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Clubs and Societies ABERLOUR BRIDGE CLUB Wed (Sept - Apr), 6.30pm for 6.45pm start, The Aberlour Hotel. Call Audrey Gammack (Sec) on 07855 087984. To book your seat call Jenny on 01340 871647 ART IN STRATHDEARN Thurs (Spring & Summer), 1.30pm - 3.30pm, Tomatin Village Hall. Do come along to enjoy the company of like minded people being creative in a friendly environment! We have tutors throughout the year & an annual exhibition. Call Pam Hardwick on 01808 511766 or Betty Watson on 01808 511271

AVIEMORE & ROTHIEMURCHUS BRANCH CLUB LEGION SCOTLAND 2nd Mon of month, 7pm, the Club. Burnside Road, Aviemore, Highlands & Islands PH22 1SQ. Call 01479 810892 or email at scottie27@talktalk.net

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BEADING & JEWELLERY MAKING WORKSHOPS The Imagination Workshop, Inverdruie, Aviemore. Learn how to use beads & wire to make your own amazing jewellery. Call Gayle Penney on 01479 812111 CAIRNGORM SKI CLUB Formed to offer race training to young skiers living in the Spey Valley. The Club also offers a Freestyle programme for those who simply wish to become better all round skiers. We also offer adult coaching days, as well as social events.

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CENTRE OF LIGHT HEALING SANCTUARY Tues & Thurs (1st class on 4th June 2019), 7pm - 9pm, Elgin Museum Hall, 1 High Street, Elgin. Drop in sessions - no need to book. Donations welcome

DUFFTOWN OVER SIXTIES 1st Wed of month, 2pm - 4pm, the Back Hall of Memorial Hall, Dufftown. Entertainment including tea/coffee. All are welcome. Membership fee is £10 per annum. Annual summer bus outing. Call Jean Black on 01340 820264

FITNESS CLASSES Badenoch Centre, Spey Street, Kingussie. Variety of aerobic classes including aerobics, body blast, piyo, turbo kick, boxercise, circuits. Call Donna Reilly on 01540 662485

GRANTOWN JUNIOR YOUTH CLUB Thurs (term time), 6.45pm 8.45pm, Grantown YMCA Community Cenre. For P6 & P7 pupils at £1 per session. Come along & join in the fun!

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GRANTOWN ON SPEY BOWLING CLUB Mon (Club night) & Tues & Thurs afternoons (May - Sept). Free equipment & coaching. All welcome. Call Brian Tattersall (Pres) on 01479 873428 or email gosbc.info@gmail.com See poster at Clubhouse.

THE ROTARY CLUB OF ABERLOUR AND SPEYSIDE Tues, 6.30pm for 7pm, Aberlour Hotel, 87 High St, Aberlour, AB38 9QB. Call Tim Dolan (Sec) on 01340 871287 or email at tim.dolan@btinternet.com

INVERALLAN SOCIAL DANCING 2nd Tues of month (Mar - Nov), 7.30pm - 10pm, Inverallan Church Hall, Grantown on Spey. £4 (incl tea & biscuits). Call 01479 851353

TOMINTOUL & GLENLIVET DISCOVERY CENTRE Daily (Apr - Oct), 10am - 5pm.

Provides a fascinating history of the area with visitor information on Tomintoul & Glenlivet within the Cairngorm National Park.

Also provides community space that residents & local groups can benefit from. Call Amy Woolvin (Community Heritage Officer) on 01807 580358 or email at amy@tgdt.org.uk.

Oli Giles (Local Development Officer) at oliver@tgdt.org.uk or call 01807 580358

KINGUSSIE PARENT, BABY & TODDLER GROUP Thurs, 9.15am - 11.30am, Badenoch Centre, Spey Centre, Kingussie. Call 01540 662485

NEWTONMORE CAMANACHD CLUB The clubhouse & playing fields at the Eilan are home to this famous & successful club. Two teams play in the National Leagues & 3 other teams cater for all ages from primary school upwards. Call Ian Gibson on 01540 673048.

NEWTONMORE PARENT, BABY & TODDLER GROUP (CROILEAGAN BHAIDEANACH) Mornings (term time only), Newtonmore Primary School. A playgroup which encourages the use of the Gaelic language.

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TOMINTOUL BALL GROUP Wed (fortnightly), 10am-12pm, Tomnabat Court. A group supporting older people in & around Tomintoul to live healthier, sustainable & independent. Music, yoga, crafts & interesting talks. Call Susan Daley on 01343 563510 or email at CWDevelopmentTeam@ moray.gov.uk WEE BOGEES - PARENTS & TODDLERS Fri, 10am, Boat of Garten Hall.

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And does it not seem hard to you, When all the sky is clear and blue, And I should like so much to play, To have to go to bed by day?

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Pastoral Le er & Church Meetings When I was a boy, I remember every so often this elderly gentleman with a smiley face and a thick West Indian accent would come up to me in the street and promise to take me to the moon. I wasn’t very committed to his frequent promise to take me there because I’d never actually solicited such an adventure, nor did I have any desire to go. Mostly though I wasn’t convinced that this gentleman as kindly and sincerely as he was in making the offer, could afford to take me there, his clothes were well worn so I assumed he didn’t have the resources to deliver on his promise.

However, in Isaiah 40 God makes promises to His people, that despite their many, many sins, He would put an end to their warfare with Him, that He would forgive them, paying for their iniquity, not in part, not even in full but to pay them double.

The people but have wondered how He would do this, or even wondered why. You see they were about to be carted off to another land, they had been unfaithful to the commandments of God repeatedly, generation after generation. The way Isaiah had been talking previously it sounded very much like God was finally done with them. Their sin was massive, but that is where they had

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missed it. Their sin wasn’t the final word, with God the final word is always His and His words are often merciful. It’s almost scandalous how merciful He is, Isaiah ministered during the reign of many kings, the final one of them according to legend had Isaiah sawn in two. We know that he was a despicable idolater sacrificing his own children to his idols, yet Manasseh humbled himself before God we are told (2 Chronicles 33) and received forgiveness. Like the covenant people here, sometimes to experience God’s salvation we have to come to a stage were we both know we need it and that we cannot get it on our own.

