AN CARRANNACH The General Interest Magazine of , , , Kishorn and & Kinlochewe Districts

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Our AGM was held on the 13th January and saw some changes to the committee. George Hendry is staying on as Chieftain, Henry Dalgety is also staying on as Club President with Anne MacCuish as Vice President. Janet Price is continuing to be our Secretary. Neil Ross from Kishorn has taken on the role of Treasurer from Fionnuala Stark. Fionnuala will continue as a committee member after a number of years being Treasurer. Fiona McLeod is staying on as Publicity Officer, completing articles and updating Facebook. Andrew Slaughter is going to continue as Team Manager on his own. We thank Alan Mackay for his joint management team last season with Andrew. Bob Munro will continue as Team Coach and our Youth Coaches will be Laura Mackay and Douglas Mackenzie. Further committee members are: Liam Arnott, Lachlan Dean Morrice, Crisdean Finlayson, Peter Mackenzie, Katrine Fogt, David MacCuish and Fionnuala Stark. We would also like to thank Helen Stewart who has stepped down from the committee this year after a number of years loyal service.

On the 11th February, we had our first preseason friendly against Skye 2nds. It was a beautiful day for our first game at The Battery Park. Skye started strongly and kept the Lochcarron defence busy for the opening thirty minutes going 3-nil up. Lochcarron got back into the game, just before half time, through a well worked free hit which was finished well with Crisdean Finlayson finding the back of the Skye net. Half time score: Lochcarron 1-3 Skye 2nds. The home team made a good start to the second half, having the majority of possession for a short time. Fitness showed in the Skye team and they began to take control making plenty of opportunities for themselves and went on to score 3 more goals in the second half. Final score: Lochcarron 1-6 Skye 2nds.

Dates for your diary: 11th March – Inverness 2nds (H) 18th March – Strathglass 2nds (A) 25th March – Lovat 2nds (H) 1st April – Caberfeidh 2nds (A)

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with, may have greatly disappointed them. He said to the man: “Man, your sins are forgiven you.” What? Yes, well, but it’s walking I need! It’s walking I really want! Shortly afterwards, in ON demonstration of his authority, Jesus healed the man; but to begin with, the man’s paralysis wasn’t the most pressing need. The most pressing need REFLECTION was the need to deal with his sins.

It’s the ugliness of sin that keeps us paralysed, and unable to be who we should be. And the devastating consequence of sin is that, if undealt Early last year, I decided to follow the sequence with, it causes a much greater “paralysis;” the loss of the Church Year Calendar for our fullness of life here, and afterwards life eternal in considerations of God’s Word in the morning heaven. The man could die a paralytic and rise in services. I was very conscious that I would be heaven to newness of life; but die able to walk with starting once the Church Year was well under sins unforgiven, and be eternally lost. way. For I decided that we would start with Easter Sunday. In a way, though chronologically This is what “Lent” should remind us of: That apart the beginning of the Church Year starts on the from forgiveness of sins, and the grace of First Sunday in Advent, it is the Resurrection of repentance, there is no hope for the healing of that Jesus that seals the authority for such thing as a condition, which is much more serious than “Christian Calendar.” The Resurrection speaks of physical paralysis. the victory of Christ. But of course for that victory to take place, the Christ had to be born. And for But we praise God, for Jesus came to seek and to that victory to be attained, the Christ had to save that which was lost. He came to call sinners suffer and die, and rise again. to repentance; to call people of all ages and conditions, to turn away from their own ways, their This year, March begins with “Ash Wednesday” own ideas as to how to “win” God’s favour, and beginning the season of Lent, which ends receive freely the salvation Jesus brings, through approximately six weeks before Easter Sunday. his life, death and resurrection. It is a season when the issue of repentance is highlighted. Of course, repentance, as taught in As we begin this month, looking ahead at April, the Scriptures, is not to be the experience of one when Christians all over the world will focus in a day, or one season of the year. Repentance is a special way on the death and the resurrection of lifelong duty. We are to be conscious, every day, our Saviour, let us pay attention to the lesson of of our need of turning from our own ways to “Lent.” Let us turn from our own ways, and set our God’s ways. And we are not to do so by eyes on Jesus, who for such as we are, endured abstaining from certain things, which may be the cross, despising the shame, that we may have lawful the rest of the year; or by expressions of the assurance of sins forgiven, and the freedom temporary self-denial. We are to do so by being this brings. conscious of the ugliness, and devastating Rev Marcos Florit consequences of our sin. **********************************************************

