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Clubs and Societies BACH FLOWER DANCES Wed, 10am - 11.30am, Kinloss Parish Church. Cost £7-50 per person. No experience needed.

Call us to book a place. Call Elisabeth Julian on 01309 691225

BREAST FEEDING PEER SUPPORT GROUP FORRES Mon, 11.30am - 12.30am, the Community Cafe overspill. Email kate.gibson1@nhs.net

DIABETES UK MORAY Support for people with diabetes & their carers. For info email at moraydiabetesukgroup@ yahoo.co.uk. www.moray.diabetesukgroup.org

FINDHORN HERITAGE CENTRE & ICEHOUSE May & September, 2pm to 5pm at weekends. Open every afternoon June, July & August. www.findhorn-heritage.co.uk

FINDHORN VILLAGE CONSERVATION COMPANY A community led & controlled company limited by guarantee with charitable status. We were set up in 2011 & our membership is open to anyone on the electoral roll living in the postcodes of Findhorn village.

Call Jo Harris (Sec & Vice Chair) on 01309 692339 or email at findhornvillage@yahoo.co.uk www.findhornvillage conservation.org.uk

FINDHORN COASTAL FORRES SMALLBORE RIFLE & ROWING CLUB Wed, Sat & Sun evenings. Our PISTOL CLUB rowing shed is in between the Rifle, air rifle & air pistol target Kimberley & the piers,Small shooting. Call Donald MacRae on 01309 675345 organisation made up of volunteers.

Anyone over 16 Ad rates - Forres.qxp 03/04/2018 16:14 Page 1 FORRES BOWLING CLUB years old is welcome to come Mon & Thurs (April - Sept), along, our oldest member so far 6.30pm for 7pm, St Catherine's is 83!

Road. New members & visitors www.findhorncoastalrowing.co.uk welcome. Come along & enjoy a friendly game of bowls. Hat Nights. Annual Subscription £40 Sample one-off advertising (if you wish to join). Call Alex rates (colour advert) Porter on 07876 684203

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FORRES OAP ASSOCIATION Wed, 1.30pm - 3.30pm, Forres Town Hall. Teas/ Entertainment/ Raffles. New members welcome.

Call June Kirk on 01309 673194.

MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT (FORRES FUNDRAISING GROUP) Fundraising for Macmillan Cancer Support in Forres, Kinloss, Findhorn & District Areas. New volunteers welcome!

See Facebook Page for upcoming events "Forres Macmillan Fundraising Group" Call Sue Hellon on 01309 678875. www.macmillan.org.uk MORAVIAN ORIENTEERS Established in 1974, our membership comes from Moray, Nairn & Banffshire & is currently the largest club in Scotland. We have members who orienteer all

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MORAY ADVANCE MOTORISTS & MOTORCYCLISTS Under affiliation to the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM), the Moray Group is run by unpaid volunteers who are members of the IAM. We run courses to enable people to become ‘Better Drivers & Riders’. Call 01309 673954. www.morayiam.org.uk MORAY BUSINESS WOMEN 1st Thurs of month. An informal club for women within the Moray area who have an interest in business, networking, sharing information & general socialising. Call Michelle on 07887 730708 or email at tina.mason52@yahoo.com

MORAY CHESS CLUB Sun, 4pm to about 8pm, the Findhorn Foundation Community Centre, Findhorn, Tues, 5pm 7pm, Tesco Costa Cafe, Forres All ages welcome, players of all levels, chess books, training, great games, sets provided.

Call Brodie on 07745 556690 or at atdbrodie@hotmail.co.uk MORAY COELIAC GROUP 1st Sat of month (except Jan & Feb), 10.30am, the cafe at Baxters, Fochabers. Get together for new & existing members to network, ask questions, share recipes & ideas/information.

