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CLUBS & SOCIETIES AL-ANON FAMILY GROUPS Self help group for families and friends of people with a drink problem, with meetings held locally throughout the Highland area. Call 020 7403 0888 for a local number in your area or visit www.al-anonuk.org.uk

Community Centre. Beginners 3:30pm - 4:30pm. Call Elizabeth Fraser on 01463 729477

BEAULY ANGLING CLUB Established around 1960, the club provides sea trout and salmon fishing to residents of Beauly as well as to visitors. Visit www.beauly-angling-club.co.uk

FAMILY FIRST A support service for families with at least one child 0-3 yrs old. Tel: 703033 or email: alisonstanley@smoothmail.co.uk

BLAZIN NEEDLES Tuesdays from 1:30pm - 3:30pm at The Bike Shed, Grant Street, Inverness. A friendly drop-in group for anyone interested in working with wool or textiles. A beginner looking for a hand or an experienced knitter looking for company this is the group for you. Donations for room hire and teas and coffees.

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FRIENDS OF THE BIRNIE SUPPORT GROUP Wednesdays 9:30am - 11:30am & 12:30pm - 2:30pm in the playroom at The Birnie Centre, Raigmore Hospital. For children with additional needs & their families and carers. £2 per session. Snack/refreshments provided. For more info call Anne on 07542 712381.

HIGHLAND HISTORICAL SEARCH SOCIETY Inverness based metal detecting club. Free equipment loan, tuition and regular places to detect. Beginners/new members welcome. Contact Len tel: 01808 521340 anytime HIGHLAND ITALIAN CIRCLE 3rd friday of the month 7.45pm from October to March. Visit: www.highlanditaliancircle.co.uk HIGHLAND LONGBOWS Call 741307 or email: barbara39campbell@ btinternet.com HIGHLAND RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB Coaching & competitive opportunities in Rugby Football for the whole community. Call Andrew Russell on 243972 or 07786 256891 INVERNESS FILM FANS Inverness Film Fans (InFiFa) Fortnightly at Eden Court for screenings & discussion. New members welcome. Details: www.invernessfilmfans.org or www.facebook.com/infifa www.twitter.com/infifa

INVERNESS GARDENING CLUB 2nd Tuesday, 7:30pm at the Mackenzie Centre, Culduthel Road from Sept - May. Members share a common interest in general gardening, meetings are informal, usually with an invited speaker. Annual Flower Show in August. New members or visitors are always welcome. For info call Valerie (Sec) on 01456 486656 email v.weir656@btinternet.com

PINK CASTLE PHILOSOPHY CLUB 2nd Tuesday of the month. Fun & sociable chat with meaning for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender community and all their friends. tel: 07745 930383 or visit www.pinkcastle.eu

INVERNESS HOSPITAL RADIO Email requests to be played for someone in Raigmore Hospital, Inverness to: requests@inver nesshospitalradio.co.uk. We are looking for ward visitors and technical team members.

Email: enquiry@invernesshospitalradio .co.uk Contact Mr INVERNESS NETBALL CLUB Mondays, 6pm - 8pm, Millburn Academy. For ladies aged 16+ All abilities welcome. For info call Heather on 07891 025950, invernessnetball@gmail.com, visit www.invernessnetball.co.uk Facebook Inverness Netball Club INVERNESS TENNIS & SQUASH CLUB Call 230751 or email: info@ invernesstennisandsquash.org

PLANEFIELD BOWLING CLUB Open to visitors Mon - Sat from 2pm - 5pm. Members can play from 11am onwards most days of the week. Contact Mrs Gillian Farquhar 07752 300367 THE CLAN DONALD SOCIETY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS For details call the Membership Secretary on tel 01381 620121 email: contact@clandonald.org or visit www.clandonald.org THE INVERNESS SINGERS Wednesdays, 7:30pm - 9:15pm, Crown Church Hall, Inverness.

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KILTARLITY CAMERA CLUB Meets on two Tuesdays of the month at Brockies Lodge, Kiltarlity at 7:30pm. Contact the secretary: 714330. Welcomes all ages and abilities LONG DISTANCE WALKERS ASSOCIATION (NORTH WEST GRAMPIAN LDWA) For all who enjoy the outdoors combined with cake. Centred on Moray but covering Thurso to Pitlochry and even the islands. A varied programme of walks is planned to attract a wide range of people with shorter options for families when possible. For more info visit www.ldwa.org.uk MERKINCH MOUNTAIN BIKE CLUB Regular monthly trips, ages 12 to adult. Call 07879 443979 or email: ewanharper@yahoo.co.uk

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PERFECTING LAW OF ATTRACTION CLASSES Teaching motivational self help for you to become all you can be, " the mind body matter conection". At Millburn Academy every Wednesday, 7pm to 9pm.

