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Clubs & Societies 3 Vikings in Moray Firth 4 Pastoral Letter 6 Church Details 6 Bar One Review 10/11 Council News 12 Fossils 14 What’s On 15/16 Cinema Listings 17

Nordic Walking 18/19 Chef’s Confidential 20 Sam’s Rest. Review 24/25 Parliament Blog 26 School Term Dates 26 Useful Contacts 28 Local Holidays 28 Tide Times 28 Advertisers Index 30

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AULDEARN SWRI Meetings include talks and demonstrations including craft, travel, social and international affairs. Preserves and enhances awareness of Scotland's rural heritage. Second Wednesday of month, 7.30pm, Dunbar Hall (excluding July & August).

Contact 452345 or email pamhudson@talktalk.net BEFRIENDERS HIGHLAND Voluntary organisation, which co-ordinates friendships between volunteers and people who have experienced a mental health problem and are lonely or isolated. Contact Heather Forbes 451444 email nairn@ befriendershighland.org.uk website www.befrienders highland.org.uk BODY & CORE YOGA FITNESS Train & tone yourself fit to excellent music. Cawdor Community Centre every Tuesday at 7.30pm. Mats provided - bring water & a smile!

Contact Debs tel: 07840 659358 MEN’S CHOIR A new choir just for men. All kinds of music. Meets fortnightly at St. John’s Church, Forres.

Alternate Tuesdays 7.30pm9.30pm. No experience necessary. For more details contact Bill tel: 01309 672951 NAIRN & DISTRICT GARDENING CLUB Meets on the second Thursday in month at Nairn Community

Centre at 7.30pm. A variety of topics are covered from visiting speakers. Contact 452331 for further details NAIRN ARTS SOCIETY Our club is an organisation for anyone in Nairn and area interested in art. We meet in the Laing Hall, Fishertown and regularly have demonstrations, exhibitions and sales of art works. Groups meet daily at various times. Contact Secretary Hazel Cullen tel: 456159 Visit www.nairnarts.co.uk NAIRN ROAD RUNNERS We are a small & friendly club and cater for all running abilities.

Come & join us on our club night every Thursday at 7.30pm at the Maggot. For more details contact Louise Scott tel: 451835, email info@ nairnroadrunners.co.uk or visit www.nairnroadrunners.co.uk NAIRN SPORTS CLUB Nairn Sports Club has something for everyone Fitness classes, Gym, Tennis, Squash & Badminton Courts, Sauna, Non-members welcome.

Contact 454523 or email info@nairnsportsclub.co.uk NAIRN ST NINIAN BADMINTON CLUB Currently held at Nairn Academy gym hall every Thursday, September to Easter from 6pm 7.30pm. Age between 8 & 15 years. Contact 454716 or email mariadicarlo46@hotmail.com

RELATE HIGHLAND Offering the services of a counsellor in Nairn on Wednesday afternoons. Contact 01463 712888 (Monday-Thursday 10-1, or leave a message) THE ACCIDENTALS Nairn’s Community Choir.

Practices are held every Wednesday, 7.30-9.30pm, in St Columba’s Church Hall, Queen Street. We sing a cappella in four-part harmony. New members always welcome.

Contact 453838 or come along.

ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Entertainment and dancing every weekend. Highland Hall function suite available for weddings and parties of all sizes. Contact 453201 WESTERN FRONT ASSOCIATION We hold 9 meetings per year (on Saturday afternoons) in Elgin Library open to anyone with an interest in the First World War. Contact Derek Bird on 01343 870562 or email at chairman.wfasnb@virgin.net www.wfascotlandnorth.org.uk

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Vikings and Norse in the Moray Firth

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Where was the frontier?

Viking pirates attacked areas of Scotland, as elsewhere in Western Europe, in the late 700’s and continued sporadically for several hundred years. They favoured wealthy coastal settlements where their highly mobile fleets could accomplish swift grab and run raids. We know about the raids of monasteries, because monks elsewhere reported on these frightening marauders, but suspect that wealthy secular sites were also targeted. Not only precious objects were taken, but also people to be sold into slavery.

