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20-26 March 2020

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Discover what’s on your doorstep

Arbroath Signal Tower Museum

Barry Mill

Mostrose Basin Visitor Centre My Angus is an exciting new event for the people of Angus. It’s a great opportunity to get out discover what’s on your own doorstep. Businesses, venues and attractions across Angus have created a variety of special offers and events for this week only. Check out the programme below and plan where you are going to visit! Full programme information, including terms and booking requirements, can be viewed at www.visitangus.com/myangus.

20 - 26 March, 11am - 3pm 20 - 26 March, 12 noon - 6pm Castle (open to 8pm on 21, 23, 25 & 26 March) £10.50 Angus Creative Minds, Visit this stunning castle and 1-3 St James Road, gardens, childhood home of the FREE Queen Mother and legendary ‘My Creative Angus’ – An exhibition setting of Shakespeare’s ‘’. of visual arts, creative writing and To book, email photography and more. [email protected] 20 - 26 March, 3 - 6pm 20 - 26 March (excl. 23 & 24), Angus Creative Minds, 10am - 4pm 1-3 St James Road, Forfar Murton Farm, Tearoom and FREE Nature Reserve, Road, A Creative Slice - A 3D art work, Forfar representing the landforms of Angus £3.50 from the coast to the mountains, for everyone to add to using the range Murton has a 120 acre reserve, of creative materials available. visitor farm and tearoom serving Under 16’s must be accompanied by light lunches and delicious home an adult. baking. Enjoy free child entry to the farm with every adult ticket purchased.

2 20 - 26 March 20 - 26 March Lunan Leisure Ltd, Lunan Bay ANGUSalive Sports Centres Enjoy a 10% discount on any across Angus reservations plus a 10% discount on Take part in a gym session or enjoy food and non-alcoholic drinks at a dip in the pool for £1. Lunan House Bar & Dining Room as well as Lunan Bay Diner. For more information, including how to book, visit To book accommodation visit www.angusalive.scot/whats-on www.lunanbaystays.scot, add voucher code local10. Alternatively call 07939 076224 or [email protected] 20 - 26 March Golf Club 20 - 26 March, 10.30am - 5.30pm My Angus offer - play a round of golf for only £15. Non-golfers can enjoy Montrose Basin Visitor Centre cake and coffee for only £3.75. £4.50 Booking is advisable for golf. Enjoy ‘2 for 1’ entry to the visitor To book, call 01575 573317 and select centre and a complimentary hot drink option 1 for golf, and option 2 for the whilst you enjoy stunning panoramic clubhouse. views across the reserve, as well as information about all the species and habitats that can be found here. 20 - 26 March (excl. 22, 23, 24 & 25) Gateway to the Glens Museum, Kirriemuir FREE The post office makes its stamp exhibition - take a look back at Kirrie’s postal history from the Post Office in the Town House to the Glens Post Bus.

Lunan Bay Diner 20 - 26 March (excl. 22, 23, 24 & 25) Montrose Museum FREE 150 years of lighting up Scurdie Ness - Find out more about the history of the Scurdie Ness Lighthouse, built by David and Thomas Stevenson and first lit on 1 March 1870. Montrose Basin

3 Newton Farm

20 - 26 March (excl. 22, 23, 24 & 25) 20 - 26 March Townhouse Museum Newton Farm Holidays, Forfar FREE £5 adults/£2.50 children The Land and the Sea – See an During My Angus, enjoy a series of exhibition by graduate Kirstie special activities: Behrens’ consisting of two time - Lamb bottle feeding: 8.30pm daily. based projects ‘The Land’ and ‘The - Meet the alpacas: 3pm Friday - Sea’. Sunday, 5pm Monday - Thursday. - Feeding frenzy: 4pm daily. 20 - 26 March (excl. 21 & 22), - Kid goat experience: 2pm Friday - 12 noon - 7pm Sunday, 6pm Monday - Thursday. Glen Clova Hotel Booking is essential due to limited My Angus offer - enjoy a free spaces. Please message via facebook dessert with every main course (Newton Farm Holidays) or book online at purchased. www.newtonfarmholidays.co.uk To book, call 01575 550350 or email [email protected]

4 20 - 26 March (excl. 22 & 23), 21 - 23 March, 11am - 4pm 10am - 5pm Camera Obscura, Kirriemuir Letham Craft Shop FREE My Angus offer - enjoy 20% off all Enjoy complimentary access to the non-sale items during the week. camera, and free home baking with every hot drink purchased. 20 & 21 March, 10am - 4pm ANGUSalive Museums 21 - 26 March, 11am - 3pm FREE Tayside Police Museum, Visit one of our ANGUSalive Kirriemuir museums on Friday 20 or Saturday FREE 21 March to pick up a free goodie Enjoy a guided tour of the museum bag when you tell us about your visit to find out more about the history of by completing an ANGUSalive policing in the Tayside area from comment card. Offer available to the 1815. first 10 visitors to complete a comment card. Booking only required for groups of 6 or more, call 07746 009985.