You may remember the occasion when a man SAMARITANS who was paralytic was brought to Jesus. As entering the house where Jesus was teaching was impossible, due to the crowd present, his friends that were carrying the man on a bed, Whatever you’ve done. lowered him through the roof of the house. You can read about it in Luke’s Gospel, chapter 5. Whatever life’s done to you. These men, and obviously, the paralytic, had one Call Samaritans. thing in mind. And their goal was not just to listen to Jesus. Immediately before the record of the No pressure. event, Luke tells us that people knew what Jesus was doing for those afflicted with different No judgement. illnesses, and that great crowds gathered to hear We’re here for you any time. him and to be healed of their infirmities. It’s healing they want; they want their friend to be able to walk, to be able to be free from the condition that confined him to his bed. 0845 790 9090.

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Scottish Episcopal Church

Courthill Chapel, Kishorn FREE CHURCH

Services for March LOCHCARRON & APPLECROSS Sunday Service 10.30 a.m.

You are welcome at our services March 5 Eucharist Rev. John Searl 10.30 a.m Lent 1 Lochcarron Church Street IV54 8YP March 12 Eucharist Rev. Francis Minay Sunday 11am and 6 pm 10.30 a.m Lent 2 (Crèche and Sunday school) March 19 Eucharist Rev. Heather Widdows 10.30 a.m Lent 3 Midweek Wednesdays 7.30pm March 26 Eucharist Rev. John Searl Applecross IV54 8LU 10.30 a.m Mothering Sunday 3 pm every Sunday April 2 Holy Communion Jan Overmeer 10.30 a.m Lent 5 Other events as intimated. Scottish Charity SC038169 For more information, ring: Rev M. Florit 01520 722 999 Marcus Given Rita Sykes [email protected] 01520 722 617 01520 722 995 www.freechurch.org

Rev. Heather Widdows or Rev. John Searl 01445 712 176 01445 741 231 CHURCH OF Roman Catholic Mass Father William MacLean APPLECROSS, LOCHCARRON and Monthly on Saturday 1 p.m. TORRIDON Contact 01478 613 227 Urgent 07881 956 660 Times and Places of Worship

5th March Lochcarron 10.30am Are you looking for occasional Torridon Community Hall 1.00pm Sunday Worship? 12th March Lochcarron 10.30am The Scottish Episcopal Church Shieldaig 1.00pm (Part of the Anglican Communion) Applecross 1.00pm meets in Kinlochewe (Church of Scotland Building) 19th March Lochcarron 10.30pm on the first Sunday each month at 2.30pm Kinlochewe 1.00pm

A traditional upbeat service with Holy 26th March Lochcarron 10.30pm Communion and Sermon Applecross 1.00pm Celebrant and Preacher: Revd Pam Shinkins Shieldaig 1.00pm

Next service Sunday 5th March 2017 Locum Minister Revd. Tom MacIntyre, Church of Scotland Tel: (01445) 781346 Manse, Colonel’s Road, Lochcarron (Scottish Charity Number SCO20389) Tel. 01520 722783

New Venue, same warm welcome Interim Moderator Revd. David Kellas, Buarbach, Glenelg (Spotted on a church notice board: Tel. 01599 522257 “Faithbook: You have one new friend request from Jesus!) Charity No. SCO32334

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Coming Home to Applecross! The Reverend Canon Murray Haig, who is taking this wedding and is a close friend of the When I was a little boy, my father would groom’s family, is planning to hold a Good recount many a tale of fishing in a family boat Friday service on the 14th April at Clachan in . I would listen with open Church following the wedding. eyes, wondering if I would ever have the chance to see first-hand the home of my The service will be from 2.00pm – 3.00pm and is father’s family, the Gillanders clan. This did open for anyone to attend; indeed, we would be not seem very likely, as I was living some five delighted for other from the area to join us. hundred miles away in a small market town in IMG. Nottinghamshire. ****************************************************** SYRIAN MEAL AT TORRIDON However, as luck would have it, three years ago, my wife booked a surprise holiday for my A huge thank you to all the cooks, diners and sixtieth birthday. As this was a special helpers for the Syrian Meal held on Saturday holiday my two daughters, along with their 4th February. We all enjoyed freekah, tabouleh, partners, also came. I was unprepared for labneh, confit of lamb, chicken, fish with zatar, how emotional I would find the trip. Driving flatbreads, baklava, syrian fruit salad, mamoul into the village for the first time, I stopped the and much, much more. car and turned to my wife and said that I have come home. I understood at once how my father, Murdo Gillanders, spoke of it so wistfully.

