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Clubs and Societies ABERCHIRDER TODDLERS Fri, 9.30am - 11am, St Marnan's Episcopal Church Hall, Aberchirder. Call Jo Watson on 07980 381840 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, TURRIFF 7pm, Gateway Community Centre, Victoria Terrace, Turriff www.alcoholicsanonymous.org.uk BUGGY FRIENDLY RUNNING SESSIONS Fri, 9.30am - 10.30am, Turriff Sports Centre. Email at turriffrunningclub@gmail.com CATS PROTECTION 3 Drumdelgie Cottages, Kirnie, Huntly AB54 4TH. Call 01466 760 311 or email at jpurrfectcat@aol.com CLANN ALBA KICKBOXING Wed, 7pm - 9pm, The Royal Turriff.

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accompanied by an adult. Call Doug Farquharson on 01888 560371

HUNTLY FARMERS’ MARKET 1st Sat of month, 9am - 1pm, the Square, Huntly

DRUMBLADE BABIES & TODDLERS Thurs (term time only), 10am 11.30am, Drumblade School.

Call Fiona Mair on 07776 168558

HUNTLY HILL WALKING CLUB All welcome. Call Ron Bowie on 01466 793836

FRIENDS OF JUBILEE HOSPITAL Supporting Jubilee Hospital, Huntly through fundraising, working on our garden & other projects. Lots of opportunities to volunteer &/or attend meetings.

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linking together the nine participating towns. (Turriff, Banchory, Banff/Macduff, Ellon, Fraserburgh, Huntly, Inverurie, Peterhead & Stonehaven). A lot of work needs to be done to progress this idea further & all comments would be welcome Call 01466 799416 or email at donald.boyd@huntly.net

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HUNTLY NORDIC SKI CLUB Thurs, 7.30pm, Huntly Nordic & Outdoor Centre. Call Sandy Thom on 01464 831429 HUNTLY SMALL-BORE RIFLE CLUB Leagues, comps, coaching, safety training. Reference & Police checks required. Call Jack Henderson on 01466 792483 or email jackmar@btinternet.com

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HUNTLY NORDIC & OUTDOOR CENTRE Mon, Tues & Fri, 9am - 4pm, Sat & Sun, 9am - 5pm. Hill of Haugh, Huntly. The UK's only purposebuilt all-weather facility for crosscountry skiing & rollerskiing, providing tuition at all levels from novice to elite! Call 01466 794428 or email at hnoc@aberdeenshire.gov.uk www.hnoc.nordicski.co.uk HUNTLY BREASTFEEDING BUDDIES Fri, 9.30am - 11am, the Deveron Room, the Linden Centre. A group for breastfeeding families, potential, current or past. Come along & support other breastfeeding families & enjoy a hot drink & biscuit too.

HUNTLY COMMUNITY COUNCIL 3rd Thurs of month (except Dec, July & Aug), 7.30pm, Stewarts Hall, Huntly. Potential new members welcome to come along. Aberdeenshire Council consult HCC on important local issues & we raise concerns on behalf of the community. Email

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RHYNIE BABY & TODDLERS Wed (incl school hols), 9.30am 12pm, No 14 The Square, Rhynie. For u3s. £1 entry per family. Tea, coffee, biscuits, cake, juice & snacks for little ones too. Find us on Facebook.

Call Lai Swinhoe on 07799 096377 or Louise Grant on 07546 171778. Email at laimui9@hotmail.com SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING Tues, 7.30pm - 9.30pm. No experience needed. Call Irene Morrison on 01888 562557 STRATHBOGIE FIDDLERS Mon, 7.30am - 9.30pm, the Huntly Football Club. Everyone welcome & you do not need to be an experienced player to come along, just keen to learn.

Call 01466 793808 or 07801 48628 STRATHBOGIE JUNIOR AGRICULTURAL CLUB 2nd Tues of month, 7.30pm.

Social group for young farmers.

Stock judging, competitions, dances, debating. New members welcome. Call Beth Hunter on 01466 740242.

TOWNS TOGETHER CYCLE TOUR The Towns Together Forum is looking to develop a cycle route

TURRIFF & DISTRICT PROBUS CLUB 1st Tues of month (excl July & Aug), 10.30am, The Fife Arms, the Square, Turriff. The club provides meetings & fellowship for retired & semi-retired men.

