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barn will welcome you all.

My friend and I took our children there on a Sunday afternoon so they could let off some steam and we could have a catch up.

There is a great system of checking in so that they know who is coming and going and you know your child cannot escape if you take your eye off them (which will happen in this huge play paradise). We were all warmly greeted by the unfailingly friendly staff, checked in and allocated a table - and the kids were off!!!

A much needed tea and latte were the order of the day for us grown ups and we immediately turned our attention to the menu. It's hard to ignore the food as your eyes are assaulted by the glorious sweets on offer as you order your drinks - everything from moist cakes and tray bakes to Slushies and sweets and chocolates! And the main menu did not disappoint either.

I chose the Baked Potato with Prawn Marie Rose and my friend had the Mexican Chicken Wrap. We decided on The Barn Buckets for the kids which is a novel way of allowing your child the freedom of choice and knowing they're getting a healthy rounded lunch. They take a bucket and get to choose a filled roll, a yoghurt or jelly, a fruity pot or a piece of fresh fruit a juice and a bag of crisps, all from a designated area where they all turned into the proverbial 'child in a sweet shop'.

They demolished their 'loot' and were off again, leaving us to the important task of putting the world to rights while we waited for our food - which did not take long. The wrap looked fresh and tasty and was confirmed as a winner with its fresh salad and glorious onion rings. The prawns that filled my potato were not the usual small ones you'd expect, but the big ones that were a real treat and this was accompanied by crispy salad and a basket of crisps. The portions were generous and well worth the money.

We sat and chatted for ages and realised that, although the place was so packed and we were surrounded by people, it was surprisingly intimate. We didn't have to shout to be heard and did not feel like everyone around us could hear our conversation - we certainly didn't hear anyone else's.

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CLUBS & SOCIETIES BANFF, MORAY & NAIRN CANINE CLUB Classes in obedience and ringcraft on Monday evenings during school terms at 6:30pm in Spynie Hall, Elgin. Contact Margaret on 01343 542070 or Mary on 01542 850262.

ELGIN MUSICAL THEATRE COMMITTEE Tuesdays, 7:30pm St. Sylvester's Hall, Elgin. To rehearse for the Spring Musical. For info visit www.elginmusicaltheatre.co.uk or email Audrey at ronald@dalavinchi.plus.com

BIRNIE INDOOR BOWLING CLUB Come and play on our excellent carpets and enjoy good company. Playing on Monday and Thursday 7pm. Contact Charles Stewart: 543307.

ELGIN OVER 60’S LUNCH CLUB Monday, Wednesday and Friday 12pm - 1pm at Elgin Community Centre. A tasty main meal for only £3. Add a soup starter for £1.50 and a dessert for 75p.

Come along and meet up with friends or make new ones! Call Nicky on 01343 543736 or email nicky.nash@moray.gov.uk

CEROC DANCING IN ELGIN Mondays, 7:30pm - 10:30pm at Eight Acres Hotel, Sherwood Suite. Resembles dance styles of Jive, Ballroom, Tango & Salsa.

Beginners welcome. No need to bring a partner, you get the chance to dance with everybody! For more details visit www.cerocscotland.com ELGIN DARBY & JOAN CLUB Every Tuesday Oct - May, 2 - 4pm for a sociable afternoon with entertainment or bingo for over 60’s. Elgin Community Centre.

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ELGIN SCRABBLE CLUB Every Tuesday 1:30pm - 4:30pm in the Elgin Community Centre.

All ages and levels welcome. For more info contact Margaret Armstrong on 01343 545377 ELGIN SPEAKERS CLUB Meet fortnightly on Wednesdays at 7:30pm, Elgin High School.

Provides a meeting place where members can support one another to learn and develop the basics of speaking in public. All welcome. www.facebook.com/ elginspeakers HIGHLAND GLIDING CLUB Gliding and soaring at all levels, beginner upwards, Sat & Sun all year and Wednesday evening May - Oct at Easterton Airfield, Birnie. Contact Anne Burgess 820834. www.highglide.co.uk INVERNESS FIELD ARCHERY CLUB Available to interested parties wishing to take up archery and are located in Nairn, Forres, Elgin and all surrounding areas.

