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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

months - club nights on a Mon & Wed. Bingo every Thurs at 7pm.

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ALVIE STABLES Small friendly stables offering all abilities the chance to ride. Mini treks for 20 mins or 1 hour trails.

Children's riding lessons also available. Call 07831 495397 or info@alvie-estate.co.uk

AVIEMORE WOMEN'S RURAL INSTITUTE 3rd Wed each month, (Sept to Apr), 7.30pm, St. Andrew's Church Hall, Aviemore. New members welcome. Call Molly on 01479 812608 or email inverness-shireandislands@ theswi.org.uk

ANAGACH WOODS TRUST WORK PARTY Last Sun each month, 10am, one to three hours weather permitting. Forest Road car park, top of General Wade's Road.

Bring your gardening gloves & a hot drink. Help restore our community woodland & get fit!

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Email piperspeace@aol.com BADENOCH GARDENING CLUB 3rd or 4th Wed of month, 7.30 pm, Newtonmore Village Hall (Lesser Hall). Membership £10. Meetings free for members. £2.50 for visitors, who are most welcome. Call Beth Alder on 01540 673213 or email at badenochgardeningclub@ gmail.com

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CRAIGELLACHIE REAL ALE CLUB First Wed of month at 7.30pm.

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KNOCKANDO CRAFT GROUP Tues, 6.30pm - 8.30pm, Margach Hall, Knockando. General interest group. £2 per session.

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DUFFTOWN OVER SIXTIES Wed monthly, 2pm - 4pm, Back Hall of Memorial Hall.

Entertainment including tea & coffee. All welcome. Membership £10 per annum. Annual summer bus outing. Call 01340 820388, 01340 820582, or 01340 820264 EDINVILLIE CRAFT CLUB Tues, (Oct - Apr), 2pm - 4pm, Edinvillie Hall. Tea & coffee available. There is also a visiting 'mobile craft shop', Lauraine's Crafts from Buckie. All welcome.

Call Ina Whyte on 01340 871665

ROYAL BRITISH LEGION DUFFTOWN Mon, 7.30pm Stramash Traditional Scottish Music. 3rd Sat of month is cinema day.

Children in the afternoon & adults in the evening. 50 Balvenie Street, Dufftown. Call 01340 820711

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 INVERLLAN OLD TYME DANCING 2nd Tues of the month from 7.30pm - 10pm, Inverallan Church Hall, Grantown-on-Spey.

Mixed old tyme & country dancing to live music. No partner required. £3 incl. tea & biscuits.

Call Jane Mackintosh on 01479 851353 or email at jane. mackintosh.01@btinternet.com KINGUSSIE SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB Wed, (Sept - Mar), 7.30pm 9.30pm, Tala na Ros, King Street, Kingussie. New members & visitors welcome. Call 01540 662060/01540 661772.

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MORAY & NAIRN FLORAL ART CLUB 2nd Wed of month, (Mar - Jun & Sept - Dec), 7.30pm, The Tolbooth, Forres. Annual fee.

New members welcome.

Call Jean on 01309 672552

THE OSPREY MUSIC SOCIETY (TOMS) TOMS is a group operating under the umbrella of Boat of Garten Community Company, a charity which acts as an umbrella organisation to support groups within the village, runs events and manages community projects. Call Ann Napier on 01479 831213 or email at ann.nap@btinternet.com WEE BOGEES - PARENTS & TODDLERS Friday, 10am, Boat of Garten Hall Email info@boathall.org.uk

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Summer went by in a blur for me. One minute I was looking forward to the longer days and nights and then, all of a sudden, the temperatures seem to be edging down and it’s getting darker earlier again.

I think I must be a summer fiend. - I love wearing shorts and fiercely resist the onset of Autumn, although I do really love the autumn colours greens slowly morphing to browns, yellows and reds. And then, of course, we can start looking forward to Christmas!! - well, perhaps not just yet!!

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PASTORAL LETTER & CHURCH MEETINGS

Who is this Jesus?

