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Clubs and Societies ADDICTED EATERS ANONYMOUS (AEA) Thurs, 6.30pm, The Centre for Mental Health Recovery, 23 Bruce Gardens, Inverness. 12 step programme for food addicts who have struggled with overeating, undereating, anorexia, bulimia & weight control through dieting & exercise. Call 01463 714518

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Anonymity & confidentiality respected. Newcomers welcome without prior arrangements.

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BARNARDO'S WORK CLUB Mon - Wed & Fri (Job Search Drop In), 3.30pm - 4.30pm & Thurs (Job Shop), 2.30pm 4.30pm, 1st Floor, 14 Ardross Street, Inverness. Help to make/update a CV or help with interview preparations. For people aged 16 to 24 only.

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HIGHLAND CHARITY JIVE Learn to dance Modern Jive.

Weekly Beginners & Freestyle Classes. All welcome no partner needed as everyone mixes up.

Entry £5. Call Corrina Moore on 07926 631479 or email at HighlandCharityJive@ yahoo.com. See our Facebook

COMUNN GÀIDHLIG INBHIR NIS- INVERNESS GAELIC SOCIETY Fri (monthly, Sept - Mar), 7.30pm, the Inverness Gaelic School. www.gsi.org.uk or see Facebook page FAMILIES ANONYMOUS Thurs evenings. For families & friends affected by drug

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FITNESS FRENZY Thurs lunchtimes, the Palace Hotel, Inverness. www.fitnessfrenzy.co.uk

HIGHLAND CLASSIC MOTOR CLUB We aim to promote the interest in all types of Classic Cars & Motorcycles. Co-hosts of "Cars And Coffee - Inverness" on 2nd Sun of month, 10am - 12pm, Rollerbowl, Inverness. www.highlandclassic.org.uk or on Facebook. Email at secretary@highlandclassic.org.uk

INVERNESS NETBALL CLUB Wed, 7pm - 9pm, Inverness Royal Academy Sports Centre.

For ladies aged 16+. All abilities welcome. Call Vivienne Hutchings on 07853 168044 or email at invernessnetballclub@ gmail.com INVERNESS SWIMMING CLUB Wed (Club night), 6.15pm, Inverness Leisure Centre, Queens Park, Bught Lane. There are training sessions throughout the week. Email at membership@inverness swimmingclub.co.uk INVERNESS WINE APPRECIATION SOCIETY Bringing together people with an interest in wine & to develop their interest by holding tastings, usually led by a member of the wine trade & accompanied by suitable food. Email at hon.seciwas@gmail.com KILTARLITY CAMERA CLUB Tues (two per month), 7.30pm, Brockies Lodge, Kiltarlity.

Welcomes all ages & abilities.

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HIGHLAND RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB Caters for all ages with Micros, Minis, Youth (U13 to U18 boys), a Girls Section (U12, U15 & U18 Girls) & our over 35s "The Bald Eagles" play occasional fixtures throughout the year. Email Iain (Club Development Officer) at highlandDO@outlook.com

LOCH NESS TOASTMONSTERS A group who’ve joined together to face one of the most feared things in general life - speaking in public. If you are interested in taming your own beast get in touch or drop into one of our fortnightly meetings. www.toastmonsters.co.uk

INVERNESS & HIGHLAND PARACHUTE REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION 2nd Mon of month, 7.30pm, the Royal British Legion, Huntly Street, Inverness. All ex Airborne are welcome. Call 01349 862287 or at dennistoun38@gmail.com

NESS MINDFULNESS 2nd last Tues of Month, 7.30pm 9.30pm, the Mackenzie Centre, Inverness. Follow on group. meditation group for experienced meditators. Please check the website for any updates on timings & dates, etc www.lochnessmindfulness.word press.com/follow-on-groups

INVERNESS BRAVEHEARTS Wed, 6pm, Gym Hall, Millburn Academy, Inverness. Helping to maintain a healthy lifestyle to provide support to those with cardiac disease, together with their families. Call 01463 233655

NOAH'S ARK TOTS Tues - Fri, 9.45am - 11.30am, Culduthel Christian Centre, Culduthel Avenue, Inverness www.culduthelchristiancentre.org

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SALVATION ARMY LUNCH CLUB Thurs, 12pm - 1pm, 3 courses £3. The Salvation Army, Tomnahurich Street, Inverness.

Call 01463 225276 SINGING FOR FUN - MUIR OF ORD Mon, 7.30pm, Old School Hall, The Muir Hub, Great North Road, Muir of Ord, IV6 7SU. Come along & try harmony singing in an informal setting. £5 each week. Call Morag on 01463 870848 or Lizbeth - 01463 870 865. Email at info@muiroford.org.uk SOUNDS FAMILIAR SINGING GROUP 1st & 3rd Tues of month, 2.30pm - 4pm, the Craigmonie Hotel, Annfield Road, Inverness.

