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AN CARRANNACH the General Interest Magazine of Lochcarron, Shieldaig, Applecross, Kishorn, Torridon & Kinlochewe Districts Looking towards An t-Eilean SliombaghPhoto by by Peter Peter Teago Teago AN CARRANNACH The General Interest Magazine of Lochcarron, Shieldaig, Applecross, Kishorn, Torridon & Kinlochewe Districts NO: 366 July 2018 £1.00 Alphie Edwards Fund raising for charity In 2016 I gave £4000 to the Portree Life Boat, £1500 for a defibrillator for Applecross, £1500 towards the Applecross Skiff and £1000 towards the new war memorial in Applecross. In 2017 £4000 for the Howard Doris Centre, £500 towards the war memorial as they had a short fall due to the vat. This year I am giving £300 to The Highland Hospice. This is only possible due to the kindness of local businesses for their donations for my auction on the night of the sea fishing dance which we also do the prizes for the sea angling competition. The raft race is on the Friday night followed by raffles and a barbecue, the Saturday is the sea angling followed by dance, prize giving raffles and the auction. A huge thanks to all the skippers for donating part of the money from the competitors and to everybody who donates for the auction from the clooty dumplings to meals for two at various venues, boat storage and many many more. A massive thanks to one and all, hopefully I will make even more money this year. I would also like to thank everybody who helped and donated towards the Applecross Boatpull which raised a huge amount of money over many years, unfortunately due to not being able to get insurance and the roads being so busy, we are having to hang up our kilts. I will continue to raise money for charity as long as I can. A massive thanks to you all, Alfie Edwards. 1 especially, Jenny from the countryside rangers The Bealach café and Gallery. and Siobann with team SSF, for all their hard work Looking for an enthusiastic, and Hilary MacLoud for the generous refresh- cheerful person to work in the ments. A thank you from café and gallery. the whole village, for clean Substantial hours available and beaches which we all hope to maintain in their pristine training on the job. condition. This is a seasonal job so would The Dell is now coming into flower. As I write it is require total commitment during suffering from a lack of rain. The orchids are fewer and much smaller than usual, but we hope the rain will the busy summer months but come in time to allow the flowers their full Midsummer there may be hours available in glory, when last year I counted 25 different wild flowers the winter months if required. (and I am not a Botanist!) Each year more wild habitat Please get in touch on 01520 like this disappears throughout Britain, so we are very fortunate to have this now rare piece of grassland. It 733436 and ask for Sharon. only is successful because the grass is cut each year after flowering, and then removed as silage, to leave the ground unfertilised and conditions perfect for the flowers to thrive. Please try to keep to the path at this Kishorn Notes tme of year, to give the flora the best opportunity to flourish. July 7th is National Meadows Day. I hope we Kishorn has had a busy time in a month of glorious can honour it. weather, with no rain and soaring temperatures of 26 degrees. FIRST REGISTRATION OF A CROFT A party was held on the Dell to celebrate Jocky Brown's seventieth birthday and he surprised us all by coming in true sixties dress, topped with a splendid Mrs Morag MacDonald MacCuish has bright red wig! Such was the disguise that one member registered Croft 1 Fearnabeg, Applecross on of the village , (who knows him well) asked Jocky if he the Crofting Register held by the Registers knew where the Birthday boy was! A good joke of Scotland. Jocky..well done! The Dell again was much in use for the second Any person who wishes to challenge the session of games, with over twenty children and adults registration may apply to the Scottish Land thoroughly enjoying the fun. The next date for another opportunity to join in, is the 8th of July 1pm to 3pm. Court by 7 March, 2019. Everyone is welcome. Thank you to Linda and Mike, Robert and Alex...for organising everything. Details of the registration can be found at Gillian Pattinson, together with Mark, hosted another www.crofts.ros.gov.uk/register/home. The well attended Art Course tutoured by Ray Balkwill. An croft registration number is C5176. enthusiastic group of painters returned home with some excellent pictorial memories of our beautiful part of the Highlands. SAMARITANS We have two young Highland dancers in the village to Whatever you’ve done. congratulate, for passing their first Highland Dancing exam. Keira Fulton and Niamh Hill, who we trust will Whatever life’s done to you. dance on to become as proficient as the more senior Call Samaritans. girls in Kishorn. Well done you two! No pressure. The 'Beach Clean' has been much talked about and and has been a very successful community project. No judgement. The weather was set fair, and an enormous skip filled to the brim with rubbish. The village, and some visitors, We’re here for you any time. turned out to help make it such a worthwhile exercise. Many thanks go to the organisers, Robert MacInnes 0845 790 9090. 