We stayed in Sanctuary cottage in Milton and found out that this cottage once belonged to one of my great aunts, as it was bought for her by her father, Murdo Gillanders (known as Lowry), who was the village tailor and also my great grandfather. On our visit to the Heritage Centre, imagine the astonishment on my face when walking in and being greeted with a large exhibition about my great grandfather and two of my great uncles. All of us were left with a lasting impression and made to feel very welcome by the locals. We hoped to make another visit one day. A total of £1015 was raised which will be going to the Oxfam Syrian Appeal and Highlands To my great delight, my youngest daughter Support Refugees. Holly and her partner John announced their engagement and their intention to be married Fantastic! at Clachan Church in Applecross. She told Peter Fenton me that this was the only place in the world ******************************************************* where she wanted to be married. NATURE NOTES

We are all very proud of our heritage and I am so pleased that we are able to continue our I’m still waiting for winter! I’ve never known it so links with the community. The fact that there dry and mild during what is normally a will be over a hundred people travelling from desperately wet and dismal part of the year! all across the country is testament to this Whilst enjoying the sunshine I kept reminding beautiful place. myself that it was only February and wintry weather may yet set in. I will imagine my father being out in the bay fishing in the family boat, as we leave the The birds may be a bit confused as are the church. Spring Bulbs but signs of Spring are everywhere – Catkins, Pussy Willow and the Hawthorn buds The wedding will take place on Thursday 13th are showing green. Best news is – days are April at 2.30pm. lengthening! Ian Murdo Gillanders Very little bird life to report – a small flock of **** Dunlin on the shore below the shinty pitch on the last day of January and a Sea Eagle flying

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the length of the village – Hatty rang me but I WEATHER RECORD - SLUMBAY just missed seeing it! I was coming down the hill above the camp site JANUARY 2017 when I saw a Kestrel flying east below me – it’s flight style reminding me of one of its informal Max Temp Min Temp Rainfall in names ‘Windhover’. A brief but memorable Date: in oC in oC inches sighting. It’s time to check nest boxes ready for the new 1 4.60 0.10 0.36 broods and maybe put up some more. 2 7.10 3.60 0.25 3 7.90 3.70 0.25 I’ve been clearing my pond of leafy sludge and looking forward to frogs, newts and toads 4 5.10 -3.10 ----- emerging and also sown a patch of wild flower 5 8.80 -2.90 0.07 meadow – something else to look forward to. 6 9.70 6.30 0.03 Spring is when it all begins again. Enjoy! 7 9.10 6.10 0.03 ****************************************************** Lochcarron Leisure Centre 8 10.30 4.60 0.87 Update. 9 7.80 4.30 0.56 10 10.00 4.80 0.43 Community Survey Results being 11 6.20 1.50 0.19 Collated 12 2.40 0.10 0.55 13 3.10 0.30 0.13 Many thanks to all those who took the time to 14 8.50 1.70 1.12 complete one of the questionnaires which we attempted to hand deliver to all the households 15 9.40 8.20 0.26 in Lochcarron, Kishorn, Shieldaig and 16 10.00 8.40 0.39 Applecross. Also many, many thanks to those 17 9.90 8.10 0.03 who volunteered, or were coerced, into distributing them. We are now in the process of 18 8.70 7.80 0.01 analysing the results – which we anticipate will 19 8.80 4.70 ----- be published in next month’s An Carrannach. The return rate has been high – initial results 20 7.10 -0.20 ----- show the vast majority supporting the concept 21 4.30 -2.60 0.01 of creating a Leisure Centre in Lochcarron. 22 4.20 -0.10 0.04 We are grateful to DMK motors, Lochcarron 23 8.60 0.40 0.01 Spar shop, the Applecross Inn and the 24 12.30 8.60 ----- Strathcarron Hotel for generously donating prizes for the draw which will be held on 21st of 25 12.90 5.80 0.01 January. 26 12.30 -2.30 -----

