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Clubs and Societies ALIVE AND KICKING Wed, 7pm, Inverness Cathedral.

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Refreshments provided. Call Sharon Holloway on 01463 704843 or 07815 694338 or at sharon.holloway1@nhs.net BALLOCH BOWLING CLUB Tues & Fri (Sept - Dec), 7.30pm, Balloch Village Hall. New members welcome. Call Sec on 01463 790274 BEAULY ANGLING CLUB The club provides sea trout & salmon fishing to residents of Beauly as well as to visitors. www.beauly-angling-club.co.uk BEAULY BRIDGE CLUB Tues (Sept - Mar), 7pm - 9.30pm, Phipps Hall, Beauly. Call Bill Forsyth on 01463 783774

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COMUNN GÀIDHLIG INBHIR NIS- INVERNESS GAELIC SOCIETY Fri (monthly, Sept - Mar), 7.30pm, the Inverness Gaelic School. www.gsi.org.uk or www.facebook.com/ InvernessGaelicSociety CROMARTY CAMERA CLUB Thurs (Sept - Apr), 7.30pm – 9.30pm, Victoria Hall, Cromarty.

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HIGHLAND DISABLED RAMBLERS (Apr - Nov). Countryside rambles. We provide electric mobility scooters, good company & access to the great outdoors. Able-bodied friends & volunteers welcome. Call 07895 066 965 or (01463) 234808 or at admin@highland-disabledramblers.org www.highland-disabledramblers.org HIGHLAND HUMANISTS MONTHLY ASSEMBLY 'Celebrate the one life we have.'

Meets at Kingsmills Hotel, inverness. www.humanism.scot HIGHLAND LGBT FORUM Regular social events in Inverness for lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender people. www.gay-ness.org.uk HIGHLAND QUILTERS 3rd Tues of month (Sept- Jun, (Dec meeting 2nd Tues, 7.30pm, i Smithton Free Church Hall.

New members & visitors welcome. Call Alice on 01463 234076 HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS AUTISM SOCIETY Last Wed of month, 7.30pm, MacKenzie Centre, Culduthel Road, Inverness. Support group.

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INVERNESS 41 CLUB Last Thurs of month (Sept - May then occasionally during summer). The Assoc. of ExRound Tablers Clubs meets as Inverness 41 Club New exRound Table members welcome.

Call 01463 223504 or email at brielafraser@gmail.com INVERNESS CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY (Sept - Apr/May), the Town House, Inverness. Music lovers promote concerts of Chamber Music by professionals. www.invernesschambermusic.com INVERNESS GARDENING CLUB 2nd Tues of month (Sept - Dec), 7.30pm, the Mackenzie Centre, Culduthel Road Meetings are informal, usually with an invited speaker. New members or visitors welcome. Call Valerie Weir (Sec) on 01456 486656 or v.weir656@btinternet.com INVERNESS SOCIAL DANCE CLUB Wed (Sept. - Apr, term time only), 7.45pm - 9.45pm, Smithton Primary School hall. All levels, including Beginners, welcome. Tutor available. Latin American, Ballroom & Sequence. Call Iris Macleod (Sec) on 01463 233746 or email iris.macleod241@btinternet.com 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 st hon.seciwas@gmail.com POLICE SCOTLAND YOUTH VOLUNTEERS (PSYV) Each PSYV group consists of 24 young people aged between 13 & 17 who each give up their own time to volunteer in their communities. You will be expected to complete the PSYV

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Initial Training Programme. Email highlandsandislandspsyv@ scotland.pnn.police.uk www.scotland.police.uk STRATH ART CLUB 7pm - 9pm, Strathpeffer Community Centre. Informal drop in sessions for budding artists. £2 per session with the kitchen available for making of refreshments. Call 01997 421989 www.strathpeffer communitycentre.org.uk THE ART SOCIETY OF INVERNESS Sat (Sept - Apr), 2.30pm. King's Fellowship (King's Factory), Unit 4, Smithton Industrial Estate, Tower Road Smithton, Inverness.

Professional, semi-professional artists, & those with an interest in art from all over the Highlands.

