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Clubs, Societies & Regular Meetings CROMARTY BOWLING CLUB Outdoor at the Green - May Sept, Bowling for Beginners Fri 2pm - 4pm Indoor at Victoria Hall - Nov -Apr, Bowling for Beginners Fridays 2pm - 4pm Causeway, Cromarty CROMARTY CAMERA CLUB Thurs 7.30 - 9.30pm Sept - Apr, Victoria Hall, Cromarty. Digital camera club welcoming all levels of experience. Training in all aspects of photography incl. use of Photoshop. Members able to participate in club competitions and field shoots.

CULLODEN FENCING CLUB Tuesdays 7 - 9pm during term time at Culloden Academy Community Centre. Call 792794 for further details.

DINGWALL INDOOR BOWLING CLUB Tuesdays 7.30pm &Thursdays 7pm, Dingwall Sports Centre Have fun on dark nights. Bowls are available, however flat soled shoes or slippers are necessary.

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DINGWALL TAEKWONDO WTF Classes Tues 7.30pm, Dingwall Sportscentre, Fri 7.30pm Dingwall Academy.

More than 45 years in the running. Black Belts advanced students only. Professional training and examinations.

DRAKIES BOWLING CLUB Tel: 237033 HIGHLAND LGBT FORUM Reg. charity with regular social events in Inverness for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Call 07512 231904 or visit www.gay-ness.org.uk INVERNESS FILM FANS Inverness Film Fans (InFiFa) Fortnightly at Eden Court for screenings & discussion. New members welcome. Details: www.invernessfilmfans.org INVERNESS HARRIERS AMATEUR ATHLETIC CLUB Cross country, road and hill running, track and field athletics, Beginner to elite level. Queens Park Athletic Stadium. Tel 791110 www.invernessharriers.org.uk INVERNESS RACING PIGEON CLUB Seeking new members young and old. Races held from Inverness to as far away as France with the North East Federation. All ages welcome. Call 01463 243038.

INVERNESS SEA CADETS Tues and Thursday evenings, 7.15pm-9.30pm, tel: 226069 INVERNESS TENNIS & Bishop’s Road, Inverness, tel: 230751 or email: itsc.information@googlemail.com or visit www.itscnews.com INVERNESS TOUCH RUGBY Wednesdays 6pm-8pm, Bught Pitches (by Ice Rink). Fast & fun for men and women, all abilities & fitness levels welcome. Email info@invernesstouch.co.uk or "Inverness Touch" on Facebook

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 RESOLIS BABY & TODDLER GROUP Fridays 10am - 11.45am all year.

Resolis Memorial Hall, Black Isle, IV7 8LP. All parents /grandparents/carers welcome with children 0 to 3 years old, local and outwith the area. Call Carsten on 07958 550333 or resolistoddlers@hotmail.co.uk ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION CITY OF INVERNESS BRANCH 2nd Wed each month, 7:30pm, RBLS Club, Huntly Street. Ex or serving member or connection or interest in the Royal Navy?

Guest speakers, day trips & swinging the lantern along with a tot or two. Email: Gordon Ross (Secretary) at gwross@ btinternet.com or Evan Jessiman at evan.jessiman@ btinternet.com SALTIRE SOCIETY HIGHLAND BRANCH Wide ranging interests. We have talks, St Andrew’s Day celebratios, Burns Lunch and a summer outing. Contact Philip Shimmin on 231421 or email philip.shimmin107 @btinternet.com SAYLIG INVERNESS We look at all aspects of life for people with learning disability and/or autism, SHIRLIE Project, Inverness, tel: 716179 or email rona.mem@hotmail.co.uk SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL OF INVERNESS AND NAIRN 2nd and 4th Monday evenings in Lochardil House Hotel. Call Mrs Janet Home (Secretary) on 01463 221185

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SQUASH CLUB Call 230751 or email : robin@rhamill.orangehome.co.uk www.itscnews.com STRATH ART CLUB Relaxing setting for informal drop in sessions for budding artists. 7 - 9pm, £2 per session with the kitchen available for making of refreshments, Strathpeffer Community Centre. Call 01997 421989 or visit www.strathpeffer communitycentre.org.uk THE CLAN DONALD SOCIETY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS For details call the Membership Secretary on tel 01381 620101 email: contact@clandonald.org or visit www.clandonald.org TREES FOR LIFE GREEN DAYS OUT For people in Moray & Invernessshire. Spend a day carrying out conservation tasks. Transport, tools & training free of charge.

