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AVIEMORE WOMEN'S RURAL INSTITUTE 3rd Wed of month (Sept to Apr), 7.30pm, St. Andrew's Church Hall, Aviemore. New members are welcome. Call Molly on 01479 812608 or email at inverness-shireandislands@t heswi.org.uk

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BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY RAMBLERS Every other weekend, usually on a Sat & a typical programme will offer a walk to suit most levels of fitness, experience & enthusiasm. Area includes the high tops of the Cairngorms, the Spey Valley & much more besides. Call Ann Hadley on 01479 873806or email at admin@badenochandstrathspey ramblers.org.uk BADMINTON CLUB Wed (Oct - Apr, term times only), 7pm - 8pm (up to S1), 8pm 9pm (S2 & Seniors), Newtonmore Primary School.

Call Andy Coutts on 01540 670049 BOAT OF GARTEN COMMUNITY COMPANY A charity which acts as an umbrella organisation to support local village groups, organise community events & manage projects within the village. Call Heather Goodall on 01479 831653 or email at heather.com83c@gmail.com EDINVILLIE BADMINTON CLUB Thurs, 6pm - 7.30pm (Junior Section); 7.30pm - 8pm (Junior coaching) & 8pm till late (Adult section), Edinvillie Community Hall. ALL juniors MUST be accompanied by an adult. Call Paula Roberts on 01340 810620 For the Junior Club call Andrea Fuller on 01340 871745.

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Major) on 01540 673996 EDINVILLIE CRAFT CLUB Tues (Oct - Apr), 2pm - 4pm, Edinvillie Community Hall. Tea & coffee available. There is also a visiting 'mobile craft shop', Lauraine's Crafts from Buckie, where you can buy yarn, patterns, etc. Everyone welcome. Call Ina Whyte on 01340 871665

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Make friends, glean info, take time out from caring. Call Nuala Lindsay on 01343 556031 or at carersmoray@quarriers.org.uk

GRANTOWN ON SPEY BOWLING CLUB Mon (Club night) & Tues & Thurs afternoons (May - Sept). Free equipment & coaching. All welcome. Call Judith Hamlett (Sec) on 01479 872466.

See poster at Clubhouse GRANTOWN'S THURSDAY CLUB FOR THE OVER 50S Thurs, 2pm - 4pm, the Grantown YMCA Community Centre.

Friendly, welcoming group with a regular programme of events including guest speakers, demonstrations, bingo. £2 per week incl. refreshments.

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STRATHSPEY RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB Wed,6.30pm - 7.30pm, Aviemore Primary School. Players of all levels & experience welcome.

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Pastoral Le er & Church Meetings There is a really lovely children’s book that the owner of our wonderful local book shop gave me this time last year. Refuge*,

by Anne Booth and Sam Usher, tells the story of a family fleeing for their lives, from the perspective of the donkey carrying them.

In all the nativity plays and performances of December, this is the next bit of the story that we so often forget to tell. The young family, fresh from relying on the generosity of strangers to find somewhere at all for shelter, and the birth of their child, are on the move again: “so he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt.”

(Matthew 2: 14, NIV) This time not just because the government wants to count them, but because they’ve heard they are in danger.

Miles and miles they traipse until, finally, they enter Egypt and, in

the words of the book, “we found refuge.” A place of safety, away from the terrible genocide being carried out back home.

This is a story as fresh and relevant as it is old. Of families fleeing all sorts of danger and relying on the generosity and protection of others. Running, driving, or sailing in overcrowded boats for their lives. Of powerful rulers who exploit and place fear and death into the homes of those they have power of. An old story that is being retold countless times each day still.

Right from the beginning of the Christian narrative we see a God who doesn’t just associate with the weakest and lowest and most marginalised, He is one of the weakest and lowest and most marginalised. The fragility of that new born child, and the predicament the holy family found themselves in, might help us

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Aberlour Parish Church The Square, Aberlour. Sunday 11.15am.

Alvie & Insh Church of Scotland Our services are at 9.30am each Sunday in Kincraig (Church beside Loch Insh). The first Sunday of the month is the All-Age interactive service, also 9.30am, held in Kincraig Church Hall beside the Cairngorms Christian Centre. Please ring 01540 661918 for details.