We will have to convince funding agencies of 27 9.50 -1.70 ----- the need for indoor sports facilities in our area. 28 4.40 1.20 0.11

29 7.30 -1.40 0.03 More information will follow next month. LOCHCARRON LEISURE CENTRE 30 10.10 -0.80 0.10 Company Limited by Guarantee No. SC345431 - 31 8.50 3.80 0.18 Registered Scottish Charity No. SC040502 TOTAL JANUARY 2017 6.02 Registered Office: MacLeod & MacCallum, 28, Queensgate, Inverness. IV1 1YN RUNNING TOTAL 2017 6.02 ****************************************************** TOTAL JANUARY 2016 8.24 Common Grazing RUNNING TOTAL 2016 8.24 Meeting *********** ************ ********** ********** A meeting of the Achintraid Grazings shareholders is being held on Friday 3rd March AL ANON FOR FAMILIES AND 2017 at 7:00pm in 10 Achintraid. The purpose is to elect a new grazings committee and any FRIENDS OF PROBLEM other business. DRINKERS.

Murray Stark, 10 Achintraid, Kishorn IV54 8XB Tel: 733 489 CONTACT NO: 020 7403 0888

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amongst us, (by using your smart phone/tablet), just visit: highlifehighland.com/libraries armed

with your library number and pin number to log into your account. We are also, of course, able LOCHCARRON to request books or other items from the library LIBRARY NEWS itself and I really, really want to strongly encourage requesting however you do it, because it allows lots of nice new books to arrive here at the Library, and helps to tailor make our How can we already been writing our March edi- stock by reflecting your interests. So, my tion of An Carrannach I ask myself? If, like me, message to you all is GET REQUESTING! you’ve just about got past Christmas, March with the possibility of Spring crocuses, daffs etc. com- Thursday 2nd March 2017 is an important ing just around the corner may seem a step too date in the calendar as it is World Book 2017, far to contemplate, but I’m told we should ‘button which is a celebration of books and reading for down the hatches’ and await our winter proper children and young people. 2017 is also a with snowfalls predicted for the end of March just celebration year for this event, as it’s the 20th ready to confuse the lambs and everyone else! anniversary! Naturally, there are many events And then, of course we’ll probably have our sum- taking place across the UK, and a variety of mer condensed somewhere in between April and ways in which to celebrate such as a big push to May, and then that will all be it for another year. join libraries, which surprisingly enough, I think is Do you detect a level of sarcasm? Yes, probably a great idea! However, by far my favourite idea but here at Lochcarron Library, we are always has to be to dress up as your favourite character well prepared for the weather, we pride ourselves from a book. This sounds like a whole lot of fun, on carrying books for every season and every as I suppose it could be anyone from Voldermort eventuality! So, whether you are curled up on a to Peter Rabbit and, of course anyone in dark night inches away from your fire or stove or between. On Thursday 2nd March (World Book fanning yourself in your swimwear, we cater for all Day), I will be visiting Playgroup for a Bookbug your moods come what may. Session, and who knows I could be in costume We also have recently had some super gener- as well!! There are also ‘design a front book ous donations from the community, with a won- cover’ events, and of course our Chatterbooks derful selection of children’s books including the Group have gone one step further and have ‘My Story’ historical fiction collection with authors started compiling a book of pictures that inspire such as Valerie Wilding & Bryan Perret, ‘The them, and writing about them. So far, we are Chestnut Hill’ collection by Lauren Brooke (ideal stuck on the title with ‘Lochcarron Chatterings’, for fans of fiction about horses!) and many more ‘Chatterbugs’ and even ‘Chatterpigs’ in all arriving on our doorstep. These new titles are contention! The group will probably meet again NOW gracing our shelves and are fully kitted out towards the end of March, but I will confirm a as Lochcarron library books. We have also re- date soon. ceived some great adult nonfiction and fiction ti- And our next Bookbug Session for our youngest tles, so again my heartfelt thanks and apprecia- readers (0-3 years) takes place here at the tion to everyone for their generosity; it is so nice library on Friday 17th March at 10am. seeing more books on our shelves at long last. Lochcarron Reading Group reconvenes on Over the next few weeks, I will be carrying out Wednesday 9th March at 1.30pm to air its my own library revamps/ redecorations, helped in opinions on ‘The hundred-year old man who no small measure by our budding artistes at climbed out the window and disappeared’ by Lochcarron Primary. Visitors to our library often Jonas Jonasson. This will, I think, be quite an compliment us on the artwork adorning our walls entertaining discussion, and remember all are and I feel that now is the right time for a revamp. welcome to join this vibrant library supported So, over the next few weeks, please look up at group. the walls for the children’s work from recent Au- At present, I do not have March’s date for our tumn Art Competitions showing tropical birds, pen pushing Writing Group, so please contact scenes from Captain Scott’s Polar expedition as the library for a time and title, noting our opening well as Picasso influenced art, to name but a few. times and contact details as follows: To move swiftly on to an unrelated subject of service, I would like to mention something which Tuesday 9.30am - 12.30pm and 6-8pm we, at Highlife Libraries still do free of Wednesday & Friday 2.00pm-4.30pm charge and which other libraries in other parts of Telephone: 01520 722679 the UK have been forced to charge for, and that is Email : requesting. This wonderful service can be facili- [email protected] tated from the comfort of your own home, or even on the move for the more IT savvy

