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AVIEMORE & DISTRICT YOUNG CURLERS All welcome. Call I. Hay on 01479 870431 AVIEMORE COMMUNITY CAFE Wed, 10am - 4pm. St Andrew's Church Hall. Delicious home baked cakes & hearty soups served as well as tea & coffee. Come & enjoy a cuppa & a blether with our friendly customers & volunteers. Call Barbara Aarden (Secretary) on 01479 811245. AVIEMORE HEALTH WALK GROUP Thurs, 1.30 pm, Myrtlefield Car Park near Mike’s Bikes (by the stairway). Call Mary on 01479 810519 BADENOCH & STRATHSPEY ORIENTEERING CLUB Tues, 6.30pm - 7.30pm, Aviemore. Orienteering, usually with a navigational focus. Newcomers are welcome & there is always someone to explain things & help you get started. Juniors - Schools League. Email Jane Cox (Sec) at secretary@basoc.org.uk BADENOCH & 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 873806 or email at admin@badenochandstrathspey ramblers.org.uk BEADING & JEWLLERY 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 BOAT OF GARTEN GOLF & TENNIS CLUB The Club welcomes visitors but recommends that you pre-book -

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CAIRNGORM BRIDGE CLUB Tues, arrive by 6:45pm for a prompt start, at St John's Church Hall, Rothiemurchus (opposite tennis courts, on the ski road). All welcome. Call Carol on 01479 810882

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STRATH SUNSHINE CLUB Every other Mon, 2pm, St John’s Church Hall, Rothiemurchus. A social club for the over 50s living in the Strath. Call Anne on 01479 810998 or email at walter.dempster@homecall.co.uk

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TOMINTOUL B.A.L.L. GROUP Fortnightly on Wed, 10am 12pm, Tomnabat Court.A group supporting older people in & around Tomintoul to live healthier, sustainable & independent. We meet every for music, yoga, crafts & interesting talks. Call Susan Daley on 01343 563510 or email at CWDevelopmentTeam @moray.gov.uk

GRANTOWN ON SPEY BRIDGE CLUB Mon (Oct - Apr), 7pm, Grantown’s Episcopal Church Hall. Visitors & new members welcome. Call 01479 872672 GRANTOWN ON SPEY U3A Meets every two weeks from October to April at Grant Arms Hotel, Grantown on Spey. www.grantownu3a.co.uk GRANTOWN YOUTH CLUB Tues: Girls’ Night 6pm - 10pm. Fri: Youth Drop-in 7pm - 11pm. Sat: Youth Drop-in 6pm - 10pm & Sun 2pm - 6pm. Grantown YMCA/ Community Centre, High Street, Grantown on Spey. Call Jennifer Tiller on 01479 872262 KINGUSSIE TENNIS CLUB Coaching available for members & non-members. New members

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‘Young people have exalted notions. They have not been humbled by life or learnt its necessary limitations’. ‘Children now love luxury; they show disrespect for their elders and love chatter in place of exercise!’ No, this isn’t the writer in a grumpy mood , nor the view of the writer, but is quoting two Greek Philosophers, Aristotle & Socrates, writing about 2,400 years ago. The point they make to me is that things actually don’t change. People ranted 2000 years ago about some of the things we do today. We may be living in a very different world technologically, but a lot of the underlying issues remain the same. There are disagreements in the churches today, but what’s new. When I read the writings of St Paul. that is only too obvious. I sometimes think that a significant proportion of St Paul’s energies were as trouble shooter or conciliator. One of the challenges of his time was the

development of the personality cult. Very early on in his first letter to the Corinthians he writes…’each one of you says something different. One says “ I follow Paul”; another “I follow Apollos” ; another “ I follow Peter” ; and another “I follow Christ”. Christ has been divided into groups ! Was it Paul who died on a cross for you?(1 Corinthians Ch 1 v12) As local churches evolved so powerful personalities arose. They clearly had gifts of leadership, but then allowed these gifts to go to their heads and they developed personality followings rather than focussing on Christ. Gifts of leadership are surely given so that leaders may SERVE. Just as the cult of personality was a danger 2000 years ago, so too can it be today. It’s interesting and disturbing how, in some countries, the ‘personality’ leader has rather superceded democracy as we know it. A key message that Christianity brings is that we’re all gifted’ people