Badenoch Free Church Ruthven Road, Kingussie. Sundays 11am and evening service 6pm.

Carrbridge Church, Church of Scotland Carrbridge. Sunday morning service at 11.30am. Minister: Vacancy.

St Columba's Church, Church of Scoltand Boat of Garten.

Sunday service 10am. Evening worship at Kincardine Church, 6pm the 2nd Sunday of most months: check the weekly press.

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Craigellachie Church Victoria Street. Sundays 9.45am.

Cromdale and Advie Church, Church of Scotland Services 9:15am. Contact Rev Gordon Strang: 01479 872084.

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appreciate a God who will go to extraordinary lengths to show us how much he loves us, and especially those who are the least loved in the world today.

This might just be a good story to tell with a moral in it that’s worth remembering. Or it might talk to you of God’s place in everything and his bias for the poorest and most marginalised in society. But that the story shines a light on how we all, as a people, can welcome the stranger and reach out to those in need. Well, I hope that’s something we can all agree on in this new year. * £1 from every copy sold goes to War Child: a charity dedicated to helping the most vulnerable children in the world’s war zones.

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All welcome. Contact Rev. Gordon Strang 01479 872084.

Elgin Mosque 78 South Street, Elgin IV30 1JG. www.elginmosque.org.uk Free Church: Dufftown monthly service, second Sunday of each month (except September) 6.30pm at the Memorial Hall, Albert Place. Contact Colin Morison on 01343 542196 Grantown Baptist Church High Street, Grantown-on-Spey.

Sundays 11am and evening service at 6pm. All welcome. Contact Rev. Rick Moeller: 01479 873125.

Inverallan Parish Church Church of Scotland. Grantown-onSpey. Sundays 10.30am with crèche. All welcome. Rev. Gordon Strang 01479 872084. www.inverallanparishchurch.org.uk Inveravon Church of Scotland Sunday morning service 9.30am.

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January can be a long month as the weather remains cold, the nights are still long and dark and the excitement of Christmas has worn-off, but it also gives us time to plan ahead. There is a lot to look forward to in Moray over the coming twelve months and plenty to keep us busy locally in 2019. We really are blessed to live in such a beautiful part of the country from the amazing coasts, to superb inland scenes to mountain tops – there is something for everyone in Moray. So this January, why not plan what you’re going to do this year - in Moray - with so much on our doorstep, we really are spoilt for choice!

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I celebrate two important birthday in January; my daughter, Rachel, shares a birthday with Robert Burns. I admit it makes me a little proud that as a nation we come together and celebrate the Birthday of a poet. I do not suppose that it is unique, but it is perhaps unusual that a country should take a collective breath and turn its thoughts to poetry in this way. It is two centuries or more since the Bard died, but his words still strike a chord with many of us today. Like many others, I love his poetry. Since our Parliament has reconvened, we have blessed ourselves with marvellous makars, cementing poetry in our consciousness and civic life. Long may this continue!

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Looking back over 2018 it is fair to say this year has been an incredibly busy one both in Parliament and here at home in the constituency.

2018 was of course, Scotland’s year of young people – throughout the year I had the opportunity to see the enthusiasm and commitment our young people have for making the world a better place.

Only a few weeks ago at the tail end of the year, I was honoured to be invited to spend time with a group of 100 young people from the Scouts, Guides and Boys’ Brigade from across our area. As part of Parliament Week the groups had organised a debate in a mock House of Commons debating chamber – complete with green benches and Speaker’s chair.

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Local & Bank Holidays and Special Days New Year’s Day Tues 1st Jan 2019 New Year’s Day (substitute) Wed 2nd Jan 2019 Epiphany Sun 6th Jan 2019 Burns Night Fri 25th Jan 2019 Valentine’s Day Thurs14th Feb 2019 Ash Wednesday Wed 14th Feb 2019 St David’s Day Fri 1st Mar 2019 Shrove Tuesday Tues 5th Mar 2019

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Loch Ness Furniture and Upholstery was established in 2013 and is run by brothers, Stuart and Daryn. Since 2013 the company has gone from a small operation, to having 3 full time, fully trained upholsterers and a full time sales manager, serving customers all over the UK. The workshop staff have a great eye for detail and specialiase in modern, antique and traditional horse hair, commercial, car, camper and caravan, marine and plane re-upholstery, as well as the manufacture of bespoke sofas, cushions, chairs, headboards, stools and more, all in high quality fabrics and materials from leading brands.