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Notes from Shieldaig secretary and this has been filled by Frances Westerduin. John Murphy remains as Winter can be a busy time of year and Membership secretary and George Hendry as our there’s been lots going on over the hill here Treasurer. We agreed to keep our membership fees the in Shieldaig. The church hall has hosted same as last year: Juniors £35.00, Adult £60.00, several events recently including a whist Family £100.00 per annum. New members are drive to raise funds for the car scheme, a always welcome! soup & sandwiches lunch on Valentine’s day for the Church of Scotland guild and a fun Over the next few months we plan to replace the family quiz which was great fun and raised old green sheds at the bottom of Murray Square with a new, timber-clad workshop. This will be money for the Gairloch Heritage Museum. built by our members and it will be a major task to It’s also been the venue for our local complete this before the beginning of our Sailing pilates group… we all felt a bit like pilot season in April!! Watch this space..... whales after the festive season but we’re ******************************************************** shaping up nicely now! GARDENING The daffodils are making an early appearance, the birds are singing and the I am writing this beautiful weather has brought us clear- on the ninth blue skies during the day and star-filled consecutive day of glorious ones at night. What a treat! sunshine and blue A new minister has been appointed for the skies. What a Church of Scotland and we’re looking treat we have had forward to welcoming Anita Stutter, while most of the formerly of Deeside, to our community rest of the UK has later this year. Hopefully this clement been languishing weather will be ongoing to help her settle in the cold or wet, in. or both. I ******************************************************** recently sent a RAY OLLEY died 13 January 2017 photo email to some friends in

Until a few years ago, our friends Ray and Sue Nottinghamshire made regular visits to the North West Highlands and Devon (you might think it was cruel of me) from their home in Essex. His love of driving and showing the range of hellebores, cyclamen, dwarf iris her map reading skills (she said recently that she and pulmonaria (Lungwort) in bloom in our garden at could still do the journey blindfold!) took them all a time whenthey were still waiting for snowdrops. over the west coast where they revelled in the We now have one or two ‘wild’ Tenby daffodils to add scenery and the bird life. to the list; they are a month or more ahead since they do not usually come out until mid-March with us. When Ray could no longer attempt the long drive north because of his failing health, the next best The glorious weather does bring its own dilemmas. thing was An Carrannach, which he would read We may be torn between gardening and painting avidly from cover to cover. (pictures, that is, not woodwork!), or shall we grab the opportunity for a huge clear up and days of So - thank you. bonfires? Shall we go for a walk either up a hill or Margaret and John Spalding - Wester Alligin beside the sea, or shall we take a picnic and just sit on ******************************************************** a beach and watch the tide come in? What a privilege and a joy for those of us who can choose. Sailing Club News One gardening journalist I read regularly clearly lives The winds of change are somewhere very different. She recently warned blowing through Lochcarron Sailing Club. Angela against walking on wet soil, which can compact it, and Goodman was elected as even counselled against digging, which exposes a our new Commodore and layer of lower, warmer, soil to the frost. The worms will be ably assisted by Steve Proudfoot as and micro-organisms may be harmed and the cold top

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layer gets buried so that it will take even longer to The mild winter (so far) has benefited the honey bees warm up in spring. which are already flying on warm days. Fortunately they are finding pollen, probably from early hazel I was rejoicing in our unusually dry spell and working catkins and from snowdrops where we have seen on my raised beds on the day I read that. No risk of them working in previous years. We have to be compaction, since I can reach comfortably from the paths in between, and no need to dig since what I prepared for some severe weather which may yet wanted to do was pile on well-rotted garden compost come but wouldn’t it be wonderful if the gardening for the worms to get busy mixing in for me. Knowing, year were to continue uninterrupted from now on! almost certainly, that the rains will come, I then covered each bed with sheets of cardboard or split- open plastic sacks (or both) which I weighted down with stones (because the winds will come too). This, I hope, will prevent all the nutrients in the compost from being washed out before my vegetable plants can get the benefit of them and will also help the soil to warm further.