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WESTHILL INDOOR BOWLING CLUB Tues & Thurs 7.30pm - 9.30pm Sept to Mar, Cradlehall Primary School. Some sets of bowls available. Tea/coffee & biscuits.

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PASTORAL LETTER & CHURCH MEETINGS James Lawrence is known as the Iron Cowboy. He has dedicated his life to the extremes of endurance sport. While an ordinary triathlon (1.5km swim, 40km cycle and 10km run) would pose plenty of challenge for most of us, Lawrence’s speciality is the Ironman triathlon, consisting of a 3.8km swim and a 180km cycle, followed by a 42km ultramarathon.

in 50 days in 50 states. This involved pushing the human body beyond the limits of what many thought was possible. Averaging 4.5 hours of sleep every night, Lawrence became so tired that on one occasion he fell asleep on his bike and suffered a painful crash as a result. However, he let nothing stop him and in the summer of 2015 achieved his goal.

Lawrence gained a place in the Guinness Book of Records for completing the largest number of halfIronman races in a year (22) and then a second for the largest number of complete Ironman contests in a year (30). Not satisfied with this, Lawrence determined to take Ironman performance to previously unseen heights.

I have great admiration for people like James Lawrence who set themselves the highest targets and then overcome every obstacle to achieve them. People can achieve amazing things when they persevere against the odds. However, sometimes there can be a danger that we put all our effort into the physical and material challenges of this life and think nothing of the spiritual.

The challenge Lawrence set himself was called the 50:50:50 and the aim was to complete 50 Ironman triathlons

Jesus told a story about a man who found a priceless hoard: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a

Inshes, Church of Scotland Insches Retail Park, Inverness. Rev. David Scott. Tel: 01463 226727. Website: www.insheschurch.org Inverness Baptist Church 69 Castle Street. Rev. Tom Urquhart.

Tel: 01463 223506. Email: tajurquhart@btinernet.com Inverness Bible Fellowship Wyvis Place, Inverness, IV3 8DR. Sundays @ 11:15am, Wednesdays @ 7:30pm, drug and alcohol dependency & addiction support Tuesdays @ 12noon includes lunch, monthly drop-in cafe with value £1 menu every first Saturday of each month. Tel 01463 226776, email leojrose@me.com Inverness Christian Fellowship at Merkinch Community Centre.

Sundays 10.30am. Website: www.icfchurch.co.uk Inverness Church of God Friars Lane. Sunday 10.30am and 6.30pm. Tel: 01463 241318.

Inverness Crown Church, Church of Scotland 3 Midmills Road. Tel: 01463 230537.

Inverness East Church, Church of Scotland Academy Street.

Call Rev. Professor ATB McGowan: 01463 236695 www.invernesseast.com Inverness Greyfriars Stratherrick Free Church Greyfriars at Balloan Road, Inverness, and Stratherrick at Errogie, Stratherrick.

Tel: 01463 714085. Website: www.greyfriarschurch.org Inverness Methodist Church Huntly Street, Inverness. Tel: 01463 239784. Website: www.invernessmethodist.org.uk Journey Church Sundays @ 4pm at Church of God Pentecostal, 6 North Church Place, Inverness. For info call 07547 955567 or visit www.journeyinv.com Kiltarlity Church of Scotland Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire. Sundays: 11:15am. Website: www.kiltarlityandkirkhill.org.uk Kiltarlity Free Church of Scotland Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire. Tel:

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field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.’

(Matthew 13:44). His message is that the things of God, which are often unseen, are ultimately of much greater value than the material things which are often so much more evident to us.

Never stop trying to achieve in the physical realm. It’s a good thing to challenge our minds and bodies to go beyond where we’ve ever been before, but never forget that there is more to life than this. The treasure of Jesus’ story cannot be seen or measured, but it is no less real than the physical world around us. And infinitely more valuable.

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Tel: 01463 792700. Email: info@thekingsfactory.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.

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Website: www.kiltarlityandkirkhill.org.uk Killearnan & Knockbain Parish Church of Scotland Sunday Services Call 01463 731930 or visit www.kandkcofs.org Maryburgh & Killearnan Free Church Sunday service 11am & 6pm. 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 Listed I to N 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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Rolling Events 29 september - 2 october inverness loch ness knitting festival. visit lochnessknitfest.com.

until 30 september mixed summer exhibition: paintings by jonathan shearer 9am - 5pm at the castle gallery, inverness.