For information email at secretary@artinverness.com www.artinverness.com THE HIGHLANDS SMALL COMMUNITIES HOUSING TRUST (HSCHT) A registered charity set up in 1998 to help rural communities secure long term solutions to their local housing needs.

Call 01463 233549 or email info@hscht.co.uk www.hscht.co.uk WESTHILL INDOOR BOWLING CLUB Tues & Thurs (Sept to Mar), 7.30pm - 9.30pm, Cradlehall Primary School. Some sets of bowls available. Teas/coffees & biscuits. Call Morag Lloyd (Chair) or Gladys Beattie (Sec) on 01463 790948/01463 790834

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Pastoral Le er & Church Meetings Lots of people living here will know what it’s like to move into a new house. Many have done that in the last five years, especially in our parish of Slackbuie, Ness Castle and Ness-side. A new house is an exciting thing - pristine, well kitted out, full of potential and possibilities for how it is to look and how it will be filled. It’s also a big deal - by far the biggest investment that you’ve made in your life, especially if you’re a first time buyer.

But there is at least one downside to a new house. It’s untested. You won’t really know how well it’s going to hold up until it’s experienced some storms and wind (which we’ll get plenty enough of on our hillside in a month or two). Only once it’s been through that will the quality of the workmanship be apparent.

Only then will you know if it’s a house well built.

What’s your life built on? Is it a life well built? At the end of Jesus’ famous Sermon on the Mount, Jesus makes a pretty big claim. In Matthew 7:24-27, He says this: ‘Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his

house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.’

For lots of people setting up homes and families in their new houses, they’re lives are a bit like those houses. Young, new, pristine. Well kitted out. Full of potential for how the future is going to look.

Realising that choosing what few things to really invest in is a pretty big deal.

And untested. People who have not yet been through the storms, to see whether what they’re building their pristine new life on is stable and watertight.

I was out with a few friends recently, including one who lives with his family in one of the many new houses round our way. He describes himself as agnostic (not sure whether he believes in God or not). We talked about how it’s fair to say that he’s been pretty untested in life.

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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 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 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,

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probably why he’s sitting on the fence about God. I also know some people moving into new houses who have been through hell and high-water in their lives. Some of them have found that’s pulled them away from God, and others have found it pushes them towards Him. All of them, I think, have found that just buying a new house isn’t actually enough to build a real life on.

And I know (and worship with) a church who finds that what Jesus said is true that when you both know and put into practice what Jesus has to say about how to build a life, that makes for a life that stands in the storms that hit us (and believe me, some storms have hit us). A life that stands even through the storms of death, in fact.

What’s your life built on and invested in?

How will that hold up as it’s tested - even by death? It’s worth listening to what Jesus has to offer here. I’ve found His workmanship second to none.

Rev. Scott McRoberts, St. Columba’s Church, Inverness

Inverness. Sundays 10am. Tel: 01463 250802.www.oldhighststephens.com St Andrew's Cathedral, Scottish Episcopal Church Ardross Street, Inverness. Tel: 01463 233535. Website: www.invernesscathedral.com St Clement's Parish, Church of Scotland Church Street, Dingwall.

Sundays 11.30am. 6.30pm: evening worship. Sunday school meets in church hall 11.20am (term time). Tel: 01349 863063.

St Columba, Church of Scotland Sundays, 10:30am at Drummond School, Drummond Road, Inverness IV2 4NZ. Tel: 07535 290092.

Website: www.stcolumbainverness.org St Columba’s Catholic Church Culloden, IV2 7PW. Sunday Mass 9.30am. Tel: 01463 794619. Email: stcolumbasculloden@outlook.com Website: www.stcolumbasculloden.org St John the Evangelist Episcopal Church Southside Road, Inverness. Sunday Family Eucharist alternates monthly between 9.45am or 11.15am (see website). Contact Canon John Cuthbert, 01463 233797. www.stjohnschurchinverness.org St Mary’s Catholic Church 30 Huntly Street, Inverness, IV3 5PR. Sunday Mass 11am & 6.30pm; Polish Mass 1pm. Tel: 01463 233519.