God not only promises to the people in Isaiah’s day that He would deliver them, making atonement for them.

He also reminds them that He can do this because He is the LORD, mighty in strength. While my friend from the West Indies showed no evidence he could fulfil his wonderful promise to take me to the moon, God doesn’t just make promises, he keeps them.

He is both strong and mighty and kindly. Isaiah’s description of a deliverer moves from a warrior who is able to bring down the mountains, and raise up the valleys, who rolls up His sleeves to reveal Himself strong.

Kingussie Parish Church Sundays 11am. All welcome. www.kingussieparishchurch.org.uk Knockando, Elchies & Archiestown Parish Church of Scotland Sundays 10am. Contact Rev Robert M Anderson 01340 831381.

Mortlach & Cabrach Church Dufftown. Sundays at 10.30am Tea & coffee after. 01340 820049 (Session Clerk). All welcome.

Rothes Parish Church Sundays 11.30am. Contact Rev Robert M Anderson 01340 831381.

Rothiemurchus & Aviemore Church of Scotland St Andrews Church, Grampian Road, Aviemore. Sundays 11.15am. Website: www.standrews-aviemore.org.uk Sacred Heart RC Church Chapel Terrace, Aberlour, AB38 9LL. Vigil Mass alternate Saturdays at 5pm. Tel 01340 810442 St Brides’ Church of Scotland Newtonmore. Sundays 11.15am. Rev Catherine Buchan. Tel: 01540 673236.

St Columba’s Episcopal Church High Street, Grantown.

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To One who is full of tender, loving care, as Isaiah presents a picture of One who stoops, One who is tender like a shepherd who cares for His sheep. That He bears in His arms, close to His heart.

Isaiah writing hundreds of years before the New Testament sounds very much like the Gospels from Isaiah chapter 40 to chapter 55. Just like the New Testament, Isaiah also tells of one who will come and point people to the deliverer, Isaiah writes of John the Baptist, pointing away from himself to the one who is coming.

Isaiah’s prophecy was not for his day but for a day long in the future for his first audience and long in the past for us today. Yet that prophecy a promise of a coming one who would conquer sin and death, has come and has conquered both. He promises that if you call on Him, He will hear you and save you. I’ve found in my own life that He not only makes these promises but He transforms people who trust in Him.

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St John’s Episcopal Church Sunday 10.30am: Eucharist.

Followed by refreshments in the church hall. Email: blessings@stjohns-rothiemurchus.co.uk St Mary’s RC Church Fife Street, Dufftown, AB55 4AP Vigil Mass alternate Saturdays at 5pm. Tel 01340 810442 St Michael’s Episcopal Church Conval Street, Dufftown.

Family Eucharist every Sunday at 11 am. All welcome.

Contact Rev Michael Last on 01542 882782 St Margaret of Scotland, Episcopal Church High Street, Aberlour, AB38 9QD. Sundays 10am: Eucharist. Website: www.stmargaretsaberlour.co.uk Tomintoul Church of Scotland Sunday morning service 11.15am All welcome.

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Parliament Blog Many people will be turning their thoughts to summer holidays and for Moray families, relying on their car for their getaway, the price of fuel will be a factor.

However, a mechanism to help keep the cost fair might not be far away.

As Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fair Fuel for UK Motorists and Hauliers, we are negotiating with the UK Government to introduce a voluntary PumpWatch scheme for motorists impacted by the cost of fuel. Moray is a rural area so the cost of fuel matters to drivers.

A voluntary pump price monitoring code will allow fair competition, protect smaller independent garages and give full transparency so that bikers, motorists, van drivers and truckers are clear about when and how pump prices rise and fall as the price of oil changes.

Hopefully, motorists will be encouraged by this initial step and we can now progress this matter for drivers in Moray and across the country. As usual I can be contacted on 01309 679253 or douglas.ross.mp@parliament.uk

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for 2018/2019 (all dates inclusive) Occasional Day Speyside Mon 3rd Jun 2019 Summer Term Ends Fri 28th Jun 2019 Summer Holiday Starts Mon 1st Jul 2019 for 2019/2020 (all dates inclusive) In-Service Day Mon 19th Aug 2019 Autumn Term Starts Tues 20th Aug 2019 Autumn Term Ends Fri 11th Oct 2019

for 2018/2019 (all dates inclusive) In-Service Day Mon 3rd Jun 2019 Summer Term Ends Thurs 4th Jul 2019 Summer Holiday Starts Fri 5th Jul 2019 for 2019/2020 (all dates inclusive) Summer Holiday Ends Fri 16th Aug 2019 In-Service Day Mon 19th Aug 2019 Autumn Term Starts Tues 20th Aug 2019

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Further information Our website at www.calmac.co.uk offers a wealth of information about the routes and islands we serve – including detailed information on timetables, fares, day trips as well as updates on service status.

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Textiles in Time by Avril C. Clark 10am - 5pm (Mon Fri) & 11am - 4pm (Sat), Elgin Museum. Call Irene Lukkarinen on 07546 574117 or email at isldirector1017@gmail.com

clothing, toiletries, camping equipment & toys. volunteers, transport & cash donations welcome.

