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Clubs and Societies AINGLEAN GHEATA SPIRITUALIST CHURCH 1st & 3rd Sun of month, 7.30pm - 8.30pm, Royal British Legion Club, Forres. Donation at the door. Healing available 7pm.

Tea/coffee 50p.

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ARK COMMUNTIY NETWORK Aims: to provide housing support and other services to individuals with a learning disability, in their own home.

Call Andrew Findlay on 01309 675763 or email at managerforres@arkha.org.uk

BITE & BLETHER St Leonards Church Hall, Forres Fri, 11.30am - 2pm. All OAPs invited 3 courses £4 COMMUNITY BABY CAFE Thurs, 11am - 12pm, Forres Community Centre. Drop in facility for parents/carers to attend with children under a year. Health professional on hand to answer child development queries.

CULBIN SINGERS Thurs evening practice sessions, St Leonard's Church Hall, Forres.

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BANFF & MORAY MEMBERS CENTRE (NATIONAL TRUST SCOTLAND) Supporting National Trust DALLAS PARENT & Scotland, mainly over the TODDLERS warmer months, with a view to Mon, 2pm - 4pm, Dallas Hall. raising money for NTS to be able Come join us for a cuppa & play. to continue with their Call Susan on 01343 890439 or conservation work. Lunches, day Emma on 01343 890479 or find trips, coffee mornings, quiz night us Facebook.

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FINDHORN TENNIS CLUB 2 full size & 1 short court. Family & young juniors rates available.

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Call Janet Barcis on 01309 692479 or email at janetbarcis@hotmail.co.uk www.lta.org.uk FINDHORN VILLAGE CENTRE COFFEE MORNING Wed, 10.30am - 11.30am. All welcome. £1 per person. Join us for a chatter, cuppa & some cake! Call 01309 692339 FINDHORN WRI 1st Tues of month, James Milne Institute. Call Joan Tomkinson on 01309 673847

FORRES & DISTRICTVIENENBURG & GOSLAR TWINNING ASSOCIATION We organise visits to and from our twin towns in Germany. New members are warmly welcomed whether German-speaking or not. We host our German friends and are hosted in return, promote school exchanges and hold fund-raising events. Call David MacFarquhar on 01309 673230 or email at davidmacfarquhartwinning@ yahoo.co.uk

RIDING FOR THE DISABLED Provides weekly riding sessions giving therapeutic benefit to disabled children in the Forres and Nairn areas. Runs fund-raising events in the Moray and Nairn to raise cash to aid this worthwhile cause and welcomes interest from supporters. Email Sonia Howell ) at soniaghowell@gmail.com or call Elizabeth Furness (Chair) on 07799 888524 or email at epfurness@btinternet.com SJOGREN'S SYNDROME AND LUPUS SUPPORT GROUP Meetings arranged on an adhoc basis. Call Sheena/Susan on 01343 820635/01343 842656

FORRES GOLF CLUB Call 01309 672250 golfpro@forresgolfclub.co.uk FORRES SOCCER 7S Open to both boys & girls regardless of their footballing ability. Call 01309 676976 or 07990 832097. www.forres-soccer7s.co.uk KINLOSS COUNTRY GOLF CLUB LTD Call 01343 850585 or email at info@kinloss-golf.co.uk LOSSIE LADIES NETBALL Wed, 7.30pm - 9.30pm, Lossiemouth Community Centre.

(18+). £5 per session. A fun, friendly way of keeping fit & enjoying netball. Newcomers & returners of all abilities.

Competes in the Highland & Moray Netball League for those who wish to. Call 01343 815299 MORAY FLYING CLUB Not-for-profit Military flying club for both Kinloss Barracks, RAF Lossiemouth, all other Service personnel & their dependants.

Air Cadets, University Air Squadron Members Commonwealth Service personnel. Limited civilian places available. Call 01309 617361 (Civilian) or email at enquiries@morayflyingclub.com NCT BUMPS AND BABIES Tues, 9.45am - 11.15am, Kinloss Church hall. £1.50 suggested donation. Come along for a chat, cuppa, meet new friends, antenatal support & a lending library. For futher info email nct_moray@yahoo.co.uk

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THE CLANDESTINE CAKE CLUB Secret baking society, welcoming bakers of all ages and abilities - from beginners to bake-off winners. It's noncompetitive, it's free, it's for fun and for making friends. Events are bi-monthy. Sign up online.