21 March, 11am Arbroath Signal Tower Museum 21 - 26 March (excl. 22, 23, 24 & 25) FREE Montrose Museum Enjoy a free guided tour to find out FREE some of the weird and wonderful Thread Addiction - Montrose stories behind the items on display Embroiderers’ Guild invites you to and the building itself. take a fresh look at stitch and textile art and the range of different For more information, including techniques. how to book, visit www.angusalive.scot/whats-on

Camera Obscura, Kirriemuir Montrose Museum

5 20 & 21 March, 9am & 11am 20 - 22 March, 11am - 1pm or 4 - 6pm WeeCOOK Kitchen, MoR Beers, Kellas £10 adults/£5 children £10 per person Adult and children pie making Enjoy a brewery tour at a soft classes - Adult classes on Friday 20, launch, before the brewery opens to and children on Saturday 21. the public later in the year. See the Booking is essential. ingredients and equipment used to brew each beer, finishing with a To book, call 01382 533671. tasting in the taproom. Tours will last 30-45 minutes, with 10 20, 24 & 25 March, 10am - 2pm spaces available on each tour. Arbroath Men’s Shed, Angus residents will also be able to Dens Road, Arbroath purchase a gift set of bottled beers Visit the Arbroath Men’s Shed open with a 20% discount. house where visitors of all ages can To book, email [email protected] with see the workings of the Men’s Shed the subject heading My Angus. and what they are currently making. Booking is not required. 20 - 22 March, Fri 4pm, Sat & Sun 11 & 2pm Ogilvy Spirits, Glamis £13.50 Take a tour of the visitor centre and distillery where you can experience a true ground to glass ideology. Angus residents can enjoy a 10% discount during My Angus. To book, email [email protected] Ogilvy Spirits, Glamis 20 - 22 March, 5 - 9pm Andreous Bistro, Arbroath £16 per person Visit Andreous during their Greek Cypriot Meze Weekend to enjoy a dessert of your choice on the house, with each Meze purchased. To book, call 01241 230240.

WeeCOOK Kitchen, Carnoustie

6 Crombie Country Park

20 & 21 March, 22 - 26 March, 12.30 - 4pm Fri 10am - 6pm, Sat 11am - 4pm El Tajin, Montrose The Hub at £24 per person Enjoy one free hot drink per Join El Tajin during My Angus to customer, and one free ice cream sample their 6 course tasting menu - per child as well as £1 admission to a savoury tour of the delicious their bouncy castle sessions. Bouncy regional recipes from all over castle sessions will be held from 12 Mexico. noon - 4pm both days. To book, visit www.eltajin.co.uk/book-now 22 March, 10am - 12 noon & 1 - 3pm

Crombie Country Park 23 March, 10am - 12 noon £3 adults/£1 concessions Black’s of Brechin Join the Outdoor Activity Instructor FREE at the scenic park to learn the basics of orienteering and navigation on Come along to a cake and coffee woodland trails morning to see a showcase of products and get access to special For more information, including offers, only available on the day. how to book, visit www.angusalive.scot/whats-on

