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Clubs and Societies AL-ANON FAMILY GROUPS Free, confidential help & support to the relatives & friends of problem drinkers. Local weekly groups in Highland area.

Call 020 7403 0888. www.al-anonuk.org.uk ARDCLACH HERITAGE PROJECT The project aims to record the history of Ardclach Parish. We hold six meetings a year. We invite a speaker to talk about local subjects or visit local places of interest. The meetings are held in GlenFerness Hall and are open to all. Call Alison Ayres on 07803 247021 or email at camalltnamara@gmail.com BOYS BRIGADE For further information please call 01667 452950 CAWDOR HERITAGE GROUP 3rd Wed of month (excl June, July, Aug, Dec & Jan), 7.30pm, Cawdor Community Centre.

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CAWDOR SWI Last Wed of month (Sept - Apr), 7.30pm, Community Room, Cawdor Community Centre, (not Dec when we go out for our Christmas Meal).

FORRES BRANCH ROYAL SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE SOCIETY Weekly classes (Sept - Mar) in Forres and Nairn for new and experienced dancers from Call Kenneth Bews on 07906 306160 or at forresdance@gmail.com www.rscdsforres.org.uk HIGHLAND QUILTERS 3rd Tues (Sept- June), 7.30pm, Smithton Free Church Hall. New members and visitors welcolme.

Call Alice on 234076 MORAY & NAIRN FLORAL ART CLUB 2nd Wed of month (Mar - Jun & Sept - Dec), 7.30pm, The Tolbooth, Forres. Annual fee.

New members welcome. Call Jean on 01309 672552 MORAY & NAIRN PONY CLUB For more information call 01309 641483 or email at willandjudith@btopenworld.com www.pcuk.org NAIRN & DISTRICT BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION New beekeepers or visitors welcome at our monthly meetings. Call 01667 454887 or email jandjburns@hotmail.com NAIRN & DISTRICT GARDENING CLUB 1st Thurs of month (Mar - Dec), 7.30pm, Nairn Community & Arts Centre ). Talks, visits & day outings with an Annual Show in August. All keen gardeners welcome. Call Anne Vincent (Sec) on 01667 462410 or email at nairndgc@yahoo.co.uk www.spanglefish.com/nairnanddistrictgardeningclub NAIRN & DISTRICT PIPE BAND Wed, 7.30pm - 9pm, the Nairn British Legion. More members needed who have experience in pipes or drums. We play at various local events and

Badminton Courts, Nonmembers welcome. Call 01667 454523 or email at nairnsportsclub@yahoo.co.uk

functions throughout the year.

Call Susan (Sec) on 07776 008413.

NAIRN ANGLING ASSOCIATION For further information call 01667 459250 or email at nairnangling@tiscali.co.uk NAIRN BONUS CLUB Mon, 7pm - 9pm, Nairn Community & Arts Centre. A social group for adults with learning difficulties run by a voluntary committee that employs 3 members of staff to support the group with activities & outings. Call 07814 982808

NAIRN SYNCHRO SWIMMING CLUB A sport with a difference. Nairn synchro has both international and national swimmers. Call 01667 454223 or email at wyn.mcfadyen@tesco.net

NAIRN DISABLED SPORTS CLUB We cater for bowlers and athletes who have a disability.

Call 07766 952477

PARKINSON'S SUPPORT GROUP NAIRN Last Wed of month, 2pm, Nairn Hospital. For people with Parkinson’s, carers & family members. Speakers & discussions on medical matters and topics of general interest.

Call 01667 455236

NAIRN HYDROTHERAPY POOL Mon - Sat, from 9.30am. For general health and well-being.

Helps all ages & many mobility problems. Call 01667 455351

ROYAL AIR FORCES ASSOCIATION (RAFA) 2nd Tues of month, 8pm, Royal British Legion, Nairn. Offering friendship & welfare support to serving & ex-serving members of the RAF and their families.

NAIRN LITERARY INSTITUTE Fri, 7.30pm, Nairn Free Church.