Pick ups available. Volunteers over 18 with reasonable level of fitness.

Every Wed & last Sun of the month. Booking essential. Call Rosie on 01309 691444 or email rosie@treesforlife.org.uk WESTHILL INDOOR BOWLING CLUB Tues & Thurs 7.30 - 9.30pm Oct to Mar, Cradlehall Primary School. Call the Chairperson on 790524 or Gladys on 790834

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Pastoral letter and Church Meetings Thank you God for Blue Bins For several months I eagerly anticipated the day when Highland Council would roll out their program of household recycling wheelie bins to the city of Inverness. It was getting rather tedious making monthly trips to the Longman Recycling Centre with our glass, cardboard and plastics. At one stage I actually wondered if it was doing the environment any good making those journeys, taking into account the amount of diesel our car was burning. So you can imagine the joy when the day of household recycling collections actually started.

I was not disappointed. It also seems I was not alone in my euphoria, judging by some of the posts I read on Facebook. Even though it was not due for collection for several weeks ahead, within a few days of delivery our shiny new blue wheelie bin was full, such is the waste we had stored up. But that was not before our children had jumped in the bin, trying out what it feels like to be recycled, or at any rate what it feels like to be inside a big blue recycling “machine.”

Good fun.

To me it seems only right that I should be doing something to reduce the carbon footprint. Whatever view one might hold about climate change it is difficult to argue against the benefits of re-using items which would otherwise sit for many long years, inert in a big hole in the ground. Far better that such items are being put to a new use.

It also occurs to me that there was a deeper significance than just child’s play in what my offspring were doing inside that wheelie bin, trying out what it feels like being “recycled.” Our perspective can sometimes be that it feels as if our lives are being wasted, or worse, are even rubbish and useless – good for nothing except to be thrown out and dumped. Maybe you feel like you are just here for a time, and that time is up – you are expendable and even expended. But the Bible talks about God having a good plan for each of our lives: “a plan to prosper and not to harm. A plan to bring you a hope and a future.” (Jeremiah 29.11) That doesn’t sound to me much like ending

St Andrew's Cathedral Scottish Episcopal Church, Ardross Street, Inverness. Call 233535 or visit www.invernesscathedral.com St Clement's Parish Church of Scotland, Church Street, Dingwall.

Sunday worship at 11.30am & 6.30pm. Sunday School meets in the Church Hall at 11.20am (term time). Call 01349 863063 St Columba, Inverness, C of S 11am Sunday & 8pm Wednesday for prayer at Holm Primary School. Call 07535 290092 or visit the website www.stcolumbainverness.org St John the Evangelist, Episcopal Church, Southside Road, Inverness. Sundays at 10.45am & Holy Communion on Wednesdays at 11am. Call 716288 or visit www.stjohns-inverness.com St. Ninian's Catholic Church 21 Culduthel Road, Inverness IV2 4AN Saturday Vigil at 5pm & Sunday Mass at 10am. Call 236620 or vist www.saintninians.org.uk St. Mary's Catholic Church 30 Huntly Street, Inverness IV3 5PR Saturday Vigil at 6.30pm & Sunday Mass at 11am & 6.30pm St. Columba’s Catholic Church, Culloden IV2 7PW. Sunday Mass at 9.30am. Call 233519 or visit www.stmarysinverness.co.uk St Mary-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church, Culloden. Sundays at 9.45am & Holy Communion on Fridays at 10.30am. Call 716288 or visit www.stjohns-inverness.com

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up on a rubbish heap. It’s about Life, and living life in all its fullness and the fact is: you matter to God. Another part of the Bible (Psalm 139.1) explains that we are each known to a Creator who has “searched us and knows us.”

But for me, the best news of all is the same Creator is in the business of recycling. Recycling was first God’s idea! I am not just referring to the avoidance of needlessly wasting material resources. God is “making everything new” declares Revelation 21.5. That is a promise for the life which is to come. It is also a promise for this life too. If you and I are willing to let Him, God desires to transform and redirect your life.