After spending over four years building up the workshop, we opened a shop at 106 High Street, Nairn in September 2018. Here we sell high quality upholstered items (to order if required), including, sofas, chairs, dining chairs, fabrics, furniture, lighting, clocks and a great selection of one off and quirky giftware. We always try to offer something alternative to the norm.

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2 wednesday stuart anderson 7pm, the lounge bar, macdonald spey valley resort. live music

3 thursday greenpeace: open meeting 7pm, clachnaharry inn, inverness. all welcome

4 friday george gordon 7pm, the lounge bar, macdonald spey valley resort. free, no tickets required. live music. all welcome

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January 2019 1 tuesday live & let spy: a james bond style murder mystery dinner based on the film live & let die, presented by the walking theatre company 7pm, muckrach country house hotel, grantown on spey. £35 (incl welcome drink, 3 course dinner). call 01479 851227 or email at info@muckrach.com. www.muckrach.com sophie peters 7pm, the lounge bar, macdonald spey valley resort. free, no tickets required. live music wildcat trail new year's day walk newtonmore. free, though contribution towards upkeep of trail welcome. 10k orbital walk around the village of newtonmore. www.newtonmore.com nature is the finest wellbeing tonic: speaker - wendy palmer-grove 8.30pm, the grant arms hotel, the square, grantown on spey

1 tuesday - 4 friday lego exhibition - brick history, 1000-1515 fort george, ardersier. experience the brick history lego exhibition by artist warren elsmore in our newly refurbished point battery casemate. incl in normal admission price. call john gibbon on 01667 460233 or email at john.gibbon@hes.scot. www.historicenvironment.scot

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sophie peters 7pm, the lounge bar, macdonald spey valley resort. free, no tickets required. live music winter show: james gordon photography & winter paintings 10am - 1pm, chapel house arts, high street, kingussie. all welcome. call 07921 729249 great glen walking club: knockfarrel from dingwall 9am (please arrive 15 mins earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. grade: c; distance: 7.75 miles www.greatglen.org dino detectives: family workshop - discovering dino dung! 2pm, inverness museum & art gallery. £3 per child (parent/guardian supervision required). find out what can be learned from fossilised dino dung. suitable for ages 7 - 12 years. booking essential. call 01463 237114

6 sunday loch morlich 5k winter fun run 12pm, loch morlich £15 adults; u16s free. walk, jog or run. all welcome. see facebook @fitnessat58degrees inverness ramblers: dalnavert - glen feshie 9am, uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. grade: c; distance 6.8 miles. call jim on 01463 231985. www.ramblers.org.uk festive quiz night: test your knowledge of key events, sounds & trivia from 2018 8pm, the lounge bar, macdonald spey valley resort

7 monday winter show: james gordon photography & winter paintings 10am - 4pm, chapel house arts, high street, kingussie. all welcome. call 07921 729249

8 tuesday scottish onithologists' club highland: highland owls

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Our small team of 4 based here in the Moray Firth, will no doubt have a busy year ahead.as usual. I should also give a mention to Susie, the springer spaniel, who I don’t think has been properly introduced. Many of you will have met her though, as she goes everywhere with us – mad as a box of frogs !

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Spring Months Weedkill and Spring fertiliser; we will want some decent weather to get lawns off to a good start. Recently, spring has been very late.

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Although we don’t know exactly what the weather will throw at us this season, we have a fair idea what we will be asked to tackle. Highlights will likely include:

Winter Months NOW Moss and thatch; we will be aerating and scarifying all hours of the day to get through everybody before the Spring Weed and Feed Treatments start. Also look out for

Mowing; best practice is never cut shorter than 1”. Mowing too close is the most destructive thing you can do to a lawn (usually a man-thing) and in particular encourages moss to flourish ! June is when we will likely see the first signs of Red Thread fungal disease damage (wet summers are the worst).

