Celtic Songs and Story Telling at Beautiful Loch Ossian Youth Hostel

We have put together a charming weekend of Celtic story-telling and songs, focussing on the Ossian legend, with professional story tellers Essie Stewart and Claire Hewitt in the beautiful setting of Loch Ossian Youth Hostel, from 28 – 30 September 2012.

The legendary figure of Ossian was a bard – an inspirational poet, singer and artist, and this weekend is an opportunity to enjoy these stories beside Loch Ossian, with quiet reflective time, creating your own stories and maps using journals or painting or taking walks.  SYHA Hostelling Scotland’s traditionally-styled Eco-Hostel on Rannoch Moor is perfectly located to explore this remote wilderness and is ideal walking country with plenty of low and high level routes. For that away from it all feel access to the hostel is by foot only, although Britain’s most remote train station, Corrour is only 1 mile away on the Glasgow to Fort William line.

The featured story tellers on the weekend are Essie Stewart who is a Gaelic storyteller with a strong grounding in Gaelic and Traveller tradition and Claire Hewitt who has always looked to travelling and tribal people of the Earth for inspiration, and it is their tales, myths, and legends she tells, interwoven with song and music from her Celtic harp, drums, cow horns, singing bowls and bells.

Prices for the weekend are £120.00 per person, which includes dormitory accommodation, story walks, and evening stories and songs round the fire.

For more information and bookings contact Jan on 01397 732207 or e-mail loch.ossian@syha.org.uk