Series of talks during the winter months on local history, archaeology & literature, various outings at other times during the year. Membership £20 for 201718 season. Non-members welcome at talks, £4. Email at info@nairnliterary.org.uk

SEWING GROUP NAIRN For more information call 01667 455012 STRATHNAIRN FARMERS' ASSOCIATION For info please call Ray Smith or Donald Maclennan on 01463 790325/07796 750041 or 01463 731682/ 07860 116846 strathnairnfarmers@hotmail.com www.daviotvintage.co.uk

NAIRN MUSEUM Mon - Fri, 10am - 4.30pm & Sat 10am - 1pm, (Easter to Oct).

Local history museum with 6 rooms of archives & memorabilia. Changing photo exhibitions. Children's Area.

Disabled Access. Call 01667 456791 NAIRN PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY AND CAMERA CLUB Tues (Sept - Apr), 7.30pm, Nairn Community Centre. For inormation email at president@ nairncameraclub.co.uk NAIRN SPORTS CLUB Something for everyone - Fitness classes, Gym, Tennis, Squash &

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NAIRN ST NINIAN BADMINTON CLUB Thurs (Sept to Easter), 6pm 7.30pm. Currently held at Nairn Academy gym hal.l Age between 8 & 15 years. Call 01667 454716 or mariadicarlo46@hotmail.com

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Pastoral Le er & Church Meetings Now and again I get to go and spend time in our cathedral on the banks of the river in Inverness.

Sometimes it is busy and crowded with people and, especially during the summer months, they can be people from all around the world.

Sometimes, it can be very quiet; a small evening service with only a few people and sometimes it is nice just to go in and enjoy the stillness and the space; because although it is a very large building, it never feels empty.

Holidays are a good time for us to relax and make space for ourselves and some of us will find that space and relaxation in exploring a busy city or in the vibrancy of a holiday resort. Others will prefer places where there are fewer people; maybe even wild and remote places where they find peace and the space to be themselves. Whatever we choose

to do, we know that we all need time for relaxation and refreshment and a chance to recharge our batteries.

Jesus was no different, when we read about his life and ministry, we read a lot about the busyness and the crowds of people who followed him; all of them wanting his teaching and his time, often his healing and his help as well. St. Matthew tells us “ Jesus went all over Galilee, teaching at the synagogues, preaching the Good News about the Kingdom, and healing people who had all kinds of disease and sickness.” ( Matt 4 v 23). We are also told that sometimes the crowds who followed Jesus around the Galilee were so large that he had to get into a boat to get some space for himself and his friends. (Mark 4v26).It is no great surprise then, that we also find accounts of Jesus

Ardersier with Petty Parish Church, Church of Scotland Sundays 10.15am. Petty Sundays 12 noon.Tel: 01667 462224.

Auldearn and Dalmore Parish Church Sundays 12noon.

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Cawdor L/W Croy and Dalcross Parish Church Sunday 10.15am. Contact Rev Robert E. Brookes on 01667 493717 or RBrookes@churchofscotland.org.uk Nairn Baptist Church Nairn Community Centre. Sundays 11am. Contact Rev. Dr. Philip Egglestone on 01667 452764 or Secretary on 01667 452428. www.nairnbaptistchurch.org.uk Nairn Christian Fellowship Sundays 10.30am. Wednesday 7.30pm: praise and Bible study. Call Sandy Shaw on 01667 456492.

Nairn Free Church Sundays 11am with Sunday school and crèche, 6pm at Gordon St, Nairn. Junior Club at 6pm, for P4P7 and Youth Club at 7pm for S1-S6. Thursdays: Tiddlywinks: Parent and Toddler group at 10am and Bible Study Prayer Meeting at 7pm. Contact the Minister, Murdo MacLeod, on 01667 459131.

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So whatever this holiday season means to us and, however, we choose to spend it, let’s hope and pray that it can be a time to think, to relax and enjoy ourselves and make a bit of space to celebrate the gift of life and all it means to us.

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crèche. Contact Rev. Alison Mehigan on 01667 453777 St. Ninian’s Church Sunday services & Sunday school: 10.15am. Evening service at 6.30pm on the last Sunday of the month. Contact Rev. Thomas M Bryson on 01667 451675.

