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AVIEMORE BOWLING CLUBIndoor short mat. Club night7pm. Every Monday andWednesday. Members £2.Visitors £3. For further info [email protected]

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ASHTANGA YOGA AVIEMOREGeranium Cottage, Inverdruie,Aviemore. Yoga centre offeringyoga classes. Contact 01479812511 for times.

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BALL - OVER 60S CLUBMeets on Wednesdays from10am - 12.15pm at MemorialHall, Tomintoul.

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As we go to presswith this issue,

the Paralympics being held inLondon are drawing to a close.Whilst athletics in general maynot be everybody’s “cup of tea”as a spectator sport, one cannotdeny the sheer scale of thecompetitors’ personalachievements. What betterplace from which to drawinspiration for our own lives?

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The Sky’s the LimitOne of my very favourite quotes during my time here in Lossiemouth relates to the weather and its ever changing nature … “just wait a minute and it’ll change”.

Autumn skies here on the Moray Firth are particularly beautiful in my experience. Sky and cloud photogra-phy is one of my most pleasurable pastimes firstly because there are never two sunsets the same and it does change, very quickly and gives you a fresh canvass to capture.

Photographing skies during daylight is relatively simple because you have the light available to you. Remember the definition of photography is drawing with light. Photographing at dusk is very different. You don’t have as much light available to you. You can be anywhere to see and capture the perfect sunset. Now is the time of year to keep your eyes peeled. One tip I’ve learnt for capturing sunset and sky shots is always look behind you. You can look ahead trying to find your shot but don’t forget what’s going on elsewhere.

From my own personal experience try not to take your dusk sunset shot when it’s too windy. It will cause reverberation through the camera causing movement and thus blur. All modern digitals have a function where you can adjust the effects of wind but it’s not always brilliant.

I love the natural warmth and depth of a good Moray sunset. There are many layers of cloud, air and light which all contribute to your composition. You may live on the coast where you’ll have the sea and mountains

Life Through a Lensby Nicky Mack, Lossiemouth

as a point of reference or if you live closer into town, you can use silhouettes of buildings to give your shot a point of focus. If you don’t feel you are experienced enough with your camera yet to set it up for this specific type of shot, most digitals will have a Sunset setting or the like. This will automatically set light levels, depth of field etc. What is important to remember for dusk time/sunset photography is capturing the level of light available to you. One blink and the shot is lost. Therefore, you need to set your shutter speed higher. This will in turn capture the movement of the sky inhabitants against the light available to you by sucking in the light to the shot. There is a term in photography called ‘noise’. This is prevalent in dark or low light photography. This is when your shot has fuzziness which may distort your shot. This can be overcome by adjusting settings. Get comfortable with your camera. Know both of your capabilities so far and snap, snap and snap some more. You will find your own way. Before long you’ll be shifting and twiddling and clicking without thinking about it.

You can achieve some wonderful photographs through watching the sky. No painting can compare to the wonderful dramatic presence the clouds can offer in real time but a well shot photograph can come close. The camera is not as clever as the human eye. We are very fortunate to have this gift. But get intimate with your camera and keep at it and you’ll surprise yourself how close to a perfect capture you’ll come.

My own work can be found at www.vianne.co.uk, any comments would be greatly appreciated. My inspiration is merely what surrounds me, you can share that too.

“The Autumn mourns herrip'ning corn

By early Winter's ravage torn;

Across her placid, azure sky,

She sees the scowling tempest fly;…”

Burns, R.

The Bible is rich with wonderful stories.One of the most popular stories from theOld Testament is that of young Davidtaking on and beating the giant PhilistineGoliath. It is a tale that has been used toencourage the underdog. It is a tale thatencourages us to take on challengesthat might seem beyond us – becausewell, if wee David can do it so can we!

But you see this is where we have thestory all wrong – because, I wouldargue, David was never the underdog.Apologies if that made you choke onyour toast but, you see, how could Davidbe the underdog when he had God onhis side?

Let’s go back to the beginning of thestory. David has been helping out by tak-ing supplies to the battle frontline. Hisbrothers are there. King Saul is lookingfor someone to take on Goliath, who hasmade a direct challenge. Step forwardDavid. Saul dresses David up in his ar-mour and gives him his sword. But they

weigh David down so much he canhardly move. So David takes off his garband heads off, having first picked up hisshepherd’s crook and sling and selected5 smooth stones as ammunition. He isall set to take on the giant, Goliath.Taunted by Goliath David retorts, “Youare coming against me with sword,spear, and javelin, but I come againstyou in the name of the Lord Almighty,the God of the Israelite armies” (1Samuel 17:45). And with that, he fires astone from his sling and Goliath isbeaten.