So will the recycling begin in earnest now?

R. Murray McCheyne.

Secretary, St Columba Church of Scotland New Charge, Inverness.

St Michael & All Angels, Abban Street, Inverness. Sunday Mass at 11am. Contact Rev. Gerald Stranraer-Mull on 01463 870986 or email stranraer-mull@btinternet.com. www.stmichaelandallangels.org.uk Salvation Army 20 Tomnahurich Street, Inverness. Call 225276 or visit www.salvationarmy.org.uk Smithton Free Church Murray Road, Smithton, Inverness. Sunday services at 11am & 6pm. Call 01463 793191 The Reformed Baptist Church, Telford Road, Inverness. Visit the website www.wicketgate.co.uk Trinity Church, C of S, 60 Huntly Place, Inverness. Sunday service at 11am and evening service first Sunday of the month at 6:30pm. Visit www.trinityinverness.org.uk Urray & Strathconon Free Church, Urray at West Road, Muir of Ord & Strathconon at The Strathconon Community Hall. Call 871223 or email dgmartin@homecall.co.uk This is listed alphabetically from S to U and will regularly be rotated. If you are a member of a church not listed here please email us with details and we may print this in future issues.

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Cawdor Castle is proud to welcome the BBC Antiques Roadshow on Thursday 21st June. The Roadshow was last in Inverness-shire in 1995.

Cawdor Castle, a magical place steeped in history is the ideal location for a show, renowned for uncovering history. As is frequently the case we envisage that the crowds attending will bring their precious trinkets, artefacts and memorabilia, that will no doubt unveil a hidden gem from years gone by, or perhaps a dormant heirloom with high value that will bring a smile to the owner’s face.

Walking round this 14th century Castle one is fascinated by the history, stories and atmosphere of the home of the Thanes of Cawdor – mentioned

by Shakespeare in his play Macbeth. There is also the added pleasure of reading through the late Lord Cawdor’s room notes that will certainly amuse the reader.

The event will be an exciting day for all involved and attending. The stunning gardens will be in full flower giving spectators and visitors alike the opportunity to enjoy the hard work of our Cawdor Castle gardeners.

Cawdor Castle and Gardens will be open to the public until Sunday 30th September, daily from 10am to 5pm.

Tel. 01667 404401. Email info@cawdorcastle.com

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More information on our website - bbc.co.uk/antiquesroadshow Antiques Roadshow asks for 14 days notice if you need a sign language interpreter.

Bring your treasures to the experts on the day. If you have large pieces of furniture and/or bulky antiques you’re unable to carry, we may be able to help. Write now enclosing your address, telephone number and a photograph, if possible.

Closing date for letters / emails: Tuesday 12th June Antiques Roadshow, BBC, Whiteladies Road, Bristol BS8 2LR. Email: antiques.roadshow@bbc.co.uk

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Parliament Blog & Tides I am writing this from my Edinburgh office on the local government polling day. The reason I am here, is to take part in a number of meetings throughout the day, in relation to promoting business in Scotland – including in my own patch.

So, for today at least there will, be no standing outside the polling station or kissing babies! Yesterday, was a very busy day with a two hour session spent appearing before the Energy Enterprise and Tourism Committee to deal with law on the Registers of Scotland. This was followed by attending the Enterprise question session in the Chamber, where myself John Swinney and Planning minister Derek McKay all responded to in total about twenty questions.

These questions are largely delivered in reasonable Many asked about help for young people and small business. I was able to

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point out that 85,000 small businesses in Scotland have paid no or low business rates through the small business bonus. I visited Dalcross Logistics who have received this help, and used the benefit from it to conduct training for staff thus contributing to their business success.

This week, I have also met with representatives from the Scottish Gamekeepers Association – whose members are the real custodians of much of our countryside, and rural economy. I have always felt that the best way to find out how things actually work in practice is to speak to those who are most closely involved in their daily working lives.

Gamekeepers look after the hillside, the moorland, and their animals. They spend their working days on the hill, outdoors, not in front computers, and no one in my opinion tend to have a better or closer understanding about how things work. All too often the statutory government advisors have

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dismissed their views as “anecdotal evidence.” It is most certainly not. A Chinese proverb said that “When I hear, I forget; when I see, I remember; when I do – I understand!”