St Columba’s Scottish Episcopal Family Eucharist on Sundays at 10.30am. Holy Communion on Wednesdays at 10.30am. Contact Rev. Dean Alison J Simpson 01667 452458 St Mary’s Catholic Church Saturday Vigil 6pm. Sunday Mass 10.30am. Contact Fr Damian Martell on 01667 456024. www.nairn.dioceseofaberdeen.org United Reformed Church Sunday services and Sunday School with crèche 11am. Contact John C Brown (Secretary) 01667 453373.

The Pentecostal Church of God Nairn Sundays 10.30am.

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Parliament Blog & Tide Times The Raigmore Parking Campaign has been overwhelmed by the positive responses and the continued support we have received since the campaign launched in May 2018.

Those who have engaged with the campaign so far have shown that there are many viable solutions to the hospital’s parking woes.

However, more information will be needed before NHS Highland can choose the way forward.

NHS Highland’s traffic report provides an insight into how staff use the car park and to get a fuller picture we need more information on how patients and hospital visitors use the car park.

That is why the Raigmore Parking Campaign is calling on NHS Highland to launch another traffic survey for patients and hospital visitors so we can find a solution that works for all.

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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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I regularly see first hand the great work our community & third sector groups do across the Highlands. One challenge they often come up against is the matter of funding, and it is something they often raise when I meet them.

It is vital these organisations secure the funding they need and it is often difficult to keep up to date with all the different funds that could help. I am delighted to be able to host my second funding fayre that will bring together some of the many organisations offering funding prospects with community & third sector groups in the constituency.

I look forward to welcoming organisations like the Big Lottery Fund, Age Scotland, Creative Scotland and many others to Inverness Town House on 7th of September from 12pm.

If you are from a community or third sector group, I would encourage you to come along and find out what funding opportunities may be available to you. Further information about this event and my regular constituency surgeries can be found on my website: www.drewhendrymp.scot

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7 tuesday port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 provisional v1: msc meraviglia, 12pm - 8pm & aidacara, 8am - 6pm highland astronomical society:can you hear black holes & neutron stars colliding; speaker: prof giles hammond 7.20pm - 10pm, lecture hall, smithton culloden free church. meetings open to the public first visit free. www.spacegazer.com

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11 saturday the abernethy highland games 2018 8.30am - 6pm, games field, nethybridge. known as the "friendly games" email at highland.games@nethybridge.com www.nethybridge.com/highlandgames ultimate reunion@the ironworks, inverness 7pm. www.ironworksvenue.com inverness ramblers: beinn a"mheadhoin 9am (please arrive 15 mins earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. grade: b; distance: 5 miles call beth on 01349 861593. www.ramblers.org.uk

11 saturday - 12 sunday kings & clansmen 12pm - 4pm, fort george, ardersier. meet the rival forces of the jacobite risings face-to-face. learn secret jacobite symbols, handle a real sword, etc forest fest highland folk museum, kingussie road, newtonmore. a celebration of woodland culture with a weekend of traditional skills, including tree felling using axes & hand saws, etc. call 01540 673551