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in different ways. Our gifts are given by God as pieces of a jigsaw, where each piece has a key part to play. The one thing they all have in common is their GIVEN SO WE MAY SERVE. Churches need to be careful about this. We can forget that there is no hierarchy of gifts. As individuals we can forget that we’re not called to take ouselves too seriously, but take God seriously What is true of the church is true for all society. We can be become personality ridden. Dominant personalities can subdue others. Well, things don’t seem to change. It’s just a pity we don’t always learn the lessons of the past!!

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I am committed to bringing forestry into the heart of discussions about the future growth of the rural economy – for too long it has been a ‘cinderella’ sector. I recently visited the 5 Forestry Commission local offices all over Scotland. Their staff of around 20 in each office cover huge areas as woodland and conservation officers, helping to process woodland applications. They are experts in their field, doing a great job with a great culture and we want to build on that. Our forestry bill, currently in Parliament, will complete devolution of this vital sector. I have big ambitions for it too – not only to meet the current target of planting 10,000 trees a year but increasing that. I am determined to ensure that we put in place the supports needed to grow the forestry industry for the benefit of our economy, our health and our environment. Fergus Ewing MSP

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moray supports refugees: appeal for warm clothing, tents & equipment for adults, children & babies living in refugee camps. for collection points contact christine preece at chrispreece1@hotmail.com

until 31 december year of history, heritage & archaeology 2017 tbc, moray, speyside & the highlands. various events. www.visitscotland.com

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1917 wwi exhibition tbc, ground floor of the highlanders museum, fort george, ardersier. original objects, archives & photographs, call ann-marie peckham, curator on 0131 3108764/0131 3108702 or email ann-marie@thehighlandersmuseum.com. www.thehighlandersmuseum.com

1 october - 31 october moray’s feelgood festival: a festival for all, offering arts events with a gentle mental health slant, themed on 'reclaim.' music, film, workshops, visual art, theatre, literature. call vivien hendry on 07902 293 166 or email at vivienhendry@btinternet.com www.moraywellbeinghub.org.uk admin@winterburnmedia.co.uk

texas 6pm, inverness. tickets from website or caffreys menswear. call 0844 888 9991. www.ticketline.co.uk tech meetup inverness 7pm, centre for health science, inverness. networking group for people interested in technology, either as a hobby or professionally. food & drink provided. call robert on 01463 255000 or at robert@nessdesign.biz.

25 monday - 29 friday dufftown whisky festival varous venues & timings dufftown. several distilleries not normally open to the public invite whisky enthusiasts to tour their facilities www.spiritofspeyside.com

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be done by hand with a spring rake, but some mechanical help is really the best option for anything more than quite a small lawn. You can hire a blade scarifier for the day at some garden machinery centres, but be warned, these are pretty vicious machines and it’s only too easy to “plough” your garden, and then need a new lawn ! An “average” lawn usually takes 2 experienced crew half a day to do with machines and blowers. The best time to tackle this is either side of Christmas. Scarifying is never recommended in the growing season because the very nature of the exercise is pretty traumatic for the grass, and some recovery time is required, during which time it looks pretty shabby. Doing it off-season allows recovery, then you put on a spring feed, and have a season of decent grass to mow. Enjoy !

bit of work. I’m talking about scarifying again of course. This will also be featuring in all the TV gardening programmes and magazines about now, and it is what we at GreenThumb spend all winter doing. We will have 3 heavy blade scarifier machines out clearing (at the last count) 1,000 lawns round here. – oh joy ! Scarifying moss and thatch out is undertaken to clear the lawn surface of all the dead material and moss to allow fresh grass plants to dominate the lawn environment, providing the best conditions for absorbsion of sunlight, moisture and nutrients. If this task is overlooked (or avoided), the following season there is even more build-up, and in no time, the lawn is more moss than grass.