For people with dementia & their carers. Call 01463 233231 or 01463 230803. Email at soundsfamiliarmusic@aol.com THE ARTS SOCIETY HIGHLAND 2nd Thurs of month, 2pm, Smithton Free Church, Inverness. Want to learn more about art? Encourage young artists? Volunteer to record Churches for posterity? £8 per monthly lecture. Email Jennifer Falconer at jftash@btinternet.com.

THE HIGHLAND CHILDREN'S TRUST A charitable trust set up in 1983 following the closure of a local Children's Home to help with the educational needs of young people in the Highlands of Scotland. It helps students, schoolchildren & families meet the costs of education. Call 01463 243872 or email at info@hctrust.co.uk www.hctrust.co.uk PLEASE NOTE Details of Clubs & Societies are published on a rotational basis. If you would like your details to be included in this section please email linda@winterburnmedia.co.uk

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We often hear the phrase “life is short”. It is indeed a strange phenomemon that time definitely seems to speed up the older we get. When I was a bit younger (ok - a lot younger!) I studied a few years of Latin and my old Latin teacher (Mr Cook) was a great advocate of the philosophy of ‘Seize the Day’ or ‘Carpe Diem’ in the original Latin.

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Pastoral Le er & Church Meetings Wow, those DIY SOS home renovation programmes on TV get me every time! They are just so moving. My wife can’t believe I get so emotional – after my many years in social work and knowing so many sad stories.

I am struck by many things in the show. Firstly, there is the combination of sadness sometimes, utter desperation – and then incredible courage for the family themselves. They are often dealing with almost impossible demands and are very limited by their surroundings. Secondly, there is the ingenuity and vision of the designers to see the space and environment differently – that is such a talent. Then, there is the willingness and flexibility of the local teams and tradesmen to do their work. Finally, there is the kindness of the community to pitch in, be part of the process and to make a real difference.

It is tremendously good news and so refreshing against the backdrop of much other news where we see a different side of our humanity or the potential evil and confusion in our world.

The Gospels show Jesus’ way of life

to be like this very good news and more. He said of himself, “The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve and to give himself as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45).

Jesus dealt with many desperate life circumstances with incredible compassion, wisdom and insight and his basic model for humanity was to serve. That was so unexpected and counter to what people thought a great leader should be, but it was his way and his example. And he even went beyond service to sacrifice in his death for us – to win us back from all that evil and confusion that seems to control us.

Many of the families on the TV show have reached a point where they cannot help themselves – they need outside intervention and it is lifechanging.

There is a challenge, however, in Christian faith, that goes beyond kindness, good as that is. Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6). His hope for all is that we would see that trusting in him is the good news that rescues us and releases us into love.

Kiltarlity Church of Scotland Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire. Sundays: 11:15am. Website: www.kiltarlityandkirkhill.org.uk Kiltarlity Free Church of Scotland Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire. Tel: 01463 741729. Email: jfraser@gmail.com Kings Fellowship Meets at Smithton Industrial Estate, Culloden, Sundays, 11am. Tel: 01463 792700. Email: office@kingsinverness.com Website: www.kingsinverness.com Kingsview Christian Centre Balnafettack Road, Inverness, IV3 8TF. Sundays 11.30am and 6pm. Wednesdays 7.30pm. Tel: 01463 716843.

Kinmylies Church of Scotland Kinmylies Way, Inverness. Sundays 10.30am. Te---l: 01463 714035. Website: www.kinmylies.co.uk Kirkhill (Wardlaw) Church of Scotland Sundays 10am.

Website: www.kiltarlityandkirkhill.org.uk Killearnan & Knockbain Parish Church of Scotland Sunday Services Call 01463 731930 or visit www.kandkcofs.org

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Jesus would have loved this TV programme as well although there is one great story in Mark 2 where he inspires a sort of “anti-DIY” approach. Four friends bring their desperately needy and disabled friend on a mat to Jesus, but the house is so busy they decide to break through the flat roof to let their friend down! No one seems to worry too much about the damage as he brings healing to the man, joy to his friends and amazement to everyone. (I suspect Jesus would have offered to fix the roof for free later!)

For DIY SOS, friends bring their needy neighbours to the fore and it is really an expression of love and humanity at its best which Jesus would have loved.

As we see who Jesus really is in the Gospel narratives and connect with local churches seeking to follow him, there will be no end of SOS projects around us to which we can give our faith and talents.

Jonathan Turner, Secretary of Nairn Baptist Church

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Seaforth Place, Maryburgh. 01349 863367. Email Rev. Alec Stewart afs1@btinternet.com Ness Bank Church of Scotland Inverness. Sundays 11am. Tel: 01463 238409. Email: nessbankchurch@gmail.com • www.nessbank.net North Kessock, Church of Scotland Main Street, North Kessock.