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Parliament Blog & Tide Times As Parliamentarians head back to Parliament after the summer recess I’d like to reflect on the summer.Many of us will have enjoyed time off with our friends and families in the past weeks. But this isn’t possible for everyone. Tourism is the biggest industry in the Highlands and its workers can generally forget getting time off in summer.

Likewise, our valuable public services; NHS, Council, Emergency Services and others were working hard for us whilst many of us were relaxing.

I’m also reminded that while many of us were able to enjoy time away from the routine, there are those for whom summer provides no respite from the grind of struggling to make ends. And I look forward to returning to Parliament to help them.

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Summer recess is a great opportunity to get out and about to every corner of Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey.

This really is the best part about being an MP as I get to see first hand the fantastic work that is going on across our constituency. I greatly enjoyed catching up with folk at The Grantown Show and Nairn Highland Games – thanks as always goes to the dedicated volunteers that make events like these happen.

In addition to my regular surgeries I also clocked up the miles on my summer surgery tour of our towns and villages. Getting out into our communities is by far the best way to find out not only what is happening but how I, as your MP can help.

Details of my forthcoming surgeries can be found at drewhendrymp.scot

Whatever our future holds, change is inevitable.

There is no doubt our future would be better in the EU - staying in the single market - enjoying the freedom of movement that is so important for the Highlands. After all, look at how many young people from countries like Poland, Estonia and Latvia work in our hospitality industry.

Then consider that Europe has been a good financial friend to the Highlands through investment in roads, bridges, piers, harbours, broadband, students, farmers, crofters and community facilities.

But if Brexit is going ahead we can’t wait any longer for Westminster to come up with a sensible plan for rural funding. We need a transition period of five years to provide certainty and stability. My plan proposes to keep in the first two years, broadly the same income support payments to farmers, crofters and land managers as under CAP. Everyone, even the European Commissioner for Agriculture agrees that the Common Agriculture Policy is far too complicated. I want to start making the system simpler. We will remove financial penalties for minor errors in claims.

But change needs to be well thought out and planned. Two years on from the EU vote, we still know very little from the UK Government about what will follow Brexit.

Will people still as we wish be welcome to come to work here? Will there be tariffs? Will exporters be punished? What about flood of cheap imports?

How will the provenance of Scottish produce be protected? Until we have all the answers it is impossible to finalise longer term strategy.

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Crown Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 233879 Croy Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01667 493356 Culloden Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 790851 Dalneigh Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 232636 Daviot Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 772226 Dochgarroch Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 861240 Drakies Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 236032 Drummond School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 701050 Duncan Forbes Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 791897 Farr Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01808 521246 Foyers Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01456 486612 Glen Urquhart High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01456 459134 Glenurquhart Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01456 450458 Hilton Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 230435 Holm Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 232697 Inshes Primary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 725920 Inverness High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 233586 Inverness Royal Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 222884 Kinmylies Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 239720 Kirkhill Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 831543 Lochardil Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 230250 Merkinch Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 232962 Millbank Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01667 452240 Millburn Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 729152 Muirtown Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 239537 Nairn Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01667 453700 Raigmore Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 234971 Rosebank Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01667 454090 Smithton Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 791606 St. Joseph’s R.C. Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 231837 Strathdearn Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 226197 Stratherrick Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01456 486630 Teanassie Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 782581 Tomnacross Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 741497

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Useful Contacts

SCHOOLS Aldourie Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 751272 Ardersier Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01667 462344 Auldearn Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01667 452118 Balloch Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 790287 Balnain Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01456 476262 Beauly Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 782576 Bishop Eden’s Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 237103 Bun-Sgoil Ghàidhlig Inbhir Nis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 725980 Cannich Bridge Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01456 415304 Cauldeen Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 235905 Cawdor Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01667 402460 Central Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 233906 Charleston Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 234324 Cradlehall Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 791195

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September 2018 1 saturday

happy mums' market 10am - 12pm, inverness leisure centre. £1, u16s - free. indoor pre-loved market dedicated to baby & children's items, from birth to 10yrs. www.happymumsmarket.co.uk port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 - provisional v1: aidavita, 8am - 5pm carve carrbridge 2018 tbc, sports field, carrbridge adults - £6; u16s - £3 & u3s - free. top chainsaw carvers both from the uk & around the world compete for the magnificent claymore trophy & prize money. call 01479 841300 or email at info@carvecarrbridge.com. www.carvecarrbridge.com spoke too soon@ the ironworks, inverness 7pm. www.ironworksvenue.com beast of loch ness 2018 in aid of chest heart & stroke scotland 9am - 5pm, aldourie castle grounds, dores.