Call Bill Robertson on 07772 554089 or 01888 562644 TURRIFF 41 CLUB 3rd Tues of month, 7.30pm for 8pm, various locations in Turriff.

Formed in 1945 to provide a way for members of Round Table to continue their friendships after retirement from Round Table at the then obligatory age of 40.

TURRIFF ADVICE CENTRE (CAB) Mon- Thurs, 9.30am - 12.15pm & 12.45pm & 3.30pm; Fri, 9.30am 12pm. Free, confidential & independent advice. Masonic Building, Gladstone Terrace, Turriff. Call 01888 652495 or 0808 800 9060 TURRIFF COMMUNITY SINGERS Tues, 7.30pm - 8.30pm, the Royal Oak, Turriff. Our main emphasis is 'singing for fun' & everyone is welcome.

TURRIFF GYMNASTICS CLUB Turriff Sports Centre. Email at ashswallow21@gmail.com TURRIFFIC ARTS - CREATIVE WORKSHOP DAYS 1st Sat of month, 10am - 3pm.

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The Bible in James 1:27 says, “Religion that is undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.”

If anybody claims to be following God, and behaves in a way that goes against God, then they are acting on their own volition.

When people have racist views or have warped opinions of others, then they can act on these views in a way that is socially and morally unacceptable.

They cannot then say they are acting on behalf of God. Galatians 5:14-15 says, “For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: You shall love your neighbour as yourself.

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another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.”

I believe that God will have something to say to those that do that, claiming to be following Him. I gave my life to Him in 1986 and have learned many things about Him, and the greatest of these is that God is love and those who claim to follow Him are to love Him and love others.

Killing and maiming others is never, ever what God wants, expects or condones, no matter which religion is claimed.

It is always down to man’s inhumanity to man.

Humanity is at a point where we must realise that life is precious, and actually God given, and we have a responsibility to recognise the sanctity of another life, and that it is just as valid as our own.

Although I don’t agree with a lot of what my boyhood hero John Lennon said, I do agree with a couple of things, such as “Give peace a chance” and “All you need is love.”

Jesus came to show us that the way

Gordon Presbytery Email gordoncoscotland.org.uk. www.presbyteryofgordon.org.uk Noth Parish Church, Rhynie Sundays at 10.30am.

Email nothsessionclerk@btinternet.com St Andrew’s Church, Turriff. Sunday 11.15am. Tel: 01888 560304.

Email jcook@churcchofscotland.org.uk St Congan’s Church, Turriff. First & second Sunday of month: Holy Communion, 10.30am; third Sunday of month: Morning Prayer/Family Service, 10.30am; fourth & fifth Sundays of month: Holy Communion, 10.30am. Mary Murray Tel: 01888 568800 or David Henson 01888 563202.

St Kanes Church, New Deer Sunday service 11.30am. Currently seeking new minister. Tel: 01771 644097. Email web@stkanes.org.uk St Margaret's Catholic Church, Huntly. Sunday Mass 9am St Marnan’s Episcopal Church, Aberchirder Parish Eucharist 1st Sunday of the month at 9am. Rev Michael Last. page 6 -June 2019

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of love is the only way and that it will overcome hatred and bigotry of any colour.

My own testimony is that he turned me from an angry, aggressive person with a chip on his shoulder a mile wide, into somebody who is part of His Church and even into leadership in the Church.

Are Christians perfect: absolutely not, but they are trying to walk in His footsteps, and to treat people how they should be treated, and to expect to be treated in a right manner.

I want to finish by quoting what is probably the best known Scripture, John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that He gave is only Son, that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.”

Pastor John Coppard Riverside Church Buckie.

Tel: 01542 882782 St Ninian’s & Forglen Church, Turriff. Rev Kevin Gruer Tel: 01888 563850 or email minister@stniniansandforglen.org.uk Strathbogie Drumblade, Huntly Tel: 01466 792702 St Peter’s Church, Fyvie - See Fyvie & Rothienorman Parish Church The Way: Home Church Network Sundays (fortnightly), 4pm 6pm, Tesco’s Community Room, Huntly. Pastor Rolf Karstaedt. Tel: 01466 794978 (Answering machine). www.theway-uk.org Turriff Baptist Church. Meetings vary time and venue.