2 AN CARRANNACH Published by An Carrannach Society, Lochcarron. Chairperson: Joanna Macpherson Deputy Chair Roger Cundiff Editorial Content Material for publication must be emailed to Michelle Teago at [email protected] or a phone call to 01520 722688 Sub Editor Joanna Macpherson Area Representatives: Applecross: Lenore Small 01520 744 337 Kishorn: Carol Cocks 01520 733 213 Shieldaig: Lucy Kerr 01520 755 368 Torridon: Features: A Word from the Church/On Reflection Gardening – To be confirmed Nature Notes – Hatty Arthur – 01520 722 551 Email: [email protected] Advertising: [email protected] Local Rate: Entertainments, Sales, Services, Trade Whole Page £28, Half page £18, Quarter page £10 Out of Area Rate: Please email us for prices Mailing: Hilary “Post” Rooke Distribution: Anthea Zell Treasurer: Alec Cormack Mackays Cottage Strathcarron IV54 8YX 01520 722603 [email protected] Insertions: Births, marriages, deaths, acknowledgements. Congratulations, thanks notices – No charge Subscriptions: 11 issues post paid, U.K. £25.00 : Australia £66.00 Canada and USA £60.00 Contact [email protected] Material intended for publication must include your name and address. Please note we can now accept copy in any format.. CLOSING DATE FOR THE AUGUST 2018 ISSUE MATERIAL MUST BE RECEIVED BY NO LATER THAN 15TH JULY PLEASE Errors and omissions excepted. The An Carrannach Society does not accept responsibility for the content/accuracy of reports, articles and advertisements received. The views expressed by contributors are NOT necessarily those of the Society. 3 CHURCH OF SCOTLAND APPLECROSS, LOCHCARRON & TORRIDON Charity No: SCO32334 Times and Places of Worship for July2018 1st July Lochcarron 10.30am Torridon Community Hall 1.00pm 8th July Lochcarron 10.30am Shieldaig 1.00pm Applecross 1.00pm 15th July Lochcarron 10.30am Kinlochewe 1.00pm 22nd July Lochcarron 10.30am Applecross 1.00pm Shieldaig 1.00pm 29th July Parish Communion Shiedaig 12 noon Minister Rev. Anita Stutter Tel. 01520 722783 Email [email protected] ALL ARE WELCOME FREE CHURCH LOCHCARRON & All Saints (Scottish Episcopal) Mission APPLECROSS Kinlochewe You are welcome at our services (part of the world-wide Anglican Lochcarron Church Street IV54 8YP Communion) Sunday 11am and 6 pm invites you to its monthly service (Crèche and Sunday school) July service: 1st July 2.30pm Midweek Wednesdays 7.30pm (Kinlochewe Church of Scotland Applecross Camusterrach IV54 8LU building) 3 pm every Sunday August service: 5th August 2.30pm Other events as intimated. Celebrant and Preacher: Scottish Charity SC038169 Revd Pam Shinkins Rev M. Florit 01520 722999 Everyone made welcome [email protected] Further info: (01445) 781346 www.freechurch.org (Scottish Charity Number: SCO04655) 4 this. In our inner thoughts we know this is the case. We know that there is a God; and we know that we have failed him. Even in how we set ON standards for ourselves, and in the way we think of others’ actions, we know. We are not as we should be, we do not act as we should. The Bible REFLECTION actually tells us that because of this, we are at enmity with God. Now, I can think of many reasons why I would not like to have either Mr. Trump or Mr. Kim as my enemy; but I can think of OK, let’s talk! many more not to want God as such. A few months ago, there were some who But God, with whom we are confronted, comes wondered whether we were near the Third World and tells us: “Let’s discuss this.” And he tells us War, as US President, Donald Trump, and North that the discussion is not just in order to let us Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, were saying, let’s know the terrible consequences of our say not too nice things of each other, and predicament. He tells us that what He is willing to launching what seemed very serious threats. Yet, do is to change our enmity into friendship. He is on the 12th of last month, we were surprised by ready to do so, by changing our predicament. The witnessing their handshake, their meeting, and passage of Isaiah continues: “… though your sins their signing of a joint statement, in what we refer are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; now as “the Singapore summit.” Mr.
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