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| Long delays and three-mile tailbacks at Belladrum festival | Long delays and three-mile tailbacks at Belladrum festival |
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| There have been long delays for people trying to get into the Belladrum music festival near Beauly. | |
| People travelling to the event found traffic tailing back more than three miles from the site's entrance. | People travelling to the event found traffic tailing back more than three miles from the site's entrance. |
| For the first time, the annual festival hosted a Thursday night of entertainment. Previously it was a two-day event. | |
| The Proclaimers were due to open the festival. | |
| The Manic Street Preachers will headline on Friday night and Kaiser Chiefs on Saturday. | The Manic Street Preachers will headline on Friday night and Kaiser Chiefs on Saturday. |
| About 15,000 people are expected to attend the festival. | About 15,000 people are expected to attend the festival. |
| Long queues to get in occurred throughout the day, but some of the longest were reported on Thursday evening. | Long queues to get in occurred throughout the day, but some of the longest were reported on Thursday evening. |
| Police motorcyclists with blue lights flashing rode up and down the three-mile line of cars, vans and campervans headed for the festival's car park. | Police motorcyclists with blue lights flashing rode up and down the three-mile line of cars, vans and campervans headed for the festival's car park. |
| Music fans caught up in the tailbacks took to the Belladrum facebook page to complain. | Music fans caught up in the tailbacks took to the Belladrum facebook page to complain. |
| One said: "Turned back for home to Inverness after three hours stuck in traffic." | One said: "Turned back for home to Inverness after three hours stuck in traffic." |
| Another said: "Thursday night has backfired." | Another said: "Thursday night has backfired." |
| This week is seeing one of the busiest times for visitors in the Highlands in recent years. | This week is seeing one of the busiest times for visitors in the Highlands in recent years. |
| As well as Bella, the Black Isle Show - the largest agricultural event in the north of Scotland - was held on Wednesday and Thursday at Muir of Ord not far from Beauly. | As well as Bella, the Black Isle Show - the largest agricultural event in the north of Scotland - was held on Wednesday and Thursday at Muir of Ord not far from Beauly. |
| The World Orienteering Championships are taking place in Nairn and Forres with many of the hundreds of athletes and thousands of spectators staying in and around Inverness. | The World Orienteering Championships are taking place in Nairn and Forres with many of the hundreds of athletes and thousands of spectators staying in and around Inverness. |
| Thousands of people will also be attending the Celebration of the Centuries event at Fort George near Ardersier, on the Moray Firth coast between Inverness and Nairn, on Saturday and Sunday. | Thousands of people will also be attending the Celebration of the Centuries event at Fort George near Ardersier, on the Moray Firth coast between Inverness and Nairn, on Saturday and Sunday. |
| BBC Alba will show three live shows from Belladrum from Thursday to Saturday with the programmes hosted by Gaelic TV presenters Fiona MacKenzie and Niall Iain MacDonald. | BBC Alba will show three live shows from Belladrum from Thursday to Saturday with the programmes hosted by Gaelic TV presenters Fiona MacKenzie and Niall Iain MacDonald. |