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May 2019 28 tuesday Turriff & Upper Ythan Walking Group: Linn Falls, Aberlour TBC, Turriff. Distance: 5 miles. Travelling by bus to our walks with pick-up points in Turriff, Fyvie & Rothienorman. Call 078251 115792 or email at tuywg@gmail.com. www.facebook.com/tuywg

Rolling Events

28 tuesday - 1 june (saturday)

until 31 may Romantic Scotland 11am, Duff House, Banff Free (incl in admission price). Depictions of Scotland's changing landscapes created by artists & writers in the 19th century, with the reality of ordinary life. Call 07546 574117 or email at isldirector1017@gmail.com

4 june - 25 june Alzheimers' Scotland: Hae a News (Tuesdays) 2pm - 3.30pm, Turriff Library. Free. Open group so come along for a cuppa & a blether. Call 01888 530830 or email turriff.library@aberdeenshire.gov.uk

until 14 june Aberdeen to Inverness Rail Improvements: Bus replacement Dyce to Inverurie

14 june - 9 august Aberdeen to Inverness Rail Improvements: Bus replacement Dyce to Huntly (8 weeks)

until

30 june

Insch Farmers' Market (Fridays) 9am - 1pm, Insch Parish Church Hall. All welcome

until

28 september

Cullen Auld Kirk open to visitors 2pm-4pm, Tues, Fri & Sat. free entry. Call Isobel Addison on 01542 840610 or email at ianaddison43@hotmail.com www.cullen-deskford-church.org.uk admin@winterburnmedia.co.uk

Hairspray presented by Aurora Productions 7.30pm plus Sat Matinee 2.30pm, Stewarts Hall, Gordon Street, Huntly. Stalls £13; Balcony £15. Booking essential. Call 01466 780889. www.auroramusic.co.uk

29 wednesday Bookbug Rhymetime 10am - 10.30am, Huntly Library. Free. A song, rhyme & story session for babies, toddlers & pre-school children & their parents or carers. Call Susan McKay on 01467 532929 or 01466 405950

30 thursday Tin Hut Accoustic Music Session 8pm - 11pm, The Tin Hut, Gartly Community Hall. Opportunity for musicians to play in an informal setting. folk, blues & traditional music. Call Fraser Wilson or Chas Ford 01466 720247 or 01466 720234. Email at f.wilson@bosinternet.com

31 friday Fundraising Evening in Aid of Charlie House in Memory of Cadi 7.30pm - 1am, The Drouthy Laird, Victoria Buildings, Inverurie. £15. Entertainment, games, raffles, nibbles & arrival drink. Gentleman's sponsored wax. Over 18s only. Call Claire Murison on 07803 533571

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Green Travel Hub "The E-bikes are a great community resource. We borrowed them for a Huntly Farmers Market where young people were leading creative bike tours of Huntly. The bikes allow anyone of any age or ability to get out and see more, go that little bit further, get some gentle exercise and not worry about having to keep up with others or run out of puff coming back up the long hill from the Castle. I would recommend them to anyone."

Petra Pennington, Art & Community Worker, Deveron Projects

An electric bike is just like a normal bike, with the addition of an electric motor and battery.

“E-bikes are incredibly versatile and fun bikes that are reliable and intuitive to use.�

Electric bikes, or e-bikes, are the perfect choice if you want to ride faster, keep up with friends, help you up hills, improve your time around the woods or making the commute to work a breeze!

An electric bike will provide all the freedom and advantages of a regular bike, while reducing the strain on your body by using its electric motor to give you an assisted boost when required.

Touring bikes or mountain bikes available.

Free trial if you’re not sure.

Free route cards for the area.

Call 01466 799416 or email stuart.masson@huntly.net

Join the revolution

Green Travel Hub According to Transportation Advisor Paul Barter, cars are parked 95% of the time. That’s a lot of money tied up 95% of the time in insurance, tax, MOTs, general maintenance, not to mention the cost of purchasing or leasing a vehicle, and depreciation.

By joining the Huntly Car Club for a one off fee of £25, you can avoid all that, have access to brand new Toyota Hybrid vehicles, and reduce our carbon footprint at the same time. Then all you do is book the cars online, by app or by telephone and pay an hourly rate between £5.50 and £6.25 per hour depending on the vehicle and 18p per mile travelled.

