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CLUBS & SOCIETIES CAKE WALK & STORY GROUP Regular walks for all ages. For more details call Guy on 07724 992790 / www.guyandjocelyn.org CAWDOR CURLING CLUB Call 404291 or 07831 760049 or email dave_rob@hotmail.com CAWDOR SWRI Last Wednesday of each month, 7:30pm, Sept - April, Community Room at Cawdor Community Centre, (not December when we go out for our Christmas Meal).

Call Brenda on 493361 or email gbshone@btinternet.com DALLACHY AERO MODELLERS Model aircrafts & helicopter flying at old Dallachy World War 2 airfield. Mainly at weekends.

Offers training on dual control. www.dallachyaeromodellers.org.uk FORRES & NAIRN SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING Mondays 8pm - 10pm in Forres Town Hall & Thursdays 7:30pm 9:30pm in Nairn from Sept - Mar. Dancers of all abilities welcome at these RSCDS classes. For details see www.rscdsforres.org or phone 07906 306160

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HIGHLAND HISTORICAL SEARCH SOCIETY Inverness based metal detecting club. Free equipment loan, tuition and regular places to detect. Beginners & new members welcome. Contact Len tel: 01808 521340 anytime.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS SOCIETY (MORAY BANFF AND BADENOCH BRANCH) 2nd Wednesday of the month at 11am, Eight Acres Hotel, Elgin.

Lectures on a variety of arts related subjects delivered by experts from across the UK. New members welcome. Contact Sarah Fennings-Mills by email www.nadfas-in-elgin.org.uk or call 01343 831002 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 NAIRN PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY AND CAMERA CLUB Tuesdays 7:30pm in Nairn Community Centre Sept - April.

Contact Claude Hayward (President) tel: 459921 or email claude.hayward@btinternet.com T-EXCHANGE MAKERSPACE Make things, build things and exchange ideas. Third Friday of every month 7:30pm at Findhorn Village Centre. Details on www.t-exchange.net or contact Bill on 07925 551191.

HARMONY MUSIC THERAPY SCOTLAND Individual and Group Music Therapy sessions to encourage, enable and empower all ages and abilities through interactive music experiences. Will travel to private homes, facilities and schools. Call Kristen Macleod on 07770427396.

NAIRN SWIMMING CLUB (NDASC) Swimmers aged 7 & up. Trained to compete and for fitness & fun. www.ndasc.co.uk

VOLUNTEERING HIGHLAND Volunteer Centre in Nairn Welcomes anyone who would like to volunteer in the local area.

Contact Fiona Barnes 453055 or nairn@volunteeringhighland.org WESTERN FRONT ASSOCIATION We hold 9 meetings per year on Saturday afternoons in Elgin Library. Open to anyone with an interest in WW1. Contact Derek Bird on 01343 870562 or email chairman.wfasnb@virgin.net www.wfascotlandnorth.org.uk CVS NAIRN Umbrella group for voluntary organisations in Nairn. Provides advice & information regarding funding and establishing new groups. Contact 455234 or email ed@cvsnairn.org.uk FÈIS INBHIR NARAINN Reg. Charity No. SC038460.

Weekly traditional music classes in guitar, fiddle, whistle, chanter, accordion, keyboard & bodhran.

Any ability from age 8. Instrument hire available. Tel: 462681 or visit www.spanglefish.com/inbhirnarainn NAIRN CARDIACTIVE GROUP Mondays, 7pm - 8pm, Nairn Community Centre.

Physiotherapist led exercise group. Intended mainly to help people recovering from heart & stroke problems, but all welcome. Call 01667 456397.

NAIRN MEN’S BREAKFAST Meets third Saturday(not Jun or Dec) 9.45 at Dunbar Golf Club, Lochloy Road, Nairn. The opportunity for men of all ages & denominations to share how there life changed through faith in Jesus. Call Campbell 01667 455149 to book a place.

TREES FOR LIFE GREEN DAYS OUT For people in Moray & Invernessshire. Spend a day carrying out conservation tasks. Transport, tools and training free of charge.