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I’m feeling a bit grumpy lately.

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Pastoral Le er & Church Meetings Birds and flowers The long wait for some warmth and sunshine is finally over – yes, we are well into spring and edging into summer! After that prolonged winter, and after a period of hesitation to believe that spring has arrived (we could see trees and plants hesitating whether or not to bring out new leaves and flowers for a time!), the landscape around has transformed. I am sure many of us, particularly, those with green fingers, have been very busy getting those flower beds right and ready for the time of the year. We are surrounded by colours and brightness. Flowers of numerous colours and designs, they readily grab our attention.

Alongside the flowers the birds got busy. We are getting used to waking up to the tunes of the feathered friends, who are fluttering around finding suitable places, settling down, nesting, feeding and singing. The quiet hours of dawn and dusk are full of their music and dance sometimes even in those very early hours of the morning when we would rather sleep undisturbed. They too grab our attention.

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"Look at the birds of the air", said Jesus as he was teaching his followers. He continued, "see how the flowers of the field grow" (Matthew 6:26-34). When Jesus was drawing his followers' attention to the birds of the air and the flowers of the fields, he was indeed inviting them to pay attention to the worry-free lives of the birds and the wonderful colours of the flowers. But not just those. The invitation was to help them see that "if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you?".

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Caroline Street Gospel Hall Gospel Service, Sundays at 12:15pm Tel: 01309 674375. Email: glcinfo@tiscali.co.uk Dyke Church - Church of Scotland Sunday worship 10am.

Family service. Tea/coffee and fellowship after every service.

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of our worries - of all sorts. For some, it may even be as basic as food and clothes. Whatever is our situation, and even when feeling worthless, powerless and insignificant, we are still priceless to God. For some of us, this might be an invitation to help our friends and neighbours recognise their value - their God-given value by becoming the arms of the loving, healing and caring God, to whom all of humankind is of equal and immense value.

Let every bird that attracts our ears and every flower that catches our eyes remind us that each one of us is valuable to God and that God cares for us. May this realisation fill us with peace and joy as we continue to cherish the colours and sounds of this glorious season!

Rev Hamilton Inbadas St John’s Episcopal Church Forres

Contact Heather Mackenzie (Session Clerk): 01309 674245.

St John the Evangelist Scottish Episcopal Church Sundays 8am: Communion. 10am: Family Communion. Tel: 01309 672856.

Email: clergystjohnsforres@gmail.com Website: www.stjohnsforres.wordpress.com St Laurence Church Sundays 10am: family service. Tel: 01309 672260. Email: barryj.boydstlaurence@btinternet.com or visit www.stlaurencechurchforres.org.uk St Leonards Church Sundays 10.30am: family service. Tea and coffee served afterwards. For any information call 01309 672380 or visit www.stleonardschurchforres.com St Margaret’s Catholic Church Mass on Tuesday & Thursday at 10am and Sunday 10:30am. Contact Father Colin Stewart on 01343 542280 If you are a member of a church not listed here and would like to be considered for inclusion or if there are any amendments to be made to existing details, please email linda@winterburnmedia.co.uk

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Carers Week 2018 Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK. This year, Carers Week is 11-17 June, and is promoting opportunities to keep carers healthy and connected.

The campaign is brought to life by thousands of individuals and organisations who come together to organise activities and events throughout the UK, drawing attention to just how important caring is.

Quarriers Carer Support Service (Moray) is joining other members of the Moray Carer Service Provider Network (CSPN) to equip our communities to support the health and wellbeing of carers. Around 8000 people in Moray are carers, looking after a parent, partner, child or friend. A carer is someone who provides unpaid care and support to a family member or friend who has a disability, illness, mental health problem or who needs extra help as they grow older. Caring can be a hugely rewarding experience but VRPHWLPHV FDUHUV ÄłQG LW FKDOOHQJLQJ to take care of their own wellbeing while caring.

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Parliament Blog & Tide Times The erosion of local services is something that concerns us all.

From the loss of a bus service or NHS treatment being moved from local hospitals to being delivered at a regional level, our communities are the poorer for it and particularly in a large, rural area like Moray. I’ve been contacted by many people voicing concerns about the loss of local banks. Customers are faced with having to travel some distance just for a cash machine when branches close.