Gamekeepers do – and they understand.

Many of those who are not actually working in the countryside, but are said to be “experts” do not have that direct experience, and lawmakers especially, should do well to bear that in mind.

They care deeply for their animals and look after them well. They are also great fun and good company. So, I hope that we will as lawmakers listen carefully to their views, to ensure that the rural economy can flourish.

Fergus Ewing MSP Apoligies from Danny Alexander who could not contribute to the Blog this month.

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cal - ‘turning the tide’ tour 8pm. strathpeffer pavilion. tickets £12 from ticketweb, 24-hour 08444 771000, www.wegottickets.com. www.cal-band.com highland hospice cabaret evening & fashion show at nairn community & arts centre. call 01667 453476 or email info@nairncc.co.uk for tickets and more info

1 friday - 3 sunday

‘behold the hebrides’ at tore art gallery paintings inspired by the west coast and the islands by a wide selection of artists. visit www.tore-art-gallery.co.uk

june - july inchmore gallery 4th annual uhi hnc contemporary art practice graduation exhibition. 2nd - 13th june. "the see word" charity exhibition. prominent highland artists, affected by cancer, raising funds for maggie's therapy unit, inverness 16th june - 7th july. visit www.inchmoregallery.co.uk for more details. inverness airport art gallery (in the restaurant) is exhibiting large paintings by clare blois until the end of july. see them on line at www.tore-art-gallery.co.uk

MAY 30 wednesday inverness college uhi open evening from 5:30pm 7:30pm, longman campus refectory. for people interested in joining courses in aug & sept 2012. for info call 01463 273000 or email info@inverness.uhi.ac.uk police sport uk national track & field and tug o' war championships 2012 11am - 5pm at queens park stadium, inverness. forces represented from across the uk. hosted by the northern constabulary sports & athletics club on behalf of psuk. no cost to spectate. tannahill weavers @ universal hall 7:30pm. findhorn foundation, the park, findhorn. tickets £10 / £8 concessions / £6 u16s available at the phoenix stores 01309 690110 or at www.wegottickets.com

31 thursday bl’azz presents ‘blue and sentimental’ 8pm - 10pm, downstairs bar, castle tavern, view place, inverness. performing classic american blues & jazz songs. free admission but limited seating so come early.

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JUNE 1 friday

northern roots festival held on bogbain farm, a short hop from inverness city centre, offering an enticing mix of folk, roots and country acts including blazin’ fiddles and the groanbox boys. for more info visit www.northernrootsfestival.co.uk jubilee flower festival 3pm - 8pm on fri, 11am - 7pm on sat & 1pm - 5:30pm with songs of praise at 6:30pm on sun at petty parish church, tornagrain. teas & home baking - £2.50. plants & home baking stalls. held by inverness floral art club.

2 saturday great glen walking club bridgehaugh to corryhabbie hill - circuit. 15 miles. meet 0800hrs highland council car park. contact 01463 236204 for further info. diamond jubilee garden party & strawberry teas @ brodie castle 1:30pm - 4pm. with entertainment by the truly terrible orchestra and tony baxter. an afternoon of light hearted fun, children's games & crafts. www.nts.org.uk/events or 0844 493 2156

2 saturday - 3 sunday cawdor castle garden tours 11am & 2pm. included in normal gardens ticket. enquiries & ticket info call 01667 404401 or visit www.cawdorcastle.com

3 sunday boblainy forest group joint walk with inverness ramblers 10am. circular walk approx. 9 miles (14km) take in views of culnaskiach falls & remains of the settlement of coulachie. call floris greenlaw for more details on 01463 741342 bl’azz presents a jazz lunch with ‘traddy tunes’ 12:30pm - 3pm, kingsmills hotel, culcabock road, inverness. 6-piece musical ensemble recreating the classic jazz melodies defining the nineteen twenties & early thirties. 3 course luncheon, £18.50 per head.

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JUNE 2012 continued reservations at hotel reception or call 01463 257124 diamond jubilee picnic in the pavilion gardens openair bring your own picnic in the grounds at strathpeffer pavilion with plenty to see and do. call 01997 420124 or visit www.strathpefferpavilion.org for more information.