Tel: 01463 731712. Website: www.churchofscotland.org.uk Old High St Stephen's, Church of Scotland 1) Old High Church, Church Street, Inverness. Sundays 11.15am. Tel: 01463 250802. 2) St Stephen’s Church, Southside Road at Old Edinburgh Road, Inverness. Sundays 10am. Tel: 01463 250802 www.oldhighststephens.com Inverness Presbytery www.invernesspresbytery.co.uk/congregations Listed K to O and regularly rotated. If you are a member of a church not listed here and would like to be considered for inclusion or for any amendments to existing details, email linda@winterburnmedia.co.uk

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Parliament Blog & Tide Times Foster care is challenging but extremely rewarding.

Foster Care Fortnight is The Fostering Network’s annual campaign to raise the profile of fostering and to show how foster care transforms lives.

Last week there was a debate in the Scottish Parliament regarding Foster Care. This offered an opportunity to highlight The Fostering Network’s annual campaign as a valuable awareness-raising campaign. Foster carers can, and do, make a real difference to the lives of children and young people.

93 per cent of local authorities and independent foster carers have achieved grades of “good” or better, however, 45 per cent have experienced a net loss in the number of foster carers. The Highlands is compounded by sparse population and geography.

With Climate Change a much talked about and topical issue, it is important that we don’t just brush it off as an others news story or as scaremongering. There are many things we can do as individuals to help the environment, and climate change. For example, when I’m both in London and at home in Inverness, I often choose to cycle rather than drive long distances. Not only does this have personal benefits for my physical health, but it’s a great way to reduce fuel emissions. An added bonus is that we are lucky enough to have excellent initiatives, like the Velocity Café and Bike Shop in Inverness, so should you need any help with repairs or if you’re interested in getting involved with a cycling group, they are the people to see!

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Water, Wells and Wellness

by Highland Historian The superstitions, superstitions beliefs b and

The fact that this s is so often

so-called so called “superstitions” sup perstitions which

traditions of o our com mmunities

closely linked wi th the sea,

emanated from m living from fro om the

are full of intr igue and a

agriculture and t he power of

sea or from po oor arable e land.

mystery; as well w as truths that

nature is not sur prising. The

Christian mon nks eventu ually

may only bec ome apparent a

most prominent pockets of

stopped trying g to dissua ade

once the storiies ha ve been

what I.F. Grant called c “well

these older be eliefs and healing

understood. This ph henomenal

worship” in her book b Highland

pools named after saints ts

importance in n the s torytelling

Folk Ways, appe ear to exist in

began to emerge. erge. Exam Examples mples of

tradition is ce ertainly y not

areas which inco oming

this are St Fil lan’ s pool in the

confined to th he wes st. In north

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east commun ities, there t is a

amend the peop les’

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noteworthy si milaritty in

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folkways.

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Maolruibhe in Loch Marree.

west, was not po opulated by

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Christian monks until later in

Christian figu res gave

integral to ou r educ cation. The

the developmentt of Scottish

legitimacy to the t water- beliefs

writing of hist ories must not be

Christianity and so, older

already prese ent. The us se of

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beliefs flourished d and many

these waters for curing mental

these tradition ns and d what their

still remain in so ome form.

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belief system s are b based on. on

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not entirely y di f ferent fro om the

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the north east, th he west coast

‘modern’ uses s of cold water w

folklore than it i everr appears

and islands are b bound

swimming tod day.

upon the first hearin ng of a

together in this cultural c

The power of water in belief b

simple folk tale.

development due e to the

systems still e exists to this day

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with the c arrying o f cof fins by

at Annat in Torr o ridon and on

in Rathven was w be ing used

the comm unity ove er the first

the Isle of Skye e. It is a

regularly forr its hea aling

running w ater befo ore being

common theme e that the ill

properties. This we ell,

transporte ed to the grave site.

would drink thre ee times from

however, wa as not tthe

This tradittion has b been

the well or sprin ng and circle it

community’ s preferrence as

k known i Portree in P t in i n recentt

th three times ti “su “ nwise” i ”

th i b their belief li f i n anoth th h wellll in her

years and d appears to exist in

(clockwise) for the healing to

the parish h ad outllived the

varying fo orms in ot her areas.

have permanen nce. In the

well itself. When W th he older

This mixin ng of the nature

To orridon examp ple, some

well was fille ed in b y a farm

traditions that pred date

folklorists main tain that this

tenant, mothers hers fro from om Buckie

Christianitty and the e formality

included for ma any hundreds

brought their ir children childrren and,

of Christia anity have e created

of years, the drrinking of the

finding the w well gon ne,

traditions which are e almost

spring water fro om a human

scooped a pool wit with th their

entirely un nique to tthe

skull! This tradi tion has been

hands in the e earth.. Once full

communit ies they developed d

recorded sever al times, most

of water, the e childrren bathed

in.

recently by an a author who

in the pool before b being b

Healing w wells featu ure

claims to have witnessed it in

carried hom e, asle eep, on

prominenttly across s the

recent years.

their motherrs’ back ks. In 1890,

Highland region. P articularly

In the North Ea ast, healing

healing well s were still in use

noteworth hy are the e clootie

wells were cert ainly revered

at Strathdon n and C Corgarf f

wells clos e to Inve rness and

and respected in i a similar

where of feri ngs we ere still

the traditions off he h ealing li wells ll

way. IIn 1842 1842, a wellll att Oxhill O hill

being found..