Davis wins because he has God on hisside. When David went to meet Goliathhe was armed with five stones. Over thesummer we have in our church beenthinking about these stones. We havebeen considering as we have followedDavid’s story how they represent God in-volvement in our lives. One way wehave done this is to consider what theymight represent. A wonderful suggestionI came across was that the first stone

represents God’s love for us, the secondthat he knows us, the third that he treas-ures us, the fourth that he forgives usand the fifth that he is always with us.

Is that not a wonderful way to look at thisstory in a new way – David is no under-dog– how, armed with these stones,could David fail to beat Goliath? And ifwe pick up these 5 stones how can wefail to meet life’s challenges? We mightnot always win or get what we want butwe will be strengthened by rememberingthat God is there with us. So rememberand cherish your five stones: God lovesyou, God knows you, God treasuresyou, God forgives and God is alwayswith you.

May God’s blessing be with you.

Rev. Shuna DicksAberlour Parish Church

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Abernethy Parish Church Nethy Bridge. Sundays 9.30am:family morning service. Followed by refreshments. Traditionalservice at 12 noon. Tel: 01479 821280.Aberlour Parish Church The Square, Aberlour. Sunday11.15am. Alvie & Insh Church of ScotlandOur churches can be foundbeside Loch Insh for morning worship at 09.30am & Loch Alviewhere we meet at 7.00pm. If bad weather is forecast, changesmight be made to these venues. Please call 01540 661918 forconfirmation of where we will meet.Badenoch Free Church Ruthven Road, Kingussie. Sundays11am and evening service 6pm. Boat of Garten Parish Church, St Columba's Boat of Garten.Sunday morning service 10am. Evening worship at KincardineChurch, 6pm the second Sunday of most months: pleasecheck the weekly press. Contact tel.: 01479 831252.Craigellachie Church Victoria Street, Craigellachie. Sundays9.45am. Dulnain Bridge, Church of ScotlandSunday services 12noon.Duthil Parish Church Carrbridge. Sunday morning service at11.30am. Tel: 01479 831252.Grantown Baptist Church High Street, Grantown-on-Spey.Sundays 11am and evening service at 6pm. All welcome. Con-tact Rev. Rick Moeller: 01479 873125.Inverallan Parish Church Church of Scotland. Grantown-on-

Spey. Sundays 10.30am with crèche. All welcome. ContactRev. Morris Smith: 01479 872084.Kingussie Parish Church Sundays 11am. All welcome.Knockando, Elchies & Archiestown Parish Church ofScotland Sundays 10am. Tel : 01340 831381.Rothes Parish Church Sundays 11.30am. Tel: 01340 831381.Rothiemurchus & Aviemore Church of Scotland St An-drews Church, Grampian Road, Aviemore. Sundays 11.15am.Website: www.standrews-aviemore.org.ukSt Columba Episcopal Church High Street, Grantown, P263LD. Sundays 10.30am: Holy Communion. Ven. RichardGillings: [email protected] or phone 01479831365.St John Episcopal Church Sunday 10.30am: Eucharist. Followed by refreshments in the church hall. Email:[email protected] Michael Episcopal Church Coval Street, Dufftown. Sun-day 11am: Family Eucharist. Tel: 01343 547505.St Margaret of Scotland, Episcopal Church High Street,Aberlour, AB38 9QD. Sundays 10am: Eucharist. Tel: 01340881764. Website: www.stmargaretsaberlour.co.uk

If you are a member of a church not listed here, please email uswith details and we may print them in future issues.

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A few months ago I was sitting at my desk in the room at the front of the house I use as an office, when my concentration was broken by a barely audible little song. I looked around the room, there was a Robin sitting on the back of a chair a metre away. The song was repeated and I was looked at very directly. I opened the window but the robin refused to move, let alone fly out. As I went out of my office across the hall into the sitting room, the Robin followed, cocked its head on one side and repeated the song, this time sitting on the television. I knew what the Robin wanted.

To get to my office you come in the back door, through the kitchen, along the front hall and turn left. This is a route the Robin knows well and uses when the back door is open and I need “training”. Like many people, we have bird feeders in the garden and during the late Spring and early Summer they seem to be the main source of food for the local breeding House sparrows who consume nearly a kilo of food a day. Last Winter we started to feed mealworms, the Black birds and Robins really seemed to appreciate this. A couple of Robins started to watch for signs of us coming out of the house. They would make it very clear that they wanted more meal worms, and as time went on they became quite happy to eat these from the hand.