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26 tuesday music for lunch: christopher baxter 12pm, brodie castle. £15. all welcome. call 01309 641371 or brodiecastle@nts.org.uk meet the gsa in moray: ucas higher education exhibition 9.15am - 3.15pm, moray college, uhi, elgin. our staff will be able to advise you on all our undergraduate specialist degree programmes in architecture, design, etc. email recruitment@gsa.ac.uk. www.gsa.ac.uk

27 wednesday baby loss support service: for anyone touched by baby loss, or grieving their inability to conceive 7.15pm - 8.30pm, st andrew’s cathedral, inverness. free. www.sayinggoodbye.org steve pledger 8.30pm, old bridge inn, aviemore badger watch times vary, boat of garten. £10; accompanied u16s free. www.highlandbadgers.net the drouthy cobbler comedy club@the drouthy cobbler 8pm www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk

28 thursday entreprenurial academy: executing a digital strategy 9am - 5pm, kingsmills hotel, culcabock road, inverness. free. workshops sustainable growth & scaling up. highlands & islands enterprise. email entrepreneurship@hient.co.uk. www.eventbrite.co.uk

29 friday where 2 today music afternoon tea dance/ceilidh 2-4pm, kincraig community hall. £2.50 for afternoon tea, music, dancing, singing & raffle. all welcome. call ros munro 01479 810004 or at ros@ct4u.co.uk. www.ct4u.co.uk

29 friday - 30 saturday stamp auction: britain's first travelling stamp auction tbc, fochabers public institute. call 0773 8555773 or info@bbsauction.co.uk. www.bbsauction.co.uk moray's moktober fest: the best beers, bands, bratwurst and party in elgin tbc, elgin great glen walking club: weekend away; details to follow tbc, newtonmore

29 friday - 1 october rock in the loch 12pm (29th) - 1pm (1st), jakes bar & restaurant, lochanhully, carrbridge. £20. rock the och motorcycle gathering. join us at j.a.k.e.s for his first gathering! live music, bbq & stalls

30 saturday 11th annual agricultural working vintage rally & display 10am - 4pm, daviot estate (5 miles south of inverness). adults £10 (incl catalogue); u16s free strathnairn farmers' association. call ray smith & donald maclennan on 01463 790325/07796750041 or 01463 731682/07860116846 or email at strathnairnfarmers@hotmail.com. www.daviotvintage.co.uk page 16 - October 2017

the first black tie fundraiser in aid of aberlour pipe band. 8pm - 12.30am, grant hall, rothes. £10. call 07497 110051 or 07824 361003 cammanachd cup final 2017 11am, bught park, inverness. www.shinty.com 20th anniversary of damn rebel bitches: the women of the '45 1.30pm, culloden battlefield visitors centre £3; conc & students £2.50. maggie craig in conversation with lin anderson, crime writer & cofounder of the bloody scotland crime writing festival email culloden@nts.org.uk shaka loves you@the old bridge inn, aviemore 10pm, all welcome. call 01479 811137 or 01479 811181. www.oldbridgeinn.co.uk moray typhoons vs kilmarnock jnr ice hockey club 7pm, moray leisure centre. a great night out for all the family. come along & support your local ice hockey team. doors open 6.30pm, faceoff 7pm. www.moraytyphoons.co.uk

30 saturday - 1 october funbox underwater adventure 12pm & 3pm, eden court theatre, inverness. £9 - £12. great fun for the kids!! call 01463 234 234