That was the question that was flooding the minds of every citizen of the village of Nazareth when the home town boy came back and spoke in the local assembly (Mark 6:1-6). Almost all of Jesus’ boyhood and early manhood had been spent in this back-water place and the local yokels thought that they knew him so well. They all said, “He’s one of us, he certainly can’t be any better than us!

We know his mother and his family.

They’re nothing special. Who does he think he is?”

But, their thoughts had been clouded by their preconceptions. They thought of him as only a local tradesman, a carpenter that was only well known for making ploughs and wagons. He was the son of a poor local woman named Mary and even his birth had some questionable details about it. Many people have the same problem in 2017, they think of Jesus as only a historical figure, just a really talented teacher that seemed to do some pretty special things in his day and time, but nothing that can affect anybody today.

A second thing that those locals from Nazareth did was to let their passions cloud their judgement of Jesus. Every

Jew in those days was looking for a leader who could get them out of the mess of the occupation of the oppressive Roman military forces in their area. But, this Jesus just didn’t feel like anything more than a carpenter.

The problem with this is that feelings rarely prove very much at all. I am a grandfather and have two lovely granddaughters, but some mornings I just don’t feel like a grandfather, but that does not mean that I’m not one.

Sometimes I might feel like a jet pilot, but you better not trust me to fly you to London. There is more to it than feelings!

The bottom line was that the citizens of Nazareth were simply trusting in their five senses about this man called Jesus.

And, by their own perceptions, he looked just like a carpenter, he walked just like a carpenter, he smelled just like a carpenter, and he dressed just like a carpenter. Even his accent when he spoke sounded just like a carpenter.

So, he must be just a carpenter. The problem is that there is more to human beings, more than just their senses.

There is more to life than just what we can see, hear, and feel. And, if as the recent news reports were correct: if

Abernethy Parish Church Family worship service on Sunday at 9:30am, followed by refreshments. More traditional worship service at 11:45am. Contact: Rev. Donald Walker. Tel: 01479 831252.

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. Contact Rev. Donald Walker Tel: 01479 831252.

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

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Jesus fed 5000 people with just a few fish and a bit of bread, if Jesus healed people who had suffered their whole lifetimes from critical diseases, and if Jesus raised a twelve-year-old girl from the dead, then it was foolish to leave such details out of the equation just because of his past employment opportunities.

Jesus made it very clear that he was more than a carpenter when he said in John 14:6 "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” If Jesus is the way to God (the Father), then there is something pretty special about him. We might just need to get to know him better.

Jesus, there is just something different about him. Drop your prejudices and get to know him better and you will see for yourself. Besides, what’s wrong with being a carpenter?

Rev Rick Moeller Grantown on Spey Baptist Church

Craigellachie Church Victoria Street. Sundays 9.45am.

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

Dulnain Bridge, Church of Scotland Sunday services 12noon.

All welcome. Contact Rev. Gordon Strang 01479 872084.

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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PARLIAMENT BLOG

Summer is behind us but as we head into the Autumn we can reflect on the fact that there is always lots to see and do in Moray.

The huge range and variety of community events brought visitors to the area and local people together.

Whether it was Keith Show, one of our spectacular Highland Games or a village fete I enjoyed over the summer; we’re all grateful for the massive amount of work that was undertaken by all the volunteers and organisers to ensure the events were a success.

I’ve been delighted to welcome individual Moray constituents, families and larger groups to Westminster since my election and would be pleased to meet anyone else who is interested in visiting the House of Commons.

As always I can be contacted on douglas.ross.mp@parliament.uk or via my constituency office at 63 High Street, Forres IV36 1PB or on 01309 679253.

Douglas Ross MSP

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It’s great to see so many visitors from all over Europe and the world enjoying all that the Highlands and Islands have to offer – including our amazing food and drink products which make the most of our natural larder.

Protecting the provenance of our quality produce is vital to our export success and it’s worrying to think that our GM free status might now be under threat.

Currently, discussions are being held in advance of new trade deals with the likes of the US and Japan. Without being able to have a say, Scotland could find itself having to accept foodstuffs made with GM cultivated ingredients and we could lose one of the unique selling points of the number one contributor to our economy.