10k obstacle challenge. www.eventbrite.co.uk great glen walking club: walk 1 - shenavall circuit 8am & walk 2: cummingston circular 9am (please arrive, uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. walk 1 - grade: a; distance: 11.5 miles & walk 2 - grade: c; distance: 9 miles. www.greatglen.org women's shinty scottish cup finals day: 2018 marine harvest challenge cup & 2018 marine harvest valerie fraser camanachd cup 1pm - 5.45pm, the dell, kingussie. adults - £5 ;concessions - £3; u12 - free. email womens.shinty@gmail.com proud ness out-reach ullapool 11am - 4pm, ullapool harbour area. information stall & social lunch in town centre supporting the 'proud ness' lgbti+ event on 6th october in inverness. email claire@ highlandlgbtforum.scot. www.proud-ness.org

2 sunday

afternoon charity dance with raffle for local charities 2pm - 5pm, the waterside hotel, inverness. £10 at the door. free dance class (2pm - 3pm). live band, dancing with sharks. swing, modern jive, ballroom, tango. all welcome scotland's gardens scheme 2018: gordonstoun 2pm - 4pm, gordonstoun school, duffus. £5. teas. grantown on spey motor mania tbc, the square, grantown on spey. the largest display in the north of vintage, specialist & unusual vehicles of all kinds from sports cars to trucks, etc www.grantown-motormania.co.uk admin@winterburnmedia.co.uk

alzheimer scotland highlands & moray memory walk 1pm, whin park, inverness. walk any distance between 2 - 11.5km depending on your ability & fitness level. entertainment & activities www.memorywalksscotland.org inverness ramblers: balintore to rockfield 9am (please arrive 15 mins earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. grade: c; distance: 10.6 miles. call janet on 01463 230616. www.ramblers.org.uk

3 monday

port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 - provisional v1: columbus, 8am - 5pm

4 tuesday

volunteer with us at inverness samaritans 7pm, 67a tomnahurich street. information evening for new volunteers. email at invernesssams@btconnect.com port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 - provisional v1: mein schiff 3, 7am - 6.30pm & viking sun, 8am 6pm highland astronomical society: speaker - dirk froebrich 7.20pm - 10pm, smithton culloden free church. www.spacegazer.com scottish onithologists' club highland: capercaillies; speaker - gareth marshall 7.30pm, culloden library, keppoch road, culloden, inverness. £3 members; £4 non members. call kathy bonniface on 01463 772539 or 01808 511740 or email at highlandsecretary@the-soc.org.uk

5 wednesday

port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 - provisional v1: aidaaura, 8am - 6.30pm

6 thursday

port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 - provisional v1: royal princess, 7am - 6pm

7 friday

musicnairn: richard jenkinson (cello) & ben frith (piano); schumann, dohnanyi, kodaly & brahms.

8pm, nairn community & arts centre. £19, £15,£3. www.musicnairn.org.uk port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 - provisional v1: msc magnifica, 9am - 8pm & star breeze, 8am 11pm niteworks@the ironworks, inverness 7.30pm. www.ironworksvenue.com

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8 saturday

simple minds & the pretenders tbc, northern meeting park, inverness moravian orienteering: moray & nairn schools league 10.15am - 11.15am (registration); see www.moravianorienteering.org for details volunteer with us at inverness samaritans 10am, 67a tomnahurich street. information session for new volunteers. email invernesssams@btconnect.com ian dpm@the ironworks, inverness 9pm www.ironworksvenue.com inverness ramblers: carn more dearg & ben nevis cct 7.30am (please meet 15 minutes earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. grade: a+; distance: 13 miles. call keny on 01349 863672 or 07788 235479 www.ramblers.org.uk proud ness out-reach aviemore 11am - 4pm, aviemore town centre. information stall & social lunch in town centre supporting the 'proud ness' lgbti+ event on 6th october in inverness. email at claire@highlandlgbtforum.scot. www.proud-ness.org