October 2017 1 sunday blood donors 10.45am - 12.30pm & 2pm - 3.15pm, mortlach memorial hall, dufftown. please book an appointment. call 0345 301 7270 or email at nss.snbtsenquiry@nhs.net tommy smith quartet: embodying the light 7.30pm, one touch theatre, eden court. call 01463 234234 feelgood festival film night@the drouthy cobbler: 3 new, locallymade films 7.30pm free but booking advised. call vivien hendry on 07902 293166 or heidi@moraywellbeinghub.org.uk. www.moraywellbeinghub.org.uk

2 monday blanche & butch 8pm, one touch theatre, eden court, inverness. call 01463 234234

2 monday - 3 tuesday october fair in aid of children 1st mon 5pm - 8pm & tues 10am - 3.30pm, westfield house, elgin. lots of stalls for early christmas shopping. coffee & biscuits lunch also available. call veronica maclean on 01343 547308 or at veronica.maclean@yahoo.co.uk

3 tuesday scottish ornithologists' club: technology, tags & tracks - talk by ben darvill 7.30 pm, culloden library, inverness. £3 members; £4 non members. call 01463 772539 or 01808 511740

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4 wednesday nature champions (sdc kids' club, 3 - 9 years) 2pm 4pm, scottish dolphin centre, spey bay. theme tbc call lisa farley on 01343 820339 alzheimer scotland - musical memories - elgin 1.30pm - 3pm, new elgin & ashgrove public hall, land street, new elgin. free. singing & music from all eras for people with memory problems & dementia (and their friends & family). call sharon finlay, community activities organiser on 07584 408209 or email at sfinlay@alzscot.org the skids 40th anniversary tour@ironworks, inverness. 7.30pm. www.ironworksvenue.com

5 thursday

07902 293166 or heidi@moraywellbeinghub.org.uk www.moraywellbeinghub.org.uk/festival reclaim the beat', community drum jam 7pm - 9pm, st giles church, the plainstones, elgin. £5 adult, £4 u 16s. carol scorer will lead a community drum jam, instruments provided - learn some african rhythms! call vivien hendry on 07902 293166 or email at heidi@moraywellbeinghub.org.uk www.moraywellbeinghub.org.uk/festival world porridge making championships 10.15am4pm, carrbridge village hall. donations porridge making & tasting, whisky tasting, prize draw

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great glen walking club: blue hill circular walk 9am (please arrive 15 mins earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. distance: 10.5 miles; grade b

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nessbookfest tbc, various venues in inverness exciting & varied programme of events involving local writers, artists & publishers as well as guest speakers. www.nessbookfest.wordpress.com

6 friday susie mccabe: let’s get physical@the drouthy cobbler 7.30pm. www.thedrouthycobbler.com paul oakenfold generations tour@ironworks, inverness 10.30pm. www.ironworksvenue.com moray social enterprise impact awards 2017 6.30pm - 10.30pm, innes house, elgin. nominations at www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/impactawards17. www.tsimoray.org.uk calum macphail trio@hootananny 9.30pm

7 saturday music nairn: brodsky quartet play shostakovich, borodin & beethoven 7.30 pm, nairn community & arts centre. £19/£15 /£3. call 01667 455701. www.musicnairn.org.uk inverness abc boxing tournament@ironworks, inverness. doors 7pm. www.ironworksvenue.com moray feelgood festival 17 - launch 10am - 2pm, st giles church, the plainstones, elgin. free. live music & information fair, focusing on local arts & wellbeing support groups. refreshments & activities. call viv hendry on 07902 293 166 or email at heidi@moraywellbeinghub.org.uk. www.moraywellbeinghub.org.uk/festival 'the penguins tuxedo' drumming workshop 3pm 4pm, st giles church, the plainstones, elgin. free. a family friendly samba drumming workshop. instruments provided, come & make a big noise! call vivien hendry on 07902 293166 or email heidi@moraywellbeinghub.org.uk. www.moraywellbeinghub.org.uk/festival 'the art of mindfulness: with jan grigg of 'mindful forces'. 4.30pm - 6pm, st giles church, the plainstones, elgin. free. come along to an arty taster session of 'mindfulness' call vivien hendry on admin@winterburnmedia.co.uk

