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Clubs and Societies ARDGOUR BRIDGE CLUB, NAIRN Mon evenings (Oct - Mar).

Please contact the Club to find out times & venue. Call Bridget Kilpatrick on 01667 452025 or at bkilpatrick123@btinternet.com CAWDOR SWI Last Wed of month (Sept - Apr), 7.30pm, Community Room, Cawdor Community Centre.

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

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Instrument hire available.

Call 01667 462681. www.spanglefish.com/ inbhirnarainn GÀIDHLIG INBHIR NARAINN / GAELIC IN NAIRN 7.30pm, Nairn Community Centre, . An invitation to Nairn folk of all ages to come together socially in warm Gaelic style.

Prìomhachas air a’ Ghàidhlig, ach taiceil do luchdionnsachaidh. Ti/cofaidh - Aois sam bith/ For all ages. Email at gaelicnairn@outlook.com HIGHLAND BOWHUNTERS (ARCHERY) Near Nairn. Open to any person who wishes to take up field archery (No indoors),Basic training courses with equipment available. Experienced archers also welcome to join. Equipment can be hired. Call Gerry Parks on 07801 593637 daytime or evening (up to 9pm) HIGHLAND QUILTERS 3rd Tues (Sept- Jun, Dec meeting 2nd Tues) 7.30pm, Smithton Free Church Hall. New members & visitors welcolme.

Call Alice 01667 234076 HIGHLAND RUSSIA CONNECTION Russian language lessons, art & craft workshops, Russian dancing, educational talks, displays & exhibitions.

Call Elena Reid on 01667 456245 or email at elena.k.reid@homecall.co.uk www.highlandrussia.org.uk MORAY & NAIRN FLORAL ART CLUB 2nd Wed of month (Mar - Jun & Sept - Dec), 7.30pm, The Tolbooth, Forres. Annual fee.

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MUSIC NAIRN Nairn's popular & well supported music society. Regular high quality concerts are held in Nairn Community & Arts Centre & everyone is most welcome.

Call 01667 455701. www.musicnairn.org.uk

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

NAIRN ARTS SOCIETY We meet in the Laing Hall, Fishertown. Regular exhibitions, demonstrations & sales of art works. Groups meet daily at various times. Call Maureen Firth (Sec) on 01667 258978 www.nairnarts.co.uk

NAIRN THUNDERBOLTS Sun, 10.30am - 12pm, Viewfield, behind Nairn Museum. Mini Rugby Club for P4 - 7. Call 01667 454963 www.pitchero.com/clubs/nairnmi nirugbyclub/

NAIRN COUNTY CRICKET CLUB Tues - Practice night, Sat Games, Nairn Links.

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Offers American Football training to both males & females aged 14 - 16 yrs old. Sessions led by Head Coach, Daniel Woodley. www.nairnshiredragons.co.uk

NAIRN LACE GROUP Thurs, 7pm - 9.30 pm, Nairn Community Centre.

Call 01667 453521 NAIRN MUSEUM Mon - Fri, 10am - 4.30pm & Sat 10am - 1pm (Easter to Oct).

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NAIRNSHIRE FARMING SOCIETY Please get in touch for further information, especially regarding the annual Nairn Farmers Show Call 01667 452760 or email at secretary@nairnshow.org.uk

NAIRN PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY AND CAMERA CLUB Tues (Sept - Apr), 7.30pm, Nairn Community Centre. Email president@nairncameraclub.co.uk NAIRN ROAD RUNNERS Mon, 7.30pm & Wed (Apr - Aug), 6.30pm & 7.30pm (Winter), Westerlea Hotel & Thurs, 7.30pm club night, Club Hut,The Maggot & (Oct -Mar) Nairn Community Centre. Small, friendly club catering for all running abilities.

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Pastoral Le er & Church Meetings Most people reading this article will be familiar with the famous photograph, Lunch atop a Skyscraper, taken in New York City in 1932 (look it up on Google Images if not!). It shows eleven men sitting on a girder eating, smoking and reading, during the building of the Rockefeller Centre, their legs dangling in fresh air some 800 feet above the streets below. They seem to be at complete ease, apparently oblivious to their terrifying location. Even though it was probably a posed picture, the reality was that this was indeed their working environment, and many people lost their lives in the construction of these gigantic skyscrapers.

Sir Alex Ferguson kept a copy of this picture on the wall in his office and used it to inspire his players about the value of teamwork. Conveniently, there are eleven men sitting on the girder, the same number as there is in a football team.

Manchester United players weren’t ever going to be in such potentially-fatal situations in the course of a mere football match, but Sir Alex wanted to instil in his players a sense of mutual dependence, success or failure hinging on every man watching out for one another, pulling his weight, and helping one another to do the job they are being paid to do.