'Coffee, Cake & Catch up' sessions. All welcome. Email kirsteen.pyett@btinternet.co.uk NATIONAL CHILDBIRTH TRUST Antenatal classes & breastfeeding support. Meetings & outings in Forres & Elgin areas led by volunteers. Offer parents & parents-to-be invaluable support, services & NCT events, to help them get the most out of their new roles. Call 020 875 22392 or email at nct_moray@yahoo.co.uk RIVER LIVET FISHING (SEASON FEB - 30TH SEPT)

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Salmon, sea trout & brown trout fishing for the whole family on the River Livet. Permits can be obtained from Ballindalloch Post Office, Tomnavoulin Post Office, Crown Estate Office, Tomintoul & the Glen Livet Distillery. www.facebook.com/ riverlivetfishing STEP BY STEP IN MORAY FORRES Wed, St Leonard’s Church Hall.

Baby & Toddler Groups for isolated & vulnerable families.

Services are free. Booking essential. Call Margaret McInnes on 01343 544628 or 07583 835681 or email margaret.mcinnes@ stepbystepinmoray.co.uk

TEA & TOTS PARENT & TODDLER GROUP Thurs (fortnightly) 1.30pm - 3pm Logie Primary School, All preschool children & parents welcome. Call 01309 611258 or email at admin.logiepmoray@ edunet.gov.uk

THE DAVA WAY ASSOCIATION 2nd Sat of month, Working Party Days. 2nd Tues of month, Committee meetings, All welcome & a great way to make new friends out in the fresh air www.davaway.org.uk

VARIS CLUB 1st Tues of month, 10am, Forres Town Hall until June. From Sept '18 to Feb '19 meet in the Blue Room Forres Community Centre.

Open to all retired but still active people. Guest speakers, new members welcome. Call Sheila Thompson on 01309 690228 or email mash14famt@outlook.com VARIS PLAYERS Amateur dramatics society in Forres. Call Lin Carruthers on 07530 991589

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Civil Rights is in the news at the moment and is something close to my heart. I have never quite understood why the colour of one’s skin or the country of one’s birth should dictate how one is treated.

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Pastoral Le er & Church Meetings Muchness

Words are wonderful things – they help us to define things, to put handles on ideas and concepts in order to manage it. On the other hand, words can also give wings to ideas, to set it free and allow it to have a life of its own. There are words with a specific meaning, and other words that are open-ended, words that invite the user to give meaning to it.

In the story of Alice in Wonderland one can expect to find imaginative words.

In the second book, Through the Looking-Glass, the Mad Hatter uses the word ‘muchness’ when he says to Alice: ‘You have lost your muchness’.

In the past, Alice did not accept that there are things that are impossible to do, but now she respects the boundary between the possible and the impossible. Believing that the impossible is possible, would be part of her previous ‘muchness’ according to the Mad Hatter.

When you reflect on the word ‘muchness’, one can imagine a number of applications of this word.

There is even a reference in the Bible that can be seen as an early use of the word ‘muchness’. Whether the Mad Hatter knows his Bible, we will never know. However, his creator, Charles

Dodgson, who wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll, did know his Bible. He was an ordained ‘Deacon’ in the Church of England.

The relevant text in the Bible is the well-known instruction: Hear, O, Israel: The LORD our God the LORD is one.

And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your ‘muchness’.

(Deuteronomy 6:4-5) In the Hebrew Bible the last word in this sentence is an unusual use of the Hebrew word for ‘much’ or ‘very’ (me’od in Hebrew). This word is actually an adverb, not a noun. ‘muchness’ would be the most appropriate way to translate it into English.

In springtime and summer nature surprises us with its ‘muchness’ – new growth, flowers, fruit, new life. There may be a ‘muchness’ in our lives that we have not discovered yet: skills that we are unaware of, a greater ability to imagine, to love, to make friends, a fuller life – we can be ‘muchier’ than we thought!

Jesus said: I have come in order that you might have life - life in all its fullness (John 10:10).