elgin & district parkinson’s support group: joan cook "singalong" 7.30 pm - 9.30pm, st sylvester's hall, institution road elgin meetings. free. all welcome. teas & coffees at end of meeting. call gillian gibson on 01343 541056 or elginanddistrictpsg@gmail.com www.parkinsons.org.uk 'reclaim & up-craft', family workshop 10am - 12pm, reclaim & up-craft', adult workshop (16+) 2pm - 4pm, earth time, cooper park, elgin. free. learn techniques from 'earth time' to reclaim & upcycle & up-craft objects. booking essential via webpage. call vivien hendry on 07902 293166 or email at heidi@moraywellbeinghub.org.uk www.moraywellbeinghub.org.uk/festival rsgs lecture: life with the hunters of the south seas 7.30pm – 9pm, highland council chamber, glenurquhart road, inverness. email rpreece@onetel.com. www.rsgs.org

10 tuesday alzheimer scotland 'hae a news' group - aberlour 10.30am - 12pm, aberlour parish church, the square, aberlour. free. tea, conversation & activities for people with memory problems & dementia (plus their friends & family). call sharon finlay, community activities organiser on 07584 408209 or email at sfinlay@alzscot.org 'nowse', men's writing workshop with author orla broderick 7.30pm - 9pm, elgin library. free, but booking advised. a men only (age 16+) session nowse is the toolbox you need to be visible on line, using websites, tweeting, blogging. call vivien hendry on 07902 293166 or email at heidi@moraywellbeinghub.org.uk. www.moraywellbeinghub.org.uk/festival inverallan old time dancing 7.30pm-10pm, inverallan church hall, grantown on spey. £3. informal evening of scottish dancing to live music. no experience required. all welcome call 01479 851353

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11 wednesday the arts society speyside lecture (formerly known as nadfas: burnt, bombed or bulldozed: britain’s lost houses 11am. coffee & tea available from 10.15am, the williamson hall, duff avenue, elgin. new members welcome/£7 for visitors. call membership secretary on 07789 880481 nature champions (sdc kids' club, 3 - 9 years) 2pm 4pm, scottish dolphin centre, spey bay. theme tbc call lisa farley on 01343 820339 'find your inner writer', women's writing workshop with orla broderick 6pm - 9.30pm, elgin library. free, but booking advised. a writing workshop based on mindfulness, meditation & free writing. 16+ call vivien hendry on 07902 293166 or email at heidi@moraywellbeinghub.org.uk. www.moraywellbeinghub.org.uk/festival

12 thursday stars of irish country@ironworks, inverness. 7.30pm. www.ironworksvenue.com "spellchasers", author reading & workshop with lari don on 'the witches guide to magical combat' 2pm 3pm, elgin library. free, but booking advised. (age 812). call vivien hendry on 07902 293166 or at heidi@moraywellbeinghub.org.uk. www.moraywellbeinghub.org.uk/festival "mind blind", author reading & workshop with lari don 3.30pm - 4.30pm, elgin library. free, but booking advised. (age 11-14 approx). call vivien hendry on 07902 293166 or heidi@moraywellbeinghub.org.uk. www.moraywellbeinghub.org.uk/festival 'writing for young readers', adult writers workshop with lari don 7.30pm - 9pm, elgin library. free, but booking advised. call vivien hendry on 07902 293166 or at heidi@moraywellbeinghub.org.uk. www.moraywellbeinghub.org.uk/festival dave martin, big fat electric@the drouthy cobbler, elgin 8.30pm - 11pm, free, but booking advised. call vivien hendry on 07902 293166 or at heidi@moraywellbeinghub.org.uk. www.moraywellbeinghub.org.uk/festival