This Spring two pairs of Robins nested in the garden and our “training” was stepped up a gear, I guess by the male birds who were feeding their mates sitting on eggs. If there were no meal worms out the Robins would look directly through the window into the house, and continue to watch us until we put out more mealworms.

Back in May we spent a couple of weeks in the Cairngorms, and while we were away our neighbour checked the garden and filled the bird feeders. On returning I noticed a small pile of bird droppings on the door step. I thought this was a little odd until I surmised that a Robin had spent a lot of time sitting on the back door handle waiting for someone to come out and feed him.

Over the past months the demand from the Robins has reduced, the young have left the hedge and I assume they are looking after themselves. However, the male birds seem to be feeding the females again, perhaps they have laid more eggs. I am looking forward to my work being interrupted again in a couple of weeks and for my “training” to be resumed.

In the meantime, the local starlings have discovered the mealworms and the Blackbirds nesting in the clematis on top of our oil tank are feeding them to their young. No chance of stopping our regular mealworm order!

Briefly, and on more serious note, wild birds eat all year round and feeding them in the Winter can really help them through difficult cold spells.

Mike Rae

web: www.mikerae.com email: [email protected]

3. Matters Arising a) Strathspey RailwayBasil Dunlop via email informed the meet-ing that the event held on 25th May for in-vited politicians etc. was beneficialregarding publicity, though somewhat dis-appointing regarding attendance. The re-sultant photos in the Press, with 3 enginesin steam and 12 footplate and locomotivemaintenance volunteers and staff posingon them, showed that the SRC is now bigbusiness, as it did not include the manyother people engaged in other essentialtasks on the railway.

b) Flower BasketsBasil Dunlop via email told the meeting thatthe baskets are expected any time now,and the watering pump has been checkedand is working well. Highland Council haveplanted up tubs. Volunteers are still re-quired, especially those with vehicles withtow bars.

c) Grant Park LochanBasil Dunlop via email said that AnagachWoods Trust are to arrange a meeting withSeafield Strathspey Estates to discuss theweed problem, possible allotments, andvehicle access.

d) Old SpeybridgeOn going.

e) Grant House RenovationCllr Douglas reported that the 2nd phasewould be complete in early October and in-dicated that an invitation would be ex-tended to the Community Council to visitafter the renovations were complete.

f) Town SignsOn going.

Other issues:• PA System – On going.• Picnic in the Square – J Beveridge toldthe meeting that the event had been verysuccessful. C Sinclair extended a vote ofthanks to the committee who had organ-ized the afternoon.

There was a discussion regarding the re-quirement for multi-directional micro-phones for groups performing. LMcCracken is to approach the Grammar

School to see if they would approach theCommunity Council to purchase these, asit would be more beneficial for the schoolto have the microphones. E Sutton is toprice the equipment and Cllr Douglasstated that there could potentially be matchfunding from the Ward discretionarybudget.

• Olympic Torch – J Beveridge indicatedthat this had also been a great success; hethanked C Sinclair for his MC duties. Therewas disappointment that the HighlandCouncil coverage had ended at Carrbridge.

• Ian Charles Hospital – Cllr Douglas statedthat a focus group was being set up andthat a site visit to Migdale was to bearranged with representatives from all af-fected Community Councils. J Beveridgesaid that under the proposed new arrange-ments consultants would attend at thecommunity hospital. D Scobbie indicatedthat the Highland Senior Citizen Networkfelt that the centralized model would not beas beneficial to the various communities ashaving smaller, local units.

• Dulaig Pitch – The benches are still out-standing, Cllr Douglas to pursue this.

• Service Point Hours – On going.

Tom nan Clach wind farm - Fiona Milligan,Project Manager at Infinergy attended themeeting to outline the Community Benefitscheme attached to the Tom nan Clachwind farm. She explained that if thescheme goes ahead then the various com-munities impacted will qualify for a Com-munity Benefit Fund of £5,000 per annumper megawatt of installed capacity. This willequate to £195,000 per annum.

Highland Council have produced their ownpolicy on Community Benefit and the com-munities affected were free to adopt this orto go their own way. One suggestionwould be to set up a central trust to be ad-ministered by representatives of the variouscommunities and to which local organiza-tions could apply for funds.

F Milligan went on to outline some of thepriorities suggested so far including cul-tural heritage, skills development, social

housing (estate houses) and habitat, whichwould comprise a demonstrator type proj-ect which could then be showcased toother estates.

J Munro asked whether the funds will besplit among the communities according tothe impact upon them. F Milligan repliedthat this was hard to balance because ofdifferent ways of measuring this and alsobecause of the Community Council areaand number of residences.

