Fairy houses bring magic back to glen
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INTRICATELY carved fairies — and their homes — have been replaced and glued down at a small garden setting in the Fairy Glen on the Black Isle thanks to a sterling community effort.
Locals rallied round to fundraise for the new ornaments after several, including a toadstool and a pink boot fairy home, went missing.
The fairy area was created by eight-year-old Georgie Mackay on a stretch of land owned by her local farm owning grandfather, Douglas Ian Mackay QC, just below the Fairy Glen in Rosemarkie. The atmospheric walk is a magnet for visitors and local alike.
The Avoch Primary School pupil’s mother Julie Mackay reported the "nasty" burglary on a community Facebook page prompting a run of comments – including some which suggested the culprits may have a problem with the natural area being studded with colourful wooden toy fairy houses.
However, the effort to replace the items was considered a great success despite the dissident tone.
Mrs Mackay (48), of High Street, Rosemarkie, said: "We replaced the pink boot with the money that had been collected by the Panacea shop in Rosemarkie, which was around £20. The shop owner Cornelia Hughes gave them to us at cost price and she also donated the wobbly-roofed house.
"Cornelia is seen by the children as the white witch of the Fairy Glen as she makes "get well" lotions and potions and sells fairy dust and crystals in her shop and she dresses up at Halloween looking quite the part. And our local posties Wilma Stewart and Sheila MacDonald donated the watering can fairy house."
She added: "We all went to Fairy Glen and the local children helped to glue them down. The reception has been great. The delight on the children’s faces is magical and we’ve got more fairy houses coming."