dr alistair mason on 01261 812941 or email at bfc.1880@gmail.com. www.banffshirefieldclub.co.uk moray field club october walk: randolph's leap to edinkillie church 9.30am, bus leaves lossie green car park, elgin. distance: 3 - 4 miles. email bookings preferred by 6pm on preceding thurs. call 01343 547968 or email at morayfieldclub@outlook.com. family drop-in activity – ogham pendants 11am-1pm, elgin museum. free. learn how to write your name in ancient oghan, make your own decorated clay pendant, children to be accompanied by adult mcfleetwood mac triubte@ironworks, inverness 7.30pm www.ironworksvenue.com the ultimate eagles@eden court theatre, inverness 7.30pm, the 40th anniversary of the legendary album "hotel california". call 01463 234234 great glen walking club: south from glenmore ski centre on ben macdui footpath 9am (please arrive 15 mins earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, inverness distance: 4 miles; grade: b. 9am, west of coire an lochan distance 4miles/ 6.4km, walk grade b, meet at uhi car park, ness walk, inverness

15 sunday 'reclaiming the imagination - magical family fun' 2pm - 4.30pm, transition town, forres. free. food, fairy craft, sculpture & more, for all the family! make a fairy, find the fairy houses! call vivien hendry on 07902 293166 or heidi@moraywellbeinghub.org.uk. www.moraywellbeinghub.org.uk/festival corralach @hootananny, inverness 9.30pm craft fayre 10am - 4pm, glenrinnes community hall aviemore half marathon 10k & fun run tbc, aviemore

15 sunday - 22 sunday

inverness street festival 11am - 4pm, inverness city centre. street entertainers, family fun.

"awakenings": fine art photography by hannah laycock 10am - 5pm, the long room, logie steading. free. images inspired by the impact of living with multiple sclerosis. call vivien hendry on 07902 293166 or heidi@moraywellbeinghub.org.uk. www.moraywellbeinghub.org.uk/festival 'no negatives', photography exhibition by group f/63 10am - 5pm, long room, logie steading. free. call vivien hendry on 07902 293166 or email at heidi@moraywellbeinghub.org.uk. www.moraywellbeinghub.org.uk/festival

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moray society lecture series winter: whisky in the cabrach: illicit stills & the early legal distilleries 7.30pm, elgin museum. £1.50 - £3 uk foo fighters 10th anniversary tour@ironworks, inverness 7.30pm. www.ironworksvenue.com bbc sso 7.30pm, one touch theatre, eden court call 01463 234234

14 saturday banffshire field club: "henrietta tayler" - speaker maggie craig. 2.15 p.m. to 3.45 p.m., st rufus church hall, turner street, keith. members £2, visitors £3. call page 18 - October 2017

light & life 7pm - 9pm, costa coffee, high st. elgin. free spiritual readings, dream interpretation, spiritual art, personality styles, massage, healing, music. call alyson sim on 07733 1----27539 or email at malalysim@lightlife.org.uk. www.lightlife.org.uk thrive: ‘reclaim yourself’ with shaaron skinner 3pm 4.40pm, elgin library. how mental health & illness is portrayed in the media. call vivien hendry on 07902 293166 or at heidi@moraywellbeinghub.org.uk. www.moraywellbeinghub.org.uk/festival

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17 tuesday alzheimer scotland knit & natter craft group - elgin 10.30am - 12pm, activities room, elgin library. free. all types of crafts for people with memory problems & dementia (plus their friends and family) call sharon finlay, community activities organiser on 07584 408209 or email at sfinlay@alzscot.org alzheimer scotland - musical memories - elgin 1.30pm - 3pm, new elgin & ashgrove public hall, land street, new elgin. free. singing & music from all eras for people with memory problems & dementia (plus their friends & family). call sharon finlay, community activities organiser on 07584 408209 or email at sfinlay@alzscot.org