3 monday - 13 thursday

SEPTEMBER 2016 25 sunday baxters loch ness marathon & festival of running 10am for info visit lochnessmarathon.com. great glen walking club carn liath broch to brora park. 6.5 miles. (grade c). depart 9am from highland council car park. for information call 01463 236204. chuck mosley@hootananny 9.30pm. free.

28 wednesday ‘saying goodbye’: special service of remembrance for babies 7.30pm at st andrews cathedral, inverness. for all who have suffered the pain of baby loss & those grieving the fact that they have never had children. open to all faiths or no faith. free. visit sayinggoodbye.org. social diners - why eat alone? 12:30pm. for dining venue info & to book call gill on 01349 877061. “archives for family historians”- speaker: anne fraser 7.30pm - 9pm at the highland archive & registration centre, bught road, inverness. call 01463 256433 or email genealogy@highlifehighland.com.

29 thursday the kar-pets@ ironworks 7.30pm. visit ironworksvenue.com catholic action 8pm@hootannay.£7 world’s biggest coffee morning various venues. visit coffee.macmillan.org.uk/about/what. newbold trust - garden tasters 10am - 1pm every saturday , newbold house, forres.enjoy the beautiful walled garden & share seasonal gardening tips. monthly topic first sat of every month at 11.30am. for info call01309 672659.

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highland archaeology festival object trail 10am 5pm (mon - thurs) & 10am - 7.30pm (wed) at highland archive centre, bught road, inverness. take part in the object trail & enjoy visiting venues throughout the highlands. free. for info call 01463 256444 or email archives@highlifehighland.com.

4 tuesday tbc 7.20pm - 10pm at smithton culloden free church. speaker - duncan forgan. highland astronomical society. visit spacegazer.com. scottish ornithologists’ club: “the how and why of birdsong”, speaker - peter slater 7.30pm at culloden library. £3 (members), £4 (non members). for info call 01463 221661 or 01808 511740.

6 thursday phoria 7.30pm@mad hatters. £8. over 18s only.

7 friday - 29 saturday michael kirkman: exhibition see website for opening times, the castle gallery, inverness. free. variety of media including oil, watercolour, crayon, pencil and linocut. visit castlegallery.co.uk.

8 saturday

30 friday

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agricultural working vintage rally & display 10am 4pm at daviot estate, inverness. for info call 07796 605534 or email info@daviotvintage.co.uk.

Great Glen Walking Club. Dulsie Bridge, by the rhilean & leonach burns. departs 9am from highland council car park. 13 miles. grade: b+. contact: 01463 236204. inverness abc boxing tournament 7pm@ ironworkss. £20. visit ronworksvenue.com

schiehallion. 9.30pm, hootananny@inverness. free.

23rd annual golden spurtle world porridge making championship all day, carrbridge. free. event draws competitiors from around the world & celebrates the diversity of porridge thro a speciality for info email margarete paschke at goldenspurtle@carrbridge.com.

9 sunday great glen walking club - inshriach circuit departs 9am from the highland council car park. 9.6 miles. grade: b. contact: 01463 236204. the rat pack is back 7pm@ ironworks. .£20. recreation of the music of sinatra, martin & davis. u16s with responsible adult. visit

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www.ironworksvenue.com abba party night 7.30pm, empire theatre, inverness £22. dust off your platform boots and once again get ready to sing and dance the night away.

19 wednesday

10 monday

opening doors again - to celebrate 5th birthday of high life highland 11am - 4pm at highland archive centre, bught road, inverness. displays of original material, ask experts about family & local history, see old highland films, etc. free. for info call 01463 256444 or email archives@highlifehighland.com. motley crude 7pm, @the ironworks. £10. visit ironworksvenue.com. highland wool and textiles 10am - 4pm, strathpeffer pavillion. autumn festival showcasing all things wool and textile. visit strathpefferpavillion.org.

royal scottish geographical society: the power of cartography to shape our image of the world, looking especially at scotland ... speaker: mike parker 7.30pm at highland council chamber glenurquhart road,inverness. £10. free to rsgs members, students & under 18s. visit rsgs.org. eamonn jackson 7pm@the ironworks. £18. u16s with responsible adult. visit .ironworksvenue.com. tail feather 8pm - 11pm, hootananny. £6. royal scottish geographical society: "the power of cartography to shape our image of the world, looking especially at scotland ...". speaker - mike parker. 7.30pm, highland council chamber, glenurquhart road, inverness. £10 entry. free to members, students & u18s. visit rsgs.org.

11 tuesday the saw doctors@ ironworks 7.30pm. contact 01463 718555. visit ironworksvenue.com. infifa ‘pursued’ 7:15pm at eden court cinema and followed by informal post film discussion. for more info visit invernessfilmfans.org. admiral fallow 8pm@hootananny. £10.