Local banks offer human contact and for a business, having a branch open where staff can deal with them effectively and efficiently can make a significant difference to how they operate. I have made representations to the RBS and will continue to raise the issue about frequency of the mobile service which is also causing concern. Although the RBS has decided against reducing the Dufftown mobile service there are parts of Moray, such as Fochabers, where they have no service at all or Lossiemouth where the mobile service is down to once a week. This isn’t good enough and it’s right that we all make our feelings about this known in an effort to get the banking services we need in our local communities.

We should rejoice at our growing and ageing population.

I am sure I’m not alone in wishing to benefit from a long and healthy life.

The medical advances which have ensured that former life changing conditions are dealt with as a matter of routine are continually being enhanced.

The Highlands now has a growing population. Many of our young folk no longer leave the area for higher education whilst the new jobs mean an increased tax base to fund services.

It’s vital our older folk are supported to live in their own homes for as long as they safely can be. How we respond to their growing needs will ultimately mark out the sort of caring society we really are.

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They were sharing a report with MSPs on the impact of the UK Government’s welfare changes on the number of people who are relying on local foodbanks for support.

In Moray, between April 2017 and March 2018, our local foodbank gave out over 2800 emergency food parcels with over 800 of those going to children.

Locally, we have people both in and out of work, who’re struggling to make ends meet, and recent figures suggest that one in five children in Moray are living in poverty.

Those numbers are shocking.

None of that is acceptable and we all have a duty to work together to tackle poverty in our communities.

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From a young age, Shane Taylor started to burgle houses and steal cars; he stabbed people and sold drugs. Soon he was on the run for kidnapping and attempted murder.

I was classed as one Britain’s most of Britain’s ous people dangerous Shane eventually got caught and was put in prison, but his incarceration did little to stem his rebellion. His hatred of authority saw him stab two prison officers with a broken glass after he wasn’t allowed to use the prison gym, sparking a riot.

His out-of-control behaviour quickly saw him transferred to a high security prison. Even then he needed further locking up and was placed within a close supervision system. Shane says, ‘They felt I was a danger to everybody. They had to feed me through a hatch in the door, because they couldn’t have physical contact with me.’

Then Shane met Robert Bull, who had been imprisoned for murder, but had since become a Christian.

‘He was saying a load of things that sounded mad to me’, says Shane, ‘but the one thing that stuck in my mind was when he said, “I’ve been in prison for fifteen years and am probably never getting out – but I’m free.” I used to think, “What’s he on about?”’

Shane felt an urge to start writing to Robert and began reading the Bible that was in his cell. He was then moved to another prison, where a minister invited him on Alpha. ‘I said, “Yeah, put my name down.” I was mostly interested in getting the chocolate biscuits and having debates.’

It was about half way through doing Alpha, on the Alpha day, that Shane experienced the presence of God for the first time. ‘I said, “Jesus Christ, I know you died on a cross for me. Please, I don’t like who I am, please forgive me.” I started to feel tears coming into my eyes. I tried to hold it back. But it rose up, until suddenly I began crying my eyes out. I hadn’t cried in years. I cried for about five minutes and I could feel a weight being lifted off me, ‘Shane remembers.

‘In that split second I knew it was real. I knew God existed, I knew Jesus had touched me and that I was going to live for him forever.’

“In that split second I knew it was real” r Shane’s behaviour changed so much that within weeks he went from being in permanent segregation to getting a trusted job in the prison chaplaincy. He no longer saw the prison officers as the enemy. ‘Not long after all this, I was lying on my bed in my cell. All the bad things I’d done to people flicked through my head and all the

times I’d upset people – and I started crying. I realised that for many years I’d been aggressive towards people without even realising it.’

Almost exactly a year after the Alpha day, Shane was freed from prison. He started going to church where, seven months later, he met his future wife, Sam. The couple have married and now have two little girls, Angel and Grace.

‘Jesus has changed my life,’ Shane says. ‘Jesus has shown me how to love and how to forgive. Almost all the people I’ve upset, all the people I stabbed, all the people I hurt, have forgiven me and now we talk. I’m helping with Alpha in prisons. Now I’m able to tell other prisoners about Jesus – it’s amazing.’

Alpha is an opportunity to explore the meaning of life. For more information and video clips visit alpha.org An Alpha Course will start at Forres Lighthouse Baptist Church on Wednesday, 5th September from 7-9 pm. It is a 12 week course with meals and a chance to share your thoughts about Christianity and life. More details to follow in next months’ edition of Spotlight.