In the wake of these raids Scandinavians came and settled, in particular on the Northern and Western Isles, but also to Caithness and Sutherland. These areas were controlled by powerful chieftains, known as jarls or earls. Gradually over time the King of Norway obtained nominal overlordship over these Scottish Scandinavian settlers. Officially the Western Isles were part of Norway until 1266, and the Northern Isles until 1472, resulting in centuries of Scandinavian influence in these areas. Ideally the term Vikings is used to refer to the raiders, and Norse to the settlers.

The initial Scandinavian settlers were pagan and were buried with gravegoods in marked contrast to the native Christian Picts. Viking graves are known from Caithness, and there appear to be isolated remains of female and male graves from near Dunrobin Castle and Ospisdale near Dornoch. South of the Dornoch Firth there is very little archaeological evidence, and unfortunately none at all from Dingwall. A Viking silver hoard was deposited at Tarbat church, Portmahomack around 1000. Recently a small silver ingot fragment, similar to ones found in Viking silver hoards, was found by a metal detectorist near Dores. If it dates to the Norse period, it would provide hints of Norse use of the Great Glen. However, unfortunately silver ingots were used throughout history and into modern times, and because it was not excavated by archaeologists we are unable to determine the context or date.

Another metal detector find, but of a more distinctive object allowing better dating, was found only last year at Ardersier. It is part of an openwork brooch or mount with page 4 - March 2011

an interlaced animal. Brooches of this style were worn in Scandinavia and often date around c. 1150. This exciting find provides evidence of late encounters on the south side of the Moray Firth – but whether as a traded item or part of a short-lived settlement cannot be determined.

From these fragments of evidence, it is clear we cannot say anything with certainty about the southern frontier of the Vikings and Norse in the Moray Firth area south of the Dornoch Firth. I suspect that it was not static, and would have been a contested frontier area with its fertile agricultural land. It probably changed hands between Norse opportunists and the local powers, the original Pictish rulers (and possibly kings of Fortriu, if indeed this key late Pictish stronghold was situated on the Moray Firth as Alex Woolf has argued), and later the earls of Moray (who during the reign of MacBeth in the early 11th century controlled a vast area), depending on who was stronger at the time. Sometime in this period Dingwall presumably was the centre of Norse control, perhaps as Barbara Crawford has argued, as part of a strategy of the Earls of Orkney to gain timber from the Conon and Beauly rivers to bring back to Orkney.

Tantalising questions remain. What was the relationship between Norse and native in this area? Where were the Pictish and later native settlements especially to the north of Inverness? And of course, how much and in what way did this Norse settlement influence the local area? We can only hope that future archaeological discoveries will shed light on these issues.

Dr. Susan Kruse is a Viking archaeologist with interests in Viking silver hoards, economic systems, and the issues of frontiers. Currently she is a project officer with ARCH, Archaeology for Communities in the Highlands, providing a range of courses and events for people to learn about and preserve their local heritage. She is an Honorary Research Fellow with the University of the Highlands and Islands and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

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Pastoral letter and Church Meetings People say the funniest things There are Spoonerisms and Freudian slips, even some of the professional TV presenters have fallen foul to the mouth and head parting company. People say the funniest things - whether it’s the humour of Groucho Marx, ‘I never forget a face, but in your case, I’ll make an exception.’ Or a line from the old John Wayne film The Quiet Man, ‘He’ll regret it till his dying day, if ever he lives that long.’ Or the joke about the Irishman - of which I am one - ‘I’d rather work at night any day.’

People do say the funniest things.

Then there are the funny things that are said with a barb of sarcasm.‘ Trust me, I’m a politician.’ Or ‘Your money is safe in our Bank.’ Or the note from the treasury, ‘there’s no money left, good luck.’