Pick ups available. Volunteers over 18 with a reasonable level of fitness. Every Wed & last Sun of the month. Booking essential.

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NAIRN LACE GROUP Self-help lace group meets Thursdays from 7.00 - 9.30 pm in Nairn Community Centre, Contact number 01667 453521 NAIRN MUSEUM Local history museum with 6 rooms of archives & memorabilia.

Changing photo exhibitions.

Children's Area. Disabled Access. Mon - Friday 10am 4.30pm & Sat 10am - 1pm, Easter to Oct. Call 456791 GIRLGUIDING NAIRN Contact District Commissioner Jane Burns tel: 07962 190557 nairnshiregirlguiding@gmail.com CAWDOR HERITAGE GROUP 3rd Wed every month excl Aug, Sept, Dec & Jan, 7.30pm. Family and local history archive facility within Nairn Museum. Cawdor Community Centre. Contact 01667 493218 for details.

NAIRN ARTS SOCIETY Regular exhibitions, demos & sales of art works. Groups meet daily at various times in the Laing Hall, Fishertown. For Information call Frances Hendry (secretary) on 01667 454653 or visit www.nairnarts.co.uk NAIRN BAPTIST CHURCH KRAFT CLUB Meets alternate Thursdays form 2-4pm at Blossoms Cafe on the Brae. Contact number 01667 453289 PLEASE NOTE: Details of Clubs & Societies are published on a rotational basis.

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Life is busy and there are very few people, other than holiday makers, who just drift along looking at the scenery. Everyone we meet is on their way here or there, or just coming from some other place. We are accustomed to hearing of the good and famous flying off to one place or another and despite video conferencing and all that sort of thing, the world’s leaders are flying here and there and everywhere.

Whenever we are thinking of a holiday, we go and search the web and plan it all out, and look at pictures of our destination and probably can almost know as much about our destination as the folk who live there! All this is common practice in our communication and information rich society.

However, there is another journey that all of us are on, but which most of us hardly think of. That journey is from the ‘cradle to the grave’, and is the most important journey

of all. We get to go on this trip only once and if it goes wrong, we can’t sue the travel agent, or get a refund, the fault is ours.

In the past, many people thought of this life journey as a pilgrimage.

There was a goal in sight, a place to travel to, at times in the company of others, and sometimes alone.

John Bunyan, in his well known book called the destination The Celestial City, that is Heaven to you and me. Everybody - almost wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die. Everybody wants to go to heaven, but most people today have never thought about how to get there.

Have you ever wanted to go to Disney Land, or one of those exotic Island Holidays where the beaches are white sand lined with palm trees? So have I, but I have never done either of these and no matter how much I want to go, wanting alone will not get me there - I have to book and pay my money and if I don’t do that, all will remain a dream.

In Matthew 7:13-14, Jesus speaks about the journey of life. He tells us

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Nairn Baptist Church Nairn Community Centre. Sundays 11am. Contact the pastor: 01667 459672 or secretary 01667 452351 or visit www.nairnbaptistchurch.org.uk Auldearn and Dalmore Parish Church Sundays 12noon.

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Cawdor Parish Church Sunday 10.15am. Contact Rev. JS Mathieson: 01667 493217.

Nairn Free Church Sundays 11am with Sunday school and crèche (Gordon St). Evening 6pm (Gordon St). Youth club for S1 up on Wednesday at 6.30pm (Rosebank Hall). Prayer and Bible study Thursday 11am or 7:30pm onalternate weeks (Gordon Street). Contact Minister Murdo MacLeod: 01667 459131.

Nairn Christian Fellowship Sundays 10.30am. Wednesday 7.30pm: praise and Bible study. Contact Sandy Shaw: 01667 456492.

Old Parish Church 10.30am: holiday worship and crèche.

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there is a wide road that most follow, but it leads to destruction and there is a narrow road, which few are on, that leads to life.

At the start of this narrow road is a narrow gate, and this is the ’cost’ of the journey into life. It is simply this.