6 wednesday summer fete @ balloch school 6.30pm - 8.30 pm. fun for all the family, pony rides, face painting, bouncy castle, creatures great and small, side shows, raffle, home baking and bbq. free entry. keith & kristyn getty & friends 7:30pm, eden court theatre. as part of the alive festival. for tickets call 01463 234234 or online at www.eden-court.co.uk

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W ed 20th ............................................ ......... YYellow ellow Dog Summer Show 22/23 June .................................... Me Mellow llow YYellow ellow – “Bugsy & Blousy” Cinema Fri 29th ......................................... Ci nema Nairn- Made in Dagenham Sat 30th .............................................. ........................................................................ ........................... - Showstopperz

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8 friday - 10 sunday rock ness on the very shores of loch ness. features headline performances from ed sheeran and indie folk favourites mumford and sons and noah and the whale, alongside scotland’s own biffy clyro. visit www.rockness.co.uk for more info.

9 saturday strathpeffer victorian market day - live music, street stalls, climbing wall, pony rides, bouncy castle, dog display & much more. treasured vehicles show: to register call 07736463762. free entry to the museum of childhood. for info call 01997 420124 or visit www.strathpefferpavilion.org ceilidh @ strathpeffer pavilion 8:30pm - midnight, organised by the victorian strathpeffer committee, with the band highland ceilidh. tickets £8. call 01997 420124 or visit www.strathpefferpavilion.org or www.highlandceilidh.co.uk inverness ramblers sgor gaoith - sgoran dubh circular - glen feshie. 9.5 miles and fortrose - hillockhead circular. 9 miles. for both meet 0900hrs in the highland council car park. call 01463 236204 for further information. the olympic torch relay in the highlands the olympic flame arrives in inverness where there will be an evening celebration at 5pm at the northern meeting park.

10 sunday great glen walking club glenelg circuit. 8 miles. meet 0800hrs highland council car park. contact 01463 236204 for further information.

12 tuesday ‘fundamentalism’ with the pink castle philosophy club 7.30pm, riverside lounge, glen mhor hotel, inverness. open to all, friendly towards gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. visit www.pinkcastle.eu for more info.

13 wednesday ‘blooming great tea party’ for marie curie cancer care 10am - 11:30am at cullen methodist church.

8 friday bl’azz presents a sunset jazz cruise on loch newith ‘jacobite jazz’ 7:30pm - 10:30pm from tomnahurich bridge, inverness. 5-piece ensemble playing 'classic' jazz from 1920's with an occasional 'mainstream' moment. jazz greeting at the quayside from 7.15pm. tickets £20 call jennifer on 01463 233999 or on-line at www.booklockness.com\ scottish ensemble @ strathpeffer pavilion with harpist catrin finch tickets £10 (£5 for school pupils) from www.wegottickets.com & www.ticketweb.co.uk, page 16 - June 2012

24-hour hotline 08444 771000, pavilion office 01997 420124 (9 - 6, mon - fri) & june’s card shop, dingwall www.scottishensemble.co.uk / www.catrinfinch.com family fim night - ‘mr popper’s penguins’ at nairn community & arts centre. call 01667 453476 or email info@nairncc.co.uk for tickets and more info

14 thursday primal scream @ ironworks 7pm. for tickets or info call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

15 friday cal @ ironworks 7:30pm. for tickets or info call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com nairn music presents christina lawrie (piano) and

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SpotLight on Inverness and District

festivals 8 -10th June This month sees the Rockness monster explode onto our Highland banks once again as a wealth of known and not so well known talent hit several stages for three days. Over 30,000 festival revellers, including a high proportion from Moray, are set to hit the shores of Lochness for a mixture of musical madness and matrimony.

Live comedy sets from the likes of Tim Minchin and Daniel Sloss, an inflatable church enabling music goers to tie the knot returns and plenty of music galore from Friday, June 8 is expected to take Dores by storm.

Hosting the best of the best in an overdrive of international talent, from Friendly Fires to Noah and The Whale to Zane Lowe, is just scratching the surface! Headliners include Mumford and Sons, Deadmau5, and Biffy Clyro. It doesn’t stop there… Ed Sheeran, Death In Vegas, Filth DJs, The View and Mylo are all set and raring to go to brace the Northern Scottish stages.