8 saturday - 9 sunday

01309 641371 or email raharrison@nts.org.uk. www.nts.org.uk/events it's nae the tudors: the first scottish historical fiction festival various events & timings, the pagoda, grantown on spey. £10 (children's events) & £25 from the bookmark. call 01479 873433. mfr: 7scots 24 hour survival challenge 10am - 10am, fort george army barracks, ardersier. £25. call allana on 01463 227700 or email allana@mfr.co.uk to register. survive in the wild for 24 hours

9 sunday

kirking of the council 2018: featuring a procession from inverness town house to the old high church. open to all 10.30am - 12.15pm, old high church, church street, inverness

8 saturday - 16 sunday

north east open studios (neos) various timings & events. neos is a 9 day event run for artists/makers based all over the north-east of scotland to showcase their wares

11 tuesday - 16 sunday

15th nairn book & arts festival various events - chris autumn food & craft festival at brodie castle 10am packham (last day of the festival); "eve" by national 4pm, brodie castle. local patisseries, chocolates, theatre of scotland; diana hendry, etc. plesae call 06/08/2018 15:18 meats, arts, crafts & other stalls, plus a children's area.

01667 453476 or 01667 455528 for tickets. £4. call rebecca harrison on www.nairnfestival.co.uk

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DORNOCH - IV25 3HN The Cathedral - Saturday 22 September at 2.30pm Proceeds to Dornoch Cathedral Hall Appeal

INVERNESS - IV3 5NS St Andrew’s Cathedral - Sunday 23 September at 2.30pm

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13 thursday

ucas higher education exhibition tbc, uhi inverness campus. free but need to book. aimed at 5th & 6th year pupils, but open to people of all ages interested in finding out more about higher education. www.ucas.com nairn & district gardening club: "painting from the inside out"; speaker - brian crawford young. part of nairn book & arts festival 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre. www.spanglefish.com/ nairnanddistrictgardeningclub

13 thursday - 14 friday

the highlands small communities housing trust: 20th anniversary conference dinner : 6.30pm for 7pm & conference: 9.30am - 3.30pm. dinner: glenmoriston townhouse hotel, inverness & conference: inverness town house. tickets from www.ticketsource.co.uk

14 friday

port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 - provisional v1: norwegian jade, 8am - 5pm the ocean film festival world tour 2018 tbc, eden court, inverness. a night of seafaring adventure - oceanthemed films.. www.oceanfilmfestival.co.uk rascalton@ tooth & claw, inverness 8pm

15 saturday

dream, believe, achieve highland: torridon + the guilty pleasures@ the ironworks, inverness 8pm. raising funds for specialised therapies for local children with additional needs that are not provided by the nhs cinema nairn:go west (u); buster keaton as an unlikely cowboy. maestro andy may once more on keyboard 10am, little theatre, king street, nairn. www.cinema-nairn.co.uk medieval coinage workshop 11am - 3pm, inverness library. free. learn how medieval coins were made & have go at making a replica of a coin issued from the short-lived mint in inverness. call 07788 835466 www.archhighland.org.uk great glen walking club: fionn bheinn 9am (please arrive 15 mins earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, admin@winterburnmedia.co.uk

inverness. grade: a; distance: 7.5 miles. www.greatglen.org proud ness out-reach fort william 11am - 4pm, middle street, fort william. information stall and social lunch in town centre supporting the 'proud ness' lgbti+ event on 6th october in inverness. email claire@highlandlgbtforum.scot www.proud-ness.org

16 sunday

3c's challenge 2018 8am - 4pm, the oxygen works, burnett road, inverness. 100 mile cycle challenge. register at www.app.lap.io/event/2018-3cschallenge/register inverness ramblers: fyrish monument 9am (please arrive 15 mins earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. grade: c+; distance: 5 miles. call janice on 01463 223998 or 07790 061402. www.ramblers.org.uk

18 tuesday

port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 - provisional v1: black watch, 8am - 4.30pm

19 wednesday

highland disabled ramblers: grantown on spey 10.30am - 3pm, grantown on spey. bring a picnic lunch. call 07895 066 965 or email at admin@highland-disabled-ramblers.org www.highland-disabled-ramblers.org