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historic wheels annual rally 2018 2pm - 4pm, brodie castle. historic wheels will be returning to brodie port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 castle for their 42nd annual rally. call rebecca provisional v1: celebrity eclipse (maiden visit), harrison on 01309 64137 or email at 8am - 5pm, invergordon raharrison@nts.org.uk. www.nts.org.uk/events summer bookbug@ nairn library 11am -11.30am, men's open 9am, abernethy golf club, nethybridge free. stories, songs & rhymes. book at the library Tree Services June 18.pdf 1 08/05/2018 10:03 call 01479 821305 or email at renata rosaForres band@universal hall, findhorn, 7.30pm. info@abernethygolfclub.com. ÂŁ14/ÂŁ12 concs/ÂŁ10 u16s. www.wegottickets.com www.abernethygolfclub.com port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 FORRES TREE SERVICES LTD provisional v1: seabourn ovation (maiden visit) FULLY QUALIFIED AND INSURED 7am - 5pm, invergordon tÍ&#x192;5SFF 4VSWFZT t "MM )FEHF 8PSL aviemore triathlon 9am - 5pm, badaguish centre, t 5SFF 3FNPWBM t 4UVNQ 3FNPWBM t 5SFF 1SVOJOH t )BSEXPPE 'JSFXPPE aviemore. two courses to suit all abilities. both are based on the beautiful loch morlich & glenmore forest. email info@durtyevents.com XXX GPSSFTUSFFTFSWJDFT DPN t JOGP!GPSSFTUSFFTFSWJDFT DPN www.durtyevents.com great glen walking club: walk 1 - ben tree grade a; thursday distance: 6.5 miles & walk 2 - dava moor & knock of port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 braemory grade: c; distance: 10 miles. 9am (please provisional v1: koningsdam, 8am - 5pm arrive 15 mins earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, grantown show 2018 8am - 5pm; dance, 9pm - 1am, inverness. www.greatglen.org heathfield park, grantown-on-spey. agricultural show, trade stands, pageant & marquee dance monday call julie grant on 01343 551113 or at port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 grantownshow@btinternet.com provisional v1: royal princess, 7am - 6pm

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13 monday - 16 thursday summer activities - multi sports 10am - 3pm (p1-7), nairn sports club. ÂŁ12 for members, ÂŁ13.50 for non members per day, booking essential. call 01667 454523 or email nairnsportsclub@yahoo.co.uk

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14 tuesday port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 provisional v1: viking sun, 8am - 6pm mischief makers lego session 4pm - 5pm, nairn library. free. build trains, planes, homes, thrones, etc. all children must be accompanied by an adult

15 wednesday port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 provisional v1: viking sky (maiden visit), 8am - 6pm & star breeze (maiden visit), 7am - 6pm, drop in session: uhi 10am, uhi inverness campus for anyone looking for advice on funding for study. go for an informal chat with the friendly team. www.inverness.uhi.ac.uk

16 thursday hound of the baskervilles (outdoor theatre by illyria) 7.30 pm, logie steading, south of forres off the a940. adult £14; child (up to 16 yrs) £6; conc bring a picnic, all weather clothing & a chair & enjoy the show! call 01309 611378 or email at gallery@logie.co.uk. www.logie.co.uk

17 friday port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 provisionalCawdor v1: berlin, - 3pm July 9am 18.pdf 1 06/07/2018 09:42 drop in session: uhi 2pm, uhi inverness campus for anyone looking for advice on funding for study.

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18 saturday the royal brackla nairn highland games 11.30am 5pm, the links, nairn. free. traditional events www.nairnhighlandgames.co.uk nairn half marathon tbc, the links, nairn see www.nairnroadrunners.co.uk for details the river spey 10k whisky swim registration: 7.30am onwards, loch insh outdoor centre. start in kingussie & finish at loch insh watersports centre. buses to start. www.vigourevents.co/the-river-spey artemis macaulay cup final see www.shinty.com for venue & teams sara ryan@tooth & claw, inverness tbc great glen walking club: corriemony to loch ma stac 9am (please arrive 15 mins earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. grade: b; distance: 12 miles www.greatglen.org moravian orienteering: oakenhead, lossiemouth club championships score 11am - 12.15pm, oakenhead, lossiemouth. registration: 10.15am 10.45am. www.moravianorienteering.org

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19 sunday the dreamboys@the ironworks, inverness 7pm inverness ramblers: canisp 8am (please arrive 15 minutes earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, inverness grade: a; distance: 7.5 miles. call carole on 014567 415426 or 07780 606493. www.ramblers.org.uk

21 tuesday drop in session: uhi 11am, uhi inverness campus for anyone looking for advice on funding for study. go for an informal chat with the friendly team. www.inverness.uhi.ac.uk

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the pirates of penzance, (outdoor theatre by illyria) 7 pm, logie steading, south of forres off the a940 adult £16; child (up to 16 yrs) £8. bring a picnic, allweather clothing & a chair, & enjoy the show! call 01309 611378 or email at gallery@logie.co.uk www.logie.co.uk/23-aug-pirates-penzanceoutdoor-theatre