What determines which road we are on, and what destination we are heading to is what attitude we have to Jesus Christ. If He is our Lord and God, we are on the road to life, if He is anything other than this, we are on the road to destruction.

It is a simple, but important question - where are we going in our journey through life?

Ricky Reid St Ninians Nairn, linked with Auldearn Parish Church.

St Ninians Church Sunday services and Sunday school: 10.15am. Wednesday 7.30pm: prayer meeting. Contact Rev. Ricky Reid: 01667 451675.

St Columba’s Scottish Episcopal Family Eucharist on Sundays at 10.30am. Holy Communion on Wednesdays at 10.30am. conatct Rev.Canon Alison J Simpson 01667 452458 St Mary’s Catholic Church IV12 4RJ. Saturday Vigil 6pm.

Sunday Mass 11.30am. Tel: 01667 453323.

United Reformed Church Sunday services and Sunday School with crèche 11am. Contact Rev. Steven Manders: 01667 451443.

The Pentecostal Church of God Nairn Sundays 10.30am.

Contact Minister JD Grant: 01667 456088.

Website: www.churchofgodnairn.org Nairn Joint Service St Ninians. First Sunday monthly 6:30pm.

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VETS Moray Coast ................................................(01667) 453161 Inshes Veterinary Clinic Inverness ..............(01463) 711777 Nairn Community Centre ............................(01667) 453476 Police Station ..................................................................101 Stagecoach Inverness .................................(01463) 239292 Citizens Advice Bureau ...............................(01667) 456677 Nairn Museum ............................................(01667) 456791 Dalcross Airport .............................(01667) 464000/462280 Inverness Job Centre ....................(01463) 888100/888200 Highland Council ........................................(01667) 458500 Victim Support ............................................(01463) 710806 Samaritans ..................................................(01463) 713456 Gas - Emergency ............................................(0800 111999 Water - Emergency ........................................08456 008855 British Red Cross Inverness ........................(01463) 231620 Crossroads ..................................................(01667) 455369 National Rail Enquiries ..................................08457 484950 If you would like to add a contact or if there are any amendments to be made to existing details, email tamsyn@spotlighton.co.uk

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PARLIAMENT BLOG & TIDE TIMES The tourist summer season has been excellent for many parts of Scotland, thanks in part to the marvellous weather that we have enjoyed. But, some in the sector do not get the credit they deserve. One such group is those who run and work in caravan and holiday home parks. As tourism minister, I am highlighting the good job they do. In Grantown on Spey, for example, the park is host to several hundred of visitors over the summer. These visitors will of course frequent local attractions, spend in local shops, and enjoy a wee refreshment or two in local hostelries. In fact, there are probably more visitors to most parks than all but the largest hotels in the North.

Recently the UK Government proposed a new charge of VAT at 20% on caravans - a measure which would have decimated this important sector. I brought together a meeting of park owners and related businesses from throughout Scotland and put their views in to the UK Government. Others south of the border lobbied too, and this new tax measure, fortunately, was dropped. But having removed this threat, we should now celebrate the successes and contributions made by these parks - which we have perhaps taken for granted for too long.

As a Highland MP, I believe that one of the most remarkable characteristics of our region is the strength of its communities.

More often than not, communities are much better at making decisions on local issues than national governments - and that is true no more than here in the Highlands.

Earlier this month I was delighted to announce an increase in budget for the Coastal Communities Fund. By delivering funds directly from the Crown Estate to seaside towns and villages, I believe we can help communities create thousands of jobs and build stronger economies. We also announced that â‚Ź172m of EU funds would be allocated to Highlands and Islands as an important new source of finance to stimulate local growth and jobs. Despite a real terms cut to the EU budget, the Highlands will benefit from the full funding package.

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How? – there are 3 commonly used methods; by hand with a spring rake; with a light electric-scarifier; with a heavy blade-scarifier.