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Scotland’s reputation as a world leader in renewables was bolstered by last week’s news that the sector has already generated enough electricity this year to supply in excess of Scotland’s demand for six days. Our renewables sector is a fantastic success story and I am delighted to see it grow from strength to strength, with the Highlands and Islands well and truly leading the way. Already more than half of all gross electricity consumption in Scotland comes from renewables. As well as helping to tackle climate change, the sector continues to attract investment, creating desirable skilled jobs in the Highlands & Islands and across Scotland. I will be visiting some of the local businesses working in renewables over the summer recess and look forward to hearing about their plans for the future. I also have a jam-packed tour of surgeries and door-to-door visits arranged and I hope to catch up with as many of you as possible. You can find details of surgeries on my website at www.drewhendrymp.scot.

Drew Hendry MP

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Local Holiday § Mon 18th Sept 2017 British Summertime Ends Sun 29th Oct 2017 Halloween Tues 31st Oct 2017 Bonfire Night Sun 5th Nov 2017 Remembrance Sunday Sun 12th Nov 2017 St Andrew’s Day Thurs 30th Nov 2017 1st Sunday in Advent Sun 3rd Dec 2017 2nd Sunday in Advent Sun 10th Dec 2017

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Every wedding is unique and tailor-made for each couple. You may hold the ceremony here in the garden or in one of the two beautiful reception rooms. After the service your guests can wander around the gardens whilst you have your photographs taken in these tranquil, romantic surroundings.

The reception and dinner may be held in the East Dining Room or larger parties can be held in our marquee extension which covers a walled garden complete with a summer house for the bar and a fountain around which the tables are set. After dinner you may enjoy dancing or other entertainment and then drive away down the tree lined avenue and look back on a magnificent floodlit house.

Alternatively, you and some of your guests may stay the night in one of our splendidly appointed bedrooms and leave after a leisurely breakfast the next morning.

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highlanders mcc 20th rally 4pm (1st) - 12pm (3rd), inchberry hall, fochabers. all welcome inverness jazz festival varous events & venues during the weekend. www.invernessjazzfestival.com

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30 wednesday the drouthy cobbler comedy club@the drouthy cobbler 8pm. www.drouthycobbler.com

31 thursday workplace innovation event 5pm - 7pm, highlands & islands enterprise, an lochran, 10 inverness campus, inverness. free. opportunities to improve productivity & innovation. run in partnership with the cipd & cmi. www.eventbrite.co.uk

31 thursday - 1 friday northern meeting piping competition tbc, eden court theatre - various. the world's most famous solo piping event. call gerry reynolds on 01463 785006

September 2017 1 friday the phonics@iironworks, inverness 7.30pm. www.ironworksvenue.com irie yo-yo@the drouthy cobbler 9pm, all welcome. www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk bats, bats, bats!: ranger event 8pm - 10pm, grant arms hotel, grantown on spey. adults £4.5, conc £3.50, family £15. call 07818 588222 or email at saranne.bish@highland.gov.uk déjà vu sale of ladies’ clothes & accessories: fashion with compassion by children's 1st (inverness friends) 10.30am - 8pm, jury's inn, inverness. £2.50 (tea/ coffee/ biscuits). special price lunch for customers, bring a friend & make a day of it. call jane clunas on 01463 220057 or email at jane.clunas@children1st.org.uk ranger-led guided walk: dell woods as a wildlife refuge 11am, nethy bridge visitor centre. free but donations welcome. 2 - 3 hour 2km stroll

1 friday - 2 saturday spirit of speyside 1pm - 10pm, elgin town hall speyside's single malt whisky & gin distillers, craft brewers & food producers under one roof. £20. enquiries@spiritofspeyside.com. www.distilled.scot rspb big wild sleep out: camping at the highland folk museum – between nature & history. 4.30pm 10.30am, highland folk museum, kingussie. adults £30, children £15, families £60. call 01540 673551 or email at highland.folk@highlifehighland.com page 16 - September 2017