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essential. call 01463 237114 winter show: james gordon photography & winter paintings 10am - 1pm, chapel house arts, high street, kingussie. all welcome. call 07921 729249

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the highland german society: memories of berlin 2pm, st. ninian's church hall, culduthel road, inverness. society members will talk about their visits to the city & bring along souvenirs & photos to illustrate this. call richard baxter on 01463 571372 or email at richbax52@yahoo.com the arts society speyside lecture: 'pots of art from grayson perry' looking at his vases, drawings, sculptures, tapestries and his 'house for essex' 11 am - coffee & tea served from 10.15am, the williamson hall, duff avenue, elgin. new members welcome. visitors £7 donation. call mrs karen weller on 07789 880481 or email twelk69@hotmail.com the highland rock garden club: members’ night: 69 degrees north; tromso & its botanical garden & growing trilliums from seed to flower. speakers andrew fraser & john owen 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre. £4 (incl refreshments). call john owen on 01320 366246

cars & coffee inverness 10am - 12pm, rollebowl, inverness. a quiet social gathering of like-minded car enthusiasts on the 2nd sun of month. all welcome! www.facebook.com/carsand coffeeinverness mx-5 owners club, grampian: foostie turkey 2019 12pm - 3pm, the redgarth, oldmeldrum. annual post festive lunch & planning meeting. www.mx5scotland.co.uk

10 thursday historic wheels club: table top rally 7.30pm - 9pm, fochabers. bring you favourite dinky toy car. email at secretary@hwc.org.uk the arts society highland: pots of art from grayson perry; speaker - harry fletcher on the wide range of art forms produced by the turner prize winner, grayson perry 2.15pm, the free church hall, smithton, inverness. non-members £8 www.theartssocietyhighland.org.uk

12 saturday banff vs north police scotland 11am (kick off tbc), banff rugby club. the rugby club is open throughout the day. raffle, refreshments. moravian orienteering: saturday & moray & nairn schools league: aldroughty tbc. see www.moravianorienteering.org for details sigma: stargazing & equipment night 7pm for a 7.30pm start, lhanbryde community centre. a chance to see some of the wonders of the night sky (weather permitting) & talk with local amateur astronomers, etc. www.sigma-astro.co.uk funbox: once upon a time 1pm, elgin town hall. singalong storybook silliness roller derby taster session 11am - 1pm, elgin sports & community centre. free. come along & give roller skating a go! open to all, aged 16+. no skating experience necessary, with all kit provided. www.helginrollerderby.com dino detectives: family workshop - discovering dino footprints 11.30am & 2pm, inverness museum & art gallery. £5 per child. suitable for ages 7 - 12 years (parent/guardian supervision required). booking page 18 - January 2019

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14 monday royal scottish geographical society (inverness): sea level change; speaker - prof alastair dawson on sealevel rise & possible chaos to coastal towns & cities 7.30pm - 9pm, the highland council chamber, inverness. members - free; non-member - £10. www.eventbrite.co.uk winter show: james gordon photography & winter paintings 10am - 4pm, chapel house arts, high street, kingussie. all welcome. call 07921 729249

15 tuesday inverness botany group: wild flowers of easter ross; speaker - brian ballinger on the woodlands, railway stations & wild flowers of easter ross 7.30pm, smithton culloden free church

16 wednesday inverness field club: james calder (1773 - 1856), a highland radical; speaker - david alston, historian 7.30pm, the lecture theatre, uhi inverness campus www.invernessfieldclub.org.uk

17 thursday harvest centre mah jong - the north wind doth blow & we shall have mah jong!: free beginners event!

11am-1pm, harvest centre, greyfriars street, elgin (next door to yeadon's bookshop). come along & learn to play the ancient chinese game played with tiles. you'll soon know your winds from your dragons! call mrs karen weller on 07789 880481 or email at twelk69@hotmail.com clan cancer drop ins 10.30am - 12pm, the clan cancer support centre, 227 high street, elgin. free open to anyone affected by cancer with information & support available, guest speakers. all welcome call 01343 544132