Moray bands and DJs from all over Scotland have been invited to showcase their musical talents this year and will feature at the Main Stage and new stage, Arcadia UFO for an altogether refreshed and revitalised Rockness.

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15 friday marcus barcham-stevens 7:30pm, nairn community & arts centre. playing handel, schumann, debussy & more. tickets ÂŁ18 / members ÂŁ14 / students ÂŁ2. call 01667 453476

16 saturday absolute elvis for ironworks 7pm. seated. tickets or info tel: 08717894173 / www.ironworksvenue.com local band r.a.n.t @ strathpeffer spa pavilion 8pm. tickets ÂŁ10. bus from conon, maryburgh & dingwall, return at midnight. call rachael on 07871 374718 or email ssgc1888@gmail.com. come & join our party!! great glen walking club the fairy lochs. 5 miles. meet 0830hrs highland council car park. contact 01463 236204 for further information. ‘equip’ conference & duggy dug dug children’s praise party 10.30am & 8.00pm, smithton & culloden free church. part of alive festival. tickets and info from www.alivefestival.co.uk and clc bookshop. sansum fundraising night at nairn community & arts centre. for tickets and more info call 01667 453476 or email info@nairncc.co.uk

17 sunday bl’azz presents ‘the bob hall show’ 2:30pm - 5pm, maclean room, eden court, inverness. ‘the finest blues and boogie woogie piano player this side of the atlantic’. tickets ÂŁ8 from eden court box office or

call 01463 234234 inverness ramblers ullapool beachcombing & chips.

7 miles. meet 0900hrs in the highland council car park. call 01463 236204 for further information. cowboys & cowgirls @ brodie castle 1:30pm - 4pm. family fun with gunfight sketches from the northern rough riders. ÂŁ2 per adult, children free. visit www.nts.org.uk/events or call 0844 493 2156

18 monday ladies’ fellowship evening 7pm at the drumossie hotel, inverness. speaker, fiona castle and music by yvonne lyon as part of the alive festival. tickets and info from www.alivefestival.co.uk and clc bookshop.

19 tuesday teaching evening with malcolm duncan 7:30pm at hilton church of scotland, inverness. as part of the alive festival. free event. offering taken on the night.

20 wednesday inverness college uhi open day 12noon - 6pm, longman campus refectory. for people interested in joining courses in aug & sept 2012. for info call 01463 273000 or email info@inverness.uhi.ac.uk out of the box presents ‘power up’ 7pm, culduthel christian centre, inverness. an all age event packed with puppets, songs & drama. tickets & info from www.alivefestival.co.uk and clc bookshop. yellow dog summer show at nairn community & arts centre. for tickets and more info call 01667 453476 or email info@nairncc.co.uk

aLive Festival

Teach - Equip - Reach Out - Celebrate 16th - 23rd June 2012

With a heart to equip the Christian Community across the North, the aLive Festival aims to be far more though than a cosy gathering for Church -goers. Festival Director David Maclean explains: “Celebrating our faith and worshipping together is important and there are some great opportunities for that within the festival programme, but we also want to be providing a platform for teaching from God’s Word, for equipping God’s people and for reaching out with the Good news of God’s Kingdom�.

This year’s programme is shaping up to be another inspiring and exciting series of events with local and national organisations taking part. Conference Days, Teaching Nights, Puppet Shows and vibrant Praise and Worship evenings are just some of the events taking place. It’s anticipated that the highlight of the Festival will be the “Worship in the City� evening taking place in the Ironworks on Friday 22nd June with people expected to travel from all over the Highlands for this energetic and rousing evening with chart-hitting LZ7, Bluetree and Hillsong London taking to the stage.

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Following on from the fantastic success of last year’s debut festival, aLive is back for another year.

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21 thursday bbc antiques roadshow 9:30am - 4:30pm in the grounds of cawdor castle. enquiries and ticket info call 01667 404401 or visit www.cawdorcastle.com boblainy forest group longest day walk 7:30pm 9:30pm. meet at forest entrance – ardendrain grid ref nh 504375. join bob chapman for a 2hr circular walk in the forest. call 01463 741382 for information. national centre of excellence in traditional music 8pm at strathpeffer pavilion. concert by students of the renowned music school in plockton (sgoil chiùil na gàidhealtachd). tickets £7, conc. £3. call 01997 420124 or visit www.strathpefferpavilion.org or www.musicplockton.org teaching evening with richard tiplady 7:30pm at inshes church of scotland, inverness. as part of the alive festival. free event. offering taken on the night.