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8 friday port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 provisional v1: artania 9am - 8pm musicnairn: organ recital by eminent scottish organist henry wallace 7.30pm, st ninian's church, nairn. £12. www.musicnairn.org.uk durn house: friday steak night with canapes upon arrival from 6pm, durn house, portsoy. booking essential. call 01261 843424 or email at events@durnhouse.co.uk. www.durnhouse.co.uk

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8 friday - 10 sunday tmsa keith festival tbc, various venues throughout keith. traditional music, song, poetry & dance across a platform of competitions & spectator events with a farewell ceilidh on saturday night fiddler of strathspey festival grantown on spey. various event & timings.n concerts, workshops, competitions & ceilidh

9 saturday rothes golf club soap box race 1pm - 5pm, rothes golf club. adult spectator £2, children free. build your own kart & race down the golf course road. bouncy castle, nearest the pin competition, bbq, face painting, etc. www.rothesgolfclub.co.uk port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 provisional v1: mein schiff 3 7.30am - 7pm, roseisle village hall summer fayre 10am - 3pm, roseilse village hall, nr elgin. teas, coffees home bakes craft stalls, tombola, jewellery, books, crochet, glass charms, candles, cards & lots more call lisa shaw on 07794 781644 or email at lisashaw20@hotmail.com outlander day 11am - 4pm, highland folk museum, kingussie road, newtonmore. follow in the footsteps of jamie & claire to step back in time to the 18th century in this township. call 01540 673551 badenoch & strathspey orienteering club: moray & highland junior championships: anagach west, near grantown on spey time tbc, local race. see website for details. www.basoc.org.uk scenix@elgin ex-service men's club 8pm, £6 5th annual power of grace retreat 11am - 6pm, greyfriars convent, elgin faith rally for postconfirmation youth. talks, games, music, prayer, & fellowship for 11-16yrs. registration required by admin@winterburnmedia.co.uk

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13 wednesday the arts society speyside lecture: children as artists: how children develop in visual expression naturally & significantly 11 am - coffee & tea served from 10.15am, the williamson hall, duff avenue, elgin new members welcome/£7 for visitors. call the membership secretary on 07789 880481

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annual duck race in aid of 1st forres scouts 12.30pm with the duck race starting at 2pm, the bridge by the mosset tavern. bbq, bouncy castle, tombola, etc. ducks on sale on the day or at the toun mercat bookbug session 10.30am, forres library thursday port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 provisional v1: oriana 8am - 5pm provisional v1: royal princess 7am - 6pm, world buttery championship 2018 9am - 12pm, nescol, gallowgate, aberdeen. open to buttery lovers friday of any skill level. public viewing limited. port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 www.slowfoodaberdeen.com/wbcapply provisional v1: black watch 9am - 8pm cairngorm sportives 8am - 9.15am registration; 9am never knowing - ep launch@the ironworks, - 9.30am , cairngorm mountain centre. the event is inverness 7.30pm. www.ironworksvenue.com held largely within the boundaries of the cairngorms durn house: friday steak night with canapes upon national park. www.handsonevents.co.uk arrival from 6pm, durn house, portsoy. booking from the jam@the ironworks, inverness 7pm essential. call 01261 843424 or email at www.ironworksvenue.com events@durnhouse.co.uk. www.durnhouse.co.uk the isle of love@universal hall, findhorn 8pm. call friday sunday 01309 690110. www.universalhall.co.uk moray walking & outdoor festival 2018 9am - 8pm, harvey mckay, hans bouffmyhre & alan macpherson various events throughout moray. detailed @the ironworks, inverness 10.30pm information of where to meet for each event & www.ironworksvenue.com booking details mayBritish be found on website or Forres email atBranch The Royal Legion Scotland June 18.pdf9pm, 1 seaforth 07/05/2018 08:47 free mike samms club, nairn.