Then there are the funny, as in strange, things we say that are not

funny at all. ‘I’m not dead, I’m only in the next room.’ Its all meant to comfort, but it’s as helpful as a water pistol replacing a fire engine.

There are so many things that we say to each other, and which we swallow whole which if we thought about them at all would make our blood boil. What about this one - we mustn’t let the top bankers lose their bonuses in case they leave the country - let them, if people won’t work for the good of the country in hard times, what good are they - or is that too simplistic - or perhaps the king hasn’t any clothes on after all!

But this is my least favourite, and I hear it a lot these days. When it comes to religion or faith, I hear people say things like this. ‘We mustn’t indoctrinate people, let’s let the children make up their own minds when they are able to decide for themselves.’ Seems fair enough?

Nairn Baptist Church meets in Nairn Community Centre, King St. All welcome 11am every Sunday and 6pm every third Sunday of the month. Contact the Pastor 459672 or visit the website www.nairnbaptistchurch.org.uk Auldearn and Dalmore Parish Church Morning Service 12 noon. Contact Rev. Ricky Reid 451675.

Cawdor Parish Church Morning Service Sunday 10.15am.

Contact Rev. JS Mathieson 493217 Nairn Free Church Morning Service 11am with Sunday School & Creche (Gordon St); Evening Service 6pm (Rosebank Hall); Youth Club for S1 upwards Wednesday 6.30pm (Rosebank Hall); Prayer and Bible Study Thursday 7.30pm (8 George St). Minister Murdo MacLeod 459131.

Nairn Christian Fellowship Sunday Worship 10.30am; Praise and Bible Study Wednesday 7.30pm.

Contact Sandy Shaw 456492.

Old Parish Church meets at 10.30am for morning Worship, Sunday School & Creche. Rev. Ian WF Hamilton. page 6 - March 2011

Trouble is, by then it’s too late, the foundations are not laid and the children are grown and have no knowledge on which to make a rational decision about faith. It’s as if you let your child do whatever they wanted when young and then say your daughter age 16 decides she wants to be a Ballet dancer will she suceed? Probably not because skills that should have been taught as 5 year olds are absent.

So parents, don’t be funny. Teach your little ones about faith. Take them to Sunday School, and better still you go too, so that when they are at the stage of making the big decisions of life, they have knowledge and skills and experience from which to proceed. I hope that seems fair enough. Its no joke!

Ricky Reid Auldearn & Church

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St Ninians Church Morning Worship and Sunday School 10.15am; Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7.30pm.

Rev. Ricky Reid 451675.

St Columba’s Scottish Episcopal Family Worship 10.30am; Evening Prayer 6.30pm.

Rev. Canon Alison Simpson 452458.

St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church Sunday Mass 11.30am; Saturday Vigil 6pm.

United Reformed Church Morning Service with Sunday School and Creche 11am.

Contact Rev. Steven Manders 451443.

The Pentecostal Church of God Nairn Sunday Service 10.30am. Minister: JD Grant 456088. www.churchofgodnairn.org Nairn Joint Service 1st Sunday monthly St Ninians 6.30pm

If you are a member of a church not listed here please email with details and we will print this in future issues.

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extraCts from the Draft minutes of the meeting of 25th January 2011 of nairn suBurBan Community CounCil

Police Report no Police representation at meeting.

CCllr. m ashford wished to ask of the police if there was any ‘duty of care’ by newsagents for their ‘paper boys’. he drives through nairn every morning at 07.30 and encounters at least 3 working paper boys riding their bikes, in the darkness, without lights or ‘high vis’’ tabards.