The recent World Cup finals in Russia

saw France triumph in the end and be declared world champions again. No team ever wins anything without a good work ethic and without a sense of interdependence. The strikers need to be scoring goals up front, while trusting the defenders to keep their opponents out at the back. At the same time they know that neither of them are likely to win the game based on their own skills alone if the goalkeeper behind them is carelessly allowing the ball to slip through his fingers into the net.

That same strength of teamwork was wonderfully in evidence as the world held its breath and prayed for the successful rescue of another football team – the young lads and their coach trapped in a cave in Thailand with time, opportunity and oxygen fast running out.

What skill and dedication was shown by the rescuers as they battled against the overwhelming odds to achieve the nearly-impossible escape. Sadly, the mission cost one man his life as he sacrificed his own safety for the sake of thirteen young strangers – a tragic loss for him and his family, yet not enough to prevent the rest of the rescue-team from seeing their mission through to the miraculous end.

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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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On an ordinary day in present-day Scotland, it is unlikely that any of us will be asked to make the ultimate sacrifice. In other places, as many as two hundred countries throughout the world, persecution and death are commonplace for Christian believers. Every Sunday somebody dies in a church in Nigeria at the hands of militant terrorists, yet every week the faithful believers continue to meet there to worship Jesus, bonded together in a determination to live for him and to serve as part of his team on earth.

The challenges we face here are minor in comparison, though we all know our present liberties cannot be taken for granted. May the Lord help us to keep the faith and to fight the good fight, as a Christian team should – loving and supporting one another, holding closely to our Manager’s every instruction, and following our Captain as he leads his heaven-bound team of millions and millions, (though there’s still room for more on this team!), to ultimate victory and to eternal glory.

Rev Murdo MacLeod Nairn Free Church

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 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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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.

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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.

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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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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 the village cafe 10am - 4pm, rafford village hall. teas, coffee, soup, home bakes, bacon rolls & snacks. volunteers to assist welcome - please email at alisonmckay@msn.com harvest festival 2018 11am - 6pm, newbold house organic, local produce, a food market, craft market, children's games, live music & much more. www.newboldtrust.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 admin@winterburnmedia.co.uk

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 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

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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

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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 forres academy school reunion 12.30pm for 1pm, the mosset tavern, forres. a chance to meet up with school friends for lunch. call liz phimister or anne mackenzie on 01309 672454 or 01309 358034 scottish concert 7.30pm, rafford village hall. forres accordion & fiddle club, euan steele (piper), mike morgan (singer) & john cockburn (clarinet). £5 (incl refreshments). call gordon smith on 01309 675949 or email at raffordvillagehall@gmail.com. www.facebook.com/raffordvillagehall

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 the village cafe 10am - 4pm, rafford village hall teas, coffee, soup, home bakes, bacon rolls & snacks. volunteers to assist welcome. email alisonmckay@msn.com

8 saturday - 9 sunday autumn food & craft festival at brodie castle 10am - 4pm, brodie castle. local patisseries, chocolates, meats, arts, crafts & other stalls, plus a children's area. £4. call rebecca harrison on 01309 641371 or email raharrison@nts.org.uk. www.nts.org.uk/events page 16 - September 2018

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

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

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

11 tuesday - 16 sunday 15th nairn book & arts festival various events - chris packham (last day of the festival); "eve" by national theatre of scotland; diana hendry, etc. plesae call 01667 453476 or 01667 455528 for tickets. www.nairnfestival.co.uk

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 - ocean-themed 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

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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/2018-3cs-challenge/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-disabledramblers.org. www.highland-disabled-ramblers.org

20 thursday forres royal sottish country dance society: classes resume 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre. call the sec on 07906 306160. www.rscdsforres.org.uk

21 friday cinema nairn: dancer (12a); documentary about troubled ukrainian ballet superstar sergei polunin 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre. www.cinema-nairn.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, 7.30pm nick 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 admin@winterburnmedia.co.uk

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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. 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, Forre Royal Scottish Country Dance Sept 18.pdf inverness. grade: b+; distance: 10 miles. www.greatglen.org

Forres Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Expert tuition and fun in a very sociable class Forres Classes Resume Town Hall Monday 17th September 7.15pm for Beginners and New Dancers 8.00pm Main Class Nairn Community and Arts Centre Thursday 20th September 7.30pm Secretary 07906306160 www.rscdsforres.org.uk

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

26 wednesday 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

26 wednesday - 1 monday (october) 3rd findhorn bay festival various events & timings in towns villages in the findhorn bay area with artists of local, national & international renown. free - £20. call 01309 675333 or at info@findhornbayarts.com. www.findhornbayfestival.com

27 thursday port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 provisional v1: albatros, 8am - 6pm the buke of the howlat 7.30pm, brodie castle, nts £12/£10/family ticket £35. world premier community theatre production of the original tale. call findhorn bay arts on 01309 675333 or email at info@findhornbayarts.com. www.findhornbayfestival.com

28 friday boobs on decks@the ironworks, inverness 10pm

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