Please bring all you can spare! For collection points please see facebook page at https://en-gb.facebook.com/moraycalaid

May 2019 27 monday

Bird Watching & Wildlife Club: An East African Safari; The Wildlife of Kenya & Tanzania. Speaker Paul Rogers 8.30pm, The Grant Arms Hotel, The Square, Grantown on Spey

28 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 Museum Vintage Day Highland Folk Museum, Newtonmore. Classic cars, bikes, agricultural vehicles, etc. Call 01540 673551

29 wednesday

Storytime for U5s (Tues only) 9.30am - 10am, Dufftown library. Free Storytime for U5s (Wed only during term time) 10.30am - 11am, Tomintoul library. Free Storytime for U5s (Thurs only) 2pm - 2.30pm, Aberlour library. Free

Inverness Orienteering Club (INVOC): Culloden Woods. Local event incl schools. www.invoc.org.uk Transport Records: Trains, Ships, Cars & Transport Development 6pm, Highland Archive & Registration Centre, Inverness. £3. Call 01463 256444 Elgin Writers' Group: Constructing the 'Point of View' & Voice in Shaping of Characters when writing; Speaker - Kirsty Logan 7.30pm - 9.30pm, Elgin Library. www.elginwriters.wordpress.com Moray Road Runners: Pinto Run (1 of 3) 6.15pm 8pm (race starts 7pm), Cooper Park, Elgin. 3km race. Ages 6yrs to whatever. Fundraising for young people’s participation in sport

Banff & Moray Members’ Centre NTS: Photography competition. 3 age categories. Entries online. Call Janice Oakes on 01309 675224 or email at janiceoakes51@gmail.com

Bird Watching & Wildlife Club: Bison, Bears & Buffleheads; Speaker - Paul Rogers on Yellowstone & Grand Teton in the Fall 8.30pm, The Grant Arms Hotel, The Square, Grantown on Spey

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Forres Highland Games 2019 A Great Day Out For All Also at the Forres Highland Games, visitors can enjoy craft and artisan food stalls, fairground attractions, a beer tent and food outlets.

There is Highland dancing, solo piping and massed pipe bands and chanter competition.

A traditional Highland Games with fun for all the family..

Set in the stunning grounds of Forres’ Grant Park the Forres Highland Games offers a fun afternoon for all the family.

Unique to the Forres Games is the Message Bike Race where spectators can turn participant and race the field on an old traditional message bike in hope of lifting the winner’s trophy!

From caber tossing to the hammer throw, long jump, high jump and more, the Forres Highland Games will provide you with a traditional Scottish experience.

Games Day commences with a Pipe Band Procession through the centre of the Moray town before the Games’ flag is raised above the arena.

www.forreshighlandgames.com or find us on Facebook and Twitter.

The Chieftain Opening this year’s event is Chieftain John Channon.

John is no stranger to the Forres Highland Games and was once pitted against Scotland’s high jump champion and took part in many sprint events over the years.

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A former RAF airman, John is the chairman of the Forres and District Pipe Band and has worked tirelessly to encourage young people into piping and drumming.

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He said he was honoured to have been chosen for the Forres Highland Games which will take place in Grant Park on July 6, but admitted he will miss playing with the band on the day which last year won the trophy for deportment and dress.

John who lives in Dyke said: “I couldn’t believe it when I got the letter. I kept it to myself for a while and when I eventually did tell the band, they of course all already knew. The worst kept secret.�

John added: “I really do consider this a great honour and I am really looking forward to the day and being able to meet the stallholders, visitors, those involved in organising the Games, the judges and adjudicators and of course the competitors. It’s a great day out and I am thrilled to be this year’s Chieftain.�

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31 friday

Where 2 Today's Monthly Ceilidh/Music Afternoon 2pm - 4pm, Grantown Legion. £2.50. All welcome to our Ceilidh/Afternoon Tea Dance, held on the last Fri of every month (none in Dec). Call 01479 810004 or email at info@ct4u.co.uk. www.ct4u.co.uk Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club@The Ironworks, Inverness 9pm. www.ironworksvenue.com RZSS Specialist Sessions: Tourism at the Highland Wildlife Park 12pm - 1pm, Highland WIldlife Park, Kincraig, Kingussie. £8 (incl access to the zoo or wildlife park) The challenges of running an outdoor visitor attraction in a rural highland location, compared to a city venue, the operational procedures & gain an insight into hospitality, retail & events. www.eventbrite.co.uk

31 friday - 3 june (monday)

Scottish Ornithologists' Club Highland: Long Weekend inCoeliac Caithness For further information please moray Jun 19.pdf 1 10/05/2019 call Kathy Bonniface on 01808 511740, email at highlandsecretary@the-soc.org.uk

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1 saturday - 2 sunday

Elgin Rotafun 2019 TBC, Cooper Park, Elgin Fun community event

We meet on the first Saturday of every month for gluten-free cake, coffee and catch-up.

2 sunday

From 10.30am in the restaurant at Baxters Highland Village, Fochabers.

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June 2019 1 saturday

Grantown Primary School Trail Race: Anagach Forest 10K; 3K Fun Run & Mini Fun Run Registration from 11.30am in the school hall with races starting at 1.30pm. See website for entry form & details. www.grantownprimary.wordpress.com Happy Mums’ Market 10am - 12noon, Inverness Leisure Centre, Bught Park. £1. Buy quality second hand & nearly-new baby & children's items at our pop up market. Find Toys, Clothing, Books & more.

Email info@happymumsmarket.co.uk Elgin U3A AGM & The Pyramids, the Stars & the Playboy!! 2pm - 4pm, Elgin Town Hall - Supper Room. Free. Email Terry Ballard (Sec) at membersecretary@u3a-elgin.org.uk Moray & Nairn Federation Food & Flowers Show 10am - 4pm, Fochabers Public Institute. Judging will take place on Fri 31st May & the Hall will be open from 11.30am - 1.30pm for entries. page 18 - June 2019

The Gathering: Celebrating the best of the Highlands & Islands. Featuring Tide Lines, The Vatersay Boys, Elephant Sessions. etc. 11.30am, Northern Meeting Park, Inverness. Tickets from www.skiddle.com Status Quo Tribute by Blackwater 8pm, Ex-Servicemen's Club, Elgin. All welcome The Gathering Late Night Festival Club@The Ironworks, Inverness, 11pm Ramblers Walk Nethybridge to Grantown East & Return 10am, Nethybridge Community Centre.

