Last minute offer from innerhaven

Don't let the wet weather or the credit crunch get you down - take advantage of our amazing July offers and enjoy a week, or a few days at innerhaven at a price that won't break the bank. With just one week left to fill in July, we're offering you and your friends these last-minute offers:

Offer 1 - 7 nights from 20th - 27th July @ £500 (instead of £600)

Offer 2 - 4 nights between 20th and 27th July @ £300 (instead of £380)

Offer 3 - 3 nights between 20th and 27th July @ £240 (instead of £300)

Remember that innerhaven sleeps 2 to 6 people in luxury, and at these rates, can

make for an extra special break in the Scottish Borders.

With space for 6 people, invite a few friends, have a BBQ, bag a few salmon, or even get in some early season practice on the course - try a round at Cardrona, or throw yourself down some of Scotland's best mountain biking trails!

innerhaven's only a stone's throw from the best that the area has to offer visitors, but with self catering holiday accommodation of such a high calibre, you would be forgiven for just relaxing with a cold beer, kicking back and watching the Leithen water tumbling past our garden. Please quote 'Summer Special' at time of booking.

The Eastgate - w/c 3 July 2008

6 July Film Sunday
Ironman (12A) 2.30pm
Robert Downey Jnr stars as wealthy industrialist Tony Stark who following an ironic accident has to build himself an armoured suit to survive and escape the clutches of terrorists. Tony Stark, a weapons designer, gains new ethics after being captured by terrorists and decides to combat the forces of evil in an armoured suit. But the suit has other advantages and Tony decides to use its technology and make an improved version to fight against evil. This is an action-packed blockbuster with outstanding special effects and great watchability that will have you on the edge of your seat. This is a film for fans of Spiderman and other superhero flicks. Heroes aren't Born. They're Built!

Leatherheads (PG) 7.30pm
Directed by and starring George Clooney this romantic comedy is set in the 1920's. Owner of a American Football team Jimmy ‘Dodge’ Connelly faces a dilemma when the new recruit he hires falls in love with his own fiancée. With its screwball comedy approach to how football changed from a no-holds-barred sport to one with strict rules...

9 July Wednesday 7.30pm
Music
Anna Massie Band
A fiddle, mandolin and tenor banjo player, who also excels in flatpicking on the guitar, Anna is joined by guitarist/vocalist Jenn Butterworth and accordionist and border piper Mairearad Green. The band were named Best Folk Band at the 2006 Scots Trad Music Awards, and their energetic performances are winning them a growing fan base.

11 July Friday 7.30pm
Clairvoyant
Jenny Docherty
Jenny Docherty is a medium with a large and devoted following. Priding herself on her amazing accuracy, Jenny gives exact names of people, places, streets, relationships and occupations. Add some charisma and a touch of humour, and audiences are guaranteed to leave feeling good.

UK's First Womens Only Freeride Event: 4th and 5th October 2008

innerhaven wants Tweed Valley visitors to know all about a two day ladies mountainbike freeride event. With top level coaching and mtb displays on Saturday, there's a BBQ on the Sunday, and a fun competition for everyone to show off their newly honed freeride skills to a panel of judges - with plenty of prizes for entrants. This will all take place at Glentress Freeride Park and should be a really fun weekend with the chance to meet other budding female riders as well as learn new skills and challenge yourselves too.

There's a flyer with information, and entry forms will shortly be available from www.downhiller.co.uk or by contacting organiser Lynne Aitchison (aitchylynne@yahoo.co.uk).

If looking for accommodation during the event, just visit www.innerhaven.co.uk and quote "freeride" when making a booking enquiry to receive your discounted stay with us.

The Eastgate - w/c 26 June 2008

FRI 27 June 7.30pm
Julie Ellison
Music
Acoustyistics Ltd
A unique mix of acoustic guitar instrumentals and original songs that challenge the 'girl with guitar' stereotype. Fans of anyone from Bert Jansch to Joni Mitchell will find shades of what they like here. The swift, tight finger picking that entwines with the dark tones and an emotional edge, superb.

SAT 28 June 2.00pm
Acapella Singing Group
Workshop
With their wealth of professional teaching and training experience, as well as their musical expertise, Craig; Morgan; Robson make ideal workshop leaders for adults and youngsters alike. Their Workshops are always accessible, informative, inspiring and fun!

SAT 28 June 7.30pm
Acapella Singing Group
Music
Together, Craig; Morgan; Robson bring a new dimension to the art of a-capella singing. They weave beguiling harmonies around material from the British tradition and beyond with "an effortless range and variety unheard in folk music for many years" (Folk London). Fresh from their success in the Studio!