J Munro also asked for clarification as towhether the social housing proposedwould not benefit the estate rather than thelocal residences. F Milligan responded thatthe affordable housing would be realizedby bringing estate housing back into use,but would be done in cooperation with alocal housing association or trust.

Cllr Lobban stressed to the meeting theneed to explore all the options before thewind farm was operational.

• Aung San Suu Kyi – There was a followup discussion about the Burmese opposi-tion leader’s visit to Britain and Grantownon Spey offering her some sort of recogni-tion. It was decided that as we had clearlymissed this window of opportunity the sub-ject should be re-examined at a later date.

Proposed: D ScobbieSeconded: P Mathieson

Matters Arising from AOBItem a – Alcohol Ban. As the HighlandCouncil Ward Manager Sue Palmer is leav-ing, it was felt that it was best to wait untilher replacement was in post to discuss li-censing.

Items b/d/e - 30 mph Sign. On going.

Road Markings. These are due to be re-freshed in the next few weeks.

Missing Cover. Has been reported to Scot-tish Water


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HighlandsAutumn Term Ends Friday 12th Oct 2012Winter Term Starts Monday 29th Oct 2012Winter Term Ends Friday 21st Dec 2012Spring Term Starts Monday 7th Jan 2013Holiday Closure Monday 11th Feb 2013Holiday Closure Tuesday 12th Feb 2013Regional Closure Wed. 13th Feb 2013

MorayAutumn Term Ends Fri 5th Oct 2012Winter Term Starts Tues 23rd Oct 2012Winter Term Ends Thurs 20th Dec 2012Spring Term Starts Mon 7th Jan 2013Mid-term Holiday Fri 15th Feb 2013Mid-term Holiday Mon 18th Feb 2013Spring Term Ends Thurs 28th Mar 2013

British Summertime Ends Sun 28th Oct 2012St Andrews Day Fri 30th Nov 2012Christmas Day Tues 25th Dec 2012Boxing Day Wed 26th Dec 2012New Year’s Day Tues 1st Jan 2013Scottish Bank Holiday Wed 2nd Jan 2013Burns Night Fri 25th Jan 2013

Shrove Tuesday Tues 12th Feb 2013Mother’s Day Sun 10th Mar 2013Good Friday Fri 29th Mar 2013British Summertime Begins Sun 31st Mar 2013Easter Monday Mon 1st Apr 2013Early May Bank Holiday Mon 6th May 2013Spring Bank Holiday Mon 27th May 2013


Aviemore Local Police. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01479 810222Regional Police . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 715555Aviemore Citizens Advice Bureau . . . . . . . 01479 810919Aviemore Registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01479 810694Aviemore Social Work Services . . . . . . . . 01479 810251Aviemore Tourist Information. . . . . . . . . . . 01479 810363National Rail Enquires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08457 484950Aberlour Post Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .01340 871201Aviemore Post Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01479 811056Dufftown Post Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01340 820244Aviemore Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01479 811113Badenoch Library & Learning Centre . . . . 01540 661596Aberlour Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01340 871693Dufftown Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .01340 820272Grantown Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01479 873175

SCHOOLSAberlour Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01340 871255Abernethy Primary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01479 821274Alvie Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01540 651238Aviemore Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01479 810343Carrbridge Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01479 841249Craigellachie Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01340 881271Dalwhinnie Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01528 522228Deshar Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01479 831226Gergask Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01528 544272Glenlivet Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01807 590216 Grantown Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01479 872525

Grantown Grammar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01479 872649Inveravon Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01807 500217Kingussie Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01540 661354Kingussie High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01540 661475Knockando Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01340 810257Mortlach Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01340 820268 Newtonmore Primary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01540 673252Rothes Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01340 831269Speyside High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01340 871522Tomintoul Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01807 580271

DENTISTSAviemore & Kingussie Dental Practice . . . 01479 810301Kingussie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01540 661280NHS Highland Dental Clinic. . . . . . . . . . . . 01479 811019Speyside Dental Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01340 871738Your Perfect Smile Dental Clinic . . . . . . . . 01479 872107(Grantown)Your Perfect Smile Dental Clinic . . . . . . . . 01479 812846

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SEPTEMBER 25 tuesdaygrantown-on-spey health walk 10:30am - 11:30am.20 min short, easy, local walk (20mins to 1hr) led byqualified walk leader. call 01479 841233nethy bridge health walk 1pm - 2pm. short, easy,local walk lasting 20 mins to an hour led by qualifiedwalk leader. 07519 569005.