Matters Arising a) nairn Bus issues ~ update and Dr. surgery survey. J mackie reported that the Bus service had now returned to what had existed before the cuts. Dr. surgery survey is to be arranged and it is hoped that there will be a good response. b) a96 resurfacing work and safety issues. there had been doubt expressed by members of the public as to the safety of the positioning of the ‘white line’ defining the boundary between the carriageways and the cycle path, in that it tends to ‘pull’ the traffic towards the kerb. J mackie added that if the Community Council had been consulted we may have expressed a further wish for the speed limit to be moved further out to the sandown road junction. c) town Centre redevelopment. Dick youngson reported that local group niCe had been busy looking at what might be achieved with the town centre redevelopment. niCe and the Community Councils tended to have a wider view than hC and felt that just handing it over to a developer is not good enough. moving the bus stop from the forecourt of the old bus station and replacing it with two, adjacent, on the a96 one east and one West. in the end there wasn’t a great deal of difference between niCe and hC, agreement should be fairly easily reached. d) sandown lands~ Where now? J mackie commented that the suburban page 12 - March 2011

CC had had a meeting with hC some time ago asking if now the Deveron homes development had been stymied could the Wetland project be proceeded with? he had been told that it would not be possible then, as Deveron homes still had two years to decide whether to proceed or to abandon their plans for the sandown lands. however since Deveron had now withdrawn their interest we have heard nothing. s Park answered saying ‘now Deveron have moved on we can start to look at the whole thing again’. J mackie suggested that the CC could move the wetland project forward before any future bidders were sought.

CCllr. J hart asked how the Common good fund can be billed for a ‘blunder’, by the then local committee of the hC, in allowing the sandown lands to become a secure agricultural tenancy, consequently incurring a large compensation payment to the farmer concerned. Was the limit of six years on fiscal debts not applicable in this case? s Park answered saying the monies in the Common good had long been earmarked for this purpose and he didn’t intend to go all through this subject again.

J mackie thought clearly mistakes had been made but it was time to move on. member of the public D scholes asked that further provision of allotments will figure in future of sandown lands?

N.C.C.F. funding withdrawal Cllr. s. Park told the meeting ‘We have had a meeting and are thrashing out how we can fund it’.

Treasurer’s Report Planning Matters Sainsbury’s CCllr D youngson reported that we £697.77 in funds.

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tion at ‘achnashelloch’ moss-side, had been withdrawn on production of a revised plan. Planning had since been consented. sainsbury’s ~ We wait to see if the development goes ahead after the scottish government stated it’s intent to increase the tax burden on large, out of town, superstores. C. Cllr. m ashford commented that the furore had been mostly fired by the scotsman newspaper’s antipathy towards the scottish government.

Highland Councillors Report a Park thought most subjects had already been covered and looked forwards towards to the CC forum on the 10th feb. Budgets 2011 were now in place.

AOCB D scholes asked what the situation was regarding the changing to a single Community Council for nairn. he felt that the public mood was overwhelmingly in favour of the proposal as was proved by the questionnaire in the ‘nairnshire telegraph’. a. Park answered all three community councils needed to agree on the proposal; the hC could not impose it.

J mackie said it should not be up to the community councils either but the people of nairn. the process was to have been done in two phases; Phase i, consultation with the community councils. Phase 2, consultation with the public. Phase 2 was never done. time was short as the plan was due to be submitted by april 1st 2011, the election would be held in november 2011.

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Fossil Reptiles & Footprints Not to be confused with the Elgin Marbles, the Elgin ‘Marvels’ actually come from Elgin! They are 250 million year old fossil reptiles, and their footprints, that were collected from old sandstone quarries, mostly over a century ago. Dr Neil Clark, Curator of Palaeontology at the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow, provides a fascinating insight into our local history.

Carol Hopkins, a student at a 1996 Open University Summer School in Edinburgh, had visited the local Clashach quarry at Hopeman and found a vast number of footprints being excavated. The quarry had recently been re-opened to supply stone for the facing of the new Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. By 1997, Carol had investigated over 200 footprints and trackways!

The animals responsible for making these footprints are thought to have been mammal-like reptiles. Fossil skeletons of these animals were known from the nearby Cuttie’s Hillock west of Elgin and can be seen displayed in the Elgin Museum.

probably not the best way to investigate the cavity as it would damage the fossil so I removed the rock to Glasgow for further research using modern medical techniques.