7 Caledonian Railway, Brechin

8 23 March, 10am - 4pm 24 & 25 March, 2pm Carnoustie Library Caledonian Railway, Brechin FREE £15 per person + booking fee Join Angus Archives at Carnoustie Experience afternoon tea served on Library to see their pop up of the board a heritage railway carriage at amazing collections which relate to Brechin Station! As a special bonus, Carnoustie. some of the station buildings will be open and you can hear a brief history of the station and the railway. 23 March, 3pm Webster Memorial Theatre, To book, visit www.ticketsource.co.uk/the-whistle- Arbroath stop/e-lrpjro FREE Enjoy a guided backstage theatre 25 March, 2pm tour followed by a cuppa and Q&A. Montrose Bay Wildlife Walk For more information, including how to book, visit FREE www.angusalive.scot/whats-on Join Wild Angus on a guided walk to Scurdie Ness lighthouse to hear about the , Montrose 23 & 24 March, 5.30 - 7.30pm Bay and whales and dolphins found Barry Mill, Carnoustie along the Angus coast. £4, children under 18 go free To book, email [email protected] Barry Mill is a historic and natural visitor attraction boasting a 25 March, 2 - 3.30pm traditional water-powered corn mill, as well as stunning burnside walks. Hospitalfield House, Arbroath Enjoy a special evening tour, half £9 (‘2 for 1’ for Angus residents) price for Angus residents. Visit Hospitalfield to enjoy learning about the history of this unique and 24 March, 10am - 4pm beautiful Arts & Crafts house full of elaborate carvings and impressive Forfar & District Men’s Shed, works of art before sampling a Orchardbank House - Warehouse, selection of freshly made cakes Orchardbank Industrial Park, served with tea or coffee. Forfar To book, visit Come along to the open day to see https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/my- the ‘new shed’ which the group angus-discover-whats-on-your-doorstep-h have recently renovated and ospitalfield-tickets-90608178501. completed. Have a cuppy and a chat and find out how to get involved.

9 25 & 26 March, 7pm 25 - 28 March, 7.30pm , Montrose Forfar Dramatic Society £10 per person Come and see the hilarious comedy Take an evening tour of the property show ‘Inspector Drake and the Black and find out the stories of the Widow’ by David Tristam. Erskine family, see the unusual There will be five ‘2 for 1’ tickets collection of family artefacts and find available for each performance, first out how people used to live. come first served. These will only be To book, visit available to purchase online. www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/house-of- To book, visit dun/events. www.ticketsource.co.uk/forfardramatic.

House of Dun, Montrose

10 26 March, 10am - 4pm Forfar Library FREE Join Angus Archives at Forfar Library to see their pop up of the amazing collections which relate to Forfar.

26 March, 10.30am - 12 noon Loch of Kinnordy, Kirriemuir

FREE Masterchef’s Community Cafe Join the RSPB on a guided walk to find out the history of the loch, hear 26 March, 12 noon - 1.30pm about the wildlife living there and Masterchef’s Community Café, why it is such an important place Montrose Road, Forfar within the landscape. FREE To book, email [email protected] The Communities Team within Angus Council provide a free service for anyone to access, with a variety of provision including adult learning, family learning, employability and help with digital needs. Come along and see what the Communities team can offer and enjoy some freshly prepared lunch and a chat.

Loch of Kinnordy, courtesy of RSPB

Share your experiences! While you are out and about, capture your experiences and share them with us on social media, using #MyAngus. We can’t wait to see where you’ve been!

11 We hope you enjoy the My Angus event, and make some exciting discoveries about just what can be found on your doorstep. To help you make the most of the week, use the checklist below to mark off the places you’d like to visit the most and keep track of where you have been.

Across Angus Forfar Library (p11) ANGUSalive Museums (p5) Letham Craft Shop (p5) ANGUSalive Sports Centres (p3) Masterchef’s Community Café (p11) Across Glens Men’s Shed (p9) Glen Clova Hotel (p4) Murton Farm (p2) Newton Farm (p4) Arbroath Andreous Bistro (p6) Glamis Hospitalfield House (p9) (p2) Lunan Leisure (p3) Ogilvy Visitor Centre (p6) Men’s Shed (p6) Kirriemuir Signal Tower Museum (p5) Camera Obscura (p5) The Hub at Friockheim (p7) Gateway to the Glens Museum (p3) Webster Memorial Theatre (p9) Kirriemuir Golf Club (p3) Brechin Loch of Kinnordy Guided Walk (p11) Black’s of Brechin (p7) Tayside Police Museum (p5) Caledonian Railway (p9) Monifieth Townhouse Museum (p4) Crombie Country Park (p7) Carnoustie MoR Beers (p6) Barry Mill (p9) Montrose Carnoustie Library (p9) El Tajin (p7) WeeCOOK Kitchen (p6) House of Dun (p10) Forfar Montrose Basin Visitor Centre (p3) Angus Creative Minds (p2) Montrose Bay Wildlife Walk (p9) Forfar Dramatic Society (p10) Montrose Museum (p3 & 5)

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