26 wednesday - end october“impressions of an untamed country” by keith tilleyat elgin museum. £1 or included in the museum en-trance fee. email [email protected] orcall 01343 543675

27 thursdaypub quiz 9pm - 11pm at the woodshed, aviemore.£1 per person. call 01479 810661. carrbridge health walk group 11am - 12noon, theold bridge. free event. 01479 841749kingussie health walk group 10am - 11am. bade-noch centre. 01540 661878. aviemore health walk group 1:30pm - 2:30pm, cafe22, grampian road. 01479 810519.

27 september - 1 octoberautumn speyside whisky festival distillery tours,music, dancing, exhibitions, pipe bands and food &craft fairs. visit www.whisky.dufftown.co.uk

28 friday“the boys are back in town” pro night @ ironworks7pm. 14+. professional boxing night. tickets or infocall 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

29 saturday‘handmade in scotland’ autumn craft fair 10am -1pm, lossiemouth high school. free entry. free tea &coffee. email [email protected] or find us on

facebookdame emma kirkby & jakob lindberg in concert 7pm- 8:30pm, old high church, church street, inverness.visit www.moraysteinerschool.org

30 sunday last day of opening for castle & gardens for the year.enquiries & ticket info call 01667 404401 or visitwww.cawdorcastle.com

OCTOBER1 monday‘the rut - the spectacle of the mating game’ (talk)9pm, grant arms hotel, grantown-on-spey. free entry.moray feelgood festival 2012 : 'in my shoes' 11am -1pm / 2:30pm - 4:30pm, the gallery, elgin library,elgin. join art practitioner kate craik on a journey ofself discovery, creativity and fun. free / limitedspaces, booking required. call 01343 567188. visitwww.morayfeelgoodfestival.co.uk for more info.

1 monday - 6 saturdaymoray feelgood festival 2012 : 'recapture' exhibitionthe loft youth project, keith. youth led photographyproject to inspire those with an eating disorder tofight & recover. call 01542 886630 for opening timesand info.

1 monday - 24 wednesdaymoray feelgood festival 2012 : 'the feelgood mural'51 south street, the old junners building, elgin. pro-moting messages of mental health & wellbeing. visitwww.morayfeelgoodfestival.co.uk for details or call01343 550652 moray feelgood festival 2012 : 'knitting your way togood health' mon - sat 8am - 5:30pm sun 11am -4pm. st giles shopping centre and start to knit shop,elgin. promoting everything good about knitting.free, no booking required. for info call 01343 551512

2 tuesdaymoray feelgood festival 2012 : 'a creative & caringmoray' 3:15pm - 7pm, registration 2:30pm, moraycollege, elgin. aimed at community members andprofessionals from the arts, health and social sec-tors. free, limited spaces, booking required. email

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October 2012 tel: 01309 690063 SpotLight on Strathspey

[email protected] health walk 10:30am - 11:30am.short, easy, local walk lasting 20 mins to an hour ledby qualified walk leader. 01479 841233.nethy bridge health walk 1pm - 2pm. short, easy,local walk lasting 20 mins to an hour led by qualifiedwalk leader. 07519 569005.

3 wednesdaymark steel’s in town - comedy @ the loft 7:30pm,east grange farm, forres. call 01343 850111 or visitwww.eastgrange.co.ukgillian orr “proclaiming faith to young people” 2pmat inverallan church hall, grantown-on-spey. tea andbiscuits provided. creag meagaidh national nature reserve nature walk10am - 12noon. refreshments after. call 07961632685 or email [email protected]

4 thursday“bridging the gap” 2pm - 4pm, elgin museum. lec-ture by lt. col. andy sturrock (39 engineer reg., kin-loss). £3 donation, £2 for society members. call01343 543675 / [email protected] faulkner @ ironworks 7:30pm. 14+. call0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.compub quiz 9pm - 11pm. the woodshed, aviemore. £1per person. call 01479 810661. carrbridge health walk group 11am - 12noon. theold bridge. free event. 01479 841749.kingussie health walk group 10am - 11am. bade-noch centre. 01540 661878. aviemore health walk group 1:30pm - 2:30pm. cafe22, grampian road. 01479 810519.moray feelgood festival 2012 : 'feelgood bookbug'10am - 10:45am children's area, elgin library. stories& rhymes for babies & toddlers. great way to meetother parents and children in the area. free session,no booking required. for info call 01343 562602

5 fridaymusic night 7pm - 11pm. glenlivet public hall.“the rut - the spectacle of the mating game” (talk)9pm. grant arms hotel, grantown-on-spey. free entry.moray feelgood festival 2012 : 'feelgood bookbuglite' 11am - 11:30am children's area, elgin library.smaller, shorter & more intimate. free session, nobooking required. moray feelgood festival 2012 : 'healthmatters launch'12:30pm - 3pm, the gallery, elgin library. publica-tions and materials on display. free health info andresources to take away. free event. call 01343562602 for details.