lizabett russo@the drouthy cobbler 9pm. www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk keith horticultural society annual flower show 1pm 4pm, longmore hall, keith. exhibits of cut flowers, vegetables, floral art, pot plants, jams,etc highland archive centre: doors open day 11am 4pm, highland archive centre, bught road, inverness free but booking essentia. behind-the-scenes tours, displays of original archives & sporting material. chat with family historian & conservator. call 01463 256437. www.highlifehighland.com/archives-service carve carbridge 2017: scottish open chainsaw carving cpmpetition 9.30am, carrbridge. a day of family events including live music, activities, games, stalls & food & drink. www.carvecarrbridge.com prime four beast race loch ness 9am, aldourie castle estate, inverness. a leg-numbing 10k along the banks of loch ness great glen walking club: loch a’ bhraoin southwards (towards loch fannich) 9am (please arrive 15 mins earlier), uhi car park, inverness. grade c; 8 miles the lost world: outdoor theatre 6pm, gordon castle walled garden, fochabers.

3 sunday grantown on spey motor mania 12pm, the square, grantown on spey. free. display of vintage, specialist & unusual vehicles of all kinds from sports cars to motor cycles. /www.grantown-motormania.co.uk soup & sweet 12pm, craigellachie village hall memory day: local history booklet photos etc.& old farming memorabilia. 10am - 4pm, glenrinnes community centre. all welcome

4 monday birds, beasts & flowers in western australia: speaker derek mcginn 8.30pm, grant arms hotel, grantown on spey

5 tuesday the work of the rspb in the highlands: speaker kenna chisholm 7.30 pm, culloden library, inverness. £3 members; £4 non members. (scottish ornithologists' club). call david bain or kathy boniface on 01463 772539 or 01808 511740

5 tuesday - 8 friday offshore europe 2017 tbc, aberdeen exhibition & conference centre, bridge of don, aberdeen aberdeen will be the focus of the global oil & industry. email synden.grieve@scotent.co.uk

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6 wednesday - 7 thursday preparing to export : 2 day introductory workshop 9am - 5pm, highlands & islands enterprise, an lochran, 10 inverness campus, inverness. free. offers invaluable tools, expertise & insights to help develop export capabilities & grow business. www.eventbrite.co.uk

7 thursday jeffrey lewis with ariel sharratt & mathias kom@the drouthy cobbler, 9pm. www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk hypnobirthing: hosted by sandra reams 6.30pm 8.30pm, the inkwell, francis place, elgin. easy to learn self hypnosis, breathing techniques, positive visualisations & affirmations, etc. the arc sessions: phil cunningham & aly bain 7.30pm, fochabers public institute. all welcome8 lizabett russo duo 8.30pm, old bridge inn, aviemore. call 01479 811137. www.oldbridgeinn.co.uk big beasts, little birds: wildlife on the chobe river, botswana & the etosha reserve, namibia; speaker dorothy grace 8.30pm, grant arms hotel, grantown

9 saturday - 10 sunday rat race coast to coast 7am (9th) - 6pm (10th), nairn harbour start. run, ride & kayak past cawdor castle, loch ness, glen nevis & glen coe, to name but a few stunning sights! www.ratrace.com shenanigan 2017 tbc, bogbain farm, inverness tickets from website. multi-stage dance event showcasing djs & electronic artists in the highlands www.residentadvisor.net

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8 friday gareth mutch: mutch ado about nothing@the drouthycobbler. www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk ranger-led guided walk: dell woods as a wildlife refuge 11am, nethy bridge visitor centre. free but donations for ‘explore abernethy’ path networks.

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8 friday - 10 sunday the highland military tattoo tbc, fort george, nr inverness. £18 - £50. tickets can be bought by ringing 0131 310 8701/8702 or by visiting hector's gift shop in person. call 0131 310 8701/8702. www.thehighlandersmuseum.com 7scots 36 hour survival weekend in aid of mfr cash for kids tbc, fort george infantry barracks. £25 registration fee. could you survive in the wild for 36 hours with no technology, sleeping under a basher & eating nothing but food rations? call allana on 01463 227700 or email at allana@mfr.co.uk