21 friday

cinema nairn: dancer (12a); documentary about troubled ukrainian ballet superstar sergei polunin 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre. www.cinemanairn.co.uk ted christopher@ hootananny, inverness 9.30pm

21 friday - 23 sunday

the aviemore scooter weekend 2018 tbc, mackenzies highland inn, aviemore. ready steady go go & the buchan coasters scooter club present the aviemore scooter weekend. call 01479 810672

22 saturday

shaun ryder (an audience with)@the ironworks, inverness 7.30pm www.ironworksvenue.com strathnairn ceilidh band @the british legion, inverness, 7.30pmnick firth with ian hislop & james watson@hootananny, inverness 9.30pm inverness ramblers: path clearing day 9am (please arrive 15 mins earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. further information on location to follow. grade: c; distance: 3.1 miles. www.ramblers.org.uk

23 sunday

baxters loch ness marathon & festival of running 2018 10am - 4pm, bught park, inverness. featuring the loch ness marathon, river ness 10k, corporate challenge, 5k & wee nessie.

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www.lochnessmarathon.com glasgow phoenix choir: an autumn festival of song 2pm, st andrew's episcopal cathedral, inverness a range of music from choral standards to new music &, in addition, feature many delightful solo performances great glen walking club: abernethy forest & ryvoan circuit 9am (please arrive 15 mins earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. grade: b+; distance: 10 miles. www.greatglen.org

25 tuesday

port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 - provisional v1: norwegian jade, 7am - 5pm

27 thursday

port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 provisional v1: albatros, 8am - 6pm

28 friday

29 september - 16 october

highland archaeology festival 2018: celebrating the heritage of the highlands from earliest settlers to modern times free. call 07788 835466 or email highlandarchaeologyfestival@gmail.com www.highlandarchaeologyfestival.org

30 sunday

car boot sale (inchberry & district community association) 8.30am - 1pm, inchberry hall, orton, fochabers. no booking required, just turn up early before 9am with a car & table. teas/coffees, soft drinks, butteries, bbq. www.wherecanwego.com inverness ramblers: glenelg drove road 9am (please arrive 15 mins earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. grade: b; distance: 6.2 miles call victor on 01349 863341 or 07903 333078. www.ramblers.org.uk

boobs on decks@the ironworks, inverness 10pm www.ironworksvenue.com

29 saturday

ladies' threeball team open 10am, abernethy golf club, - Smithton Church Hall. nethy bridge. to book please call 01479 821305 or Wednesdays, 11.15 – 12.15am email info@abernethygolfclub.com. draws published at Low impact exercise/movement class. www.abernethygolfclub.com New members welcome. great glen walking club: weekend away details to be 05/07/2018 12:04 For more info contact Pam Watson on: released in due course. www.greatglen.org 09:08 Tel: 0130 01309 672971 or Email: pamscottwat@gmail.com mail.com

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A spectacular six-day celebration of arts and culture, taking place at the heart of Moray showcasing artists of national and international renown.

The eagerly anticipated Findhorn Bay Festival will return for a 3rd year this September. The Festival will open with a concert from one of Scotland’s most accomplished and authentic interpreters of traditional Highland fiddle music, multi award-winning Duncan Chisholm with extended line up, The Gathering.

Findhorn Bay with A9 Birds; meet the Scots Scriever at the Falconer Museum; discuss Scotland as a bi-lingual nation; or visit the Waves O’ Flight open exhibition on the edge of the Findhorn Bay Nature Reserve. Throughout the Festival weekend, you can see Swarm Sculptures forming and reforming with Lucy Suggate and community dancers, and Northern Flyway by Music features prominently throughout the Inge Thomson & Jenny Sturgeon will take six-day celebration. Karine Polwart will play you on a musical journey exploring the her only Scottish date with music from her connection between people and birds with forthcoming album in Forres. Fueled by a visceral stunning visual imagery. punk spirit, The Langan Band is set to get the Festival crowd dancing by the sea in Findhorn. Mr At the heart of the Festival, Findhorn Bay Arts McFall’s Chamber will be joined by the local presents the world-premiere promenade Bukhari Community Choir and a triple bill will theatrical adaption of the 15th century epic Older feature Blue Rose Code, Adam Holmes & the Scots poem The Buke of the Howlat. Written Embers and local emerging musician, Michiel by Morna Young and Directed by Ben Turner for a night of supreme musical talent.