22 friday alive ministry : worship in the city @ ironworks 6:30pm. feat. hillsong london, bluetree & lz7. tickets or info 0871 7894173 or www.ironworksvenue.com

22 friday - 23 saturday mellow yellow - ‘bugsy & blousy’ at nairn community & arts centre. for tickets and more info call 01667 453476 or email info@nairncc.co.uk

23 saturday men’s conference with christian vision for men 9.30am - 4pm, culduthel christian centre, culduthel avenue, inverness. tickets and information from www.alivefestival.co.uk and clc bookshop. inverness ramblers feshiebridge circular. 8 miles. meet 0900hrs in the highland council car park. call 01463 236204 for further information.

24 sunday great glen walking club mam sodhail and sgurr na lapaich (glen affric). 13 miles. meet 0800hrs highland council car park. contact 01463 236204 for further information.

26 tuesday inverness film fans ‘1951 award winners’ - all about eve 7:30pm, at eden court cinema and followed by informal post film discussion. for full details visit www.invernessfilmfans.org

28 thursday bl’azz presents ‘blue and sentimental’ 8pm - 10pm, downstairs bar, castle tavern, view place, inverness. performing classic american blues & jazz songs. free admission but limited seating so come early.

29 friday ten tonne dozer @ flanagans bar 8pm, elgin. a night of hard rocking! supported by ‘semperfi’ and ‘slave system’. email thesyndicate2008@btinternet.com or visit www.facebook.com/thesyndicate2008 for more info.

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‘the marvel of peru’ @ brodie castle 7:30pm. james ross & friends perform baroque music. tickets £10. visit www.nts.org.uk/events or call 0844 493 2156

30 saturday rowan glen open garden 12pm - 3pm, culbockie. visit this amazing secret garden featuring boating pond, zipslide, croquet lawn, miniature ride-on steam railway & maze. tea, coffee, cakes & raffle. supporting the british red cross. great glen walking club coire mhic fhearchair. 8 miles. meet 0800hrs highland council car park. contact 01463 236204 for further information. showstopperz nairn community & arts centre. tickets & info 01667453476 / info@nairncc.co.uk

JULY 2012 in brief 1 sunday andy zaltzman @ ironworks 7pm. 16+. for tickets or info 0871 7894173 or www.ironworksvenue.com medieval jousting team ‘the knights of the damned’ @ brodie castle shows at 12:30pm & 2:30pm. battlefield highland re-enactment group. adults £8, family £23, concessions £5. call 0844 493 2156 / www.nts.org.uk/events 5 thursday the alexander brothers 8pm at strathpeffer pavilion. visit www.strathpefferpavilion.org or call 01997 420124 10 tuesday ‘trifles’ with the pink castle philosophy club 7.30pm, riverside lounge, glen mhor hotel, inverness. open to all, friendly towards gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. visit www.pinkcastle.eu for more info.

20 friday scottish chamber orchestra 8pm, strathpeffer pavilion. call 01997 420124 or visit www.strathpefferpavilion.org 21 saturday highland games 1pm - 6pm, northern meeting park. early bird tickets on sale in the city centre from 10am on games day as everybody gathers to watch the armed forces day parade which will start at 12:15pm 25 wednesday tannahill weavers 8pm, strathpeffer pavilion. tickets £12 / £11 / £6. call 01997 420124 or visit the website www.strathpefferpavilion.org 26 thursday bl’azz presents ‘blue and sentimental’ 8pm - 10pm, downstairs bar, castle tavern, view place, inverness. performing classic american blues & jazz songs. free admission but limited seating so come early.

27 friday - 29 sunday speyfest 2012 - the playing fields on east street in the moray town of fochabers will be home to the 17th speyfest weekend. it is one of the longest running music festivals in scotland, of its kind. visit www.speyfest.com for tickets & more information.