Your personal smart card will provide you access to the vehicle for your booked time slot and away you go.

rk a no brainer. I live and wo “Joining the car club was to car a few times a week, so in Huntly. I only use the use ho 5 minutes from my have access to a vehicle ed it is ideal. I save a and only use it when I ne motoring.” considerable amount on Car Club Member

If you’d like to find out more, please contact:

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31 friday - 2 june (sunday) Portsoy Music Festival: The Tenth Haal 12pm, The Salmon Bothy, Links Road, Portsoy. Free. Bothy ballads to Burns as well as Celtic, Folk, Americana & Irish-influenced music. Includes Siobhan Miller, Jimmy Crowley & Ralph McTel

June 2019

welcome. Outdoor event to learn about & watch Swifts. Our summer visitors now endangered. Do you know a swift from a swallow? Call Cally Smith on 07411 808573 or email at huntlyswiftgroup@gmail.com Banff & Buchan Employability Workshop/Job Club 12.30pm - 3pm, Deveron Community & Sport Centre, Bellevue Road, Banff. Free. Drop In workshop -for those in need of help looking online for work & access to a computer

4 tuesday - 6 thursday 1 saturday

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

Full Throttle 2019 in aid of the Scottish Association for Mental Health 10am - 5pm, Grampian Transport Museum, Montgarrie Road, Alford. A static car event showing off some of the very best cars from in & around the North East, with food & entertainment provided for everyone. www.fulthrottleevent.com Taste of Grampian: Scotland’s biggest 1 day food & drink festival with over 200 exhibitors 9am, Thainstone Mart, Inverurie 22nd Cornhill Highland Games 2019 9am, Cornhill, Aberdeenshire. Admission at gate. Highland Dancing competition from 11am; Buckie, Fraserburgh & Portsoy pipe bands; stalls & caterers with licensed bar from 12pm - 9pm (Over 18s only) 49th Knock Hill Road & Hill Race 2019 (8.5 miles) Registration 10am - 10.45am with 11am st, Cornhill, Aberdeenshire. £10 entry fee (incl entry to the Highland Games). Minimum age 16 years New Aberdour Horse Show 9am, Aden Country Park, Mintlaw. Charity horse show, showing classes, working hunter, qualifiers & dog show Huntly Farmers' Market 9am - 1pm, The Square, Huntly. Local produce, hot food & drinks plus freshly squeezed juices in the summer. Fundraising stall for local good cause or charity. Email at huntlyherbs@hotmail.com Race Night hosted by Keith Golf Club Doors open 7pm with first race at 8pm, Keith Golf Club. All the family welcome plus raffle

Explore the Oceans in Celebration of World Oceans Day 2019 11am - 5pm, Macduff Marine Aquarium, 11 High Shore, Macduff. Call 01261 833369 Ethical Living Festival 11am - 4pm, Willows Animal Sanctuary, Lambhill Farm, Strichen AB43 6NY. Lots of local ethical stalls & showing people how they can fight climate change in a positive way & enjoy a great day out. Special guests - the cast from ‘Shrek, the Musical’ will be making an appearance (at His Majesty’s Theatre in the summer). Call 01771 653112. or email at kate@willowsanimals.com

2 sunday

8 saturday - 9 sunday

A Day Out at Duff House: Guided tour, lunch, piano recital & afternoon tea 11am - 4pm, Duff House, Banff. Call 01261 818181 Inverurie Raft Race 2019: Raising money for Kayleigh's Wee Stars, MS Scotland & Inverurie Scout Group Registration from 11am with 1pm start, Kembhill Park, Kemnay

3 monday Turriff & District Community Council 7pm, Turriff Academy. All welcome

4 tuesday Swift Talk & Walk 8.30pm, The Square, Portsoy.

Outside the Boyne Hotel AB45 2PA. Free. Donations page 18 - June 2019

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7 friday Aberdeen Careers Fair 10am - 2pm, Rox Hotel, Market Street, Aberdeen. Free but booking essential Offers candidates from all backgrounds, experience & education level the opportunity to speak to local employers, all in one place. www.eventbrite.co.uk

7 friday - 8 saturday Thainstone Country Music Festival 3 7pm - 11.30pm (TBC) Thainstone Centre, Inverurie. Call 01467 623760. www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Summer Fair 10am - 4pm, Garioch Heritage Centre, Loco Works Road, Inverurie AB51 4FY. Handmade crafts & food producers. The Heritage Centre cafe will be providing their usual tasty & varied fare www.wherecanwego.com

9 sunday John Smith & Company Gents Open 8am - 1pm, Insch Golf Club. Members £12; Visitors £15 Military Vehicle Tattoo 11.30am, Grampian Transport Museum, Montgarrie Road, Alford. A gathering of historic military hardware, with demonstrations, rides & period displays

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Turriff & Upper Ythan Walking Group: Newburgh to Forvie Centre TBC, Turriff. Distance: 5.5 miles.