19 saturday music nairn: susan tomes will talk about & play schubert 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre £19, £15 & £3. call 01667 455701. www.musicnairn.org.uk park circus@the ironworks, inverness 7.30pm. admin@winterburnmedia.co.uk

www.ironworksvenue.com moray conservative & unionist party burns supper 7pm - 11pm, moray conservatives, hay street, elgin roller derby taster session 11am - 1pm, elgin sports & community centre. free. come along & give roller skating a go! open to all, aged 16+. no skating experience necessary, with all kit provided. www.helginrollerderby.com great glen walking club: munlochy bay 9am (please arrive 15 mins earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. grade: c; distance: 8 miles. www.greatglen.org winter show: james gordon photography & winter paintings 10am - 1pm, chapel house arts, high street, kingussie. all welcome. call 07921 729249

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25 friday enter shikari plus palaye royale & black peaks@the ironworks, inverness 7pm. age 14+ (u16 with adult). tickets from www.entershikari.com burns night ceilidh in aid of alzheimer scotland 7pm, the mercure hotel, inverness. £20 (incl stovies) featuring the colin donaldson ceilidh band. raffle shirlie project charity burns night 6.30pm, macdonald drumossie hotel, inverness. 3 course dinner, raffle & auction, also featuring music from torridon. dress: black tie or tartan burns meets bhuna 7pm, bogbain farm. join chef, comedian, broadcaster & star of celebrity big brother hardeep singh kholi for craic, curry & conversation. call 01463 772800

the strathpuffer 24 hour mountain bike endurance saturday event 10am (sat) - 11am (sun), strathpeffer. see Furniture 18.pdf 1 01/03/2018 scottish 10:49 rock garden club (moray group): members' website forKes details. email April at info@strathpuffer.co.uk. afternoon: short talks on plants, flowers & gardens, www.strathpuffer.co.uk plus a quiz 7.30pm, new elgin hall annex, land street, new elgin. call alan souter (convener) or amanda willox (sec) on 01340 871504 or 07787 Furniture Restorers 289372 torridon burns night special@the ironworks, Mobile: 07503 211349 Workshop: 01340 810388 inverness 8pm. www.ironworksvenue.com Woodend House, Carron, Aberlour. Moray. AB38 7QP roller derby taster session 11am - 1pm, elgin sports & community centre. free. come along & give roller www.kesfurniture.co.uk skating a go! open to all, aged 16+. no skating experience necessary, with all kit provided. www.helginrollerderby.com sunday burns supper with schiehallion 7pm, crown court legends of american country 7.30pm, elgin town hall townhouse, inverness. £30 (from reception) tickets from sound & vision, south street, elgin.

3 course burns supper & a ceilidh. all welcome mj livery winter dressage league 10am, ardioch farm call 01463 234816 & mj livery, aultmore, keith. entries £10 per class via wee burns ceilidh 11am, 1pm & 3pm, one touch paypal. open to all. walk, intro, prelim & novice theatre, eden court, inverness. £6. for wee ones & leagues to participate in. entries close 23rd jan. their families. suitable for u8s, but big brothers & email at mandygarlick@hotmail.com sisters are welcome too! moray ramblers: garve to strathpeffer 8am, forres torridon burns night special@the ironworks, grade: easy; distance: 8 miles. call shirley lamb & inverness 8pm. www.ironworksvenue.com delphine leadbetter on 01343 870663 & 07799 winter show: james gordon photography & winter 186875 paintings 10am - 1pm, chapel house arts, high inverness ramblers: evanton & environs 9am, uhi car street, kingussie. all welcome. call 07921 729249 park, ness walk, inverness. grade: b; distance: 8.7 miles. call duncan on 07795 392207. saturday sunday www.ramblers.org.uk aviemore sled dog rally times vary, glenmore forest park, aviemore. the largest event of its kind in the monday uk, with over 1,000 sled dogs & 250 mushers. winter show: james gordon photography & winter www.siberianhuskyclub.org.uk paintings 10am - 4pm, chapel house arts, high street, kingussie. all welcome. call 07921 729249

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great glen walking club: loch morlich nnw to mast, back by badaguish 9am (please arrive 15 mins earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. grade: c; distance: 6.75 miles. www.greatglen.org

28 monday winter show: james gordon photography & winter

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29 tuesday interfaith moray meeting 7pm - 9pm, st. sylvester's church, institution road, elgin. open meeting for anyone interested in sharing & learning across different faith traditions & stances. call jenny on 01343 830276 or email at jadams@churchofscotland.org.uk