How it all underlines our knowledge that gardening is different in each place and in each year. It is not an activity that can be timetabled exactly or done by the Maureen Lyon rule book. It is useful to know as much as we can [email protected] about the experience of others over the years and ******************************************* then be ready to adapt to changing times and Thank you different circumstances. A bit like life, then. The children, staff and committee of Whatever weather this month brings it is definitely Lochcarron Playgroup would like to thank time to get going in the garden, if we have not Scottish Seafarms (Manager William already done so. Seed sowing indoors on window sills Fulton) for selecting the playgroup for a very and in propagators can be begun in earnest. I generous donation of £500. recently heard a tip about making the most of the The donation will be used for wildlife, drama available light to prevent seedlings becoming ‘leggy’. and singing workshops, and summer outings The idea is to set up something on the dimmer side of for the children. the seed tray or propagator to reflect light back towards the seedlings. It could be a mirror or a sheet Many thanks! of white polystyrene, or perhaps even aluminium foil. ******************************************************* I have not tried this but it sounds like a good idea. Proposed Assignation of a If the mild temperatures continue we may find more pests than usual have survived the winter. Iain R Macrae is applying to the Crofting Greenhouses and polytunnels are wonderful hiding Commission for consent to assign the tenancy places for them and the traditional way of dealing of the croft at 171 Lochcarron to Ruairidh C with the problem has been fumigation with a sulphur Macrae of 171 Lochcarron, Croft Road, candle after removing all plants. An alternative now Lochcarron, IV54 8YA. available is garlic smoke which will not leave any If you consider you have a relevant interest in smell, or harm or taint any plants left inside. Similarly this application, you may submit comments in there is now a natural gardening disinfectant based writing to the Crofting Commission, Great Glen on extracts of citrus for cleaning glass, plastic, House, Leachkin Road, Inverness IV3 8NW or greenhouse staging and so on, and effective against email [email protected] within 28 many bacterial and fungal diseases. I plan to use days from the date of publication of the advert. these in my henhouse, too, this year instead of the Please note that any comments you provide pungent artificial alternatives which need so many are part of an open process and will be made available to interested parties. Your comments precautions. Just search on line (or contact me) if you would also be released under a Freedom of would like to know where to get these. Information inquiry. Frivolous, vexatious or unreasonable comments cannot be accepted.

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Book Club, Small Lounge, 1.30pm - Our ‘HDC Literacy Locusts’ meet for more book discus- sion. Friday 10 March Men’s Shed, Bealach Workshop/Café, am/pm Bealach Café. (For HDC clients) Our woodwork group. March brings breezes loud and shrill, Exercise Class, Dining Room, 11.45am Stirs the dancing daffodil. - Another chair based exercise time. ~Sara Coleridge (1802–1852) Silk Painting, Lounge, 2.00pm

Our Centre daffodils are beginning to dance to us Silk Painting from our daffodil bank outside the main lounge win- dows. They are a delightful sight. with Jane Burns Friday 10 March, Lounge, 2.00pm

We are celebrating St Patrick’s Day this year. A meal with an Irish twist and a team quiz, if you wish to join it, after- wards. Materials Have a

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March’s coffee morning includes Book Swap to mark World

Book Day which falls in March this year. Monday 13 March Calling all whist players – we have an evening whist drive scheduled for Wednesday 15 March. Reiki, Small Lounge, 10.45am - Frances Pearce does mini Reiki sessions. Have a read through our schedule below and add some Tai Chi, Dining Room, 11.30am extra variety to your day-to-day social life. - Let Frances Pearce show you how to combine deep breathing and relaxation with slow & gentle movements. Tuesday 14 March Singing for Fun, Small Lounge, 11.30am

- Another fun session sing-song with Hatty.