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Our Canadian Cousins: A captivating insight into the intrepid and pioneering Highlanders who shaped the making of Canada 10am - 5pm, Grantown Museum, Grantown-on -Spey. £4 (inc in entry to museum). Call Dan Cottam on 01479 872478 or email at dan@grantownmuseum.co.uk. www.grantownmuseum.co.uk

Association of Highland Clans & Societies: Clan Urquhart International Gathering 6pm (20th) - 9pm (25th), Banff, Craigston, Turriff & Meldrum. Only happens once every 5 years. Email at adam.urquhart@btinternet.com

The Art Society of Inverness is 75 years old in 2019 and there is FREE entry to its annual exhibition.

6 july - 27 july Outdoor Car Boot Sale (Sat only) 8am - 2pm, New Start Highland, 9 Carsegate Road North, Inverness

until 7 july Scotland from the Sky: exhibition of aerial photography 9.30am - 5.30pm, The Highlanders' Museum, Fort George, Ardersier. Incl in admission price. Call 01667 460232

20 july - 17 august Creative Cairngorms: A selection of very original arts & crafts by local artists Mon - Fri: 1pm - 4.30pm & Sat - Sun: 10am, Abernethy Old Kirk, Nethy Bridge

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27 july - 3 august The Art Society of Inverness Summer Exhibition 2019 The Town House, Inverness. Email at secretary@artinverness.com. www.artinverness.com

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until 29 saturday Wild WIngs over Lonely Shores: Exhibition by Robert Greenhalf; paintings & woodcuts of bird-life 9am - 5pm, Mon - Sat, Castle Gallery, 43 Castle Street, Inverness IV2 3DU. Call01463 729512 or email at info@castlegallery.co.uk www.castlegallery.co.uk

29 saturday Piping Inverness 2019: European Pipe Band Championships 10am, Bught Park, Inverness.

Hundreds of pipers & drummers & highland dancers along with food & drink, traditional craft stalls & live entertainment Brodie 1st Bunnyversary Party 10am, Brodie Castle, Forres. 1st Annual celebration of the Brodie Bunny & his Playful Garden. Call 01309 641371 Raigmore Hospital's Maternity & Gynae Spring Fling!: Featuring a live Ceilidh band, a three course meal & lots more. Open to everyone who has any involvement with the Maternity/Gynae unit at Raigmore & our colleagues past & present 7pm, The Waterside Hotel,Inverness Charity Mixed Foursomes in aid of the Eve Appeal (7am, Abernethy Golf Club, Nethybridge. £15 per couple (Members); £20 per couple (Visitors). Call 01479 821305 or email at info@abernethygolfclub.com Port of Invergordon - Cruise Liner List 2019 Provisional V5: Norwegian Spirit & Rotterdam, 7am 5pm & 8am - 5pm Invergordon Keel Boat Regatta 11am, Invergordon Boating Club. Open to all. There is a participant's fee. www.invergordonboatingclub.org.uk Accidentals Summer Concert: Programme of Songs from the Musicals sung in aid of Archie Foundation & Arthritis Care 7.30pm, United Reformed Church, King Street, Nairn. £5 (inc refreshments). Tickets from Dimensions, Leopold Street, Nairn & at door Call Cath Stevenson on 01667 258512 or email at cathstevenson442@yahoo.co.uk

29 saturday - 30 sunday Woolly Weekend: from Lamb to Loom; Includes the shearing of 20 sheep 10.30am - 5.30pm, Highland Folk Museum, Newtonmore. Call 01349 781650

30 sunday Car Boot Sale (IDCA) 8.30am - 1pm, Inchberry Hall, Orton, Fochabers IV32 7QB. £10 per car pitch; £20 double pitch. Tea, coffee, refreshments, butteries & cakes in Hall. BBQ Burger Hut food. All funds raised go to maintain IDCA facilities & local charities Kincraig's Festival of Shinty: 6-a-Side Tournament.

