03-01-2025 New TV Adventure Show /Sleddogs
A new and exciting sports/outdoor adventure programme is to be aired next month on STV .The presenter is one of the country's top sports journalists Gerry MaCulloch. The program will be on prime time TV.The Cairngorm Sleddog Centre will start filming mid January.A team of 12 sleddogs will take Gerry into some of the remote Cairngorms..never seen before on TV this time of year it can be very harsh and unforgiving.Gerry will be part of a remote training trip with Scotlands only mid distance sleddog racing team.
The journey will start from the Cairngorm Sleddog Centre in Aviemore and will stay over night in the highest village in Scotland Tomintoul. The Gordon Arms is one of the Highlands traditional and friendly hotels. Next day on our way out of Tomintoul.. its a visit to The Whisky Castle one of the oldest Whisky shops in Scotland.They then make there way over the ski resort ..then decend towards Strathdon.
From a secret location they will then hook up the team and travel deep into the remote Cairngorm.As this is a training trip they will be using the centres sponsored ATVs..the main team will be hooked up to a Kawasaki Mule which will also carry everything which is needed for such a trip,another Kawasaki ATV 750cc will be used for camera work.
Alan has hand picked his team to help him on this venture..Roger Blackburn /Diving Supt:who was Alans main handler in the Alpen Trail in 2005/6 Alan has been a member of Rogers dive team for 15years. Bill (a "Stig" character) he is the teams outdoor specialist and navigator..ex SAS and winter mountain specialist will work with Alan & his dogs to find a safe route to there planed overnight camp...bill(Stig) only speaks to Alan ..no one else..it puts the presenter Iam sure on edge!
The dogs will be made up of the CSC best K9s. Two leaders are Chagall(2x Alpen Trail winner/Heini Winter ) & 2 Steps(twice Iditarod finisher/Doug Swingley ) ..Blondie &Lidle, Heidi & Budweiser Spot & Slioch, Kid & Dingo (Iditarod finisher) ,Culter,Rowdy.. This is the first time the UK has ever have seen Alaskan Huskys working.. The dogs are from some of the best working sleddog lines known within the sport..no UK bloodlines. Those are the only "daily professional working" sleddogs in the UK.The Cairngorm Centre has 36 sleddogs in total.
The venture is also covering top hotels & local tourist areas. Many thanks to our backers Scotlands leading Landrover specalist /Macrae & Dick ( Inverness) who are supplying The Land Rover 90s Mountain Hardwear/Buff/ Kawasaki UK/Eukanuba/Gordon Hotel/The Whisky Castle/Spey Valley Hire/SSF. You can follow the adventure on the leading North of Scotlands website www.greaterspeyside.com.