Walk along the Speyside Way towards to Grantown.

Lunchtime at Grantown East Heritage & Cultural Centre. Call Gordon Brown on 01479 821888 Taste of Grampian: Scotland’s biggest 1 day food & drink festival with over 200 exhibitors 9am, Thainstone Mart, Inverurie GJ & PWR Live: Gordon James & the Power + Special Guests 7pm, Craigellachie Village Hall Adults £10; U16s £8. Licensed bar 11:15 Schiehallion@MacGregor's Bar, Inverness, 10pm Inverness Farmers' Market: vegetables, fruit, meat, eggs, bread & cakes, fruit juices & dairy products 8.30am - 3pm, Shopping Precinct, Inverness IV2 3NA. Call 01309 651206

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Highland Garden Fest 2019 11am, Inverness Botanic Gardens. Pre-order £4; On the door £5; U12s Free. From flowers to growing fruit & veg, landscaping & attracting wildlife to your garden, with activities & garden games for kids.

Burgie Car Boot Sale 9am, Burgie, Forres. Boots £10 per pitch; £20 per van (double). No booking car boot vendors please try to be in place between 7am & before 9am One Night of Queen@The Ironworks, Inverness, 7.30pm. www.ironworksvenue.com Jim's Special Open: Gents' Single Stroke 7.30am 2pm, Spey Bay Golf Club. £17 Members & Visitors www.brsgolf.com/speybay Moravian Orienteering: Moray & Highland Junior Championships & Regional Event: Culbin TBC, Culbin, Forres. See www.moravianorienteering.org An Evening of Pendulum Guidance, Mediumship & Shopping with Kathleen Morrison & Linda Campbell 6.30pm, Balloch Hall, Culloden Road Inverness IV2 7HQ. Free. Over 16s only

3 monday

British Watching & WIldlife Club: Lammergeigers of the Spanish Pyrenees; Speaker - Ashley Grove 8.30pm, The Grant Arms Hotel, The Square, Grantown on Spey. www.bwwc.co.uk

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4 tuesday

Bookbug Session for Babies & Toddlers 9.30am, Dufftown library. Free Celtic Media Festival Screening: Eminent Monsters 7pm, Macdonald Aviemore Resort, Aviemore The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Stephen Bennett.

Centre of Light Healing Sanctuary 7pm - 9pm, Elgin Museum Hall, 1 High Street, Elgin. Donations welcome. 1st meeting. Drop in session - there is no need to book

4 tuesday - 6 thursday

Celtic Media Festival/Tha Fèis nam Meadhanan Ceilteach 10am (4th) - 11pm (6th), Macdonald Aviemore Resort, Aviemore. A celebration of broadcasting, film talent & excellence from Scotland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Wales, Cornwall & Brittany. Call 0141 553 5409 or email at info@celticmediafestival.co.uk

6 thursday

Bookbug Session for Babies & Toddlers 2pm, Aberlour library. Free New Hospital, Aviemore 2pm, Talla Nan Ros Free. The NHS Highland Aviemore New Hospital Project Team Members are giving a talk about the new hospital in Aviemore. Organised by the Badenoch Arthritis Support Group Glenlivet Running Tour in aid of MacMillan TBC, Braes of Glenlivet. Suggested donation around £10.

Join us for a run & afternoon tea in the Braes of Glenlivet. Places strictly limited, get in touch for more details. Call 07423 602282 or email at info@runspeyside.co.uk. www.runspeyside.co.uk

7 friday

The Orb@The Ironworks, Inverness, 7.30pm, www.ironworksvenue.com Quarriers Elgin Unpaid Carers' Cafe 1pm - 3pm, Elgin. Make new friends over a brew, chat, laugh & just forget about things for a while in a safe & friendly space. Call 01343 556031 Sigma: AGM & Astrophotography; Speaker - Eric Walker, Highlands Astronomical Society 7pm for 7.30pm, Lhanbrbyde Community Centre www.sigma-astro.co.uk

7 friday - 8 saturday

Thainstone Country Music Festival 3 (7th) 8pm 12.30am & (8th) 3pm - 12.30am, Thainstone Centre, Inverurie. www.eventbrite.co.uk

7 friday - 9 sunday

Association of Highland Clans & Societies (AHCS): Battle of Glen Shiel Tercentenary Weekend Organised by the 1745 Association & the AHCS. Details at www.highlandclans.org

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8 saturday

Outlander Day 10.30am - 5.30pm, Highland Folk Museum, Newtonmore. Call 01349 781650. www.highlifehighland.com/highlandfolkmuseum Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds: Special guests: Razorlight & Neon Waltz 5pm - 8pm, Bught Park, Inverness. www.nghfb.lnk.to Global Day of Action: World Oceans Day 12pm, Inverness. All welcome

8 saturday - 16 sunday

More Nethy Memories: A rare collection of village photographs featuring a fresh selection of new ones & some popular ones from 2018 10am - 4pm (late night on 16th), Abernethy Old Kirk, Nethy Bridge

9 sunday

Cars & Coffee10am - 12pm, Rollerbowl, Inverness Email at carsandcoffeeinverness@ highlandclassic.org.uk Badenoch & Strathspey Orienteering Club: Jamie Stevenson Trophy; Gynack Registration from 10am with starts from , Gynack, nr Kingussie PH21 1HE Scotland's premier inter-club competition for juniors www.basoc.org.uk The Cairngorms Farmers' Market: local food, crafts, plants & more 10am, Grantown on Spey Military Vehicle Tattoo: A gathering of historic military hardware, with demonstrations, rides & period displays 11.30am, Grampian Transport Museum, Montgarrie Road, Alford