With the help of Calum Adams, a consultant radiologist, at the Western Infirmary in Glasgow and the Royal Alexandra in Paisley, we scanned the hole in the rock using both CT and MRI. It was not easy scanning through such a thickness of rock and the machine had to be tweaked close to its limits. As the CT produced its first scan, we saw something I was not expecting. We saw a difficult to interpret complex network of cavities.

When all the scans were collected and stacked into a 3D image, the nature of the hole in the rock became clear. It was the entire skull of a mammal-like reptile! After this, the rock was placed in a plastic box and filled with fluid to make the MRI scanning work. The whole process was so unusual that the BBC filmed an episode of Tomorrow’s World on this novel technique of analysing cavity fossils in a non-destructive manner.

Research by Arthur Cruickshank, an expert in such animals, showed that the skull was identical to a known animal from Cuttie’s Hillock called Dicynodon (Gordonia) traquairi.

Because of this discovery, we now know that the age of the Hopeman sandstones is the same age as the Cuttie’s Hillock sandstones closer to Elgin - 250 million years old.

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Also in 1997, Bill George, who worked in the quarry at Clashach, found a rock with an intriguing hole in it. It was immediately thought this may be a cavity left by bones dissolved by acid waters. No recognisable fossil bones had ever been found in the Hopeman sandstone so this discovery was potentially an extremely important one, as the age of the sandstone at Hopeman was not known with any certainty.

In March 1998, the quarrying was increased which put a number of critical footprints at risk of being destroyed. The Moray Stone Cutters kindly offered to move the slabs of sandstone containing footprints to a convenient spot, forming an amphitheatre close to the Moray Coastal Trail near Hopeman.

At that time, there was really only one way to deal with cavity fossils; to fill the cavity with rubber and smash it open with a hammer to remove the dried rubber. I decided this was

If you are interested in fossils from the Elgin area, or finding out more about other fossils, please visit the Elgin Museum www.elginmuseum.org.uk

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FEBRUARY 24 thursday music nairn presents..., the internationally acclaimed clarinettist, emma johnson, plays music by dvorak, rachmaninov, copland, bernstein, reich and dankworth, accompanied by john lenehan, piano, 8pm, nairn community & arts centre, nairn, tickets £19/members £16,students £2, tel: 404763/453476 scottish opera, 7.30pm, universal hall, findhorn, £11/£5 concessions, tel: 01309 691170 for details

25 & 26 friday & saturday fèis inbhir narainn, two day arts and music festival, traditional music classes with tutors including bruce macgregor, sandy brechin & brian ó headhra, all abilities, age 8 to adult, contact rhona tel: 462681or email feisinbhirnarainn@feisean.org

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you by elgin business improvement district (bid) and the out of the darkness theatre company, £7, visit www.elginbid.co.uk for more details cinema nairn - ‘julie & julia’ (12a), 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre, tel: 453476

6 sunday great glen walking club - glenmoriston windfarm via easan ban, depart 0900 hrs, inverness cathedral car park, 10 miles 1400 feet ascent, grade b, os sheet 26 gr nh 502 402

9 wednesday alejandro ziegler tango quartet, 7.30pm, universal hall, findhorn, £10/£8/£6, tel: 01309 691170 highland rock garden club - ‘the practicalities of growing alpines’ by ron macbeath of lamberton nursery, 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre, tel: 01309 641405

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dyke garden club - ‘sweet peas’ allan mcgowan, 7.30pm, dyke village hall, contact 01309 641342 or 01309 641565

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Traditional Music Classes All Abilities Welcome – Age 8 to Adult Contact Rhona : 01667 462681 Email : feisinbhirnarainn@feisean.org

26 saturday inverness fiddler’s rally, 7.30pm, £14/£12, empire theatre, eden court, inverness, annual rally with over 100 players on stage plus renowned fiddler duncan chisholm with guitarist tony byrne, and song group canntaireachd, tel: 234234 or visit www.eden-court.co.uk