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Rolling Event 28 september – 14 october highland archaeology festival a two-week feast of walks, talks and other special events in inverness and some in elgin too. for details or a booklet email archaeology@highland.gov.uk

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28 saturday the annual baxters pasta party 12:30pm - 6pm. bught park, inverness. tickets available online. www.lochnessmarathon.com/event-info/pasta music nairn presents ‘beinn artair piano trio’ 7:30pm at nairn community & arts centre. playing haydn, beethoven & mendelssohn. call 01667 453476 or visit www.nairncommunitycentre.co.uk saltire society 12pm, chieftain hotel, millburn road, inverness. eric allan will give a talk on "the golden age of scottish dance music". all welcome inverness abc boxing tournament north of scotland vs north of england select @ ironworks 7pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

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5 saturday - 13 sunday ted fest 2013 11am - 5pm, abernethy old kirk, nethy bridge. hundreds of teddy bears on display. loan your bear and help beat the record of 324 bears on display. ’bid for a bear’, colouring competition, cuddle corner & more. tea/coffee & homebakes. free entry, free parking. for info, contact olwen on 07934 413063

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fundraising coffee afternoon for the highland-russia connection charity 2:30 in nairn united reformed church. performance of scottish and russian music, song and dance by local children. any enquiries please contact elena reid on 01667 456245

10 thursday "making an alpine bed" 7:30pm at nairn community & arts centre. a presentation by davie sharp for nairn gardening club.

11 friday nairn literary institute - illustrated talk ‘ an anatomy of a working party on st kilda’ by donald paterson.

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2 wednesday nairn u3a 1:45pm, nairn community centre. rona harvey will give an illustrated talk on the gambia project.

4 friday - 6 sunday wild about the word friday 6pm - sunday 4pm at abernethy adventure centre, nethybridge. explore| discover|live. run by the scottish bible society and abernethy. for details call ellie on 01479 818005 or visit www.abernethy.org.uk

the western front association: “john terraine, douglas haig and the history of the first world war” 2:30pm. elgin library. chairman.wfasnb@virgin.net choctober 12pm - 4pm, nairn community centre. fun for all the family. cookery demos, craft market, tasting & more. free entry. for details visit www.facebook .com/choctober emily barker & the red clay halo @ ironworks 7:30pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com roddy woomble @ universal hall 8pm. £12/£10 conc /£8 u16s. call the phoenix stores on 01309 690110 or visit www.universalhall.co.uk

16 wednesday nairn u3a 1:45pm, nairn community centre. alan sutherland will give a talk on saving energy in the home.

5 saturday for those about to rock feat livewire ac/dc & the zztops @ ironworks 7pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com feel good buskfest 11am - 4pm, on elgin high street free to attend. if you are a musician or street artist and would like to take part, phone 07592 040498 email h&mmarketing@crusescotland.org.uk or visit www.facebook.com/crusehighlandandmoray page 16 - October 2013

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17 thursday the poozies @ universal hall 7:30pm. £12/£10 conc /£8 u16s. call the phoenix stores on 01309 690110 or visit www.universalhall.co.uk

18 friday gregorz kupczyk's ceti @ ironworks 7:30pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

19 saturday highland wool & textile fair 10am - 4pm, bishop's palace, eden court, inverness. luxurious goods, tweeds, yarns and fabrics from the highlands and islands will be on sale. come along and be tempted. nairn men's breakfast 9:45am for 10am, dunbar golf club. share food and fellowship and hear what god has done in people's lives. speaker jim beaton. call campbell 01667455149 by 6.30pm friday 18th to book a place.

24 thursday steve mason @ ironworks 7pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

25 friday the very spooky ghost tour around brodie castle 7pm & 8pm. over 18s only. meet some characters and listen to some spooky, fictional stories about the castle and its surrounds. booking essential due to limited numbers, call brodie castle on 0844 493 2156 to book or visit www.nts.org.uk/events cinema nairn presents 'the artist' (pg) 2011 7:30pm nairn community & arts centre. tickets at door. for further info: cinemanairn.blogspot.co.uk nairn literary institute illustrated talk ‘fishing for ganseys’ by stephanie hoyle 7:30 pm, nairn free church, gordon street, nairn. in association with moray firth gansey project. non-members £3. www.nairnliterary.org.uk rock 'n' wrestling @ ironworks 7pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