12 wednesday

The Arts Society Speyside Lecture:'Wonders of the Roman Empire' focusing on Roman activity in cities which have largely been destroyed 11 am - coffee & tea served from 10.15am, The Williamson Hall, Duff Avenue, Elgin. New Members welcome. Visitors £7 donation. Call Karen Weller on 07789 880481 or email at twelk69@hotmail.com Elgin Writers' Group: Results & Readings of the Poetry Competition 2019 7.30pm - 9.30pm, Elgin Library, Cooper Park Where 2 Today's Monthly Lunch Bunch 12.30pm, Anderson's Restaurant, Boat of Garten. 2 courses £10/3 courses £12 Enjoy a great value fab lunch with friendly company on the 2nd Wed of each month. Transport available. Call 01479 810004 or email at info@ct4u.co.uk. www.ct4u.co.uk

13 thursday

Rock N Roll Paradise 8pm, Elgin Town Hall, Trinity Place, Elgin. All welcome British Watching & WIldlife Club: How to be an Urban Birder; Speaker - David Lindo 8.30pm, The Grant Arms Hotel, The Square, Grantown on Spey www.bwwc.co.uk The Arts Society Highland: Wonders of the Roman Empire; Off Limits in Syria & & Neighbouring Countries. Speaker - Sam Moorhead. Focusing on

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cities which have been destroyed, looted or too dangerous to visit 2.15pm, The Free Church Hall, Smithton, Inverness Suggested donation for Guests/Visitors £8. Email at info@theartssocietyhighland.org.uk www.theartssocietyhighland.org.uk

13 thursday - 23 sunday

Moray Walking & Outdoor Festival Various events throughout Moray. www.themorayway.org.uk/festival

14 friday

Twa Kirks: Aberlour History Walk (Moray Walking & Outdoor Festival) 2pm, Aberlour www.themorayway.org.uk/festival Calum Jones@The Ironworks, Inverness,7.30pm

15 saturday

Logie Steading Mini-Market: showcasing local crafters & producers 10am - 5pm, Logie Steading, Forres IV36 2QN Badenoch & Strathspey Ramblers: Bridge of Brown to Dorback 9.30am, Nethybridge Community Centre Drive to Bridge of Brown then walk on hill tracks past old settlements to Dorback. 5 miles. Call Marian Burrows-Smith on 01479 821415 Atom Heart Floyd: Pink Floyd Tribute 7.30pm, Elgin Town Hall, Trinity Place, Elgin. www.tickettailor.com Beyond Jovi@The Ironworks, Inverness, 7pm Power of Grace Faith Rally: 6th Annual postConfirmation youth rally, especially those recently confirmed between the ages of 11- 18yrs. 11am, Greyfriars Convent, Elgin Calum Mackenzie Jones Charity Fundraiser in aid of Friends of Chernobyl Moray Group & Logan's Fund 7pm, The Grant Hall, Rothes. Music, dancing, etc Farmers' Market 9am - 4pm, The Plainstones, Elgin.

Local food, crafts, plants & other produce Open Charity Texas Scramble (Any Combo) 7.30am, Forres Golf Club, Muiryshade Road, Forres. £10 Members; £20 Visitors. Mixed 4 person Texas Scramble - any combo. www.brsgolf.com/forres Moravian Orienteering: Coaching; Quarrelwood TBC, Quarrelwood, Elgin www.moravianorienteering.org Moray Ramblers: Reindeer Walk 8am, Elgin Community Centre Car Park. £11 Adults; Children £5. Grade: Strenuous; Distance 4 - 5 miles. Summer Walk with meal at Cairngorm Hotel, Aviemore. Route via Forres. Booking essential. Call Evie McIvor on 01343 820844 (6pm - 8pm) or email at bookings@morayramblers.co.uk Cottages.Com Mactavish Cup Final 2019 4pm, Bught Park, Inverness

15 saturday - 16 sunday

Woodzstock 2019: Music festival. Local live bands, food & drink plus children's activities 10pm 12.01am (Sun), Wildwoodz Adventure Park, Inverness. Tickets from www.woodzstock.co.uk admin@winterburnmedia.co.uk

Keith & Dufftown Railway: 1940s Weekend Normal timetable - see website for details, Keith & Dufftown Railway, Church Road, Keith Home Front displays at both stations, Onboard entertainment from the enemy spy, our spiv & military re-enactors. There is no extra charge & no need to book, trains run to our normal time table.

Dig with Dad: Digging for Brodie's Lost History 10am onwards, Brodie Castle, Forres. NTS archaeologist, Dr Daniel Rhodes, will join the team at Brodie Castle for the archaeological dig. All welcome (children must be accompanied by an adult). No experience necessary. Call 01309 641371. www.nts.org.uk NW Grampian Long Distance Walking Group: Heldon Hill Sunset Challenge Walk & BBQ Registration 3.30pm; Start 4pm, Elgin Library, Cooper Park (Starting point). £15 LDWA Members; £25 Non-members.See www.ldwa.org.uk for booking details. Email Julie Cribb on julie.cribb@uhi.ac.uk

15 saturday - 28 friday

Synergy: Art Exhibition by Sherin Elhegazi, Sue Sabro & Teresa Hurley. Please check for Gallery opening times, The Gallery, Elgin Library. Meet the Artists Sat. 15th June 10.30am-12.30pm. Call 01343 562600

16 sunday

Keith TMSA Folk Festival - ceilidhs, concerts, competitions and informal sessions at various venues/times. Call Sandy McCombie on 01542 882638 or email at carstairs5be@btinternet.com Inverness Orienteering Club (INVOC): Keppernach & Achagour. Regional event. See www.invoc.org.uk Wedding Open Day 12pm - 2pm, Eight Acres Hotel, Morriston Road, Elgin IV30 6UL. Call 01343 543077 Burgie Horse Trials 9am - 5pm, Burgie House, by Forres. £10 per car. Horse Trials, Dressage, Show Jumping and Cross Country. Trade stands. Food vans. Call Kirsteen Mitcalfe on 01309 690775 or email at k.mitcalfe@btinternet.com. www.burgie.org 2019 Touler 10K Registration from 12pm - 1.30pm with 2pm start, Tomintoul. Tickets from www.touler10k.co.uk The Poozies & Annie Sumi 8.30pm, The Old Bridge Inn, Aviemore