MARCH 3 thursday pure brass, 7:30pm, south room, gordonstoun school, nr elgin, £12/£6, visit our website www.thegcs.org.uk for details or tel: 01343 837917

4 friday cinema nairn presents ‘julie and julia’, 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre, tel: 453476 back to the future - ‘elgin in style’, 7.30pm, elgin town hall, showcasing a number of city centre businesses using drama, dance & live music, brought to SpotLight on Nairn and District

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great glen walking club - by the river nairn to boy fisher memorial, depart 0900 hrs, highland council car park, 8 miles level, grade c os sheet 27 gr nh 883 570 slam, the loft venue, by kinloss, £15/£20, tel: 01343 850111 or vist www.loftgigs.co.uk

Slam at The Loft Venue Saturday 12th March Slam are Stuart McMillan & Orde Meikle. Synonymous with the Glasgow underground club scene, this duo have garnered a reputation as International DJ’s and respected collaborators.

www.loftgigs.co.uk tel: 01343 850111

18 friday michael card concert, nairn community & arts centre, tel: 453476 matt andersen, the institute, fochabers, tel: 07977 150641 or www.thebooth.co.uk

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19 saturday western front association - from front to back : the german prisoners of the bef - mike taylor, 2.30pm, the gallery, elgin library, contact derek bird tel: 01343 870562, email chairman.wfasnb@virgin.net or visit www.wfascotlandnorth.org.uk music nairn presents..., the pianist alexander kanchaveli plays music by mozart and prokofiev, and rachmaninov’s second piano concerto, with artem akopyan playing the reduced orchestral part on a second piano, 8pm, nairn community & arts centre, tickets £14/members £11/students £2, tel: 404763 matt andersen, the loft venue, by kinloss, tel: 01343 850111 or vist www.loftgigs.co.uk the wiyos, 8pm, universal hall, findhorn, £13/£11/£8, tel: 01309 691170 for details

Matt Andersen - The Loft Venue Saturday 19th March With a larger than life showmanship, earning him a fervent steadfast audience.

www.loftgigs.co.uk tel: 01343 850111

20 sunday great glen walking club - boat of garten, loch vaa, loch mallachie, loch garten, depart 0900 hrs, inverness cathedral car park, 10.5 miles 170 feet ascent, grade c os sheet 36 gr nh 971 185

APRIL 2011 in brief 1 friday and 2 saturday moray & nairn floral art club present an exhibition of wedding dresses and flowers through the ages, friday 7.30pm-9.30pm, saturday 10am-4pm, nairn community & arts centre, tel: 01343 850634 for info 1 friday fil campbell, 8pm, universal hall, findhorn, £10/£8/£6, tel: 01309 691170 for details 2 saturday the call of the loonbird, 4pm, universal hall, findhorn, £6/£5/£4, tel: 01309 691170 for details 8 friday dyke garden club - agm and ‘garden hints & tips’, 7.30pm, dyke village hall, contact 01309 641342 or 01309 641565 13 wednesday highland rock garden club - ‘the wild flowers of the northwest highkands of scotland by ken butler, 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre, tel: 01309 641405 caged, 7pm, universal hall, findhorn, £6/£5/£4, tel: 01309 691170 for details 14 thursday sean hughes, 7.30pm, universal hall, findhorn, £14/£12, tel: 01309 691170 for details 15 friday cinema nairn - ‘chinatown’ (15), 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre, tel: 453476 western front association - postal and paper ephemera of the great war - jim mackay, branch member, 2.30pm, the gallery, elgin library, contact derek bird tel: 01343 870562, email chairman.wfasnb@virgin.net or visit www.wfascotlandnorth.org.uk red room, 8pm, universal hall, findhorn, £10/£8/£6, tel: 01309 691170 for details 30 saturday highland rock garden club - annual spring flower show, plant sale & coffee morning, 10.30am, nairn community & arts centre, tel: 01309 641405