Age groups: P1 - 3; P4 - 5 & P6 - 7 11am, Invereshie, Kingussie. BBQ, Raffle; hot & cold drinks; homebaking Afternoon Tea with a Glass of Fizz in aid of the Highland Hospice 12.30pm - 5pm, Lochardil House page 18 - July 2019

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3 wednesday Port of Invergordon - Cruise Liner List 2019 Provisional V5: Costa Mediterranea 8am - 7pm

3 wednesday - 4 thursday XpoNorth 2019 9am - 5pm , Eden Court, Bishops Road, Inverness IV3 5SA. Scotland’s leading creative industries' festival. Pre-registration recommended in order for you to collect your free Delegate Pass. www.xponorth.co.uk

3 wednesday - 9 tuesday Eddie & Jan Charity Memorial Motorcycle Run in aid of CHSS 12pm (3rd) - 10pm (9th), Nairn Bus Station (Departure from). For details see Facebook page or email at charlie@jacobitemcc.co.uk www.facebook.com/jacobitemcc

4 thursday Cafe Artysans Supper Club (The Calman Trust) 6pm - 8pm, Cafe Artysans (Inverness), 7 Strothers Lane, Inverness. A two course supper, tea/coffee & live music from Feis Rois. Call 01463 729793 or email at cafe@artysans.org.uk Nairn & District Gardening Club: An-Grianan Garden Visit; a tour with owners Susan McCrone & Howard Stollar 7pm, Rafford. www.spanglefish.com/ nairnanddistrictgardeningclub

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NAIRN SHOW 2019 Nairnshire Farming society - Celebrating 200 years of Summer shows - Saturday 27th July sees Nairnshire farming society hold it’s Annual show at Kinnudie Farm, Auldearn.

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NAIRN SHOW Saturday 27th July 2019 Kinnudie Farm, Auldearn

There’s something for everyone!

0 Cattle, Sheep & Horse Judging 0 Craft Fair 0 Trade Stands 0 Food Fair 0 Young Farmer Competition 0 Horticultural & Flower Show 0 Baking, Produce and Handicrafts including Children’s Section 0 Horse & Carriage Display 0 Nairn & District Pipe Band 0 Traditional Music 0 Vintage Tractor Parade 0 Children’s Activities and Amusements 0 Show Jumping 0 Working Dog Display

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Corrieyairack Challenge: Point to Point Mountain Duathlon & NEW FORMAT Mountain Bike Event 7am & 9.30am from Fort Augustus, Badaguish www.badaguish.org Forres Highland Games 2019 11.30am, Grant Park, Forres. All welcome Wojtek the Bear with the Roov@Tooth & Claw, Inverness, 6.30pm - 9.30pm Inverness Farmers' Market 8am - 2.30pm, High Street Inverness. Local food, plants, crafts & more Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Trance@Tooth & Claw, Inverness 8pm - 12am, ÂŁ5. DJs - James Thomson; Conor Ferguson, Kevin Thompson & Andy Innes

6 saturday - 7 sunday Summer at Eden: Craft & Food Festival supporting the Highland Hospice 10am - 5pm, The Bishop's Palace, Eden Court, Inverness. www.exclusivelyhighlands.co.uk

7 sunday

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9 tuesday - 14 sunday Zippo's Circus Inverness Caledonian Thistle Adults ÂŁ9 (15yrs +); Children ÂŁ7.50; U2s

10 wednesday Abernethy Golf Club: Seniors' Open; Ladies & Men 9am, Abernethy Golf Club, Nethy Bridge. Members ÂŁ9; non-members ÂŁ12. See website for details. Call 01479 821305 or email info@abernethygolfclub.com www.abernethygolfclub.com Fruity Feast Investigators 2pm - 3.30pm, Inverness Botanic Gardens, Bught Lane, Inverness. ÂŁ5.50 for Highlife Highland Card Holders

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Adults ÂŁ10; Children Free (tho there may be charges for some rides, etc) David Walliams' Gangsta Granny Gates open at friday saturday 2pm; 3pm - 6pm, Brodie Castle, Forres. Tickets from GinJazz at Inshriach Farm 5.30pm - 11pm (12th) & website. Refreshments available. Dress warmly & 12.30pm - 11pm (13th), Inshriach Farm, Aviemore bring a picnic & rug or low seating. Advance booking advised. www.nts.org.uk saturday Ardioch Farm Annual Show 9am, Ardioch Farm & M Nairn & District Gardening Club: Annual Outing J Livery, Keith. Inhand, Ridden & Working Hunter Scone Palace. Details at www.spanglefish.com/ competitions nairnanddistrictgardeningclub Proud Ness Volunteer Sunday Social 2pm - 4pm, Friends of Merkinch Local Nature Reserve: Den MacGregor's Bar, Inverness. Find out about Building10:03 11am - 3pm, Merkinch Local Nature 1 08/05/2018 volunteering at this year's Proud Ness Reserve. Adult supervision with all children. Meet in Port of Invergordon - Cruise Liner List 2019 the picnic table field. Please bring refreshments & Provisional V5: Mein Schiff 3 7.30am - 7pm wear weather appropriate clothes & footwear