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

Contact Mrs Jane Foster on 01309 641257 (Session Clerk) Edinkillie Parish - Church of Scotland Sunday worship 11.30am.

Contact Mrs Panny Laing (Session Clerk): 01309 611278.

Kinloss, Findhorn & Alves Church of Scotland Alternating weekly. Kinloss and Findhorn 10am. Alves first Sunday of each month at 11.30am. Tel: 01309 690931 or 01309 690349.

Lighthouse Baptist Church Clovenside Chapel, Forres. Sunday service 10:30am and 6.30pm. Refreshments served afterwards.

Contact: 01309 676974. Email: info@lighthousechurch.co.uk Website: www.forresbaptistchurch.org Moray Presbytery www.moraypresbytery.org.uk Rafford Church Family service Sundays at 9.30am. Praise from CH3 and Mission Praise. Enjoy fellowship over a cup of tea and a biscuit. Sunday school with Bible stories, songs, games and crafts.

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To love God with all our ‘muchness’ means to open ourselves to God’s love, and to let the love of Jesus ‘expand our being’.

Note these words in the Letter to the Ephesians chapter 3: (17) ... and I pray that Christ will make his home in your hearts through faith.

I pray that you may have your roots and foundation in love, (18) so that you, together with all God's people, may have the power to understand how broad and long, how high and deep, is Christ's love. (19) Yes, may you come to know his love---although it can never be fully known---and so be completely filled with the very nature of God. (20) To him who by means of his power working in us is able to do so much more than we can ever ask for, or even think of: (21) to God be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus for all time, forever and ever! Amen.

Rev Louis Bezuidenhout, Kinloss and Findhorn, Alves and Burghead.

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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Parliament Blog & Tide Times about NHS Concerns Grampian continue to feature heavily in my postbag and the recent news that the children’s ward in Elgin was once again going to close to overnight admissions was a further blow to the local area.

We are trying to attract people to Moray as a shortage of medical staff is one of the reasons for the situation in the children’s ward, but Moray will seem a less attractive option if these important services are reduced or lost altogether.

As well as the children’s ward, we have excessive waits for the eye clinic, chronic pain waiting times are unacceptable and a number of cases I have raised on behalf of local people have been responded to by both NHS Grampian and Scottish Government Ministers confirming the treatment delivered was unacceptable and fell below the standards we should expect.

Given the growing concern locally about a variety of NHS issues I have asked NHS Grampian to join me at a public meeting in Moray to explain the current situation and their future plans. Local people deserve to hear directly from NHS managers about what they plan to do to ensure we all get appropriate health care in the local area. I will advertise details of the meeting in the local media when NHS Grampian confirm who will be attending.

We have that reached time of the year again when people from all around the world visit Scotland to experience our Highland Games.

We are very fortunate to have so many Games on our doorstep with the Gordon Castle Highland Games, at Fochabers, being the first of the season on 20th May. In recent years our Highland Games have been very successful in attracting more and more tourists, a trend we should all celebrate.

However, if you would like to avoid the big crowds I would encourage you to visit some of the smaller and community-run Highland Games.

One of my favourites happens to be the Strathconon Games, held on 28th July. It has a warm family feel and where all the profits from the Games go towards the upkeep of the Village Hall.

Visiting hidden gems like the Strathconon Games is also a great way to support local communities.

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The festival is a wonderful celebration of our whisky industry, our food and drink sector, our music and culture, and all that is good about Speyside. The festival goes from strength to strength and each year I continue to be blown away be the exceptional programme of events.

As well as being vital to our economy, the Speyside whisky is also at the very heart of our culture and our local heritage and in my view, we cannot celebrate that enough. Spirit of Speyside is an opportunity for visitors and locals to join together in celebrating our music, culture and heritage, in the splendour of Speyside and I’m looking forward to being a part of it.