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the 123rd amateur golf championship 6am - 8pm, royal aberdeen & murcar links golf courses. for information call 01224 704354

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keith & dufftown railway: 1940s weekend displays at both stations & entertainment on board the train. new exhibitors & re-enactors welcome. call 01340 820794. www.keith-dufftown-railway.co.uk burgie horse trials 16th - 9am; 17th - 8am, burgie, near forres. all welcome. call 01343 850128 www.burgiehorsetrials.org

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touler 10k multi terrain register by 1.30pm for 2pm start, richmond memorial hall, tomintoul. entry fees on website. Email touler10k@gmail.com. www.touler10k.co.uk rant - 4/4 highland@the ironworks, inverness 7.30pm. www.ironworksvenue.com moravian orienteering: scottish junior inter-club competition; braemar - jamie stevenson trophy www.moravianorienteering.org seaforth ceilidh band 2pm, seaforth club, nairn. free open garden & plant sale in aid of the whyte family trust (mortuary moray)June 1pm18.pdf - 4pm, hawthorn Operafor Bohemia 1 08/05/2018 cottage, dyke. all welcome. call bridget on 01309 641271

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21 thursday clan coffee morning 10.30am - 12pm, the clan cancer support centre, 227 high street, elgin. open to anyone affected by cancer with information & support available. guest speakers. all welcome. call julie on 01343 544132 port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 provisional v1: columbus 7am - 4pm sharon shannon@fochabers public Institute 7.30pm

21 thursday - 24 sunday sse scottish hydro challenge : european tour golf challenge 7.30am, spey valley golf club. call 01479 812920 or email golf.ahr@macdonaldhotels.co.uk

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19 tuesday findhorn bay local nature reserve 7.30pm, james milne institute, findhorn. fblnr management committee meeting, includes public session www.fblnr.org page 34 - June 2018

banff & moray members' centre (national trust scotland): day coach trip; time tbc, fraserburgh booking essential. visiting fraserburgh lighthouse museum & peterhead prison museum, followed by high tea at castle huntly hotel. call janice oakes on 01309 675224 or email janiceoakes51@gmail.com moray field club: midsummer evening walk; garmouth - start & finish at garmouth hotel 6.30pm 9.00pm, garmouth. 5km walk on paths and tracks. please car share if possible as parking in garmouth is limited. call 07840 285438 or email at morayfieldclub@gmail.com 12:34 book launch of the novel "effie's war" by philip paris 7pm, nairn bookshop scottish studies: the north east scottish language; the mither tongue - speaker alistair heather of the elphinstone institute, aberdeen university 2pm 4pm, activities room, elgin library. £3

the lantern singers 7pm, st margaret's church, aberlour. £10 (incl refreshments), children free port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 provisional v1: star pride 8am - 9pm moray reach out disco 7.30pm - 10pm, elgin exservice men's club. £3 per person at the door. you must be over 18 unless accompanied by a responsible adult. raffles. transport can be arranged call angela kelly (to arrange transport) on 07951 088184. www.morayreachout.org.ok outside track@ universal hall, findhorn 8pm call

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23 saturday happy mums market: indoor per-loved market dedicated to baby & children's items, from birth to 10 years 10am - 12pm, elgin town hall. adults £1; u16s free. www.happymumsmarket.co.uk moravian orienteering saturday series: findhorn dunes; includes moray & nairn schools league 10.15am - 11.15am (registration); 10.30a, findhorn www.moravianorienteering.org tom allen: absolutely@the drouthy cobbler, elgin 8pm.www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk nairn & district gardening club: cromarty open gardens trail 9.30am (departure), nairn community & arts centre. call 01667 462410. decade divas 9pm, seaforth club nairn

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24 sunday eli-con in partnership with embrace elgin (elgin bid) & logan's fund 10am - 4pm, elgin town hall. tickets from website or the pop shop.elgin's very own comic, movie, media & sci-fi con. www.elgincomicon.net port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 provisional v1: brilliance of the seas 9am - 6pm car boot sale (inchberry & district community association) 8.30am - 1pm, inchberry hall, orton, fochabers. no booking required, just turn up early before 9am with a car & table. teas/coffees, soft drinks, butteries, bbq. www.wherecanwego.com tour of kinloss abbey 2pm & 3pm, kinloss abbey free- donations welcomed. a kinloss abbey trustee will provide an informal tour of the abbey & its grounds. call kirsteen mitcalfe on 01309 690775 or

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email at k.mitcalfe@btinternet.com strawberry tea in aid of free style swimming club 2pm - 4pm, kinloss church of scotland, kinloss village. £3.50. raffle.call janis thomson on 01343 850245 or email at janis@the-meadows.co.uk www.freestylesc.org.uk billy ocean@inverness leisure centre call 01463 667500 kingussie bikeathon 2018 10.30am (registration from 9am), kingussie high school. adults £15; children £5 glen moray sportive & bike rides in aid of ne sensory services 8am - 4pm, glen moray distillery. 10. 25 or 75 mile routes to choose from. call neil skene at 0345 27 12345 or email at fundraising@nesensoryservices.org seaforth ceilidh band 2pm, seaforth club, nairn. free