30 monday return of the lumberjacks @ ironworks 7pm. 16+. a triple bill of comedy. for tickets or info 0871 7894173 or www.ironworksvenue.com

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Despite the up and down weather this Spring, some things remain constant in the garden; the weeds come up again, and the grass needs cut every week or two.

For many, these are chores. We have found over the years that for so many households, they have tried to make the grass nice, and given up. Yet we fix it in just a couple of visits usually. What has really struck us is how many people appear to take new heart as soon as the grass begins to look good, and in no time we see new bedding plants, a patio, a BBQ, and the garden is obviously being enjoyed, no longer just a chore.

There are two main “problems” we see all the time in this area however; moss, and the lesser understood lichen. You may recognise lichen from the picture here, a greyish, almost silvery, scaly fungus on the grass. If you look up, you will likely also see lichen growing on the tree bark, even hanging off the branches. Mosses, lichens, indeed mushrooms and toadstools too, are the fruiting blooms of fungal spores which naturally grow in the ground given the right conditions. Lichen in particular needs clean air, and it thrives in Scotland.

You will probably see it on your lawn if the ground has become compacted, the soil is a bit undernourished, and the grass is a bit weak (often as a result of mowing too short). Together with a damp climate, these are ideal conditions for moss and lichen to challenge grass for dominance on a lawn.

Turning the balance around to favour grass can be quite simple however, and does not need to involve very serious money at all (such as re-turfing). The compacted ground can be opened up easily by aerating it.

Some gardeners do this regularly with a garden fork. Golf Clubs, and GreenThumb, and others, use a tining machine, which is run over the lawn, lifting out thousands of cores from compacted ground. This immediately improves airflow and drainage in the turf rootzone, and crucially allows space for new roots and new grass to grow. Healthy, thriving grass on a healthy base does it’s own bit to choke out moss and lichen. We generally find that the lichen is gone from the lawn within a few months of aerating it.

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This is not really a difficult recipe and should be achievable by most amateur home cooks - why not give it a go!!

(Serves 6) Double cream : 40 ml Semi-skimmed milk : 40 ml Caster sugar : 200 g Gelatine leave(s) 2g : 4 whole Vanilla pod(s) : 1 whole For the garnish(es) Egg white(s) : 2 whole Unsalted butter : 50 g Plain flour : 50 g Icing sugar : 75 g Flaked almonds : 50 g Raspberry Coulis For the panna cotta Soak the gelatine leaves in cold water until they are soft.

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With more and more holiday makers looking to travel from their local airport, Tenerife may seem to be a repetitive choice, but why not try some of these Canary Islands hidden gems.

The island of La Gomera lies to the west of Tenerife and is ideal for a short break or as a twin-centre with Tenerife. Just a 45 minute ferry crossing from Los Cristianos, it is a far cry from the lively southern resorts. Steeped in history this sleepy island is unspoilt and has a dramatic landscape of terraced valleys and plunging ravines, and according to the locals the best views of Mount Teide. Car hire is definitely the best way to see the best of this island, roads are winding but recently resurfaced and widened and are easily navigated. The Garajonay National park with its dense, lush flora and fauna is a walker’s paradise with mapped trails and guided walks through the rainforest. Lunch at the Casa Conchita restaurant is a must with traditional cuisine, local wines and spectacular panoramic views from your table.

Back on Tenerife, there are unspoilt towns such as Garachico, recently featured on channel 5’s Holiday Heaven on Earth. Garachico in the north of the island is an uncommercialised fishing village and an ideal way to see real Canarian life! The locals still meet in the evenings under the old trees in the bustling town square. And the crystal clear waters at the volcanic pools are ideal for a dip, or for the braver a diving platform.

Visit Santa Cruz, the historic yet cosmopolitan capital city in the north east with the abstract Auditorium Opera House, home to the Tenerife symphony orchestra, hosting numerous musical events throughout the year. The lively bazaar and food market also draw tourists to this area.

Tenerife and La Gomera have a wealth of activities you may not associate with the islands including, hiking and rambling, mountain biking, paragliding, cookery schools, wine tasting, whale and dolphin watching, diving, swim with turtles, the list is endless.

With year round temperatures of 20-25c and regular flights from Aberdeen why not discover a new side to Tenerife!

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