9 saturday banffshire field club: "benevolence & bazaars" speaker dr douglas lockhart 2.15p.m - 3.45 p.m, st rufus church hall, turner street, keith. members £2, visitors £3. call dr alistair mason on 01261 812941 or email at bfc.1880@gmail.co.uk. www.banffshirefieldclub.co.uk siobhan wilson@the drouthy cobbler 8pm. www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk veronica's coffee morning in aid of marie curie 10am - 12pm, westfield house, elgin. entrance by donation home baking, teas & coffees, stalls, tombola. for info or tombola/baking donations call veronica maclean on 01343 547308 or veronica.maclean@yahoo.co.uk handbags & gladrags 2017: "dancing thru the decades' 7pm - 1am, elgin town hall. prize bingo, admin@winterburnmedia.co.uk

live entertainment, beauty & bottle stall, raffle. gregor girls fundraising badenoch & strathspey ramblers: the lomond hills (fife) 8.30am, meet at ardvonie car park (off gynack road) kingussie. moderate; 6.5 miles. call janice cargill on 07933 993799 magical moths 8am, milton loch, boat of garten £3 per person £6 per family. enjoy a moth breakfast with alison (rspb ranger) & pete (rspb warden & mad-moth-man) dufftown flower show tbc plants, wines, honey, homebakes, veg & flowers

gordonstoun sprint 7 novice triathlon 9.30am 3.30pm, gordonstoun, elgin. organised by moray firth triathlon club. junior age is 19 & adult age is 20 or over on 31 dec 2017. for info email simonmacdonald59@icloud.com. www.entrycentral.com/gordonstoun_triathlons scotland's gardens: gordonstoun school open day 2pm - 4.30pm, duffus, nr elgin. adults £4, children £2. email richardss@gordonstoun.org.uk poppyscotland's ride, ramble or run 2017 1pm 5pm, fort george, ardersier. fun way for all the family to raise money for our armed forces community. tickets from website. www.eventbrite.co.uk abernethy adventure centre: open day 12.30pm 4.30pm, nethybridge. all-age games, competitions & activities, food available. free but donations welcome. call 01479 818005 or email at nethybridge@abernethy.org.uk. www.abernethy.org.uk great glen walking club: bynack more (munro) 9am (please arrive 15 mins earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. grade a; 12 miles

11 monday elgin & district parkinson's support group 1st meeting of new season 7.30pm - 9.30pm, st sylvester's hall, 19 institution road elgin. free. speaker: marion lorimer, parkinson's local adviser offering advice on benefits & services available. call gillian gibson on 01343 541056 or email at elginanddistrictpsg@gmail.com www.parkinsons.org.uk/local to you 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 127539 or email at malalysim@lightlife.org.uk. www.lightlife.org.uk

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wildlife in motion: speaker - cain scrimgeour 8.30pm, grant arms hotel, grantown on spey join the award winning filmmaker for an evening of short films spanning his early career.

12 tuesday - 16 saturday spirit of moray book festival: various events throughout the week tbc, elgin library. a celebration of writing, illustration & publishing in scotland with renowned scottish authors.

12 tuesday - 17 sunday nairn book & arts festival tbc, nairn. writers, speakers, art, exhibitions, music, drama, film, comedy, competitions & workshops, all welcome! email enquiries@nairnfestival.co.uk. www.nairnfestival.co.uk

13 wednesday denise mina - what's your story? 8pm - 9pm, elgin library. £5. call 01343 562623. www.moray.gov.uk/moraybookfestival let the dead do the talking: prof james grieve, senior forensic pathologist in the n of scotland for over a quarter of a century, talks about his work. 6.30pm 7.30pm, elgin library. £5. call 01343 562623. www.moray.gov.uk/moraybookfestival the arts society speyside lecture (formerly known as nadfas): the art of liberty: branding an artistic lifestyle. liberty, the first life style store. 11am (coffee & tea available from 10.15am) the williamson hall, duff avenue, elgin. new members welcome. visitors £7 donation. call membership secretary on 07789 880481 or at membership@nadfas-in-elgin.org.uk www.nadfas-in-elgin.org.uk moth magic 9.30am, insh marshes, kingussie experience the diversity of moths. booking essential wild intrigue expeditions: rewilding students speaker heather devey 8.30pm, grant arms hotel, grantown on spey. find out how these wild, educational adventures are supporting an intrigue for nature within young people