17 monday

British Watching & WIldlife Club: Policing Wildlife Crime in Scotland; Speaker - Alan Stewart, an exWildlife Crime Officer for Tayside Police on how legislation has become more workable & where it falls short 8.30pm, The Grant Arms Hotel, The Square, Grantown on Spey. www.bwwc.co.uk

18 tuesday

Moray Field Club: Midsummer Evening Walk; guided tour of Burgie Arboretum 7pm, Burgie Arboretum, half a mile from A96, east of Forres. £3

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donation. Meet at the entrance car park. Call Sara Marsh on 07840 285 438 or email morayfieldclub@gmail.com The Moray Forest Runs: Roseisle Forest picnic Site Registration 6.15pm; U12s 6.45pm; U16s 7pm, Roseisle Forest Picnic Site. £5 Adults; £1 U12s & U16s. 4 - 5 miles suitable for all abilities. proceeds to organising charity. www.morayroadrunners.com Cairngorm Cycling Club: Time Trial 6.30pm, Coylumbridge Hilton. www.cairngormcc.co.uk The Highland Literary Society: Author Event - Hafida Latta 6.30pm - 8.30pm, Ness View Room, Glen Mhor Hotel, Ness Bank, inverness. Focusing on her autobiography, "A Daughter of Kairouan" www.highlandlit.com

19 wednesday

British Watching & WIldlife Club: Balkan Birds; Winter Migrants 8.30pm, The Grant Arms Hotel, The Square, Grantown on Spey. www.bwwc.co.uk Banff & Moray Members' Centre (NTS): Day Trip; Visiting the Museum of Childhood, Strathpeffer & Dunrobin Castle with a High Tea at Tulloch Castle Hotel, Dingwall. Email janiceoakes51@gmail.com

20 thursday

Royal Ascot at the Kingsmills Hotel in aid of Birchwood Highland & Marie Curie 11.30am, The Kingsmills Hotel, Inverness Royal Ascot Ladies' Day in aid of the Highland Hospice 3pm, The Muckrach Country House Hotel, Grantown on Spey. Call 01478 851227 or email at info@muckrach.com. www.muckrach.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

21 friday - 25 tuesday

Association of Highland Clans & Societies: Clan Urquhart International Gathering 6pm (20th) - 9pm (25th), Banff, Craigston, Turriff & Meldrum. Only happens once every 5 years. Email at adam.urquhart@btinternet.com

21 friday - 22 saturday

Inverness Provincial Mod, Inverness. For details see www.ancomunn.co.uk. Email Ross Brindle, Provincial Mòd Secretary, Meur Inbhir Nis at secretary@invernessprovincialmod.co.uk

22 saturday

Aurora Choir TBC, St Margaret's Parish Church, Aberlour. www.stmargaretsaberlour.co.uk Giants, Fairies & a Wee Dram (Moray Walking & Outdoor Festival) 9.30am - 2.30pm. Guided walk from Dufftown town centre to the Giant's Chair & Dufftown Fairy Village. c/o FACT, Town Hall, High Street, Forres.www.themorayway.org.uk page 22 - June 2019

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Devil's Queen@The Ironworks, Inverness 7pm Dougie Maclean 7.30pm, Fochabers Public Institute

22 saturday - 23 sunday

Highland Rising: Battles, skirmishes & living history across the museum 10.30am - 5.30pm, Highland Folk Museum, Newtonmore. Call 01349 781650 www.highlifehighland.com/highlandfolkmuseum Ghost Train Walk fundraising for The Dava Way Association TBC, Grantown on Spey. An overnight event on the Dava Way from Grantown-on-Spey to Forres. www.davaway.org.uk NW Grampian Long Distance Walking Group: Dava Way Ghost Train Walk Registration 8pm at Forres; bus leaves 9, The Square, Grantown on Spey £20 donation to the Dava Way Association Overnight walk with breakfast at Dunphail. Call Peter Mitchell on 07881 1462217 (text if no answer) or email at sec.nwgldwa@btinternet.com

23 sunday

Kingussie Bikeathon 2019 10.30am - 3pm, Kingussie high School. A family-friendly, fun cycling event through 25 miles of marked & marshalled roads in the Cairngorms National Park Highland Wedding Band Showcase 1pm, Kingsmills Hotel, Culcabock Road, Inverness. £7.50 (incl bubbly, beer or soft drink). A range of incredible bands perform 20 minute sets. Booking advised www.eventbrite.co.uk

26 wednesday

Scottish Chamber Orchestra Strings: featuring pieces by Janacek, Veress, Borodin, Bottesini & Dvorak Doors open 7pm with performance at 8pm, Elgin Town Hall, Trinity Place, Elgin. Tickets from www.elgintownhall.co.uk Elgin Writers' Group: Manuscript Night 7.30pm 9.30pm, Elgin Library, Cooper Park. Members can bring work they have for peer support/feedback

28 friday

Where 2 Today's Monthly Ceilidh/Music Afternoon 2pm - 4pm, Aviemore Legion. £2.50. All welcome to our Ceilidh/Afternoon Tea Dance, held on the last Friday of every month. Call 01479 810004 or email at info@ct4u.co.uk - www.ct4u.co.uk Adventure Before Dementia Summer Ball In aid of Alzheimer Scotland 7pm, Ex-Servicemen's Club, Elgin. Raffle. All welcome

29 saturday

Brodie Trophy: Gents Singles Stroke 7.30am, Forres Golf Club, Muiryshade Road, Forres. Members £15; Visitors £30. Call 01309 672949 Ext 2.

Piping Inverness 2019: European Pipe Band Championships 10am, Bught Park, Inverness.