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14 sunday Cars & Coffee 10am - 12pm, Rollerbowl, Inverness A quiet social gathering of like-minded car enthusiasts. Email at carsandcoffeeinverness@highlandclassic.org.uk www.facebook.com/carsandcoffeeinverness Private Lives presented by Heartbreak Productions 7pm, Brodie Castle, Forres. Tickets from www.nts.org.uk Port of Invergordon - Cruise Liner List 2019 Provisional V5: Columbus & Sea Cloud II 7am - 4pm & 8am - 1.30pm

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RockYES Festival 2019@The Ironworks, Inverness 7pm (Fri), Family friendly live music celebration. ProIndy stalls from across the political spectrum. Call 0800 086 2194 or email at sales@RockYES.co.uk www.RockYES.co.uk/Tickets

17 wednesday - 20 saturday Hebridean Celtic Festival TBC, Stornoway Hebridean music galore. Email at office@hebceltfest.com. www.hebceltfest.com

20 saturday The Wind in the WIllows presented by Quantum Theatre Gates open 5.30pm, 6.30pm start, Cawdor Castle. See website for details & tickets. Call 01667 404401.www.online1.venpos.net Scottish Old Skool Escorts Highland Tour 2019 10.30am - 4.30pm, Grantown on Spey The Loch Garten Osprey Centre 60th Birthday 11am, RSPB Loch Garten, Abernethy. Normal entrance fee. Vintage Operation Osprey fun, games Inverness Highland Games Bught Park, Inverness Traditional Highland Games Port of Invergordon - Cruise Liner List 2019 Provisional V5: Crown Princess 7am - 6pm

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Proud Ness 1pm - 5pm, Bught Park, Inverness.

Free. Parade through the city centre to Bught Park where there will be stalls, food & drink, a funfair, inflatable city for children, Well Ness show, Ruff Ness dog competition & craft fair, etc Abernethy Golf Club: Ladies' & Men's Mixed Greensomes 9am, Abernethy Golf Club, Nethy Bridge. Members £15 per cpl; non-members £20 per couple. See website for details. Call 01479 821305 or email at info@abernethygolfclub.com Port of Invergordon - Cruise Liner List 2019 Provisional V5: Brilliance of the Seas 8am - 6pm T Arnott Moffat Memorial Road Run 2019 10.30am, Inverness. Motorcycle Road Run. (Loch Ness Restorations)

22 monday - 25 thursday Multi Sports Sports Camp for Children 10am - 3pm, Nairn Sports Club, For P1 - S2. Come & try tennis, squash, badminton & table tennis. Members £12 per day; £14 Non-members. Call Pauline Barron on 01667 454523 or at nairnsportsclub@yahoo.co.uk

23 tuesday The Highland Literary Society: Open Mic 6.30pm 8.30pm, Ness View Room, Glen Mhor Hotel, Ness Bank, inverness. www.highlandlit.com

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26 friday Out of the Box (Series of Concerts): Traditional Scottish & Shetland fiddle music, classical duets, bagpipes, Nordic Viola, & Nykelharpa (national instrument of Sweden!). Inverness Cathedral Cinema Nairn: On Golden Pond (PG) 7.30pm, Nairn Community & Arts Centre. £5 & £3.1981 classic about family estrangement and reconciliation starring Katherine Hepburn, Henry & Jane Fonda.

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27 saturday Port of Invergordon - Cruise Liner List 2019 Provisional V5: MSC Orchestra 9am - 6pm Speyfest Craft Fair 10am - 4pm, The Marquee, Playing Fields, East Street, Fochabers. Free. Craft & food fair. www.speyfest.com Zombie & Horror Film-Making Workshop 2.30pm, Craigmonie Community Centre, Inverness. Free.

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28 sunday Car Boot Sale (IDCA) 8.30am - 1pm, Inchberry Hall, Orton, Fochabers IV32 7QB. £10 per car pitch; £20 double pitch. Tea, coffee, refreshments, butteries & cakes in Hall. BBQ Burger Hut food. All funds raised go to maintain IDCA facilities & local charities Abernethy Golf Club: Texas Scramble 9am, Abernethy Golf Club, Nethy Bridge. £40 per team of 4 (unisex or mixed.Call 01479 821305 or email at info@abernethygolfclub.com Rothes Golf Club : Walkers Open - Mixed Greensomes Rothes Golf Club, Blackhall, Rothes, AB38 7AN. To book a tee time visit www.rothesgolfc.

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The House by the Loch Junior Fiction

By Kirsty Wark

By David Walliams

Scotland, 1950s Walter MacMillan is bewitched by the clever, glamorous Jean Thompson and can't believe his luck when she agrees to marry him. Neither can she, for Walter represents a steady and loving man who can perhaps quiet the demons inside her. Yet their home on remote Loch Doon soon becomes a prison for Jean and neither a young family, nor Walter's care, can seem to save her. Many years later, Walter is with his adult children and adored grandchildren on the shores of Loch Doon where the family has been holidaying for two generations.