14 thursday moray memories on film: a scenic tour of moray on the big screen presented by the national library of scotland. 4pm - 7pm, elgin library. free. booking required. call 01343 562623 www.moray.gov.uk/moraybookfestival mapping scotland's islands - chris fleet, senior map curator, nls: from the earliest maps to the most up-to date techniques of digital mapping 8pm - 9pm, elgin library. £5. call 01343 562623. www.moray.gov.uk/moraybookfestival estate records for family researchers: talk with ian riches (nts archivist): an introduction to estate records & as part of nairn book & arts festival 11:30am - 12:30pm, brodie castle. £8; u18 £3 call rebecca harrison on 01309 641371 or email at raharrison@nts.org.uk. www.nts.org.uk/events page 18 - September 2017

driver, the duchesses & sir edwin landseer: the links between the brodie & gordon families & sir edwin landseer, artist of driver the deerhound; speaker jennifer melville 2pm - 3pm, brodie castle. £8; u18s £3. call rebecca harrison on 01309 641371 or at raharrison@nts.org.uk. www.nts.org.uk/events a billie holliday show with the mary may quintet: moray jazz club 7.30pm, borough briggs, elgin www.morayjazzclub.co.uk highland decorative & fine arts society (hdfas): ‘the art of liberty: branding an artistic lifestyle - speaker anna buruma 2pm - 3.30pm, smithton free church, murray road, culloden. non members £8. new members welcome. email averillbrodie@ymail.com or davidmartin30@hotmail.com. www.hdfas.org.uk

15 friday one night of queen@ironworks, inverness 7.30pm, www.ironworksvenue.com special event: guests to be announced shortly 10pm, the old bridge inn, aviemore. call 01479 811137 or 01479 811181. www.oldbridgeinn.co.uk

16 saturday easy tiger - craig campbell@ironworks, inverness 7pm. www.ironworksvenue.com cairngorm adventure triathlon 2017 (the 'cat') 9am 10.30am (registration), 11am start. loch morlich, near aviemore. raising money for local young, talented athletes. email info@cairngormadventuretriathlon.org. www.cairngormadventuretriathlon.org elgin strathspey & reel society annual rally: guest artistes gemma donald & alan smith (fiddle & accordian duo) & compere, gary coull 7.30pm 11pm, elgin town hall. £10 balcony, £9 main hall, call julie grant on 01343 551113 or email at juliegrant1972@btinternet.com www.elginstrathspeyandreelsociety.org great glen walking club: duntelchaig circuit 9am (please arrive 15 mins earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. grade b; 8 miles

17 sunday craft fair on the green 12pm, village green, aviemore great selection of items made locally - food & drink stalls - something for all the family! scottish cross country mtb series: round 6 of the sxc mtb series! 10.30am, kingussie. www.sxc.org.uk inverness courier highland wedding fair 12pm, eden court theatre & cinema, inverness. free.

18 monday the libertines@ironworks, inverness 8pm www.ironworksvenue.com the wildlife & ecology of the exe estuary & jurassic coast: speaker: rod lawrence 8.30pm, grant arms hotel, grantown on spey

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walk, inverness. grade b; 12 miles macmillan cancer care fundraising soup & sweet 12pm - 2pm, glenrinnes community centre

20 wednesday

texas 6pm, inverness. tickets from website or caffreys menswear. call 0844 888 9991. www.ticketline.co.uk

badger watch times vary, boat of garten. £10; accompanied u16s free. www.highlandbadgers.net the real majorca: speaker - rod lawrence 8.30pm, grant arms hotel, grantown on spey. free. call 01479 872526 or email at info@bwwc.co.uk

21 thursday "barnabas' : a musical by roger jones, christian music ministries 7.30pm, aberlour parish church, the square, aberlour. admission by donations to cmm. music, celebration & praise, with aberlour parish church choir & friends doing business in the usa: creating trading opportunities with the usa. run by highlands & islands enterprise & snabc 9am - 1pm, kingsmill hotel, culcabock road, inverness. free. www.eventbrite.co.uk

25 monday 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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22 friday