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aviemore & district lucky2bhere training sessions 7.30pm - 9.30pm, st andrew's church of scotland hall, aviemore. free but donations welcome. free emergency life support training including cpr & defibrillator. booking essential. call 01479 810990 or email at aviemorelucky2bhere@gmail.com the classic rock show 2019 7pm - 10pm, eden court, inverness. tickets from www.ticketmaster.co.uk

31 thursday banff mountain film festival tour 2019 eden court, inverness. the films feature intrepid explorers on expeditions in the most remote & spectacular reaches of the planet. www.banff-uk.com

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atching my resident red squirrel feeding in my garden this morning, I was happy to see that he’d brought along a friend. And a few weeks back, when I first put this feeder up, I derived great enjoyment from watching the squirrel and the rooks all trying to work out how to access the peanuts in this particular feeder. One of the great joys of living in the Highlands is the abundant, wonderful wildlife that we have on our doorstep. A garden well managed for wildlife can bring an enormous amount of enjoyment through the winter months. I find watching the birds in the morning a helpful reminder that there is a whole busy world out there getting on with surviving and living, and in the process helping to dwarf any day-to-day trivial problems that might be distracting me. My one-legged blackbird Bob (because he ‘bobs’ up and down) is a case in point!

Immediately outside my kitchen windows I have arranged three bird feeders that hang from various sections of drainpipe, meaning that the birds are inches from my windows. I’ve seen a number of places where people have done this. Some people are even lucky enough to have red squirrels happily feeding at their window.

To ensure wildlife wants to come and visit your garden at any time of the year, you need to make sure you are looking after them through the whole year. That means putting bird food out all year, not just in the winter, though it is obviously more critical for them in the winter. The single best thing you can do for wildlife in your garden is to have a body of water in your garden. If you’re lucky enough to have space for a pond then that’s perfect, but there are other options. I have a mini pond that I have created in an old Belfast sink, with bricks at the side creating an access point for frogs. It is important that the pond has a shallow area so that birds can use it to bathe, and again I have used bricks and stones to create a shallow area. Aquatic plants finish off the essential items, and whatever size pond you have it is best not to have fish if you want to have maximum benefit for wildlife.

Other things you can do to create a wildlife-friendly garden are cutting a small hatch in the bottom of your back fence to enable hedgehogs to get in; piles of branches and twigs left to rot down are also a great addition because the woodlice and beetles that make their home become food for larger animals and you have helped create a little garden ecosystem of your own. In a larger garden, leaving areas of longer grass is good thing to do, and if you want to avoid it looking too messy then just mow around the longer grass and it will suddenly become an intentional-looking garden feature.

Bird boxes are a great idea too. You can buy ones with cameras in now that allow you to watch the roosting, nesting, feeding and squabbling birds from the comfort of your TV! Sometimes you have to love technology!

Hopefully this gives you a few ideas, but there are so many more things you can do to attract wildlife and in turn create a garden with a diverse and exciting ecosystem.

Don’t forget that winter is also the best time for planning future projects and carrying out structural changes to your garden. To find out a bit more about what jobs I’ve got on at the moment just head to www.angelhort.com.

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Wild Haggis

Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, Great chieftain o the puddin'-race!

Aboon them a' ye tak your place, Painch, tripe, or thairm: Weel are ye worthy o' a grace As lang's my arm.

Address to a Haggis Robert Burns

A fictional wild haggis specimen, Haggis scotticus, as displayed in the Glasgow Kelvingrove Gallery.

Wild haggis (given the humorous taxonomic designation Haggis scoticus) is a fictional creature of Scottish folklore, said to be native to the Scottish Highlands. It is comically claimed to be the source of haggis, a traditional Scottish dish that is in fact made from the innards of sheep (including heart, lungs, and liver).

According to some sources, the wild haggis' left and right legs are of different lengths, allowing it to run quickly around the steep mountains and hillsides which make up its natural habitat, but only in one direction. It is further claimed that there are two varieties of haggis, one with longer left legs and the other with longer right legs. The former variety can run clockwise around a mountain, while the latter can run anticlockwise. The two varieties coexist peacefully but are unable to interbreed in the wild because in order for the male of one variety to mate with a female of the other, he must turn to face in the same direction as his intended mate, causing him to lose his balance before he can mount her. As a result of this difficulty, differences in leg length among the haggis population are accentuated.

