Twinning Update

tree or a personal mobility issue or even anxiety may prevent them from coming to us. We are therefore building a volunteer group and welcome all individuals willing to register to help so that we can take a thermos of soup to them, and to check if all is well and ensure that no major help is required.

The Resilience Hubs will be the centre for all communicati ons, and we are working with the Authoriti es to ensure that any messages that can be communicated are shared with the hubs so our volunteers can pass it on and keep the community informed.

While you will have received the booklet “Preparing for Emergencies – A Guide for Residents” we sti ll have some work yet to do and we will provide further updates in The Fountain and on the Community Council’s website,

www.middeesidecommunitycouncil.org/ resilience.

If you have not received a booklet and would like one, they are available in shops across the three villages.

Please prepare, just in case, we just don’t know when events might happen.

from Ruth Emslie

A few months break from the grati fying intensity of the short and successful visit in August from our twinning friends in Marti gnas sur Jalle was all to the good. At the end of October, fully re-energised, we resumed our programme of events with a very well att ended fund raising Quiz Night. It was held in Aboyne Dinnet Church Hall, and members and friends enjoyed the absorbing range of themes and questi ons to puzzle and whisper over before commi� ng to an answer. There was a lot of hilarity too, despite the competi ng teams, and a stovie supper was served during the brain soothing interval, when we also had the chance to throw coins at a bott le and, a number of lucky att endees later went home with a raffl e prize or two.

So, for future fundraising, what’s next? Well, no confi rmed dates at the moment but: we hope to have a stall at Aboyne Academy’s Christmas Fayre in December, before winter is over perhaps a French pancake event or/and a fondue evening, then our highly recommended annual Spring coff ee morning in 2023. All the informati on will soon be appearing on the noti ce board in the top square.

En plus, we are all quite excited that talks for exchanges involving youngsters (adults too) from local rugby and basketball clubs conti nue apace in a very positi ve manner. Some plans are sti ll simmering in various other fi elds of interest too.

Did you know that it was at a FrancoSco� sh internati onal rugby match in France that Aboyne’s twinning ti es with Marti gnas were conceived? Who knew such a beginning would lead to this worthwhile associati on? 11

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