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kinloss church coffee morning in aid of the free style swimming club 10am - 12pm, kinloss church of scotland, kinloss. £2.50. home bakes, raffle, sales tables.call janis thomson on 01343 850245 or email at janis@the-meadows.co.uk. www.freestylesc.org.uk bag packing at tescos in aid of riding for the disabled 10am-4pm, tesco, nairn road, forres donations very welcome. raising cash to fund free riding sessions for local children. call elizabeth furness on 07799 888524 or email sonia howell at soniaghowell@gmail.com. www.forresandnairnrda.org.uk massed pipes & drums in aid of cantray bridge college; a specialist fe college for adults with additional support needs 1.30pm, nairn links. a display of piping, drumming & highland dancing 28th junior highland games: supporting children 1st (elgin) & nspcc scotland 11am - 2pm, gordonstoun school, duffus. teams of children from all over ne of scotland take part in traditional games. stalls & activities. display of morgan cars, etc. email at hughesy@gordonstoun.org.uk songs of roma@universal hall, findhorn 8pm, £13/£11 concs/£9 u16s. call david till on 01309 691170 or email uhallpromo@gmail.com www.universalhall.co.uk maiden scotland@ the ironworks, inverness 7.30pm. www.ironworksvenue.com page 26 - May 2018

scottish rock garden club highland show & plant sale. plant sale opens 10.30 am; show opens 12pm, nairn community & arts centre evening of mediumship: with steven & trisha, simply spirit connections 7.30pm - 10pm, the little theatre, nairn. £10. all welcome otland@ the ironworks, inverness 7.30pm. www.ironworksvenue.co jazz nairn: jeff barnhart trio 8pm, nairn community & arts centre. email jazznairn@gmail.com www.jazznairn.org

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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 etape loch ness: chosen charity macmillan cancer support 6.15am, inverness. £63 (sold out) a cycle sportive offering the chance to cycle 66 miles around the loch on traffic free roads. 18yrs + fochabers & district swi & moray cats protection soup & sweet 12pm - 2pm, fochabers institute variety of soups, pudding, bread, oatcakes, hot & cold drinks, ice cream, homebakes, traidcraft

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underneath the moray firth: spectacular images of the sea-bed 10 am, north hall, forres town hall free call norman thomson on 01309 676884 or email at ndt4@btinternet.com port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018: msc meraviglia (maiden visit) 8am - 8pm

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elgin writers group: editing workshop; speaker moira mcpartlin on one of the most important parts of writing. bring a piece of work to edit 7.30pm 9.30pm, elgin library. www.elginwriters.wordpress.com port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 provisional v1: hamburg 1pm - 7pm nairn u3a: "prisons in the 21st century" talk; speaker linda dorward (acting) governor of hmp porterfield, inverness 1.45pm for 2pm, nairn community & arts centre, king street, nairn. £2 (members) £3 (nonmembers). call pauline ross on 01667 453537 or email at website@nairnu3a.org.uk www.u3asites.org.uk/nairn/home

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3 thursday - 7 monday

spirit of speyside whisky festival 2018 tbc, various events take place throughout speyside. call 07789 671635. tickets from the website. www.spiritofspeyside.com bandstand beer & music festival tbc, bandstand bar, nairn. the largest indie beer & music festival in the highlands -more than 140 real ales, ciders & craft beers, live music, bbq

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sigma: strange clouds in the northern sky; speaker ken kennedy, mill's observatory, dundee on the strange phenomenon of noctilucent clouds 7pm for 7.30pm, birnie village hall. non-members welcome www.sigma-astro.co.uk superhero day: may the fourth be with you - mfr cash for kids sign up your school, college, university, business or place of work to fundraise & dust off your superhero outfit. call 01463 227700 or email at cashforkids@mfr.co.uk. www.planetradio.co.uk definitely oasis unplugged@the ironworks, inverness 7.30pm. www.ironworksvenue.com calum mcphail trio@hootannay, inverness 9.30pm cooking classes: bright brain superfuel; nourish your neurones & fire on all fours with rob mckenna 6pm - 8pm, transition town forres. free (donations welcome) & booking essential. call 07810 790053 or email at lets.eatforres@gmail.com