Haggis abroad The notion of the wild haggis is widely believed, though not always including the idea of mismatched legs.

According to an online survey, commissioned by haggis manufacturers Hall's of Broxburn, released on 26 November 2003, one-third of U.S. visitors to Scotland believed the wild haggis to be a real creature.

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How to hunt Wild Haggis First, be sure to identify whether the creature you are stalking is a clockwise or anti-clockwise variety. Dig a large hole in which to hide and then, as it approaches, leap up and yell, "BOOOO!!" in its face as loudly as your lungs permit (It will be noted that facing in the wrong direction at this point would be rather ineffectual, hence the importance of pre-determining the rotational preference of the intended prey). Correct application will cause the animal to take fright, recoil and turn to attempt to run in the opposite direction, the consequences of which will be immediately apparent. While it is still stunned from rolling downhill, simply pick it up (assuming that you have managed to keep pace with its rate of descent and reach it before it has recovered), whack it over the head with your walking stick and pop it into your backpack.

Other Info Wild Haggis do exist, It is rare to catch on camera, but when it does happen, the flash from the camera causes them to create a loud screech, which tends to attract a Giant Bagpipe Spider or two. http://strangeanimals.wikia.com

THE HARRIS TWEED PROJECT Local school children design pattern of unique H a r r i s Tw e e d c l o t h i n i s l a n d - w i d e c o m p e t i t i o n

Pupils from Sir E Scott School in Tarbert using wooden handlooms. Picture credit: Laurence Winram

As part of the Year of Young People 2018, the Isle of Harris Distillery, in collaboration with Harris Tweed Hebrides and the Harris Tweed Authority invited school children from across the Outer Hebrides to join them in creating a unique Isle of Harris Distillery Harris Tweed cloth.

In September the distillery launched the competition to design the final pattern through a series of guides, practical workshops and class visits as part of an island-wide project run through local schools and supported by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Education Services.

The first round of judging has just taken place and 140 wonderful creations from school children across the Outer Hebrides have been whittled down to a very strong shortlist of 35 designs which will be displayed at the Isle of Harris Distillery throughout December.

At the end of January 2019 prizes will be awarded to the best entries across four age

categories, with a final overall winner going on to spend time with the team at Harris Tweed Hebrides at their mill in Shawbost, Isle of Lewis to bring their final creation to life.

Harris Distillery Managing Director Simon Erlanger said: “The reason the word ‘Harris’ evokes such wonderful imagery is in no small part thanks to the extraordinary fabric that is Harris Tweed. It inspired the work done at the distillery today, setting the high standards of quality and provenance required of anything that bears our island's name. We look forward to working together with the Tweed industry, developing the distillery’s own cloth, importantly designed by the young people of the islands, whose future the distillery was established to support.

Margaret Ann Macleod, Sales Director, Harris Tweed Hebrides added. "Creating sustainable employment for young people in the Harris Tweed industry has been a key focus for Harris

Tweed Hebrides since we were established over 10 years ago. Working with the Harris Tweed Authority and the Harris Distillery we have developed an innovative project which will cover all aspects our unique industry from the pure new wool right through to the finished Orb stamped fabric which is exported all over the world from our base in Shawbost. We are all looking forward to seeing the creative ideas and design inspiration which we know the young people of our islands will bring to this project."

Lorna Macaulay, CEO Harris Tweed Authority (HTA) said: "The Harris Tweed industry shares many aspirations and brand values with the Isle of Harris Distillery (IOHD) having worked successfully together on several promotional projects over the last 3 years, including both the HTA and IOHD working together as business representatives on the local 'Developing Young Workforce' Board.

magnificent interiors at the distillery since its initial design phase and it is hoped that together as a team - the distillery and the mill, making use of the HTA's Educational Trust's brand room in Stornoway Town Hall will whet the appetite of the young people as to the design, manufacture, branding and storytelling considerations and processes of both the distillery and the Harris Tweed industry.â&#x20AC;?

In this Year of Scotlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Young People, it is great to see the design project, which has been in the planning for a couple of years, finally come to fruition. Harris Tweed Hebrides (HTH) have been Harris Tweed suppliers to the

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