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Visit cinemanairn.blogspot.com or contact Nairn Community Centre on 01667 453476 for details

Cinema Listings March 2011 Eden Court Theatre, Inverness The King’s Speech (12a) Blue Valentine (15) Neds (18) True Grit (15) plus many others

Vue Cinema, Inverness

Visit www.eden-court.co.uk or call 01463 234234 for details

Moray Playhouse, Elgin New Screenings begin on Fridays Call 01343 542680 or visit www.morayplayhouse.co.uk

From 4th March Rango (U) From 11th March The Resident (15) From 16th March Chalet Girl (12a) From 25th March The Eagle (12a) KidsAM - Every Saturday & Sunday at 10.15am - £1 per ticket Seniors Club - Every Tuesday at 12.30pm - £3.05 inc. refreshments NEW Teen Screen Every Thursday & Friday £2 with upgrade for 3D films

Visit www.myvue.com for details

Portessie Public Hall Regular films including Saturday matinees.

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Universal Hall, Findhorn Showing films throughout the year. Visit www.findhorn.org/uhall or call 01309 691170 for details.

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"Pilates and Nordic Walking compliment eachother incredibly well" says Karen Powell, Inverness based Pilates Teacher and British Nordic Walking Instructor.

PILATES trains the body to work in its own natural posture, lengthening and strengthening the muscles gently, and so develops yur deep core muscles which support your spine with movement. After practising Pilates for a few months, Karen says that "Often people experience the feeling of having grown taller, of feeling more relaxed, as their posture has improved" NORDIC WALKING uses the same principles of Pilates in its unique walking style, using poles, and also has the benefits of improving stamina and cardiovascular fitness.

It uses specially designed poles to enhance your natural walking experience. With a technique similar to the upper body action of classic cross country skiing, it becomes a whole body exercise that can be enjoyed at many levels, from walking for health to athletic Nordic running.

Karen Powell is based in Inverness and runs short courses, tailored to suit small groups and individuals.

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In addition here are 2 simple Pilates exercises you can try at home to help your body move more freely.

1. Spine Twist Start by sitting tall, on a chair or the floor.

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Pull in your belly button. Imagine you are a puppet being lifted up through the crown of your head. Turn to the right, keeping your hips forwards, return to the middle, then turn to the left. Repeat 3 times on each side.

2. Hip Roll Lie down on the floor with knees bent. Place a cushion between your knees. Notice how your back feels on the floor. Breathe in a relaxed way without lifting your shoulders.

Tilt your tail bone (at the bottom of your spine), flatten your back onto the floor, and peel your back off the floor into a long line.

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Cranberry and Ginger Cupcakes with Orange Butterceam

SpotLight Chef’s Confidential

Now that the days are getting longer and the weather milder, Knockomie is welcoming local walkers, who have enjoyed a stroll on many of the local footpaths, Blairs Loch and the Dava Way. Those who enjoy a delicious hot chocolate, cake and a warm fire to relax beside, not to mention the weekend newspapers! One of the favourite cakes are our home made Cranberry and Ginger Cupcakes, so we thought we you might like the recipe.

Ingredients 125gm Unsalted Butter or Margarine 250gm Caster Sugar 2 Large Eggs 1 tsp Vanilla Extract 250gm Plain Flour 2 tsp Baking Powder 150gm Dried Cranberries 1 piece Stem Ginger in syrup 2 teaspoons of stem ginger syrup 3 dessert spoon Semi Skimmed Milk Method Line a muffin or cupcake tray with 12 large cupcake / muffin cases. In a mixing bowl cream the butter and sugar. Add the eggs and and vanilla extract and and beat again. Add the flour and baking powder and stir in the cranberries, stem ginger, syrup and semi skimmed milk.

Orange Buttercream 125g Unsalted Butter at room temperature 50ml Freshly Squeeze Orange Juice 500g Icing Sugar Method Beat the butter and orange juice together.