But the shadows of the past stretch over them and will turn all their lives upside down on one fateful weekend.

The World’s Worst Teachers Think your teachers are bad? Wait till you meet this lot. These ten tales of the world's most splendidly sinister teachers will have you running for the school gates. Dr Dread teaches science and is half man, half monster... Watch out for the ghastly Miss Seethe. She is ALWAYS furious - and she's on a detention rampage. And as for Pent, he's a teacher with a real difference. He is bone-shakingly terrified of... children!

Young Adult Fiction

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder

By Holly Jackson

The case is closed. Finito. Five years ago, schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by Sal Singh. The police know he did it.

Everyone in town knows he did it. End of. But Pip Fitz-Amobi isn’t so sure. Now Pip has to do a school project. She’s a good girl, shooting for the top grade.

And what’s her topic? It’s this: who killed Andie Bell? But as Pip starts to research her project, she starts to uncover deadly secrets. When Pip wants to accomplish a task, nothing usually stands in her way. But this time, getting top marks might be murder…

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The Boy at the Back of the Class

Adult Non-Fiction

The Planets

Andrew Cohen with Professor Brian Cox A sweeping, stellar investigation to the worlds we share in our solar system. Drawing from the very latest research from an armada of probes exploring our planetary neighbours, The Planets sets out the dynamic history and present of our immediate universe.

By Onjali Q Rauf This is the story about how one ordinary nine-year-old child and three classmates are full of empathy for Ahmet, a boy that comes to their school as a refugee from Syria (he is the boy at the back of the class). Through their sensitivity, curiosity, ingenuity, bravery and innocent niceness, they make a massive impact on Ahmet’s life, friends, class, school, community and wider world. There’s a lovely lack of stereotyping on gender and backstory for the narrator, which adds to the message of not judging people before you know them.

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The Butterfly Room

By Lucinda Riley Posy Montague is approaching her seventieth birthday and is unexpectedly reunited with a long lost lover who cruelly rejected her. But exactly what are Freddie’s motives and what dark secrets does he have to hide?

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by Tommy Cummins of Discount Suit Company, London, UK. "A simple classic that really proves its point, though the devil is certainly in the detail."

INGREDIENTS: 60ml Isle of Harris Gin 10ml of Dolin Vermouth de Chambéry (Dry) 10ml of Juniper and Sea Kelp infused vinegar.

Pickling onions

ME THODOLOGY: 1. Pour 400ml of White D Distilled Vinegar into a Kilner jar.

2. Add a handful of Greek Juniper berries plus a handful and a pincch of dried Kelp.

3. Add pickling onions (e e.g. Silverskin, Pearl), seal jar and leave to infusse for 10 days.

4. Add ice to an already cchilled mixing glass.

5. Pour in the gin, vermouth and vinegar before mixing with a teardrop bar spoon.

6. Julep strain into a chillled vintage coupette glass.

7. Garnish with two of th he pickled onions.

Tommy Cummins is the bar manager of Discount Suit Company in London, UK. This independent cocktaail bar is situated moments from Spitalfields Market and focuses on great cockktails made with traditional methods and fo orgotten classic recipes. All of this soundtracked by a big love for all things Soul - especially Northern.

“A simple classic that really proves its point, though the deviil is certainly in the detail. We infused the onions o with the juniper berries and sea kelp to drive home the maritime idyll an nd to represent both the gin ( juniper berrie es), and the island (kelp). Also, Isle Of Harris Gin stands with its head held high against the pickling liquor. It’s great to try som mething differ e ent in the gin world and Isle of Harris are doing that. While everryone is doing heavy juniper London Dry sttyles, they are keeping to their heritage of the island. This is shown in that lo ovely maritime smell, with hints of pine nee edles and dried oranges. Looking forward to se eeing what you release next."

C m m u n i ty Ba Co ass e d N at a u r e P ro r o j e ct c s N A I R N R I V E R I N VA S I V E S P E C I E S P R O J E C T The banks, woodland d and open spaces along the River Nairn are an integral part of ou ur town, a natural asset that adds to locals’ quality of life. Riverside Park, near the Jubilee Brid dge is a well-used ll d but b t sometimes t ti overlooked space that connects residential areas to the town centre.

Green Hive and many other community groups want to see a flourishing riverside environment that provides a safe space to play and explore nature, for all ages.

And now, users of Rivverside Park are coming togetherr to draw attention to this forgott g en spot.

Community groups such s as Green Hive, Nairn PLAY and the

Forres and Nairn Welfare League are joining for o ces with Nairn’s Community Plann ning Partnership to de evelop their interest in enhanccing the Riverside.