5 friday - 6 saturdayaffordable art fair nairn community & arts centre. forinfo call 01667 453476 or email [email protected]

6 saturdaybingo tea 7:30pm - 11pm. archiestown village hall.'music for a while' at brodie castle. adult £8, conces-

sions £5. call 0844 493 2156 or visit www.nts.org.ukcairngorms farmers market at the porridge champi-onships 10am - 4pm. carrbridge primary schoolgrounds.the cairngorm charmer 11am - 3pm. 12 mileduathlon through beautiful glenmore forest park.£40 per team of two - great goody bag for all! call01463 701198 or [email protected]

8 monday“it’s all about the bike. robert penn” 7:30pm - 9pm.the highland council chamber, inverness. emailrobert at [email protected] or visit www.rsgs.org

9 tuesdaygrantown-on-spey health walk 10.30am - 11.30am.short, easy, local walk lasting 20 mins to an hour ledby qualified walk leader. 01479 841233.nethy bridge health walk 1pm - 2pm. short, easy,local walk lasting 20 mins to an hour led by qualifiedwalk leader. 07519 569005. moray feelgood festival 2012 : an audience withchristopher brookmyre 7pm - 8:30pm, the gallery,elgin library, elgin. free, booking required. visitwww.morayfeelgoodfestival.co.uk or call 01343562602

10 wednesday myshkins ruby warblers @ the loft 8pm, east grangefarm, forres. visit www.eastgrange.co.uk or call01343 850111 moray feelgood festival 2012 : moray 'random act ofkindness' day 24 hrs, throughout moray. doing gooddoes you good. take a moment to do somethingnice for others. visit morayfeelgoodfestival.co.ukmoray feelgood festival 2012 : 'pay it forward' 10am -12:30pm, moray playhouse cinema, elgin. free,booking required. call 01343 567108

11 thursdaypub quiz 9pm - 11pm. the woodshed, aviemore. £1per person. 01479 810661. carrbridge health walk group 11am - 12noon, theold bridge. free event. 01479 841749.kingussie health walk group 10am - 11am. bade-noch centre. 01540 661878. aviemore health walk group 1:30pm - 2:30pm, cafe22, grampian road. 01479 810519.

12 friday“background to burghead - the recent excavationsat clarkly hill, roseisle” 7:30pm - 9:30pm, elgin mu-seum. a lecture by dr fraser hunter. call 01343543675 or email [email protected] francis leftwich @ ironworks 7:30pm. 14+.£12. 08717894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.comsharon king and the wreckless angels @ the loft8pm, east grange farm, forres. £8, booking required.call 01343 850111or visit www.eastgrange.co.ukmoray feelgood festival 2012 : 'the happy movie'8pm - 10pm, universal hall, findhorn foundation.


free, no booking required. call 01309 691170.

13 saturday this is nirvana - nirvana tribute @ ironworks 7:30pm.£8. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com‘choctober’ - morays chocolate festival 12pm - 4pm,bishopmill hall, elgin. with chef's demos, a chocolatecraft market and a mad hatters restaurant. free entry.see www.facebook.com/choctober for more details.

14 sunday salad & sweet 12pm - 2pm. aberlour fleming hall.kingston community litter pick 10am - 11am. for infoor to help out call the ranger on 01343 820339.hue and cry @ ironworks 7pm. call 0871 7894173 orvisit www.ironworksvenue.commoray feelgood festival 2012 : 'hugo and the houseof automata' 1pm - 3:45pm, moray playhouse cin-ema, elgin. fundraising event. free / suggested do-nation £1/£2. no booking required. call 07790719097 or 01309 691212

15 monday natural dyestuffs (1) 1pm - 3pm, knockandowoolmill. family activity. all ages welcome. £2 perparticipant. to book, call 01340 810 345.

15 monday - 24 wednesdaymoray feelgood festival 2012 : 'walk in my shoes’ ex-hibition during opening hours, the gallery, elgin li-brary. expressing mental health issues through art &creativity. for info call 01343 562602. free entry.