Contact Secretary, Gerry Parks on 01667 462219 (evenings) or 07801 593 637. Visit invernessfieldarcheryclub.webeden.co.uk JOG SCOTLAND ELGIN Thursdays, 6pm at Elgin Library during winter months and Cricket Pavilion during summer months.

Beginners to advanced joggers welcome. New members please arrive at 5:45pm. Email jselgin@walkjogrunmoray.org.uk

LGBT MORAY YOUTH Social networking group online on Facebook at 'LGBT Moray Youth' or contact Katie Quartly at lgbtmorayyouth@gmail.com.

Young volunteers wanted to help start a group in Moray.

LADS LADS are a drama group based in Elgin, established for over 40 years. Welcome new members with an interest in drama whether on stage or behind the scenes.

Contact Estelle on 01343 544610 or visit www.ladselgin.co.uk LADYBIRD DEVELOPMENTAL GROUP Caring for pre-school children with additional support needs.

We would be delighted to hear from anyone interested in joining us to help secure our future.

Contact 01343 814618 or visit www.theladybirdgroup.co.uk LAICH OF MORAY TRUST Providing transport for elderly, infirm and disabled within Moray.

Contact Rob Tyson 545531 LOSSIE FOLK CLUB Meets every Tuesday at 8.30pm in the Beach Bar, Lossiemouth.

LOSSIE SURF & LIFESAVING CLUB Meets Wednesdays 6pm - 8pm at the Moray Firth Watersports Association, West Beach. All equipment is provided. Visit www.facebook.com/Lossiemout hSurfLifesavingClub or email Steve: info@h2otraining.co.uk MILTONDUFF MINIS TODDLER GROUP Tues & Thurs 10am - 11:30am at Miltonduff Hall. Toys, games and activities for 0-3 years. Contact Lorne on 07968 476988 or email Julie - juliegoodfellow@live.co.uk MORAY ARTS CLUB Bringing 'The Arts' to the people of Moray. Call Myra Gallicker (Art Convener) on 01343 541426 or email mjg.artist@hotmail.co.uk or visit www.morayartsclub.com

MORAY BURIAL GROUND RESEARCH GROUP (MBGRG) Local heritage group actively researching and recording monumental inscriptions in churchyards & cemeteries in Moray. Contact Helen Mitchell on 01343 546620 or visit www.mbgrg.org MORAY CARERS CHOIR Every Monday from 11am - 1pm at St Giles church hall, Elgin. £4 per session. For carers who love to sing. For more information call 01542 850441 or email moraycarerschoir@gmail.com MORAY CHESS CLUB Every Tuesday 5pm - 7pm at the Costa Cafe in Tesco, Forres.

Looking for players of all ages, beginners welcome. Drop by or contact Brodie on 07745 556690 email atdbrodie@hotmail.co.uk MORAY FIELD CLUB Regular walks, not strenuous from April - Oct, plus three indoor meetings per year. For those interested in the flora and fauna, archaeology and geology of Moray and beyond. Call Jean Stocks (secretary) on 01343 811164 for more information.

MORAY JAZZ CLUB Thursdays 8 - 10.30pm, doors open at 7.30pm. Elgin City Football/Social Club. Admission £5 for non-members. Visit www.morayjazzclub.co.uk or email mjc@morayjazzclub.co.uk PLEASE NOTE: Details of Clubs & Societies are published on a rotational basis.

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At the time of writing the ‘official’ electioneering has just started in regards to the General Election to be held on the 7th May. We will have wall to wall cover over the next six weeks where every party will be making all kinds of promises seeking to win your vote. It is important, I believe, that we listen to what is being said and ask questions of those who would wish our vote and that we use our vote.

Where we put our x is important.

Jesus is cheered into Jerusalem

What we do with our cross on May

and as the week unfolds we see

7th will affect who becomes an MP

Him being, challenged by the

and will go towards helps forming

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for the next five years. What we do

people,

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Gethsemane, denied by Peter, tried

with the cross of Christ will

by a court and sentenced to be

determine where we will spend

crucified.

eternity; think carefully on such things and choose Christ.