The Nairn and Naairnshire Community Plann ning Partnership (NNC CPP) brings the police, NHS, educcation, local council and volun ntary groups together to enhan nce and develop our community ’s health and wellbeing. The h NNCPP’s Places and Spaces subgroup is currently focused d on Riverside Park, and will later e turn to Tradespark.

“We seek to make e our open spaces accessible e and useable, and are bringing groups

together to develop this space for the good of the community.”

Cllr To om Heggie, Place and Spaces Group Chair.

As custodians of the Riverside football pit p ch and chang ging g rooms, Forres and Nairn Welfare League portion part of their income to maiintaining these important facilities. In the future they plan to extend the changing room m area at either side, giving room to store equipment thaat will facilitate maintenance of o the football park.

“We are celebrrating our 20th anniversary th his year and we are committed to the area long term. In the paast, we have teamed up with th other local sports clubs to provide support for the pitch and we very much welcome othe er partnerships to further that an nd any redevelopmen nt of the surrounding arrea.” John Rowley, FNWFA Executtive Committee Member Nairn PLAY is a constituted community group which aims to improve plaay facilities at the riverside in Nair airn.

“It has been very helpful getting the help elp and support from Green Hive, Keeping

Nairnshire Colourful, the Welfare League and skatepark users. I'm delighted that Nairn PLAY was invited to work as a member of Places and Spaces.”

Kat Woods, Nairn PLAY vice chair Young people that use the skate park are also joining effor o ts to improve the area.

"I think it's a great idea for skaters and members of the Nairn community to come together and express the interests we have in the riverside area … the many of us who use the skatepark fo or its intended purposes feel that it is overlooked. So this would be a great opportunity to show that there is a community based around the skateparrk … and convince organisatio ons, groups and the public that Nair N n

Family Day at Riverside Park on Saturday 20th July from 12pm

skatepark and the e surrounding area is somewherre for improvement.” Daayne Inglis Green Hive’s Nairn River Invasive Species Project iss working to reduce species p su uch as Giant Hogweed from our riverbanks, creating a more biodiv b erse and healthy riverside. As part of this project we are plaanning a Family Day at Riverside Park, inviting members of the p public to help clear Himalayan B Balsam plants from the woodlan nd area along the riverside. The e other Places and Spaces members are keen to join in, making g this a collective family e event.

The event, on Saturday 20th July from 12pm, will be a day of family activitie es for our community to en njoy our riverside environ nment. Green

Hive will have opportunities to learn about and remove invasive species, while our Countryside Ranger, the Welfare Football League, the SISI project, Fire Scotland and others will ill llead d natur t e ttrails il , sports t, bushcraft and other activities.

Attendees will be encouraged to give thoughts and hopes for the park’s development, so come along and share your ideas.

“This will be an open-ended process and other groups that regularly use this park are invited to make themselves known” Cllr Tom o Heggie.

By Kirsty Ellen,, Green Hive Development Officer

N o t l oc al t o N ai r n?

G o o nl i ne t o fin d s im i l ar g r o ups o r pr ojec t s

If you would like to find out more or join as a volunteer get in touch with Kirsty at Green Hive, kirsty@greenhive.co.uk, 07453912697 Cllr Tom Heggie can be contacted at Tom.Heggie.cllr@highla nd.gov.uk

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Stylist In Training...

‘Athleisure is a trend in fashion in which clothing designed for workouts and other athletic activities is worn in other settings, such as at the workplace, at school, or at other casual or social occasions.’ wikipedia.

I never thought I would EVER wear trainers unless inside a gym (and that dear readers can be somewhat a rare occasion) . If I couldn’t wear heels then flat ballet pumps all the way - they didn’t feel very exciting but at least I could walk. Then one day I discovered sneakers, and suddenly sportswear took on a new meaning. I have since been on a quest to see how many ways I can incorporate these comfy little gems into my wardrobe.

Some call it ‘Sports Luxe’ some ‘Athleisure’ - either way they make me feel I can walk that extra mile.

‘Athleisure’ (as described above) is an ever growing and

evolving trend and allows you to bridge the gap between smart/casual. One of my favourite looks is to wear a blazer, slogan tee, skinnies and my silver sequin trainers. I’ve even been known to wear track pants to a very important audition but because my hair was done, the blazer was structured AND I had my accessories on I still felt smart, polished and together. Not to mention no throbbing feet! In the end this is the key to true style - to feel like you and know you can walk in a room with an easy confidence.

My Top 5 Tips for Trainer Style...

1. Pick a pair that suit your feet.

2. Go for Sparkle or Glitter for weekend/lunch dates 3. Leather styles are generally better to keep feet fresh (or wear trainer socks)

4. Pick a colour that will work with all your wardrobe, or are neutral enough to tone in.

5. Pair with everything! From dresses to skirts, suits to jumpsuits, rest assured you can so rock this...

The most important rule is to stay true to who you are and have FUN!

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