18 wednesday family drop-in activity – the egyptians 11am - 1pm, elgin museum. free. learn how to write like an ancient egyptian/ make your own pharoah's cartouche, children must be accompanied by adult "magic casements", a talk exploring place & space with howie firth, author 7.30pm - 9pm, elgin library free, but booking advised. call vivien hendry on 07902 293166 or heidi@moraywellbeinghub.org.uk. www.moraywellbeinghub.org.uk/festival alzheimer scotland - musical memories - elgin 1.30pm - 3pm, new elgin & ashgrove public hall, land street, new elgin. free. singing & music from all eras for people with memory problems & dementia (plus their friends & family). call sharon finlay, community activities organiser on 07584 408209 or email at sfinlay@alzscot.org

19 thursday

hotel california doors open 7pm - 10.30pm, elgin town hall. £15 - £17. 14+. over 18s only in the bar reclaiming verse:poetry reading with forwords 11am & 2pm, the bookshop, logie steading. free. bring your own poetry or a favourite poem to share. call vivien hendry on 07902 293166 or email at heidi@moraywellbeinghub.org.uk. www.moraywellbeinghub.org.uk/festival

22 sunday

the story of the little gentleman 4pm, one touch theatre, eden court, finverness. call 01463 234234 great glen walking club: achnashellach station – easan dorcha bothy circuit 9am (please arrive 15 mins earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. distance: 9.5 miles; grade: b

23 monday

elaine paige in concert 7.30pm, eden court , inverness. call 01463 234234

24 tuesday

embroidery at 'in stitches' 1pm - 4pm, drop in, 'in stitches', 15, high street, elgin. free. fancy trying out embroidery on a professional machine? at this event you can embroider you initials onto fabric! call vivien hendry on 07902 293166 or at heidi@moraywellbeinghub.org.uk. www.moraywellbeinghub.org.uk/festival

24 tuesday - 26 thursday

6th highland wheelchair curling triples competition 2017 tues 10am - 4pm (opening ceremony) inverness ice centre. come along & watch wheelchair curlers from all over scotland & the north of england in action. call mo simpson on 07798 710 404 or email at wheels77uk@yahoo.co.uk

"moonwrite" creative writing/poetry workshop with helen moore (16+) 7pm - 9pm, transition town, forres. free, but booking advised.age. call vivien hendry on 07902 293166 or email at heidi@moraywellbeinghub.org.uk. www.moraywellbeinghub.org.uk/festival ‘silver linings playbook’ supported by the universtiy of the 3rd age 7.30pm, the inkwell, elgin. free, but booking advised & donations welcome. call vivien hendry on 07902 293166 or email at heidi@moraywellbeinghub.org.uk. www.moraywellbeinghub.org.uk

session a9 8pm, eden court, inverness. call 01463 234234. www.eden-court writing for wellbeing with liz thompson 7pm 8.30pm, elgin library. free, but booking advised. call vivien hendry on 07902 293166 or email at heidi@moraywellbeinghub.org.uk. www.moraywellbeinghub.org.uk/festival

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27 friday

"awakenings": artist's talk by hannah laycock on the ideas behind her photographs, through which she considers life with multiple sclerosis 7.30pm - 9pm, the long room, logie steading. free. call vivien hendry on 07902 293166 or email at heidi@moraywellbeinghub.org.uk. admin@winterburnmedia.co.uk

25 wednesday

colonel mustard and the di-jon 5 'yellowe'en' + spring break@ironworks. inverness 10.30pm www.ironworksvenue.com where 2 today music afternoon tea dance/ceilidh 2pm - 4pm, aviemore legion. £2.50 for tea.

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music, dancing, singing & raffle. 2-4pm all welcome call ros munro on 01479 810004 or email at ros@ct4u.co.uk. www.ct4u.co.uk late night spooktacular! 5pm - 7pm, elgin museum, free. hallowe'en fun - decorate a skull, learn about the day of the dead & dress up. call claire herbert on 01343 543675 or at curator@elginmuseum.org.uk http://www.elginmuseum.org.uk badenoch fiddlers: organised by the badenoch arthritis support group, 7.30pm10pm, talla nan ros, king street, kingussie. £3. refreshments/raffle.