Travelling by bus to our walks with pick up points in Turriff, Fyvie & Rothienorman. Call 078525 1115792 or email at tuywg@gmail.com www.facebook.com/tuywg

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 TSG@Rrrralllye (Track & Street Grampian) 9am, Keith Sports & Community Centre, Banff Road, Keith. Club stand space is £7 per car which will be donated to the Cause as always The Great Inverurie Bike RIde & Suie Classic: 50 miles (open to experienced riders over 14yrs); 25 & 15 mile routes 9am - 4pm. Kellands Park, George Square, Inverurie. www.livelifeaberdeenshire.org.uk 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

12 wednesday The Ultimate Business Show 2019 hosted by Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce 9am - 4pm, Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre, Bridge of Don, Aberdeen. Free to members; £10 (+ VAT) Non-members. Exhibitors from Aberdeen City & Aberdeenshire showcasing their products, services & solutions. www.agcc.co.uk Messy Play Macduff: Life's a Beach 10.30am, Macduff Town Hall, Macduff. All the fun of the seaside here at Ames Around!

13 thursday Swift Talk & Walk 8.30pm, The Square, Huntly Aberdeenshire AB54 8BR. Outside Brander Library.

Free. Donations welcome. Outdoor event to learn about & watch Swifts. Our summer visitors are now endangered. Do you know a swift from a swallow?

Call Cally Smith on 07411 808573 or email at huntlyswiftgroup@gmail.com

14 friday Unbelievable Featuring Smith & Burns: An evening of magic, wonder, fun & laughter 6pm, Aden Country Park, Mintlaw. Adult £10; Conc £9; U16s/Full time Ed £6. For ages 12+ Fyvie Folk Club: A traditional music & song session 8pm, The Vale Hotel, Fyvie. Call Mike on 01651 891797 or email at mike@flobbets.freeserve.co.uk

15 saturday Men of Motown 7.30pm, The Deveronside, Banff A tribute to the music of Tamala Motown soul & 70s Disco. www.eventbrite.co.uk The Limit: New Deer Party Night: A great mix of music with Ceilidh & Covers, from 50s' Rock & Roll right through to all the modern chart hits 8pm, New Deer Public Hall, Fordyce Terrace, New Deer. £10 The Lighthouse Keeper's Tale: Clydebuilt Puppet Theatre 2.30pm, Forglen Hall. Adults £5; U16s £3; Family (max 2 adults. For ages 3 - 7yrs. Tickets from Bremners of Foggie, Aberchirder or at door but booking advisable. Call 01466 780260

15 saturday - 16 sunday 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 page 20 - June 2019

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17 monday Team Turriff Reading Group 6.30pm - 7.30pm, Turriff Library. Free. All welcome. Call 01888 530830

19 wednesday 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 Janice Oakes (Vice Chairman) at janiceoakes51@gmail.com

20 thursday Huntly Film Club 7.30pm - 10pm, Huntly & District Ex-Service Mens' Club, Gordon Street, Huntly. Free For details of film titles please email huntlyfilms@hotmail.com

21 friday Leith Hall Midsummer Garden Tour 7pm, Leith Hall Gardens & Estate, Huntly. Informative stroll around the Edwardian Gardens Summer Solstice Walk to the White Wood: a Guided Walk 6pm, Brander Garden, Huntly Senior Mixed Open Greensomes 10am - 12.30pm, Insch Golf Club. Members £10 per pair; Visitors £12 Gents (over 55), Ladies (over 50) or Mixed Handicap Orpheus: The Flanagan Collective & Gobbledigook Theatre 7.30pm, New Deer Public Hall, Fordyce Terrace, New Deer. Adults £10; Conc £9. Ages 10+.