the cuban brothers@ the ironworks, inverness 8pm, www.ironworksvenue.com friendly fest: brand new music festival in moray; one day festival, live music, established acts, local bands, djs, food stalls, bars, craft & draft beers & gin bar 2pm - 11pm, kynoch park, keith. www.facebook.com/friendlyfest findhorn scottish teas 2pm - 5pm, findhorn village centre. homebaked cakes & savouries. fresh teas & coffees. call mo hyde on 01309 692339 or email at findhornvillagecentre@gmail.com happy mums market 10am - 12pm, elgin town hall adults £1; u16s free. indoor pre-loved markets dedicated to baby & children's items from birth to 10 years. www.happymumsmarket.co.uk nairn & district gardening club: coffee morning with Forres Country Music Club May 18.pdf 1 plant sale & home baking 10am - 12pm, royal british legion hall, nairn. all welcome

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macmillan cancer support (speyside): 4th fun run 11am onwards, ballindalloch castle. multi terrain, runs of 800m to 5k for all ages, abilities & levels of fitness. burger stall & the castle will be open. email funtorunformacmillan@gmail.com. www.active.com port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018: mein schiff 3 (maiden visit) 7.30am - 7pm little bird sessions from the coffee house ft. carma, stephen mackontosh & dylan@the little bird cafe. the ironworks, inverness 7.30pm, all welcome www.ironworksvenue.com a wolf in knights clothing: find out more about a most unwelcome visitor, alexander stewart, earl of buchan 12pm - 4pm, spynie palace. call 01343 546358. www.historicenvironment.scot

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the arts society speyside lecture: klimt: imperial muralist turned radical painter; speaker - gavin plumley 11 am - coffee & tea served from 10.15am, the williamson hall, duff avenue, elgin. new members welcome. £7 for visitors. call membership secretary on 07789 880481. www.theartssociety.org/speyside port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 provisional v1: royal princess 7am - 6pm elgin flower club: the world's your oyster; speaker christine mckenna, dundee 7.30pm, elgin high church hall. visitors £4. www.elginflowerclub.com young waters@universal hall, findhorn 7.30pm. call 01309 690110 cooking classes: sweet treats are made of these!; all sugar free, gluten free, dairy free with eveline rodenburg 2pm - 4pm, transition town forres. free (donations welcome) & booking essential. call 07810 790053 or email at lets.eatforres@gmail.com

10 thursday

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etc. to raise money for local children's therapeutic riding sessions. call margaret patterson on 01667459458 or email magspatterson@btinternet.com www.forresandnairnrda.org.uk aviemore 100: multi disciplinary cycling challenge tbc, forestry commission hayfield, aviemore organised by mikes bikes (aviemore) in conjunction with chest heart & stroke scotland. email at megan.robertson@chss.org.uk 10th inverness classic vehicle show 11am - 3pm, various venues, inverness. parade finale at 3pm neon waltz@the ironworks, inverness 7.30pm. www.ironworksvenue.com concert - brahms, schubert & mozart 7.30 pm, st laurence church, forres. £12 adult, £10 concession, £5 children. call asdair joyce on 01309 671288 or email at alasdair@manachie.eclipse.co.uk animals@ universal hall, findhorn 2pm. call 01309 690110 great british tennis weekend 10am, forres tennis club. free tennis sessions for juniors. check out the website for all the details. call annerle douglas on 07762 619896 or at forrestennisclub@outlook.com www.forrestennisclub.co.uk musicnairn: maximilliano martin & friends; featuring piano & wind music by mozart, beethoven, schumann & saint saens 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre. www.musicnairn.org.uk moray field club spring walk: through aganach woods from grantown to cromdale (5 miles) 9.30am from lossie green. contact field club for information about transport. call 07840 285438 or email at morayfieldclub@gmail.com jazz in the village: ian millar & dominic spencer 8pm, dyke and district village hall. £10 (accompanied u16s free) tickets from dykevillagehall@gmail.com or call anna on 01309 641647. byob & nibbles