Crucifixion was the most horrible kind of death imaginable and Jesus Christ the Son of God endured the cross for you and for me and it is at the cross of Christ that we find forgiveness, peace, joy, hope and

However also at the time of writing

a future. Paul writing in Colossians

is the beginning of Holy Week

2 says this, when you were dead

which is the most solemn week of

in your sins, God made you alive

the Christian year. Holy Week is the

with Christ. He forgave us all our

week leading up to Easter, and is

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the week during which Christians

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triumphing over them by the cross.

Elgin Baptist

Moray Grace Fellowship The Warehouse Theatre, Lossie. Sundays 10.30am. Contact Vic Cameron: 07738 260550 Email: vic.cameron2803@btinternet.com.

Website: www.moraygrace.wordpress.com Parish of Duffus, Spynie and Hopeman First Sunday of the month, united service 10.30am. On other Sundays, services are 10am at Hopeman and 11.30am at Duffus or Spynie. Contact Rev. Jenny Adams: 01343 830276. Website: www.duffusparish.co.uk St Andrews-Lhanbryd and Urquhart Parish Church Sundays 11am including young church and crèche. Evening services 7pm on last Sunday of month at St Margaret's Hall, Urquhart. Contact Andrew Robertson: 01343 843765.

St Gerardine’s High Church Lossiemouth. Sunday family worship 11am. Contact Rev. G McKee 01343 208852 (manse).

St Giles and St Columba’s South Elgin. Sunday services 10:30am in January, March, May, July, September, and November in St Giles’ Church, High Street, Elgin. February, April, June, August, October,

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and December in St Columba’s South & The Williamson Hall, Duff Avenue at 10:30am. Wednesdays 6:30pm & Thursdays 12.30pm at St. Giles Church. Minister: Rev Stevie Thomson. Call 01343 551501 or visit www.elginstgileschurch.co.uk St James Church of Scotland Lossiemouth. Sunday family worship 11am including crèche and Sunday school. 6pm: evening service .

7pm: Hands & Feet youth group. Contact Rev. Graham Crawford: 07817 504042.

St Margaret’s Church Lossiemouth. Sunday 9.30am: family Eucharist . Thursdays 10am: Holy Communion. Thursdays 5pm: evening prayer.

St Sylvester's Catholic Church Elgin. Vigil Mass Saturday 7pm.

Sunday Mass 11.45am.Tel: 01343 542280. Contact Mgr. Matthew Edusei on 01343 551645

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Mon 4th May 2015 Mon 25th May 2015 Mon 1st Jun 2015 Sun 21st Jun 2015 Sun 21st Jun 2015 Mon 29th Jun 2015 Mon 3rd Aug 2015 Mon 10th Aug 2015

Local Holiday § Mon 7th Sep 2015 Local Holiday ‡ Mon 21st Sep 2015 Local Holiday § Mon 19th Oct 2015 British Summertime Ends Sun 25th Oct 2015 Halloween Sat 31st Oct 2015 Bonfire Night Thurs 5th Nov 2015 ‡ Hopeman, Burghead & Lossiemouth § Elgin, Lhanbryde & Urquhart

School Term Dates for 2014/2015 (all dates inclusive) Occasional Day Lossiemouth Fri 1st May 2015 May Day Holiday Mon 4th May 2015 In-Service Day Thurs 21st May 2015 In-Service Day Fri 22nd May 2015 Summer Term Ends Thurs 2nd Jul 2015 Summer Holiday Starts Fri 3rd Jul 2015

for 2015/2016 (all dates inclusive) Summer Holiday Ends Fri 14th Aug 2015 In-Service Day Mon 17th Aug 2015 Autumn Term Starts Tues 18th Aug 2015 Autumn Term Ends Fri 9th Oct 2015 Autumn Holiday Starts Mon 12th Oct 2015 Autumn Holiday Ends Fri 23rd Oct 2015