16 tuesdaygrantown-on-spey health walk 10.30am - 11.30am.short, easy, local walk lasting 20 mins to an hour ledby qualified walk leader. 01479 841233.nethy bridge health walk 1pm - 2pm. short, easy,local walk lasting 20 mins to an hour led by qualifiedwalk leader. 07519 569005.moray feelgood festival 2012 : the flying starts fleacircus 6:30pm - 7:30pm, the gallery, elgin library. afundraising event presented by the house of au-tomata. suggested donation £2/£4. limited places,booking required. call 01309 691212

17 wednesday fibre carding and blending 1pm - 3pm. knockandowoolmill. family activity. all ages welcome. £2 perparticipant. to book, contact: 01340 810 345.wildlife warriors 2pm - 4pm, scottish dolphin centre,spey bay, fochabers. club for children aged 6-10, £2per child, accompanied by an adult. booking is es-sential. 01343 820 339 / [email protected] north american alpines 7:30pm, forreslesser town hall. illustrated talk by drs liam and joanmccaughey. highland rock garden club. for furtherinformation call john owen 01320 366246moray feelgood festival 2012 : ‘walk in my shoes’poetry writing sessions with colin will 11am -12:30pm or 2:30pm - 4pm, the gallery, elgin library.

free, limited places, booking required. call 01343567188 or visit www.morayfeelgoodfestival.co.uk

18 thursday bat for lashes + sylver tongue @ ironworks 7:30pm.call 0871 7894173 or visitwww.ironworksvenue.comgroup open evening 7pm - 10pm. bi-weekly men’sgroup in forres, invites men to come & see how wesupport men to work on things that are difficult intheir lives. call ashley on 07557282563 or visitwww.mkp.org.ukcarrbridge health walk group 11am - 12noon. theold bridge. free event. 01479 841749.kingussie health walk group 10am - 11am. bade-noch centre. 01540 661878. aviemore health walk group 1:30pm - 2:30pm. cafe22, grampian road. 01479 810519.pub quiz 9pm - 11pm. the woodshed, aviemore. £1per person. 01479 810661.

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the shee 8pm, universal hall, findhorn. £10 / £8concs / £6 u16s. call 01309 691170 or visitwww.universalhall.co.uk

20 saturday doug allen - life behind the lens 7:30pm, universalhall, findhorn. £15 / £12.50 concs. call 01309 691170or visit www.universalhall.co.ukturin brakes + iain mclaughlin & the outsiders + an-derson + anderson, mcginty, webs @ ironworks7:30pm. 0871 7894173 orwww.ironworksvenue.comrainbow fair fleming hall, aberlour. for mind, body &spirit. various stalls including readers, healers, crys-tals. free entry. call ann miller on 07547 467646.

21 sunday there was an old lady who swallowed a fly 4pm, uni-versal hall, findhorn. £7 / £6 (concs) /£5 u16s. call01309 691170 or visit www.universalhall.co.ukmoray feelgood festival 2012 : ‘feel good on the

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farm’ family day out 10am til late at the loft, east-grange farm, forres. a full day of taster sessions andactivities. free entry & discounted activities. for infocall 01343 850111 or visit www.eastgrange.co.uk

22 monday waterwheel challenge 1pm - 3pm. knockandowoolmill. family activity. all ages welcome. £2 perparticipant. to book, call 01340 810345.

23 tuesdaygrantown-on-spey health walk 10:30am - 11:30am.short, easy, local walk lasting 20 mins to an hour ledby qualified walk leader. 01479 841233.nethy bridge health walk 1pm - 2pm. short, easy,local walk lasting 20 mins to an hour led by qualifiedwalk leader. 07519 569005.

24 wednesday wildlife warriors 2pm - 4pm, scottish dolphin centre,spey bay, fochabers. for children aged 6-10, £2 perchild, to be accompanied by an adult. booking is es-sential. 01343 820 339 / [email protected] dyestuffs (2) 1pm - 3pm. knockandowoolmill. family activity. all ages welcome. £2 perparticipant. to book, call 01340 810 345.moray feelgood festival 2012 : ‘bully’ kutting edgeyouth theatre 7pm - 8:30pm, lossiemouth high-school, lossiemouth. free, no booking required. forinfo call 01343 557148

25 thursdaypub quiz 9pm - 11pm. the woodshed, aviemore. £1per person. 01479 810661.carrbridge health walk group 11am - 12noon. theold bridge. free event. 01479 841749.kingussie health walk group 10am - 11am. bade-noch centre. 01540 661878.aviemore health walk group 1:30pm - 2:30pm. cafe22, grampian road. 01479 810519.