Gradually beat in the icing sugar until smooth. Ice the cupcakes once cool, either using a knife or an icing bag with a large star shaped nozzle.

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I went for a meal with my husband on a Thursday evening and we were treated to a very enjoyable evening meal, which was very relaxing and compliments to the staff for their very attentive and friendly service.

The Menu offered a vast range very reasonable priced Indian Cuisine dishes and it was highly recommended that we tried something from Sam’s Specialities Menu.

Once shown to our table we were presented with a mix of Papadums, Chutney and Pickle to enjoy whilst browsing through the menu.

We opted to go with the chef’s recommendations for the evening. For starters I had Sam’s Special Platter Vegetarian Option, which was presented with a crispy fresh salad this consisted of mushroom pakora, onion bhaji and vegetable samosa. The other starter was Sam’s Special Meat Platter this was a delicious array of lamb Tikka, chicken Pakora, meat Samosa and chicken kebab all tender and cooked to perfection.

We ordered a selection of main courses from Sam’s Specialities Menu, the first was Sali Bolti this

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After such an exceptional meal we were struggling to find room for dessert but were tempted by the Coppa Ice –Cream range, I had the Chocolate & Custard Pistachio flavour, which was served with a drizzle of sauce and chopped Pistachio on top. Our other option was Mascarpone and Amaretto flavour, which was very enjoyable.

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“ Parliament Blog ” Last month I was honoured to be the guest speaker at the Highlands and Islands Press Awards in Nairn.

The local press are vital to our communities and it is important that we recognise the important role they play. We are lucky in the Highlands to have such a vibrant, successful, and challenging local media. Their commitment to the wellbeing of the Highlands is something they and I share. Whilst we do not always agree, and I may not always seem grateful for it, it is vital that they keep making the lives of our elected representatives awkward - it is the lifeblood of our democracy.

It was a privilege to present the awards to the winners - apart from anything else as the minister for public spending I do not often get to make announcements that people like!

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News that Castle Stuart has been chosen as the venue for the Barclays Scottish Open has cheered us all up, in these times of gloom and austerity. From the 7th 11th July, the “spotlight” will be on the Moray Firth, Inverness. The benefits to the area will be considerable. The gold course General Manager, Stuart McColm, has said that we need to attract 20,000 visitors a day to be sure of keeping the event, as the Loch Lomond Club, which has hosted the event since 1996 attracted between 70-85,000 - so put it in your diary!

This will be a major attraction to bring visitors north - and a boost for hotels, B&B’s and guest houses. Perhaps in Scotland, we tend to undersell our own manifold tourist attractions - so the potential to use the tourism trade to bolster our jobs, livelihoods and futures may not be realised. We can be backward at coming forward, and may not see Scotland as others see us. This was brought home to me when a B&B owner from Newtonmore told me that she had holidayed in the Nile in January, and asked me how many visitors I thought there were in ships on the Nile,

on any one day. She told me the answer: one million! With our scenery, whisky, tartan, Gaelic, history, culture, heritage, beaches, mountains, lochs as well as golf, fishing, sailing and countless other reasons to come to Scotland, we could, should and will see more people from countries throughout the world coming for a stay here.

Lying between the current time, and my visits to the Scottish Open in July, is the little matter of the Scottish elections!

This column is pretty much non-political so I will not make a pitch here! But politics and elections do have their lighter side. I do remember, for example, one of the first letters I received as MSP, on the day after I was elected, three elections and twelve years ago. “Dear Ewing” it began rather unpromisingly.

“I woke up this morning to learn that you are my MSP. This makes this day the unhappiest of my life.” It went on in this rather gloomy vein, but then ended with a twist in the tale. “PS Can you send a signed photograph.” This was not, I am relieved to say, a typical communication.

And I am not sure what happened to this voter after I complied with the request.

But if he is reading this, and does come along to view the Scottish Open, I am happy to make his acquaintance!

Fergus Ewing MSP

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