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aberdeen yarn fest 10am - 5pm, doubletree by hilton aberdeen treetops, springfield road, aberdeen stalls, classes, demos, exhibitions & podcasts. tickets from www.eventbrite.co.uk benromach 10k 1pm, benromach distillery, forres edinkillie community association spring teas 2pm 4pm, edinkillie hall, dunphail. £2.50. come along for a cup of tea & home baking. live music & raffles. email edinkilliehall@gmail.com

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mhairi marwick on 7810 174377 or email at thearcsessions@hotmail.com tragedy: all metal tribute to the bee gees & beyond @the ironworks, inverness tbc. www.ironworksvenue.com wednesday festival of museums: travellers' tales; shelters, crafts port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 & stories museum opening times, highland folk provisional v1: artania 2.30pm - 8pm & viking sun museum, kingussie road, newtonmore. call 01540 (maiden visit) 8am - 6pm 673551. www.highlifehighland.com/ preparing for investment in the highlands & islands highlandfolkmuseum 10am - 4pm, elgin youth cafe. free (lunch provided) cairngorm to coast 2018: not a race but an how social investment can enable greater growth, endurance challenge tbc, cairngorm national park. sustainability & social impact with regard to charities, email at cairngormtocoast@gmail.com social enterprises, etc. www.eventbrite.co.uk nairn sailing club open day 12pm - 5pm, 142 elgin writers' group: readings & results of the winter harbour street, nairn. free. boat trips, sar helicopter, competition: homework for the next session will be rnli, stalls, food, entertainment, nairn pipe band given out by lesley gladman 7.30pm - 9.30pm, elgin call elaine macphail on 07917 724985 or email at library. www.elginwriters.wordpress.com elaine.simplygardening@gmail.com. the poozles@universal hall, findhorn 7.30pm call www.nairnsailingclub.co.uk 01309 690110 the neuroscience of self-love: speaker avigail abarbanel, psychotherapist 10am - 2.30pm (incl thursday 1hour break), spectrum centre inverness, concourse rend collective@the ironworks, inverness 6.30pm, room. £16 (£12 concession). tickets from www.ironworksvenue.com www.neuroscience-of-self-love.eventbrite.co.uk cooking classes: geordie rob's big curry night 6pm email avigail abarbanel at avigail@fullyhuman.co.uk 8pm, transition town forres. call 07810 790053 or www.fullyhuman.co.uk email at lets.eatforres@gmail.com wrestling: family spectacular 7pm, nairn community Petstay April 18.pdf 1 07/03/2018 08:57 friday & arts centre. tickets from www.ringsideworld.co.uk port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018: brilliance messy church - forres: join volunteers from forres youth & families outreach project for crafts, story, Earn from songs & food2-4pm, st. leonards church hall, forres £84 to call cath perry on 07796 766983 or email at £175p/w ‘Im off to PetStay for my Holidays’ cathperry10@gmail.com looking after dogs sunday in your own gordon castle highland games & country fair home 10am - 5pm, gordon castle estate, fochabers t Meet your carer before you book t Vets recommend PetStay www.gordoncastlehighlandgames.co.uk t Experienced dog carers t Very competitive rates gordon castle highland games 10k 11am, gordon t All routines kept t Insured and licensed castle estate, fochabers. open to 16yrs & over t Kinder and less stressful for your dogs t A real alternative to kennels big fish little fish: heroes & villains; dj alex paterson PetStay Highland & Moray (the orb)@the ironworks, inverness 2pm - 4.30pm, www.ironworksvenue.com www.petstay.net 01463 741267 catriona@petstay.net aberdeen vegan festival 3 10.30am - 4.30pm, of the seas (maiden visit) 9am - 6pm aberdeen football club. ethical cuisine, some cruelty saturday free clothes or just take a seat & listen to our bookbug session 10.30am, forres library amazing speakers. western front asociation (north branch):naval 8 monday squadron, royal naval air service, in the great war; port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 speaker - colin buxton(north) branch 2.30pm, the provisional v1: royal princess 7am - 6pm gallery, elgin library. call derek bird on 01343 870562 or email at derek.bird876@gmail.com tuesday port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 www.wfascotlandnorth.org.uk provisional v1: hamburg 1pm - 7pm the arc sessions: imar@fochabers institute tbc. call