Useful Contacts Police Station ......................................................................101 Bus Station, Elgin ...............................................01343 544222 Citizens Advice Bureau.......................................01343 550088 Inverness Airport .................................................01667 464000 Dallas Village Hall ...............................................01343 890243 Elgin Town Hall ........................01343 547767/562600-To Book Lossie Town Hall ....................................01343 813327/815309 Pluscarden Village Hall ......................................01343 890412 Moray Council.....................................................01343 543451 National Rail Enquiries........................................08457 484950 Elgin Library ........................................................01343 562600 Lossie Library......................................................01343 813334 Elgin Community Council ..................................01343 540615 Moray Leisure Centre .........................................01343 550033 Lossie Swimming Pool ......................................01343 815299 Moray Cats Protection ........................................07837 342646 Railway Mission ..................................................078419 85768 Dial ‘M’ For Moray Buses ..................................03001 234565

DOCTORS Dr Gray's Hospital, Elgin .....................................0845 4566000 Moray Coast Medical Practice - Hopeman ........01343 830269 Moray Coast Medical Practice - Burghead ........01343 835780 Moray Coast Medical Practice - Lossie ..............0845 3371190 Elgin Community Surgery ..................................01343 542234 Linkwood Medical Centre....................................0845 3376350 Maryhill Health Centre ........................................0845 3370610 NHS 24 ................................................................................111

SCHOOLS Alves Primary School ..........................................01343 850247 Bishopmill Primary School ..................................01343 547841 Burghead Primary School ..................................01343 835529 East End Primary School ....................................01343 542381 Greenwards Primary School ..............................01343 541661 Hopeman Primary School ..................................01343 830281 Lhanbryde Primary School..................................01343 842649 Mosstowie Primary School..................................01343 547119 New Elgin Primary School ..................................01343 547587 Seafield Primary School ......................................01343 547792 St Sylvesters R.C. Primary School ......................01343 541453 West End Primary School....................................01343 543161 Elgin Academy ....................................................01343 543485 Elgin High School................................................01343 545181 Hythehill Primary School ....................................01343 812014 St Gerardine Primary School ..............................01343 812251 Lossiemouth High School ..................................01343 812047

PHARMACIES Alliance Pharmacy..............................................01343 542186 Bishopmill Pharmacy ..........................01343 547374 / 547393 Boots The Chemist ............................................01343 543311 G.F Duthie Pharmacy, Burghead ......................01343 835370 G.F Duthie Pharmacy, Hopeman ......................01343 830249 Lhanbryde Pharmacy ........................................01343 842531 Lloyds Pharmacy, 48 High St ............................01343 547065 Lloyds Pharmacy, 176 High St ..........................01343 542571 Lloyds Pharmacy, Lossie ..................................01343 812818 Lossiemouth Pharmacy ....................................01343 813095

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5 tuesday moray coeliac group invite you to a gluten free fish and chip night at the ashvale, elgin from 6.30pm. a raffle will be held for group funds please consider bringing a small prize to donate.

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26 tuesday the friends of the biblical garden agm 7pm in room co14 at moray college, elgin. come along and hear the exciting developments which are due to take place in the garden in the coming year. tea will be served and all are welcome.

27 wednesday do you like jokes? comedy club 7:30pm in the blue room @ the drouthy cobbler. more comedy from our resident monthly comedy club do you like jokes?

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Lavender Crème Brûlée Serves: 4-6 Ingredients: 2 vanilla pods 150ml double cream 150ml single cream 200ml semi-skimmed milk 8 large free-range yolks 75g sugar 1 bunch lavender, flowers picked 4 tbsp caster sugar Method: Preparation time: 50 minutes Preheat the oven to 140°C / 275°F, gas 1. Score the vanilla pods lengthways and scrape out the vanilla seeds with a knife or a teaspoon. Place the seeds into a saucepan, add the pods, all the cream and milk and slowly bring to the boil.

Remove from the heat.

Meanwhile, get yourself a large bowl that will fit over your pan and beat together the egg yolks and sugar until light and fluffy. Remove the vanilla pods from the pan and, little by little, add the milk and cream to the egg mixture in the bowl, whisking continuously. Add 2.5cm of hot water to your dirty pan, bring to a simmer and put the bowl on top of the pan. Cook the mixture for 5 minutes over the simmering water, stirring often, until it thickens and coats the back of a spoon.

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