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30 wednesday nairn u3a 1.45pm, nairn community centre. joint meeting for neighbouring u3as. ianin macinnes will give a talk on royal punishments in medieval scotland, 1100-1250. all are welcome. the rua macmillan big band @ universal hall 7:30pm. £12/£10 conc /£8 u16s. call the phoenix stores on 01309 690110 or visit www.universalhall.co.uk

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26 saturday wonderfully wicked & weirdly wild halloween @ brodie castle with earthtime 3pm - 7pm, last entry at 6pm. calling all wee witches & wizards - come and be thrilled, or maybe a little scared. further details at www.nts.org.uk/events or call 0844 493 2156 great local autumn cycle challenge @ the highland cycle ability centre, outside croy. family, individual & group activities am, main challenge in teams of four pm. membership not obligatory. call 07546 517312 music nairn presents 'rodelinda' 7:30pm nairn community and arts centre. scottish opera perform handel's most popular opera. call 01667 453476 for details. wishbone ash @ ironworks 7:30pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

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recipe

Chef’s Confidential Grilled fillet of sea bass Served on a warm potato and chorizo salad Serves 2 2 fillets of sea bass 8 spears of asparagus 6 sundried tomatoes 6 cooked baby potatoes, cooked and sliced 2 raw chorizo sausage, sliced 2 cloves of sliced garlic 1 lemon 100 grams of butter Method Trim the asparagus and cook in boiling water for 2 minutes then cool.

Start to fry the sliced chorizo and garlic slowly in a non-stick pan.

Season the fillets with salt and pepper and drizzle with olive oil.

Place the seabass fillets skin side down on a baking tray.

Put under a pre heated medium heat grill and cook for 2 minutes on each side.

Add the potatoes and sundried tomatoes, fry for 1 minute.

Then add the asparagus.

Add the butter, when melted squeeze in half a lemon.

Arrange on the bottom of 2 plates, place the sea bass fillets on top.

Served with a slice of lemon.

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A Country Inn... with Restaurant Standards!

It is a while since I have eaten at The Old Mill Inn and I was interested to see how it is getting on. The bar was already set high - I had heard some very good things about the Old Mill - could it live up to it? Well - it exceeded our every expectation.

but excellently cooked and presented. Apart from the ooh's and aah's coming out periodically the meats were described variously as "melt in the mouth", "gorgeous", "sauce to die for" etc. The flavours were subtle and unexpected - a real treat and not at all expensive.

Some friends and I (quite a mixed bunch!) went in on a Friday lunchtime and were warmly welcomed by the owner himself, Kevin Edwards. He talked us through the menus and was both pleasant and informative. He is obviously a very hands-on owner and takes a great pride in using exclusively fresh produce (mostly local) and also his wide range of Scottish Real Ale.

I like to think that I am a bit of a burger expert - well I am a man! I often try the burger when I am out and I believe that it is a good bellwether for the standard of the chef. Burgers are easy to cook but not so easy to get perfect. The Old Mill burger was perfect in every sense. Using 100% beef and made to their own recipe it was both juicy and tasty and with a slice of in-house smoked bacon on top - pretty unbeatable. I was a happy man!

The first surprise was the huge breadth of choice on the menu - something for every taste from the tried and tested to the more adventurous. Although none of us actually had a steak we did see one whizz past and it looked really tempting. Kevin told us that all his steaks are from locally reared beef aged in controlled environments in Elgin. It is one of his best selling meals and he has special steak nights on Mondays where there are discounts to be had.

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The adventurous among our party ordered a selection of "Scottish Tapas" for the main meal. This worked really well between two people. They ordered six in total which was just about the right quantity. I went "standard" with a burger and my other friend had the ribs and crispy chicken.

