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Braemar Buzzard informing the community Issue 54 - Sept 2019 Braemar Buzzard www.braemarbuzzard.org.uk Congratulations! Christine Sloan, founder of Crathie Opportunity Holidays (COH) was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for ‘services to people with disabilities and to tourism’. It was Christine who had the vision to restore the redundant and neglected Crathie Manse Stables as holiday cottages. Story continues on page 11 Photo right: Doug Bruce holding the Braemar Stone, a 28 pound boulder, at the Scottish Highland Games in Homer Alaska in July. Competitors (male or female) throw the stone as far as possible from a standing position. Homer is a village of approximately the same size as Braemar with Games modelled on our own - but with a few differences such as another popular class - ‘Throwing the beer keg’! Doug is celebrating his 80th birthday on Wednesday 18th September with a walk up Lochnagar. He extends an open invitation to Braemar Creative Arts anyone who knows him to join the walk party Festival 23-27 October (even if they don’t want to attempt the whole climb). Meet Enclosed with this issue of the Buzzard is a programme at Loch Muick car park at for the 2019 Creative Arts Festival . Now in its 8th 9.30am on the 18th. There will year, the festival is just as busy as ever with something be a sing along at the top at to interest everyone. Brand new workshops include 1pm! Happy birthday Doug. techniques in photography using your smart phone, circus skills (for all ages), upcycling furniture, turning old denims into handbags, making stag horn chimes, Inside this issue… Page 2 Community Pete Seeger for ukulele, bothy ballads - the list goes Update Page 3 Osteoporosis; Councillor’s on…. with of course a lot of the old Corner Page 4 Invercauld Arms; St Margaret’s favourite workshops too - music, Page 5 Looking back in time Page 6 Braemar literature, drama, arts & craft. Buzzards are Castle Page 7 Autumn at Mar Lodge; Commu- Make sure that you book your distributed free nity Garden Page 8/9 Clubs & Societies news & workshops early to ensure a of charge but activities Page 9 Braemar Care Page 10 Trade/ place. The brochure gives full donations are services ads Page 11 Junior Buzzard; Crathie details of titles, times and how to always welcome Opportunity Holidays story Page 12 What’s On book. 1 Braemar Buzzard informing the community Issue 54 - Sept 2019 space for a small composter somewhere. The cuttings compost down to almost nothing. If your green waste is nothing but grass then you would do well to add a few dry leaves or other greenery just Braemar News Group to improve the mix, but it really is very easy to www.braemarbuzzard.org.uk create a compost that you can dig into enrich the soil in your garden. Grass cuttings don’t need to Chair: Pete Mulvey Treasurer: Dorothy Ramsay transported across the county and sent to landfill. Secretary: Margaret Palmer (013397 41590 At the very least, take your grass cuttings to a Buzzard Editor: Liz Robertson (013397 41030 green waste disposal facility where they can be composted on a larger scale. Please send any news/letters/articles to Right – end of moaning (for now) – anyone By email: [email protected] else want to have a go?? By post: Coldrach Lodge,Chapel Brae AB35 5YT By phone: 013397 41030 Community Update: For advertising: contact Maggie MacKay Braemar Community Council BCC Two new (013397 41245. Adverts cost £20 per eighth of a members have been co-opted onto the Community page. Council - Jacqueline MacLean (primary head teacher) and Iain Fowler. Past and current editions of the Buzzard together with A new bus timetable was issued in August - the ‘live’ events calendar (updated between copies can be picked up at the Co-op. The Sunday issues) can be viewed online (in FULL colour!) on our bus service has been secured until March. A website: www.braemarbuzzard.org.uk Copies are review is underway to see whether savings on delivered free of charge within the locality of other Braemar services can be made to support Braemar. Extra copies can be obtained from the the Sunday service long term. garage, the art gallery and the newsagent/pharmacy. Re village parking issues, Aberdeenshire The Buzzard is funded by advertising and donations - Council have commissioned work to redesign both donation tins are at all these outlets for any very the Balnellan and Mews car parks, implementation welcome contribution towards costs. partly depends on the outcome of a funding ...and from the Editor... application to Visit Scotland and isn’t anticipated to start until Spring next year. Meanwhile plans are underway to mark a bus stop area at the Mews car I’ve