24 friday musical recital: matthew lazenby (organ & piano ) & martha hayward (soprano) 7.30pm, st michael & all angels church, abban street, invernessthe indians@the british legion, inverness 7.30pm, £12 at the door. all welcome port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 provisional v1: disney magic, 10.30am - 8.30pm

24 friday - 25 saturday nairn & district gardening club: annual show staging of exhibits (8am - 9.45am) & 1pm - 4pm on 25th (show), nairn community & arts centre. set up (9am - 1pm) & staging (4.30pm - 8.30pm) on 24th. www.spanglefish.com/nairnanddistrictgardeningclub

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thunder in the glens 2018 10am - 11.30pm, macdonald highlands hotel, aviemore. the biggest & best chapter run rally in europe. hosted by dunedin chapter scotland. www.eventbrite.co.uk

heithfield park, grantown on spey. traditional events plus the 56lb weight for distance championship call elaine watt (sec) on 01479 873237 or email at gosgames@yahoo.com

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summer fling in the garden 12pm - 3pm, st michael & all angels church, abban street, inverness. free entrance. bbq stall, baking stall, bottle stall & games run the runway for maggie's highlands 2018 12am, inverness airport. run, jog or walk 5km across the runways of inverness airport. please register at www.maggiescentres.org port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 provisional v1: royal princess, 7am - 6pm aberdeine considine sutherland cup final see www.shinty.com for venue & teams blaze@mad hatters, inverness 10.30pm inverness ramblers: bynack more, cairngorms 9am (please arrive 15 mins earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. grade: a; distance: 13 miles call roger on 01463 223329. www.ramblers.org.uk

port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 provisional v1: aidacara, 8am - 6pm public image ltd@the ironworks, inverness tbc. mischief makers lego session 4pm - 5pm, nairn library. free. build trains, planes, boats, thrones, etc. all children must be accompanied by an adult

25 saturday - 26 sunday inverness model railway club: annual model railway exhibition sat: 10am - 5pm. sun: 10am - 4pm, jurys inn milburn road, inverness. adult £5; child £2; family £10. model railway layouts, trade stands, secondhand stall. ample parking, wheelchair friendly. call gerry parks on 07801 593637 or email sec.imrc@yahoo.co.uk. www.invernessmrc.org.uk nesscon: inverness & loch ness comic con inverness ice centre, bught park, inverness minimum age is 5yrs. call 07807 788077 or email at events@highlandheartevents.com www.invernesscomiccon.com

26 sunday louise mixed foursomes 9am, abernethy golf club, nethybridge. all welcome. call 01479 821305 or email at info@abernethygolfclub.com www.abernethygolfclub.com port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 provisional v1: star breeze, 9am - 9pm 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/coffeess, soft drinks, butteries, bbq. www.wherecanwego.com invoc: nairn east beach. www.invoc.org.uk great glen walking club: `circuit of two monadhliath hills 9am (please arrive 15 mins earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. grade: b+; distance: 9 miles. www.greatglen.org grantown-on-spey highland games 10am - 5pm, admin@winterburnmedia.co.uk

29 wednesday port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 provisional v1: balmoral, 11.30am - 11pm bite & blether jointly run by dyke & district village hall & dyke church 11am - 1pm, dyke & district village hall. come & join us for a bowl of soup, cake & tea/coffee & a blether. all welcome

30 thursday port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 provisional v1: ocean majesty, 3.30pm - 10pm

until 31 friday scotland’s gardens scheme: gordon castle walled garden 10am - 4pm, fochabers. adults £6 (until 1st oct, thereafter £3); children free but £3 for the play area year round. call 01343 612312

31 friday port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 provisional v1: msc meraviglia, 8am - 8pm retro night@mad hatters, inverness 9.30pm fashion show 7.30pm, rafford village hall. £10 (in advance). music, dance, refreshments & raffle organised by vso models. clothes from m&co, h&m, Landscapes Feb 18.pdf 11/01/2018 brambles R& Bnext. call gordon on 013091 675949

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