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

james brown is annie@the drouthy cobbler 9pm. www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk

27 wednesday

23 saturday wolf urban sprint orienteering: badenoch & strathspey orienteering club 3pm, aviemore. all welcome. www.basoc.org.uk badenoch & strathspey ramblers: dava way (dava to edinkillie) 9.30am, burnfield car park, grantown on spey. grade c; 6.5 miles. call marian burrows-smith on 01540 651646 moray field club: tree & fungi, altyre estate 10am, elgin. bus leaves lossie green car park, elgin at 10am. email bookings preferred by 6pm on preceding thurs. call 01343 547968 or email at morayfieldclub@outlook.com

23 saturday - 24 saturday

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

baxters loch ness marathon & festival of running 10am, inverness. featuring the loch ness marathon, river ness 10k, corporate challenge, 5k & wee nessie. pre-race pasta party, etc www.lochnessmarathon.com 2017 veteran home internationals relay: badenoch & strathspey orienteering club tbc, auchernack & balliefurth. www.basoc.org.uk

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24 sunday

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

car boot sale (idca) inchberry & district community association 8.30am - 1pm, inchberry hall, orton, fochabers. no booking required. tea, coffee, butteries, etc, bbq. www.wherecanwego.com autumn wedding exhibition: moray’s biggest independent exhibition 11am - 3pm, elgin academy great glen walking club: raigbeg - insharn 9am (please arrive 15 mins earlier), uhi car park, ness admin@winterburnmedia.co.uk

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

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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

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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 & (Judges 2:19) donald maclennan on 01463 790325/07796750041 or 01463 731682/07860116846 or email at Reader, Sin grows by indulgence and strathnairnfarmers@hotmail.com. spiritual fools find sin funny. But sin always www.daviotvintage.co.uk pays wages. Sin is putting yourself first the first black tie fundraiser in aid of aberlour pipe band. 8pm - 12.30am, grant hall, rothes. £10. call and God nowhere, and doing that which 07497 110051 or 07824 361003 is right in your own eyes, being a lover cammanachd cup final 2017 11am, bught park, of pleasure rather than a lover of God. Is inverness. www.shinty.com that you? Have you any sorrow for your 20th anniversary of damn rebel bitches: the women sins? Outside of you turning to God in of the '45 1.30pm, culloden battlefield visitors centre £3; conc & students £2.50. maggie craig in repentance and faith in Jesus Christ His conversation with lin anderson, crime writer & coSon for salvation, you will have all eternity founder of the bloody scotland crime writing festival where your sins will make you sorry. God email culloden@nts.org.uk loves you and Christ died for you, reject the shaka loves you@the old bridge inn, aviemore 10pm, all welcome. call 01479 811137 or 01479 God of all comfort no more.

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Should I Put an Autumn Feed on the Grass ?

Most folk doing just the basics to keep the grass in reasonable condition will generally think about putting on a feed in the spring,

This is only part of the control required however. Once the current growth has been killed off, it should be scarified out with a rake, or a scarifying machine, so the grass goes through the winter with a reduced amount of material on the surface, which is actually a favourable habitat for more moss to grow, if left uncleared,! Scarifying is a topic on it’s own which I might cover next month.

September is the last month when you might hope to get seed to germinate in Scotland.

You need a ground temperature of 10C, so if you want to do any end of season repairs, don’t delay.

and a feed in the autumn. They are quite different recipes though. A spring feed should mainly feature nitrogen to get it growing again after the winter, and put some colour into the leaf. The autumn feed should contain iron (ferrous sulphate) to control moss growth, and winter nutrients to help the roots through the winter. We use a soluble iron mix to make up a 5 gallon backpack sprayer, which makes for an even application.

Many of you will have put down an autumn feed and seen the moss turn brown/black, pretty much overnight. This is caused by the iron in the mix, which dehydrates the top growth of moss, killing it off.

For more information about seasonal lawn treatments from just £11.25 per month, plus useful downloads and photos, go to www.greenthumb.co.uk. Although GreenThumb is a national franchise with over 500,000 customers and 200 branches across the UK, we are the local franchise, based in Nairn and cover the whole Moray Firth area.

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