An internationally award-winning modern retelling of an ancient myth. Tickets from The Pharmacy & Food for Thought, New Deer or on door but booking advisable. Call 01771 644217 & 01771 644366

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 admin@winterburnmedia.co.uk

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29 saturday

The Rhythm Box Big Gig 2019 7pm, Inverurie Town Hall, Market Place, Inverurie. BYO nibbles & drinks

Soapbox Race - Foggie: 1st Marnoch Scout Troop; Build it, bring it, race it 10am, Aberchirder www.eventgoat.co.uk/aberchirder Keith Silver Band: Maggie Fair TBC, Maggie Fair, Garmouth. All welcome. www.keithsilverband.org Ladies' Night with the Sassy Boys in aid of the Scottish Huntingtons Association 7.30pm, The Gordon Arms Hotel, Huntly. ÂŁ20. Raffle; DJ; glass of fizz on arrival Piping Inverness 2019: European Pipe Band Championships 10am, Bught Park, Inverness.

Hundreds of pipers & drummers & highland dancers along with food & drink, traditional craft stalls & live entertainment Banff Farmers' Market 10am - 3pm, St Mary's Car Park, Low Street, Banff. Call 01261 821244

23 sunday Highland Hardline Round 4: DH Farm 8.30am, Durn Hill Farm, Portsoy AB45 2YX. Online entries only closing on 19th June. www.britishcycling.org.uk Portsoy 10K Road Run & 2K Fun Run 2K - 10am & 10K - 10.30am, The Recreation Park, Portsoy Registration starts at 8.30am - 9.45am. www.livelifeaberdeenshire.org.uk

24 monday NoWs Huntly Tea Dance Lessons 1pm - 2pm & Dance 2pm - 4pm, Stewarts Hall, Gordon Street, Huntly. £3.50. Don’t worry if you don’t know the dances - before every tea dance there are free dance lessons for people attending the afternoon.

Call 01466 793732 or fiona@networksofwellbeing.org Deveron Projects Cookery Workshop: Syrian Cakes with Hayat Shahoud & Abeer 6pm - 8pm, Brander Kitchen, Huntly. ÂŁ5. Booking essential. Email at info@deveron-projects.com

25 tuesday Swift Talk & Walk 8.30pm, The Square, Huntly Aberdeenshire AB54 8BR. Outside Brander Library.

Free. Donations welcome. Outdoor event to learn about & watch Swifts. Our summer visitors are now endangered. Do you know a swift from a swallow?

Call Cally Smith on 07411 808573 or email at huntlyswiftgroup@gmail.com Turriff & Upper Ythan Walking Group: Turriff Showground to Luncarty TBC, Turriff. Via railway line (pick up Fyvie & Rothie only). Distance: 6 miles. Call 078251 115792 or email at tuywg@gmail.comwww.facebook.com/tuywg

30 sunday Table Top Sale (New Byth Community & Playing Field Association) 12pm, The Old School House, New Byth. After last year’s success, we will be holding this event every year & already we have secured some exciting local businesses to join us. If you are interested in holding a stall, volunteering, please contact a member of the committee or email at newbyth.community@gmail.com Blood Donors: Insch 10.30am - 12.30pm & 2pm 4pm, Bennachie Leisure Centre, Largie Road, Insch To book an appointment please call 0345 90 90 999 or email nss.snbtsenquiry@nhs.net Car Boot Sale (IDCA) 8.30am - 1pm, Inchberry Hall, Orton, Fochabers IV32 7QB. £10 per car pitch; £20 double pitch.

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26 wednesday Bookbug Rhymetime: A song, rhyme & story session for babies, toddlers & pre-school children & their parents or carers 10am - 10.30am, Huntly Library. Free. Call Susan McKay on 01467 532929 or 01466 405950

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27 thursday Swift Talk & Walk 8.30pm, Cairnie, Aberdeenshire AB54 4TQ. Outside Village Hall. Free. Donations welcome. Outdoor event to learn about & watch Swifts. Our summer visitors are now endangered.

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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 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.

Loch Nan Uamh Viaduct

Fishing, Roman Concrete and the Lost Horse

by Highland Historian Between 1783-1881,

areas fish was reserved for

developments in other areas,

c.150,000 Highlanders were

special occasions. Changes

particularly the Islands. In

forced from their homes and

were afoot, however, partially

1783, five boats left Barra to

the period saw increasing

due to new roadways which

carry the catch to the

populations in coastal villages.

came as a result of the

Clydeside markets, however,

Some, like Mallaig in 1840,

upheavals of the 18th century,

four of the boats were lost at

were created to support the

including military roads. Fresh,

sea.

populace. Their industry was

if not salted fish, was

fishing, but without efficient

transported more quickly to

transport the industry would

market and became a staple

fail. The 1st Baron Lovat did

for people from all

not instruct clearances on his

backgrounds. As a result, the

Morar estate. Instead he

fishing industry developed

moved his tenants to the

rapidly.

coast. This freed up available grazing and also created the opportunity to profit from his people and the fishing industry.

