your tour. X
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dbd2pnWRpbN/?igsh=aHRuaWc3OGwyeThy

24/07/2026

The gogeous Moray Coast starting in cinemas near you!

The Odyssey!

Follow the trail, visit the sites.....

Details of The Odyssey trail and location details can be found on The Moray Council website https://www.moray.gov.uk/business/moray-film-liaison-service/the-odyssey-in-north-east-scotland/



I'll be heading off to the cinema on my next day off, at 3 hours long it will take some time!

https://youtu.be/AyIZ9tiiN8I?is=D0iyRr0Z-k8MqDAg

The Odyssey

Have you seen it yet? What did you think?

I'm already location spotting in the trailer! :)

16/07/2026

📢 We're still looking for a Campsite Assistant to join our team!

The Loft is looking for a friendly, enthusiastic and hardworking Campsite Assistant to join our team for the remainder of the summer season (immediate start until September).

We're looking for someone who enjoys working outdoors, takes pride in keeping our site clean and well-presented, and is happy to get stuck into whatever needs doing to help our glamping and camping site run smoothly.

Duties include:
- Cleaning toilets and shower facilities
- Cleaning glamping cabins and making beds
- Maintaining hot tubs, including filling, lighting before guest arrivals, cleaning, and preparing them for the next guests
- Putting out fire pits and bags of wood for campers, then collecting them afterwards

We're looking for someone who:
- Is reliable, hardworking and trustworthy
- Enjoys working outdoors in all weather
- Has a positive, can-do attitude
- Is friendly and enjoys talking to customers
- Can work independently as well as part of a small team
- Has an eye for detail and takes pride in their work

Previous experience is helpful but not essential, as full training will be provided.

You must be able to arrive at The Loft ready to start work by 10:00 am. The normal finish time is around 3:00 pm, although on busy changeover days this may be a little later (around 4:00 pm).

If you're looking for a varied summer job in a beautiful countryside setting and don't mind getting your hands dirty, we'd love to hear from you!

To apply, send us an email to [email protected] telling us a little about yourself, any relevant experience you have, and why you'd like to join our team.

Please share this post with anyone who might be interested! 🌿

07/07/2026

Campsite Assistant – Summer Seasonal Position (Immediate Start – September)

The Loft is looking for a friendly, enthusiastic and hardworking Campsite Assistant to join our team for the remainder of the summer season (immediate start until September).

No two days are the same! We're looking for someone who enjoys working outdoors, takes pride in keeping our site clean and well-presented, and is happy to get stuck into whatever needs doing to help our glamping and camping site run smoothly.

Duties include:
- Cleaning toilets and shower facilities
- Cleaning glamping cabins and making beds
- Maintaining hot tubs, including filling, lighting before guest arrivals, cleaning, and preparing them for the next guests
- Cutting grass, strimming, and weeding gravel areas
- Cleaning windows
- Putting out fire pits and bags of wood for campers, then collecting them afterwards
- Feeding our goats and Highland cows (sometimes with guests)
- Chatting with guests and recommending places to visit in the local area
- Rescuing Gary, our adventurous robot lawn mower, whenever he decides to wander off!
- Carrying out general maintenance and any other tasks needed to keep the site looking its best

We're looking for someone who:
- Is reliable, hardworking and trustworthy
- Enjoys working outdoors in all weather
- Has a positive, can-do attitude
- Is friendly and enjoys talking to customers
- Can work independently as well as part of a small team
- Has an eye for detail and takes pride in their work

Previous experience is helpful but not essential, as full training will be provided.

You must be able to arrive at The Loft ready to start work by 10:00 am. The normal finish time is around 3:00 pm, although on busy changeover days this may be later (around 4:00 pm).

If you're looking for a varied summer job in a beautiful countryside setting and don't mind getting your hands dirty, we'd love to hear from you!

To apply, send us an email to [email protected] telling us a little about yourself, any relevant experience you have and why you'd like to join our team.