Festival's youngest fan returns to Belladrum

A baby born after his mum went into labour at the Belladrum music festival has returned to the event one year on.

Kate Redmond's contractions began soon after arriving on the first day of the festival near Beauly last year.

She made it to hospital in Inverness but returned just 18 hours later with new baby Cailean.

They were back again this year along with the rest of the family to soak up the atmosphere once again.

Kate told the BBC last year how she had not expected baby Cailean to arrive as she had been 38 weeks pregnant at the time and her other children - Seumas and Peigi - had come after their due dates.

However, when her contractions started she and husband Darren had to take them to their grandparents and drive to the Raigmore Hospital.

After the baby was born Kate and Cailean returned for parts of the festival but went home at night rather than camping with the rest of the family.

She was able to use the family-friendly festival's quieter areas, including a tent set aside for baby feeding.

Kate said they were hoping it would be a little "less dramatic" this time around.

"We are hoping so," she said. "So far we are off to a good start.

"Last year was all a bit of a blur - it is not until after you kind of think - what did we do?"

Darren added that they were looking forward to enjoying the "very family-orientated event" and meeting up with friends and relaxing.

"That's probably the bit we enjoy the most in terms of like camping with pals and just letting the kids have a bit of a rare time," he said.

"And no more babies," he added.

Festival producer Dougie Brown said the festival was going from "strength to strength".

"We are something for all ages, all generations," he said.

"You have got four or five generations of the same family coming from babes in arms to their parents, grandparents and even great-grandparents."

He said they were delighted to see baby Cailean coming back.

"We always say Bella's the perfect festival for your child's first festival but we didn't quite expect a baby to be a day old and at the festival site," he said.

"But we look forward to catching up with them and many more babies' first festivals in the future."