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Adult Fiction

The Doll Factory

Junior Fiction

One Spring Day

By Nick Butterworth To celebrate thirty years of the Percy the Park Keeper and his animal friends, Percy and his animal friends are playing hide-and-seek in the park. The fox has found a great hiding place in Percy's workshop but when he falls into a pot of Very Strong Glue, he soon finds himself springing into an embarrassingly sticky situation! Is there anything his friends can do to help?

By Elizabeth MacNeal London. 1850. The Great Exhibition is being erected in Hyde Park and among the crowd watching the spectacle two people meet. For Iris, an aspiring artist, it is the encounter of a moment - forgotten seconds later, but for Silas, a collector entranced by the strange and beautiful, that meeting marks a new beginning. The intoxicating story of a young woman who aspires to be an artist, and the man whose obsession may destroy her world for ever.

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By Robert MacFarlane

By Kate Clanchy The author invites you to meet some of the kids she has taught in her thirty-year career. Join her as she explains everything about sex to a classroom of thirteen-year-olds. As she works in the school `Inclusion Unit', trying to improve the fortunes of kids excluded from regular lessons because of their terrifying power to end learning in an instant.

Or as she nurtures her multicultural poetry group, full of migrants and refugees, watches them find their voice and produce work of heartbreaking brilliance.

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Dancing The Charleston

By Jacqueline Wilson Mona and her aunt live in a little cottage on the edge of the Somerset estate, where her aunt sews wonderful dresses for the lady of the house When Lady Somerset dies and a new member of the Somerset family inherits the house, things begin to change for Mona. She has never really fitted in anywhere, but the new Bohemian atmosphere at the house offers opportunities for her to shine and to find new friends..

A journey into the sometimes vast and hidden worlds beneath our feet. From the ice-blue depths of Greenland's glaciers, to the underground networks by which trees communicate, from Bronze Age burial chambers to the rock art of remote Arctic sea-caves, this is a deep-time voyage into the planet's past and future.

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The Little Secret

By Mark Billingham Sarah thinks of herself as a normal single mum. It's what she wants others to think of her. But the truth is, she needs something new, something thrilling.

Meanwhile, DI Tom Thorne is investigating a woman's suicide, convinced she was driven to do it by a man who preys on vulnerable women. A man who is about to change Sarah's life.

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Western Isles, 2012, nest with foxglove in foreground

area and look for signs of success. The nest will be white with ‘splash’ from the chick and with perseverance I should find a young bird not very far away.

On 25 July 2015 I was keen to prove fledging at a nest near Tongue, in Sutherland. Armed with a possible nest grid reference and my telescope, I positioned myself on an Estate track north west of a vast range of inland cliffs reaching up some two hundred metres. I started the seemingly impossible task of finding a fledged chick which may or may not, conveniently, be visible somewhere in front of me. I changed position and tried again (and again). My eye kept being drawn to an extensive horizontal fissure in the rock face. I wondered if the nest might be there somewhere but I couldn’t see one. I scanned from side to side in the hope that I might see something.

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June is a busy month in the raptor worker’s calendar. I will make a third visit to golden eagle nests in the first half of the month in the Highlands and Western Isles. Last year I made a total of 13 such visits. This will be a ‘ringing’ visit and involve actually getting into the nest. Access is different in each case from a walk-in job to a full abseil so I will take the appropriate equipment with me. If there is a chick (sometimes 2 and rarely 3) it should be about 4 weeks old so that I can ring it. I make a note of prey items in the nest and assess the health of the chick(s) as best I can (i.e. does it look like it will survive to fledging?). I bid farewell to the chick (yes I talk to animals!) and leave the nest. Sometimes I see adults at the nest, sometimes I don’t. If parents are present they are usually benign.

Having said that I can recall twice the adult female getting a bit ‘tasty’ and coming too close for comfort! I have never been attacked but I know someone who has.

At 12:05 a huge chick with distinctive juvenile white patches in its wings and tail flapped its wings and jumped up and down on the ledge! Having completed its pre-flight exercises and deciding not to launch itself, it retreated under the overhang behind it out of sight again. I was delighted that my determination had paid off. I looked again and there was nothing to be seen of the nest or the chick. Had I dreamt it?

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Prey items I have found in golden eagle nests include hen harrier, short-eared owl, cat, rat, hedgehog, buzzard chicks, ptarmigan, meadow pipit chicks and ptarmigan as well as the usual rabbit and red grouse. A nest I went to in 2012 had been adorned with a foxglove frond. Having made, I suppose, hundreds of nest visits I have seen this on a couple of occasions.

Fourth visit In July, if breeding has been successful, there should be a fledged juvenile in the area. Where I can, I return to the

Prey items (and unhatched egg), Western Isles eyrie 2008: Rat, buzzard chicks, short-eared owl (feathers)

Fishing, Roman Concrete and the Lost Horse

by Highland Historian Between 1783-1881, c.150,000 Highlanders were forced from their homes and the period saw increasing populations in coastal villages. Some, like Mallaig in 1840, were created to support the populace. Their industry was fishing, but without efficient transport the industry would fail.

The 1st Baron Lovat did not instruct clearances on his Morar estate. Instead he moved his tenants to the coast. This freed up available grazing and also created the opportunity to profit from his people and the fishing industry.

There had always been a reliance on fishing in the Highlands, but in land-locked areas fish was reserved for special occasions. Changes were afoot, however, partially due to new roadways which came as a result of the upheavals of the 18th century, including military roads. Fresh, if not salted fish, was transported more quickly to market and became a staple for people from all backgrounds. As a result, the fishing industry developed rapidly.

The growth of a fishing-reliant population in Mallaig and the general increase in fish consumption meant transportation of the catch needed to be addressed.

Transport issues were Loch Nan Uamh Viaduct

preventing fishing developments in other areas, particularly the Islands. In 1783, five boats left Barra to carry the catch to the Clydeside markets, however, four of the boats were lost at sea.