26 friday ironworks unplugged @ ironworks call 08717894173 or visitwww.ironworksvenue.comdavid hughes dance - the chinaski sessions 8pm,universal hall, findhorn. £10 / £8 (concs) / £6 u16scall 01309 691170 or visit www.universalhall.co.uk‘help whip cancer’ fundraiser 7:30pm - 9:30pm, oak-wood cookery school, forres road, elgin. gorgeousrecipes, live cooking demos and raffles. help us‘stand up to cancer’.cinema nairn presents ‘oranges and sunshine’ (15)2010. 7:30pm, nairn community & arts centre. forinfo call 01667 453476 or email [email protected]

27 saturdayalzheimer scotland’s elgin branch coffee morning10am - 12noon. the supper room, elgin town hall.home baking & usual stalls. £2 entrance fee.halloween horrors at spey bay 6pm - 7:30pm. join usin the ice house for creepy games, bewitching fancy

dress, devilish disco dancing & pumpkin soup! £2per child, to be accompanied by an adult. bookingessential. 01343 820 339 / [email protected]’s halloween party @ ironworks 10pm. 18+. call0871 7894173 or visitwww.ironworksvenue.comhocus pocus halloween haunt 6:30pm - 8:30pm,brodie castle. tickets £4, family £10. call 08444932156 or visit www.nts.org/eventsverdi’s “la traviata” 7:30pm, nairn community & artscentre. for info call 01667 453476 or [email protected]. visit www.musicnairn.org.ukelgin bid ‘halloween family fun day’ 10am - 4pm, theplainstones, elgin. fun for all ages.

30 tuesdaygrantown-on-spey health walk 10:30am - 11:30am.short, easy, local walk lasting 20 mins to an hour ledby qualified walk leader. 01479 841233.nethy bridge health walk 1pm - 2pm. short, easy,local walk lasting 20 mins to an hour led by qualifiedwalk leader. 07519 569005.

31 wednesday 3 magic words : how to access your subconsciousmind to become an active co-creator in your own life7:30pm, highland spiritual cinema, inverness. visitwww.highlandspiritualcinema.netcreag meagaidh national nature reserve nature walk10am - 12noon. refreshments after. call 07961632685 or email [email protected]

NOVEMBER in brief1 thursday lau @ ironworks 7:30pm. call 0871 7894173 or visitwww.ironworksvenue.com

3 saturday the wolfe tones @ ironworks 7:30pm. call 0871 7894173 orvisitwww.ironworksvenue.com

3 saturday - 4 sundayelgin model fair 10am - 5pm, elgin town hall, elgin. rail lay-outs, boats, planes, digital scalextric, various hobbies etc.specialist hobby suppliers & refreshments. adults £4.50,concs £3.50, children £3, family (2+2) £12. under 5s free.email duncan macrae: [email protected]

7 wednesday molly ducket (inverallan church guild) 2pm. grantown mu-seum.creag meagaidh national nature reserve nature walk 10am- 12noon. refreshments after. call 07961 632685. [email protected]

9 friday calum stewart and heikki bourgault 8pm. universal hall,findhorn. £10 / £8 concs / £6 u16s. call 01309 690311orvisit www.findhorn.orgthe usa and trilliums (highland garden rock club) 7:30pm.nairn community centre. illustrated talk by robert unwin.call john owen 01320 366246.

17 saturday rhythmnreel @ ironworks 7pm. call 0871 7894173 or visitwww.ironworksvenue.com

NOVEMBER in brief continued20 tuesday bellowhead @ ironworks 7:30pm. call 0871 7894173 orvisit www.ironworksvenue.com

24 saturdaydaimh 8pm, universal hall, findhorn. £12 / £10 (concs) /£8 u16s. call 01309 690311or visit www.findhorn.orgchristmas lights switch on 11am - 5pm, the plainstones,elgin. fun for all ages.

28 wednesdaycreag meagaidh national nature reserve nature walk10am - 12noon. refreshments after. call 07961 632685or email [email protected]

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Kris McKie, The Royal Hotel, Elgin

Crab Fritters andSweet Chilli Sauce.

A simple starter that often goes on our specials board

this month as local crab is available.

100g butter

150ml water

150g plain flour (sifted)

A pinch of sea salt

1 egg and 1 yolk (beaten)

150g crab meat

1 tspn chopped chives or parsley

Method

1) Bring water to boil in a saucepan. Add butter and salt.

When butter has melted, beat in flour to form smooth paste.

Beat for 2/3 minutes over a low heat.

2) Chill pastry in a bowl for 20/30 minutes.

3) When cool, beat in egg. Mix well.

4) Fold in crab meat and chives. Season with black pepper

to taste.

5) Using a teaspoon, drop crab mix into hot oil. Cook for

2/3 minutes.

Serve fritters with dressed salad, lemon, and sweet

chilli sauce.

Enjoy!

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