28 saturday

moray leisure centre. a great night out for all the family. support your local ice hockey team. doors open 6.30pm, faceoff 7pm. www.moraytyphoons.co.uk quiz night in aid of aultziemers & dementia 7.30pm, edinvillie hall, aberlour. £2.50 per person (teams of 4 - 6 people). byob. raffle. great glen walking club: guisachan & plodda falls 9am (please arrive 15 mins earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. distance: 9 miles; grade: b

29 sunday

just sing concert 7pm, eden court, inverness. performance £8 workshop £10. call 01463 234234

icehouse halloween party 6pm - 7.30pm-ish, scottish dolphin centre, spey bay. call lisa 31 tuesday farley on 01343 820339 scouting for girls@ironworks, inverness an evening of chamber music in aid of 7.30pm www.ironworksvenue.com macmillan 7.30pm, speyside high school, mary avenue, aberlour. tickets at the door £10 (children £5). bookings by phone at 01340 871490. ho-ro & trail west@ironworks, inverness 8pm www.ironworksvenue.com moray typhoons vs edinburgh capitals Buckie furniture Oct 17.pdf 1 7pm, 11/09/2017 12:42

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The Garden TOM ANGEL IS A CHARTERED HORTICULTURIST AND GARDEN DESIGNER BASED IN AVIEMORE. TOM PROVIDES GARDEN DESIGN AND CONSULTANCY SERVICES AS ‘ANGEL HORTICULTURE’, HAVING PREVIOUSLY RUN HIS OWN COMMERCIAL GARDENING BUSINESS FOR TWELVE YEARS. TOM ALSO BLOGS AS ‘THE MOUNTAIN GARDENER’.

eptember is a fantastic time for really getting ahead in the garden. Often when you get the clippers out in the earlier summer months, it seems that things grow back so quickly that you’re chasing your own tail! September is a good time to give your hedges a final cut of the year for example – there won’t be much more growth till next spring, but you’re unlikely to expose the hedging plants to any hard frosts that they’re not going to enjoy over the coming weeks. If you’ve got your clippers out remember that plants are pretty tough things on the whole and, as a very general rule, people tend to be too shy with their pruning. Here are a few DOs & DON'Ts for garden jobs this month –

t DO give any of your hedges a final trim of the year. t DO aerate any boggy patches in your lawn and rake in some sharp sand. Make sure you don't use 'soft' sand (sometimes know as 'builders' sand') t DO apply an autumn lawn feed. This will stimulate your

grass roots, and will not cause vigorous sward growth. t DO add a high potassium feed to beds (like a ‘fish, blood & bone’ mix) to feed your plants’ roots. Be aware that some dogs, especially one in particular (mine), enjoy rolling around in and eating this kind of fertilizer, given half a chance… t DO get some spring bulbs planted, Daffodils and Crocus should ideally go in this month. t DO divide herbaceous perennials.

t DON’T use a high nitrogen feed on your plants or grass. This would stimulate vigorous leaf growth that may get damaged by October frosts. t DON’T cut your grass too short as you get towards your final grass cut, this is to ensure that your grass plants (for that is what each blade of grass is!) do not enter the dormant period while under stress. t DON’T forget to water your plants during any dry spells. Don’t think that just because it is a bit cold or overcast that your plants won’t be missing the rain, even if you’re not! With a bit of luck, as we emerge from the rainy season of August, we will be rewarded with some bright early autumn days when we can enjoy our gardens. Whether that is by having a barbecue, pottering around getting some gardening done, or munching on the last of this year’s fat wild raspberries is up to you. I plan on doing all three! TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT I’M UP TO IN MY OWN GARDEN AT THE MOMENT YOU CAN CHECK OUT MY BLOG (‘THE MOUNTAIN GARDENER’) WHICH YOU CAN FIND ON MY WEBSITE AT WWW.ANGELHORT.COM

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