MON 30 June Daily until 31st July
BLACKIE AND PORTER
Exhibition
An exhibition of pictures by two local emerging photographers – Ian Porter and Andrew Blackie. Their work covers everything from landscapes to mountain-biking, and utilises styles both modern and traditional. Framed pictures in monochrome and colour will be available for purchase. Come along and be stunned by his fabulous images and compositions... "the camera isn’t as important as the eye behind it"
FREE

WED 2 JULY 7.30pm
Music
CANDIDO FABRE
SALSA OVERLOAD!! Candido Fabre is one of Cuba's leading musicians and one of the most versatile and ingenious soneros of Latin America, combining the phrasing and fire of a great salsa vocalist with the charisma and authenticity of a true artist. He and his 11-piece band have an amazing capacity to draw the audience into Salsa, Charanga, Bolero, Cha-cha and other Cuban rhythms.

www.eastgatearts.com

The Eastgate - w/c 18 June 2008

Friday 20th June 7.30pm
Music
The Beggar Girls and Fanattica!
A night of accoustic folk, gypsy and balkan frolics with The Beggar Girls and Fanattica!
The Beggar Girls are a four piece all female band from the borders, playing French, English, East European and original songs and tunes, incorporating four part harmonies with beautiful, sometimes haunting melodies on fiddle, accordion, viola, drums, whistle and voices.
Fanattica are a five piece band playing songs of Krakow cross-dressing,Greek forbidden times, chinese martial arts, baltic sea sailors, tangos and balalaikas mingle with sensitive songs about polish supermarkets.Come and dance to "The Dashing White Cossack" in their ceilidh set.

Saturday 21 June 7.30pm
Fondoo
Music
Ken Barrett
The most entertaining, sophisticated and surprising mix of music in Peebles! Fondoo strive to bring you a heady combination of the chic and the cool, but always ‘in the groove’ See if the performers you voted for have been invited back to play a reprise. Check out: www.fondoo.eu

Sunday 22 June 7.30pm
Fred MacAulay
Comedy
The Daddy of comedians on the Scottish comedy circuit, a legend, star of television, radio and stage... don’t miss your chance to come and see this master at work, returning to The Eastgate for another fantastic show. Only a few seats left...

Friday 27 June 7.30pm
Julie Ellison
Music
Acoustyistics Ltd
A unique mix of acoustic guitar instrumentals and original songs that challenge the 'girl with guitar' stereotype. Fans of anyone from Bert Jansch to Joni Mitchell will find shades of what they like here. The swift, tight finger picking that entwines with the dark tones and an emotional edge, superb.

Tontine Hotel June Offer

Stay in the centre of Peebles at the Tontine Hotel this month for 2 nights (Sunday - Thursday) for only £99 per person for bed and breakfast, and dinner on the first night. Offer price based on 2 people sharing a twin or double room.

The Eastgate - w/c 12 June 2008

Thursday 12 June 6pm
Kingsland Outreach
Children
Mandy Durkin
Yet again Eastgate Schools Outreach Worker Mandy Durkin has sprinkled her magic drama dust and produced a show…this time with P4 pupils of Kingsland and aptly titled "A Very Strange Day" This production has been generously funded by Friends of the Eastgate.

Friday 13 June 8pm
Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Show
Adult Comedy
Afficionados of Youtube will be delighted to see the Eastgate dipping its toe into the insole of comedic genre with the Sock Show. Sidesplittingly funny! Stars of BBC Scotland “Chewing The Fat” where they spoke gaelic to hilarious effect! Making their touring debut, the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre come to Peebles with their hour-long laugh a minute stage show. Be warned, this show isn’t a kids puppet show, it contains adult humour. Early booking advised.

Saturday 14 June 7.30pm
Mad About the Musicals
Music
Karen Ludmer
A whistle stop tour of some of your favourite musicals: ‘Chicago’, ‘Les Miserables’, ‘Phantom Of The Opera’, ‘Miss Saigon’, ‘Sunset Boulevard’, ‘Grease’, songs from shows such as ‘The Blues Brothers’, ‘Annie Get Your Gun’ and ‘West Side Story’ are funny enough to warrant a show of their own.

Friday 20th June - 7.30pm
Music
Fanattica! & The Beggar Girls
A night of accoustic folk, gypsy and balkan frolics with The Beggar Girls and Fanattica!
The Beggar Girls are a four piece all female band from the borders, playing French, English, East European and original songs and tunes, incorporating four part harmonies with beautiful, sometimes haunting melodies on fiddle, accordion, viola, drums, whistle and voices.
Fanattica are a five piece band playing songs of Krakow cross-dressing, Greek forbidden times, chinese martial arts, baltic sea sailors, tangos and balalaikas mingle with sensitive songs about Polish supermarkets. Come and dance to "The Dashing White Cossack" in their ceilidh set.