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

The growth of a fishing-reliant

for the port. Records from

population in Mallaig and the

1885-1887 show poor return

general increase in fish

due to lack of shoals and the

consumption meant

population suffered.

transportation of the catch

There had always been a

needed to be addressed.

reliance on fishing in the

Transport issues were

Highlands, but in land-locked

preventing fishing

The decision to support the fishing industry at Mallaig with a railway connection to Fort

William in 1897 and the

concrete’ dome. This is due

pillar of the Glenfinnan

propaganda-style delivery of

to the strength and flexibility

viaduct and remained there

the plans was a calculated

of the mass concrete and its

while construction continued.

effort by Parliament to take

strength in compression. But

In 1987, Professor Roland

away the guilt of the

concrete was not introduced

Paxton attempted to find the

clearance period and

here by the Romans. Apart

horse with a fish eye camera,

economic decline in the

from two Bungalows in the

looking into two pillars. His

Highlands. Arguably it was

Isle of Wight and an 1879

search found nothing. Based

misplaced because it was in

New Forest folly called Sway

on local stories, in 1997,

an area that hadn’t borne the

Tower, Glenfinnan Viaduct is

Paxton visited Loch nan

brunt of the clearance

the next oldest example of

Uamh viaduct but was again

episodes. Whilst other areas

the ‘rediscovered’ mass

unable to find the horse.

continued to suffer, Mallaig

concrete in built structures. It

What he did find was that the

improved and politicians

is also one of the largest

pillars there were filled with

celebrated their benevolence.

examples of its use. This led

rubble. Paxton wasn’t

to the structural engineer in

perturbed and returned in

charge, Robert McAlpine,

2001 to carry out a scan. This

being known as ‘Concrete

time the remains of a horse

Bob’.

and cart were found in the

Roman Pantheon (113-125

During construction in

central pillar. To this day the

AD) is the world’s oldest and

1897-9, legend had it that a

horse and its cart are still

largest unreinforced ‘mass

horse and cart fell into a

there.

The railway’s impressive Glenfinnan Viaduct was ground-breaking; and slightly Roman! The dome of the

Glenfinnan Viaduct

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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.

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?

Jon Brain

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)

The Adru Martini

By Tom Jolly of The American Bar, Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder "I like my Martinis really clean and crisp so what's at the forefront is simply the elegance of the spirit."

INGREDIENTS: 50ml Isle of Harris Gin 25ml Lillet Blanc 1.5ml Sugar Syrup 2 dashes of Orange Bitters 1 dash of Vanilla Saline Lemon peel

ME THODOLOGY: 1. Make the vanilla saline by adding 40g of sea salt to 100ml of water and 3 split vanilla pods then leave to infuse for 24 hours.

2. Add all ingredients, except for the lemon, to a chilled mixing glass.

3. Add a large block of ice and stir until liquid is chilled and suitably diluted.

4. Strain into a frozen coupe glass.

5. Squeeze oils from lemon over the drink and rub stem with remaining peel.

6. Drop peel into drink as a garnish.

Tom Jolly is the beverage manager at the world-famous Gleneagles Hotel. First opened in 1924, this magnificent countryside estate in the heart of Perthshire continues to offer five-star luxury and boasts the only restaurant in Scotland to hold two Michelin stars. Among the hotel's superb food and drink offerings lies The American Bar, an elegant bar with exceptional service and cocktails inspired by the roaring '20s. "I like my Martinis to be really clean and crisp, so that what stands at the forefront is simply the elegance of the spirit. This is a twist on Robert Vermeire’s Martini recipe from his 1922 book ‘Cocktails: How To Mix Them’, with the addition of a little vanilla salt to add a hint of savoury taste. This complements the seaweed and stone fruit flavours that the Lillet Blanc brings out in the Isle of Harris Gin, leaving a moreish Martini that really sings. The Isle of Harris Gin has such a strong, distinct and loveable taste that I didn’t feel it needed a huge amount of playing with – just the right ratio with the vermouth and a few subtle modifiers, leaving the spirit to be the star of a most quaffable drink."

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