The Tapas were chosen from a selection of about 15 different plates and were absolutely fantastic. They arrived on a stacked plate presentation in "Theatre Style" and were both really tasty and fun - something really different

Two of our party ventured into the puddings. The Raspberry Meringue was exceptional but could not match the Fruit Garden. Put simply, The Fruit Garden was a triumph of creativity and flavour. If, following this review, you are tempted to visit the Old Mill, I recommend that at least one of you tries the Fruit Garden. The flavour combinations of fresh summer fruits, mousse and chocolate were absolutely sublime but the really clever trick was to make it look like a plant pot, complete with garden stones (not really stones!).

It is an absolute must and great fun.

The Old Mill Inn is a fantastic country pub that has achieved restaurant standards in its presentation and cuisine. It does not pretend to be the cheapest food but if you are the type of person who enjoys your food you will really enjoy the meal. The welcome is warm and friendly and not intrusive. In short I am not surprised that it is getting such rave reviews – try it for yourself!

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Sample delights from our lunch menu Feta Cheese, Caramelised Onion and Spinach, Filo Pastry Tart, Olive Tapenade & Aubergine Caviar

Chargrilled Rump Steak Salad with Strathdon Blue Cheese and Pepper Mayonnaise

Old Mill Inn Mini Brodie Burgers served with dipping Sauce and homemade Chutney

Thai Marinated Chicken Supreme, Coconut Fragrant Rice, Thai Green Curry & Salad

Wild Boar (Grazed in the Pine Forests Coldingham) Sausages, Champ Tatties & Red Wine Sauce

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Dreaming of... ...a Skiing Holiday As the warm weather starts to turn autumnal we turn our minds to that wonderful winter pastime – the skiing holiday. Europe has become closer and closer with dedicated flights from Scottish airports, mainly Edinburgh and Glasgow with some from Aberdeen and now Inverness.

A good skiing holiday is a total change to your normal routine, but it is not a lazy option – skiing (or snowboarding) itself uses muscles that we don't otherwise use every day and although exhilarating, it can be hard work to ski all day every day for a week or a fortnight. People who make the most of the daylight hours, getting out onto the slopes after 9am but before 10am, see the best groomed snow of the day. How people can party all night and ski all day we have never figured out, but we find skiing more rewarding than partying anyway, so a good night's sleep is always required.

It is a great advantage to be able to test your interest in skiing at a Scottish resort – if you like it you can continue to use the local facilities at weekends but it is tempting to go to the greater snow fields of Europe, and then the ultimate treat is in North America and Canada. In Europe the popular countries are France, Switzerland and Austria. French resorts tend to be high such as Tignes (the highest in France) or Chamonix which is a small French industrial town surrounded by three clear skiing areas. Swiss resorts tend to be picturesque and Alpine-like, including Verbier and Zermatt – Verbier is high with good skiing, and is a mecca for the British if that is what you want, whereas Zermatt has retained its charm as a Swiss-style resort. Zermatt also offers huge areas of skiing as just over the mountain under the shadow of the Matterhorn you are into Cervinia in Italy – another wide range of pistes. Austria, although not the highest resorts, offers the most charming and stylised resorts such as Kitzbuhel and St Anton. The west coast of Canada has wonderful skiing in Banff, Lake Louise and Whistler, where the winter Olympics were held in 2010. Whistler offers so much choice there are even 2 mountains to choose from, both offering guides to show you round. The ski lifts are generally larger and wider than European ones, as are the pistes, and the mountain restaurants are enormous and modern, but very efficient. The ski police keep you on your toes.

The final but very important consideration is the cost of your skiing holiday. The key components are your flights, your accommodation, your food and drink bills, your equipment hire (skis or snowboard and boots), and your lift passes, but these can range enormously in price and there are always some very good deals around.

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Chef’s Confidential Green Cardamom Panna Cotta Serves 4 10g gelatine leaves 450ml milk 380ml double cream 70g caster sugar 6 whole green cardamom pods Method Place gelatine into cold water to soften.

Place milk, double cream, sugar, cardamom pods into a heavy base pot.

Slowly bring to the boil.

Simmer for one minute then take off the heat.

Squeeze the water from the gelatine, then add to your cream mixture and stir in well.

Remove the cardamom pods using a spoon or a sieve.

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