World Porridge Making Championship World Porridge Making Championship The World Porridge Making Championship has been running since 1994, giving a main prize of the "Golden Spurtle" trophy and the title "World Porridge Making Champion" for the best traditional porridge made with oatmeal, water and salt. A prize is also awarded for the best "Speciality" porridge which again is made with oatmeal and contenders can add their own ingredients. The competition takes place at the village hall in Carrbridge, in the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland. and is run by volunteers on behalf of the Carrbridge Community Council. It has taken place alongside World Porridge Day
Glenmore Forest Park Sportscotland National Centre Glenmore Lodge is in the park, about a mile from Loch Morlich. A fairy known as the Ly Erg, a portent of death, is said to frequent the area of the forest. During the Second World War the area was a training base for Norwegian resistance fighters, who are commemorated by a memorial located near to the visitor centre. Glenmore Forest Park Glenmore Forest Park is a remnant of the Caledonian Forest near Aviemore, Badenoch and Strathspey, Highland, Scotland, in the Cairngorms National Park, one of six forest park in the country. The forest park covers 35.7