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27 wednesday riding for the disabled (rda): agm & quiz 7pm, elgin museum, 1 high street, elgin. following the meeting there will be nibbles & a fun quiz. we look forward to seeing all our members & friends bite & blether jointly run by dyke & district village hall & dyke church 11am - 1pm, dyke & district village hall. come & join us for a bowl of soup, cake & tea/coffee & a blether. all welcome. xponorth various events & venues, inverness cross genre festival devoted to crafts, publishing, screen & broadcast as well as music. xponorth official showcase@the ironworks, -----inverness 7pm call 0871 789 4173

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29 friday devil's queen - album launch@ the ironworks, inverness 7.30pm. www.ironworksvenue.com durn house: friday steak night with canapes upon arrival from 6pm, durn house, portsoy. booking essential. call 01261 843424 or email at events@durnhouse.co.uk. www.durnhouse.co.uk introduction to medicine & compassion with dr david shlim@universal hall, findhorn, 6.30pm. www.gomdescotland.org

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piping at forres, the european pipe band championships 10am, grant park, forres. a one day extravaganza featuring bagpipes, drums, kilts and tartan galore. a spectacular family day out. saturday - july (sunday) call claire doughty on 07846145050 or email at highland rising 1746 highland folk museum, claire@chitchat.scot. www.pipingatforres.com kingussie road, newtonmore. jacobite & redcoat remaggie fair, garmouth: grand opening at cross 1pm, enactment weekend. call 01540 673551 garmouth playing field. traditional village fair - family scottish traditional boat festival: a festival of music, fun/entertainment for all ages; stalls; music; teas; sailing, rowing & traditional crafts & art. portsoy craft stalls; displays; beer tent. call barbara walker call 01261 842951 or at contact@stbfportsoy.com on 01343 870264 or email at medicine & compassion weekend with dr david babswalke@yahoo.com. www.maggiefair.co.uk Wrights Home Hardware June 18.pdf 1 09/05/2018 10:44- 4pm gomde, hardmuir, findhorn. shlim 10am handbags & gladrags 2018 6pm, elgin town hall donations welcome. www.gomdescotland.org £50 (£40 in the lounge). charity fundraiser. for more

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une is the month when things really start motoring in the garden. With overnight temperatures that bit higher, plus a bit of sun and rain, the plants are really are in their element.

If you find that you have lost plants over the winter, do not be disheartened, it has happened to all of us – it was a tough winter! Don’t be in too much of a rush to pull things out of the ground though, there is still hope for more established shrubs that have not managed to get through the winter.

For plants such as Hebe spp, many of which are only borderline happy in our climate, try hard pruning those that look to have died. When I say hard pruning, I mean cut them back down to the ground! While doing this, you may even notice that the plant is regenerating from its rootstock, with little buds bursting forth. If after a few more weeks you notice nothing, then you may have to concede that the plant has died, but you’ll be amazed at how often the plants come back!

For those of you who battle with a mossy or weedy lawn, there are some useful things you can be doing at the moment. Early spring is a good time for scarifying grass, basically raking some of the moss out. With the late start to

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the season this year, you still have time to do this. For small areas you can do this with a wire rake, and for larger areas you will be better off hiring a machine. With the grass growing properly now, I also put down a lawn feed. A little trick here though – conventional spring or summer feeds contain large amounts of nitrogen and simply make your grass grow extremely quickly. I use an autumn feed, which has all the same nutrients, but less nitrogen. The result is nice healthy grass that is not growing at a rate of knots!

I have also put a load of well-rotted horse manure down on my flowerbeds. You can also use well-rotted cow or chicken manure. You can judge whether your manure is well-rotted enough quite easily – it should not smell bad!

Now anything like this is full of nitrogen, so will make your plants take off (just as lawn fertiliser does to the ‘leaves’ of grass plants). Now is the time to do this, however, as if you put down nitrogen-rich feeds on your plants later in the summer, you may end up simply creating lush foliage growth that then gets hammered by the next early frosts.

But let’s not start talking about frosts yet!

With a bit of luck we’ll get some nice weather this summer, and we can all reap the benefits of our hard work gardening by spending some quality time relaxing in the garden. Let’s not miss an opportunity to get the barbecue out!

Till next time, happy mountain gardening!

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