decided to live park for coach drop off. Options are still being dangerously - possibly create some explored as to how to alleviate problems identified controversy - and have written a with motor homes within the village - problems not ‘grumpy old person’s’ column... wholly unique to Braemar and which may require First grump on my list (and this Cairngorms National Park- wide solutions. one makes me seethe just thinking about it) is the parking outside the Fife Hotel – those Empty crisp packets wanted! You cannot cars that think it’s acceptable to leave half the car protruding onto the road. It’s a nightmare for currently recycle your crisp cyclists, a potential car/bus/lorry crash in the making packets via your blue – soooo dangerous, selfish, anti-social…. Deep recycle bin BUT you can breaths - what to do? recycle them for the charity Next moan – those unnecessary messages Helimed (helicopter medical on the boards on Scottish motorways. I do like to emergency service) via a know about hold ups, road closures, speed limits etc. grey bin outside St Andrew’s but I do not need to know that the Met Office has put out a yellow rain warning. First, I am quite Church. They are gathered cleaned and go to the capable of checking the weather forecast, second – Highland Bakehouse and from there to Ballater. what am I meant to do about it? – pull over onto the Packets should be completely empty. All brands hard shoulder and await the downpour? turn around accepted including crisp multipack outer and go home? I’m not on the motorway because I packaging, but please do not fold the crisp packets enjoy driving in rain, I am here for a reason. Please into triangles. don’t distract me. Last (and maybe most contentiously) my third A new gripe is people disposing of grass cuttings in their Braemar 3rd Age Lunch Group wheelie bins. If you have sufficient lawn to generate venue has been found and it is hoped to get this up grass cuttings then surely you must have sufficient and running again after the Games. 2 Braemar Buzzard informing the community Issue 54 - Sept 2019 St Andrew’s RC Church Afternoon teas will Councillor’s continue weekly through the winter, look out for posters and/or check the community facebook Corner page for dates/ Geva Blackett info. Other (013397 41541 events happening ((mobile) 0787 647 5269 this Email: [email protected] autumn at the The community housing project (see last church will in- issue of the Buzzard) has taken a step forward with clude a St An- the feasibility study conducted by Rural Housing drew’s Night cel- Scotland confirming that we can proceed to the next ebration (29th No- stage which includes recruiting a project officer to vember) together steer Braemar Community Ltd through the grant and with some special planning processes (which will of course include events which are more community consultation). to be held in Thank you to all those who sent me evidence commemoration of the 18T weight limit being abused on Gairnshiel of the 180th Anniversary of our church here in Bridge. This information is helping pursue Braemar. Details will follow. prosecutions intended to deter further damage and hopefully keep the current bridge safe until the new one is built! Osteoporosis & what we can do I shall be running another Pot Luck Lunch in Osteoporosis is known as the silent killer Crathie on December 27th. These lunches are free because, unless you get a scan to confirm it, you and make use of leftover food from Tesco plus a wouldn’t know you have it, there are no obvious hind or two from Balmoral and Invercauld - donations symptoms. I was shocked when I was recently are welcome but not compulsory. More information diagnosed following a fall on ice breaking my wrist. soon. In Scotland we have automatic scanning of over Thank you so much for all the messages of 50’s who break a bone. The good thing about goodwill, cards and gifts - August has been a difficult knowing is there is so much you can do to combat month for me health wise but I’m now well on the the condition with medication and advice on way to being back to the Geva you all know (and exercise and nutrition. But, there are millions of dread!) - helped along by the birth of our wonderful people of all ages out there who haven’t been new grandson Freddie! diagnosed but may have the condition. It is Pictured below is a delegation of 22 high important to eat well and keep fit throughout life to ranking officials from Hainan Province, China who I make sure you have strong bones. And it’s better had the pleasure of taking around Braemar to show not to be too thin! your bones need a bit of weight to them more about the Cairngorms National Park (last make them work harder and stay stronger.