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kinloss church coffee morning fundraising for free style swimming club 10am - 12pm, kinloss church of scotland. £2.50. home bakes. raffle. sales table. call janis thomson on 01343 850245 or email at janis@the-meadows.co.uk. www.freestylesc.org.uk rave like it's the 90s in aid of moray juniors ice hockey club; featuring mark thomson & ed fennell 8pm 'til late, new elgin hall, elgin. £10. byob grampian pride tbc, queens links, aberdeen village requires a free ticket. information stalls, fun activities including a youth zone & young persons area, food & drink 2 bars for over 18s, etc www.eventbrite.com/grampian-pride-2018 scottish women's institutes (moray & nairn federation): arts & crafts show 10.30am - 4pm, duffus village hall. £3. a display of traditional & modern crafts & art, submitted by the members from our institutes. refreshments & raffle. call alison prentice (press & publicity officer) on 01309 672380 04/04/2018 09:56 or email at alison.prentice@sky.com

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inter has taken its time to leave this year but by May we are approaching the time of year when there is a massive growth spurt put on by our garden plants and lawns. This period of rapid growth only actually lasts six to eight weeks, and normally kicks in some time between the start of May and mid-June. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect to make huge amounts of progress in your garden during this time, and there are a few techniques that will help you keep on top of the garden during this part of the year.

Weeding is something a lot of people do not enjoy, but it need not be backbreaking work. The tools for the job here are a hoe, a stone rake and ideally a hand-fork. You do not need to physically remove every weed that you come across, and whilst ideally you will be able to uproot weeds with their roots and all, it does not matter if you cannot do this. The trick is regular weeding, as if you keep on cutting weeds in half and turning them into the soil, they do not get a chance to take hold. There are of course more stubborn weeds such as Aegopodium podagraria (Ground Elder/Bishopsweed) and Elymus repens (Couch Grass), but regular hoeing and turning will weaken even these imposters.

Weeds over about 3cm in height I do remove, and once you have weeded a section of bed, take the stone rake to it to further disturb the soil surface and neaten the appearance.

Grass cutting is the other labour-intensive job that needs doing in the garden, but again you can have a pragmatic approach towards this. Once grass is growing rapidly, if you want a pristine lawn you could be mowing as regularly as twice per week.

However, the golden rule is not to leave it any longer than once every two weeks. During the period of vigorous growth this will mean that your grass gets a little long between cuts, but the key is to stop weeds in the lawn setting seed. If you do let weeds flower and seed, your lawn will deteriorate more quickly as the more aggressive weeds gradually out-compete the grass plants. If you have time, weekly cuts are a happy compromise.

Hedge cutting can be timed to get the best results from your efforts. Hedges such as Ligustrum spp.

(Privet) and Buxus sempervirens (Box) should receive the first of their three cuts some time in May, but be guided by how much growth there has been – does it look messy or not? If you are yet to plant a hedge, consider the fact that the likes of Fagus sylvatica (Beech), Carpinus betulus (Hornbeam) and Crataegus monogyna (Hawthorn) only need one cut per year, in late summer. Remember, when trimming hedges always make sure you check for birds’ nests first.

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