Last Minute Break This Weekend

Last Minute Break at innerhaven: 2 or 3 nights this weekend (6th-9th June).

Stay for just £180 (2 nights) or £250 (3 nights) - innerhaven’s the ideal place for up to 6 bikers to enjoy not just the 7Stanes trails, but the miles and miles of natural singletrack all around the house.

Read more on the website.

innerhaven's got happy guests... and happy owners!

Starting any new business venture's going to be both daunting and exciting, and setting up brand new self catering holiday accommodation – innerhaven - in the Tweed Valley was no exception for owners Andy and Aneela McKenna.

The Tweed Valley is heaving with great things for visitors to see and do, and with the boom in 7Stanes mountain bike tourism – many are quick to speculate (over a pint or two in the pub) that setting up holiday accommodation in Innerleithen is a sure-fire recipe for success.

Our goals are much more modest – to play a part in making visits to the Tweed Valley as memorable as possible for our guests, and of course to encourage them back again!

But from the feedback we've been receiving from our first guests, our lager drinking pundits may not be too far off the mark! With comments ranging from "A1 accommodation" to "excellent hosts" we couldn't be happier with the way things are shaping up, and are looking forward to the season ahead.

The Eastgate - w/c 5 June 2008

Thursday 5 June 7.30pm
Ewan Wilkinson & Sandy Brechin
Music
Brechin All Records
Together Ewan and Sandy play a mixture of Scottish, Irish and English traditional songs and tunes, together with contemporary folk songs, and original compositions. "As well as originals they play exquisitely through centuries-old songs, all of which are liable to be hummed on the way home. 4/5" Three Weeks Magazine

Friday 6 June 7.30pm
Rotary Club Casino Night
Show
Forget Monte Carlo, for one night only the casino travless to Peebles courtesy of the Roary Club! A fundraiser aimed at taking the shirt off your back…or maybe not! Fun for everyone and no-one a loser, come and try your luck on the roulette wheel or on the turn of a card!

FILM SUNDAY
Sunday 8 June 2.30pm
Son of Rambo (12A)
A coming of age comedy set in the 1980s. Two young English boys watch the classic “Rambo: First Blood” and decide to make a Rambo movie of their own. Will is the eldest son in a family with a strict moral and ethical view; they are goody two shoes types. Raised in the Plymouth Brethren, ten year-old Will has never seen television, heard pop music, or seen a movie. His life changes when he falls under the influence of Carter, the school misfit, who runs a sideline in bizarre pirate videos, and is using his video camera to make a film of his own. When Will sees Rambo, his imagination takes flight. Son of Rambo is required viewing. The biggest British comedy of the year. The kids are ace and the film will prompt bogey-flicking chuckles. Packed with great 80s tunes and synchronized dancing scenes.

Sunday 8 June 7.30pm
Happy Go Lucky (15)
Mike Leigh returns to delight us yet again with another classic film that has a distinctly ‘British’ feel to it. The film based on improvisational drama comedy style starring Sally Hawkins as Poppy a happy-go-lucky, irrepressibly cheerful primary school teacher in contemporary North London who lives life to the full. Even when her bicycle, which she so happily rides through the busy streets of London is stolen, her first thought is only: ‘I didn’t even get a chance to say goodbye. She has great friends, a job she loves and a full life. The movie watches her confront the harsh realities of life and deal with them head-on, never losing her sense of humour.

Wednesday 11 June 7.30pm
Giveway
Music
Firefly Productions
Giveway are Maire, Fiona, Kirsty and Amy... 4 talented siblings, GiveWay are 'underway' with 2 x USA tours and major festival appearances across Europe in 2007. A 3rd album is due for recording in the Spring of 2008, these girls are stunning in appearance and musical talent.

Thursday 12 June 6pm
Kingsland Outreach
Children
Mandy Durkin
Yet again Eastgate Schools Outreach Worker Mandy Durkin has sprinkled her magic drama dust and produced a show...this time with P4 pupils of Kingsland and aptly titled "A Very Strange Day" This production has been generously funded by Friends of the Eastgate.

Friday 13 June
Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Show
Adult Comedy
Afficionados of Youtube and Chewing The Fat will be delighted to see the Eastgate dipping its toe into the insole of comedic genre with the Sock Show. Hilarious! Making their touring debut, the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre come to Peebles with their hour-long laugh a minute stage show. Check them out on Youtube. Early booking advised. CONTAINS ADULT HUMOUR