Despite efforts by Thomas Telford in 1803 to improve the road to Mallaig, it wasn’t until 1882 that a boom year in fishing put Mallaig on the map politically. This, however, was followed by disastrous years for the port. Records from 1885-1887 show poor return due to lack of shoals and the population suffered.

The decision to support the fishing industry at Mallaig with a railway connection to Fort William in 1897 and the propaganda-style delivery of the plans was a calculated effort by Parliament to take away the guilt of the clearance period and economic decline in the Highlands. Arguably it was misplaced because it was in an area that hadn’t borne the brunt of the clearance episodes.

Whilst other areas continued to suffer, Mallaig improved and politicians celebrated their benevolence.

The railway’s impressive Glenfinnan Viaduct was ground-breaking; and slightly Roman! The dome of the Roman Pantheon (113-125 AD) is the world’s oldest and largest

unreinforced ‘mass concrete’ dome. This is due to the strength and flexibility of the mass concrete and its strength in compression. But concrete was not introduced here by the Romans. Apart from two Bungalows in the Isle of Wight and an 1879 New Forest folly called Sway Tower, Glenfinnan Viaduct is the next oldest example of the ‘rediscovered’ mass concrete in built structures. It is also one of the largest examples of its use. This led to the structural engineer in charge, Robert McAlpine, being known as ‘Concrete Bob’.

During construction in 1897-9, legend had it that a horse and cart fell into a pillar of the Glenfinnan viaduct and remained there while construction continued. In 1987, Professor Roland Paxton attempted to find the horse with a fish eye camera, looking into two pillars.

His search found nothing. Based on local stories, in 1997, Paxton visited Loch nan Uamh viaduct but was again unable to find the horse. What he did find was that the pillars there were filled with rubble. Paxton wasn’t perturbed and returned in 2001 to carry out a scan. This time the remains of a horse and cart were found in the central pillar. To this day the horse and its cart are still there.

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It’s wonderful to see all the plants and trees coming to life at this time of year isn’t it? After a funny old winter weather-wise, it’s a timely reminder that the seasonal cycles are still there, as strong as ever.

Spring is also a great time of year as you get to see the rewards of your efforts from the preceding twelve months. I have some new plants that are flourishing, and yet there are others still that have taken a year of doing nothing (above ground), yet have put on a lot encouraging growth this year. Plants will often do this, my Crataegus laevigata ‘Paul’s Scarlet’ being a perfect example. It was planted in the winter of 2017/18, and it spent a year putting on no apparent growth, but it will have been concentrating on its roots during this period, and settling into its new environment. This year it’s gone crazy and is looking lush and full. My crabapple (Malus ‘Evereste’) however, was at home immediately and looks even better this year. So it was the usual gardening lesson for me – be patient!

As the months go by, I like to jot quick notes into my phone at some point each month, suggesting plants or jobs that will fill in gaps in the garden, or just small jobs to get to when I have a minute. For example, last autumn I planted a batch of interesting Narcissi around the garden, but this spring I have decided that I did not plant nearly enough. So, this autumn I’ll be sure to get another batch of them in to improve things next spring.

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Overnight temperatures are still low at the moment, and until they stay above 6C there won’t be any particularly rapid growth. Now is a good time to get into the garden and turn the beds over, pull weeds out, and get things looking good. For many of us, with busy lives, once the period of rapid growth begins in the garden (this actually only lasts 6-8 weeks) it is all we can do to keep on top of things. Manage your own expectations during this period and don’t expect perfection – if you insist on getting the tap-root out of every dandelion that appears in your garden, another half a dozen will be growing behind your back while you’re doing it! Once mid-July and August roll around, plant growth is usually back to a sensible pace and we can keep on top of things more meticulously then, if we wish.

Another important job to do at the moment is to get some fertilizer down, well-rotted horse manure is great, but equally a nitrogen-rich granular feed from the garden centre will suffice.

Part 2 Volunteering to Save Lives...

Meet Mountain Rescue – an interview by Alyson MacDonald Mason I met with Iain Nesbitt of Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team on a snowy day in Inverness to learn more about what Mountain Rescue does and what attracted him to volunteer for a team.

As we talk, I realise that the public gratitude for the service these committed volunteers provide should be widened to include their families and loved ones who watch them leave for a call-out and breathe out when they return.

I asked Iain how he felt about call-outs in bad weather or at night. With a wry smile he confirmed that this was part of the role, the safety of team members comes first, but sometimes situations require a search in darkness or adverse weather. The safety of the lost or injured person is always the driver.

The biggest challenge for Mountain Rescue from Iain’s perspective is funding. It takes around £50,000 to run his local team. They have 3 bases and 5 vehicles to fund, as well as all the clothing and equipment required. Most people are surprised to find that Mountain Rescue are charities staffed by volunteers who need to continuously raise funds to survive.

The message from Iain and his colleagues is clear, if you are in trouble, phone 999 and ask for the Police and then Mountain Rescue, even the most experienced hill-walkers and climbers can find themselves in difficulty in the wrong circumstances.

My conversation with Iain has opened my eyes to the varied work that Mountain Rescue do, the challenging financial pressures they face and the commitment and passion of the volunteers to keep us safe and bring us home when things go awry.

The upside of volunteering? Iain does not hesitate; the camaraderie and community spirit makes even the darkest days bearable. Some days are difficult, rescues involving children or the recovery of someone deceased are always going to be challenging. For some people balancing family and volunteering may be difficult, and from the family’s perspective it can be worrying when their loved one is out on a call-out and they do not know what is happening.

Scottish Mountain Rescue represents 24 Mountain Rescue teams in Scotland. The teams deliver a world class Search and Rescue service and respond to requests from Police Scotland.

Our 800 volunteers respond in a moment’s notice, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to provide assistance to people in the outdoors.

You can support mountain rescue in Scotland by donating to your local team or to Scottish Mountain Rescue. Please visit www.scottishmountainrescue.org for more info. To find out about Dundonnell the team featured in this article please visit www.dmrt.org.uk

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