12 wednesday social diners - why eat alone? 7.30pm. for dining venue info & to book call gill on 01349 877061.

13 thursday highland decorative & fine arts society(hdfas): "the ultimate wall decoration - tapestries of the courts of europe ...” speaker: dr susan kay-williams, royal school of needlework. 2pm - 3.30pm, smithton free church, murray road, inverness. non-members £8. new members welcome. for info call david martin on 07595 219308 or email at davidmartin30@hotmail.com. visit hdfas.org.uk.

14 friday buzzcocks 40th anniversary world tour 2016 7.30pm@the ironworks. £19.50. u16s with a responsible adult. visit ironworksvenue.com.

15 saturday great glen walking club shenval to loch aslaich departs 9am from the highland council car park. 10 miles. grade: b+. contact: 01463 236204 dave pearce - trance anthems 10.30pm@the ironworks. £12. visit ronworksvenue.com. sex pissed dolls 7pm@the ironworks .£12. visit ronworksvenue.com.

17 monday

j r green 7.30pm - 10.30pm@hootananny. free

22 saturday

23 sunday great glen walking club: loch morie & kildermorie lodge. departs 9am from highland council car park.

9 miles. grade b-. contact: 01463 236204. skiltron tbc@mad hatters, inverness

26 wednesday social diners - why eat alone? 12.30pm. for dining venue info & to book call gill on 01349 877061. tom speight 7pm@hootananny. £6.

27 thursday blood donation 5.30pm - 8.30pm at culloden academy. to book an appointment call 0345 30 17 270 or email nss.snbtsenquiry@nhs.net. teyr 9.30pm@hootananny, inverness. free.

29 saturday halloween craft session at the bike shed, grant street, inverness. for info call ann 01463 710375. inverness choral society coffee morning 10.30am 12.30pm at inverness town house. coffee, cake & live piano music. call fran tilbrook on 01381 600239. an evening of burlesque 7pm@the ironworks, £20. over 18s. visit ironworksvenue.com. tutor led trad music sessions 1pm, culloden battlefield visitors centre. do you love playing traditional music? do you want to join a group to learn more? ness factor 7pm, drumrossie hotel. £50, includes a drinks reception, express supper & entertainment.

8 singers take to stage after working with singing coaches for the live final. in aid of highland hospice. contact: emma nicol on 01463 243132 or e.nicol@highlandhospice.org.uk a guy called gerald 10.30pm@the ironworks, £10. visit ironworksvenue.com

30 sunday wishbone ash 7.30pm@the ironworks. £18.50. u16s with a responsible adult. visit www.ironworksvenue.com.

you me at six 7pm@the ironworks. £25. visit ronworksvenue.com

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The Moss Season Approaches We live in a cool maritime climate, which is ideal for moss to thrive. You cannot change the weather, and you cannot banish moss permanently, but you can control its’ infestation with some basic good husbandry, and a bit of work. I’m talking about scarifying again of course. This will also be featuring in all the TV gardening programmes and magazines about now, and it is what we at GreenThumb spend all winter doing. We will have 3 heavy blade scarifier machines out clearing (at the last count) 700 lawns round here. – oh joy !

for the grass, and some recovery time is required, during which time it looks pretty shabby. Doing it off-season allows recovery, then you put on a spring feed, and have a season of decent grass to mow. Enjoy !

Scarifying moss and thatch out is undertaken to clear the lawn surface of all the dead material and moss to allow fresh grass plants to dominate the lawn environment, providing the best conditions for absorbsion of sunlight, moisture and nutrients. If this task is overlooked (or avoided), the following season there is even more build-up, and in no time, the lawn is more moss than grass.

There’s no getting away from it, this is hard work and often generates haystacks of debris (see picture). It can be done by hand with a spring rake, but some mechanical help is really the best option for anything more than quite a small lawn.

You can hire a blade scarifier for the day at some garden machinery centres, but be warned, these are pretty vicious machines and it’s only too easy to “plough” your garden, and then need a new lawn ! An “average” lawn usually takes 2 experienced crew half a day to do with machines and blowers.

For more information about our annual lawncare plans from just £11.25 per mth, plus useful downloads and photos, go to www.greenthumb.co.uk. Although GreenThumb is a multi-award winning national franchise, and is the runaway leader in the sector with half a million customers, we are the family-run local franchise covering the wider Moray Firth area.

Contact Alastair or Fiona for a FREE LAWN

The best time to tackle this is either side of Christmas.

Scarifying is never recommended in the growing season because the very nature of the exercise is pretty traumatic

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