Harrison, you can enjoy the show at dusk in a musical adventure around the shrubbery in the Poet and playwright Liz Lochhead brings her grounds of Brodie Castle NTS. beguiling mix of poetry, monologues and music in Somethings Old, Somethings New. Rip-roaring, The Festival offers a feast of visual art. chain smoking nae-messin’ Alan Bissett puts on Award-winning Scottish photographer Jeremy a double bill with The Moira Monologues & More Sutton-Hibbert will present a series of striking Moira Monologues. Scottish Opera is back on images in North Sea Fishing. The John Byrne the road and stopping off for the Festival with Touring Exhibition will showcase work by Opera Highlights in Forres Town Hall. young people from across the North East of Scotland and the Travelling Gallery brings Themes of migration, language and modern contemporary art to Forres. Local artist Kenneth identity are explored throughout the Festival. You Le Riche’s work explores observation and can take a guided walk spotting birds on imagination whilst Hannah Laycock’s work

Perceiving Identity looks at her diagnosis with multiple sclerosis.

For children and families, Catherine Wheels Theatre Company bring the touching tale of Martha, a Family Cabaret of pure imagination is set to amaze and delight and NESTS by Frozen Charlotte and Stadium Rock bring an authentic performance exploring the dynamic between adult and child.

Culture Day Forres returns for a fifth year on Saturday 29 September - a FUN, FREE family day out, jam-packed with exciting exhibitions and performances and lots of have-a-go activities.

The day will see the streets, parks, shops and public buildings of Forres come alive with a carnivalesque explosion of art, music, film and dance and more.

New to the Festival this year is a focus on Making More of Moray through the celebration of local food. You can try organic bites in a Pop-Up: The Project Café, visit growers in their gardens on Vintage Bus Tours, shop at the Mini-Market of local produce on Culture Day or join a tantalising multi-cultural music and food event with headline act Shooglenifty.

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A Dry Summer this Year - at Last - and Now the Grass is Compacted !

The Beechgrove Garden and all the other gardening advice this last month will be about aerating the lawn now. At GreenThumb, this is what we’re doing too. Compacted ground prevents the take up of moisture, prevents air circulation and congests the root zone in the turf.

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Or have you still got wilted plants and a hungry-looking lawn? Well, after finally getting some rain after all that dry weather the pressure is off a little bit, and now is actually a good time to make some strides in your list of garden jobs and to guard against any more dry spells. Brown lawns will gradually re-green of their own accord as moisture levels return to normal, and you need not mow your lawn unless it definitely needs it. Remember not to cut your grass too short during any periods of stress, such as prolonged periods of dry weather. Thorough weeding done in your flowerbeds will pay dividends at the moment as re-growth will simply not be as vigorous as earlier in the year.

There are various things you can do in the garden to help prevent suffering too many losses if we do receive any more long periods of dry weather. Making sure there is plenty of organic material in your soil is crucial. You can do this by adding manure, leaf mould, or compost – it is great if you can dig this in deep, but there is no great benefit to going below the uppermost foot of soil. However, a much easier option is to gently hoe it into the surface and let the

worms do the hard work for you. Mulching flowerbeds is another great option, and you can do this with bark chips or, for a more natural look, a composted bark chip. This should be laid over the soil to a depth of around 2-4 inches, being careful not to let it build up too deeply round the base of plants. A good mulch not only suppresses weeds and makes weeding easier, it prevents moisture evaporating from the soil quite so readily. For when we do receive summer downpours consider setting up a water butt that connects to your gutters and collects the rain water for you.

Late summer is also a great time for planning garden jobs that can be done over the autumn and winter. Spring bulb planting is done from August onwards, and it is a really good idea to order your bare root hedges and trees soon for delivery later in the year. Bare root planting is done from November-time onwards, and the sooner you can come up with a plan and order the plants the better.

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