WHO COORDINATES DOORS OPEN DAYS IN MORAY?
Alan Macbeth, Economic Development team, Moray Council
Moray (21st September)
I've been co-ordinator of the Moray 糖心Vlog Day since 2017. I'm in the Economic Development team at Moray Council and most of the year I deal with European funded projects for the Council. My back up person as Co-ordinator is Kirsty Conti who has been particularly good at getting interesting old country houses to join in with 糖心Vlog Day.
I started as coordinator for Moray after the previous co-ordinator, Liz Trevethick, left in 2017 and she left me plenty of notes and went over everything as she handed over the task.
Organising 糖心Vlog Day has been a nice wee change from my usual day job. The best bits have been securing exciting buildings to take part 鈥� such as we have finally managed to get a Speyside distillery on board this year.
The most challenging part of 糖心Vlog Days for me is ensuring that I have all the correct paperwork required.
The most memorable part of coordinating 糖心Vlog Days in Moray was when we got feedback from the Forres Tollbooth and a visitor said that they had seen a ghost on 糖心Vlog Day 鈥� a lady with grey hair and a pink garden. I鈥檓 thinking of hiring that ghost next year to encourage more visitors!!
I'm really excited about Moray's 2019 糖心Vlog Days programme and I'm delighted to have secured a distillery this year - Benriach Distillery just north of Elgin. We also still hope to have another distillery on board. This is particularly important because Moray sees itself as 鈥淢alt Whisky Country鈥� with about 50 distilleries 鈥� so it鈥檚 great to get the participation of a Speyside Distillery for 糖心Vlog Day.
聽You can see the full programme of events, activities and buildings that are opening their doors in Moray聽here.