Thursday 2 March HDC Coffee Morning Shopping in Kyle, departing HDC directly after lunch With Book Swap - Join us for lunch & afterwards enjoy free trip to Kyle. Friday 3 March Tuesday 14 March, 11.00am World Day of Prayer Service, Lounge, 1.30pm - Join us if you would like to be part of an international, ecumenical, prayer service written by Christian women of The Philippines and held in more than 180 countries. Monday 6 March

Poetry, Small Lounge, 11.30am - Enjoy poetry? Join our group to share your favourites. Tuesday 7 March Boccia Bowling, Lounge, 1.30pm Bring old or not so old books to swap! - Run twice monthly. Give it a go or cheer from the side- Great way to clear out your book shelves and restock lines! with fresh material ….. Wednesday 8 March Bridge the Years, Lounge, 2.00pm Wednesday 15 March - Our youth from Lochcarron Primary join us for a beetle Skittles, Lounge, 1.45pm drive. - Enjoy a game or two of indoor skittles. New activity Thursday 9 March Guided Imagery, Small Lounge, 11.15am Evening Whist - Go on a guided mental tour of a beautiful place, feel stress- Wednesday 15 March free and comfortable under the guidance of Iona Lister Lounge, 7.30pm General Health Wellbeing, Dining/Treatment Room - With Sarah Almond Join us for another evening whist - 1.30pm Massage (Treatment Room) Trumps make prizes! - 2.00pm Yoga (Dining Room) Admission £3.00 (incl glass of wine and tea)

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Thursday 16 March Three Degrees Meeting, Small Lounge, 11.00am Discover Your Creativity, Lounge, 11.00am - Our three degrees committee meets to discuss Day Care. - Iona Lister joins us to give support and help with art Pass your suggestions and ideas to the committee. Film Club, Lounge, 1.00pm Pampered Palms, Lounge, 1.30pm - A monthly film club run by Rob Smith. Enjoy films? Be part - Pretty and Pampered! Let your hands enjoy a treat! of this club – suggest titles, watch classics, discuss viewing. Wednesday 29 March Friday 17 March Skittles, Lounge, 1.45pm St Patrick’s Day Lunch, Dining Room, 12.30pm - Enjoy a game or two of indoor skittles. New activity Thursday 30 March St Patrick’s Day Lunch Discover Your Creativity, Lounge, 11.00am - Iona Lister joins us to give support and help with art Friday 17 March, 12.30pm Points of View, Small Lounge, 1.30pm (Please book ahead) - Discussion at its best! News articles, opinions, ideas flow! Friday 31 March Boccia Bowling, Lounge, 1.30pm - Another session of our popular sport. Come along and give it a go or cheer from the sidelines!

Other regular weekly events

Come along to enjoy the tastes of Ireland followed Sunday by a Team Quiz in the Lounge Praise and worship, Main Lounge, 4.00pm Monday & Friday Monday 20 March Bridge Group, Conservatory, 1.30pm Mothering Day Photo Display, Foyer, all week Monday - A foyer display of mother photographs. Share your Mum Cross Stitch & Tapestry, Lounge, 2.00pm with us ahead of Mother’s Day. Please bring in your Tuesday photographs by Wednesday 15 March. We will photocopy Knit and Knatter, Small Lounge, 2.00pm to use for display purposes. Wednesday Tuesday 21 March Quilting & Patchwork Group, Dining Room, 2.00pm Singing for Fun, Small Lounge, 11.30am - More fun sing song with Hatty. Please contact us on 01520 722012 / 541 or Wednesday 22 March email [email protected] re Day Centre queries or any of our events. You can pop in to the lounge for a chat if you North Coast 50, leaving am prefer. - Another adventure on our North Coast Our website address is www.HowardDorisCentre.org.uk 50 outing. This time a group outing to Gairloch to share a ******************************************************************** meal and time with Gairloch Aid & Mobility Support (GAMS) A group ‘Selfie’ for our North Coast outing map! Thursday 23 March Guided Imagery, Small Lounge, 11.15am - Another guided mental tour of a beautiful place.

Photography Workshop, Lounge, 1.30pm - Interested in photography. Join our photography group in the small lounge today.

Friday 24 March Exercise Class, Dining Room, 11.45am - Another chair based exercise time. Men’s Shed, Bealach Workshop/Café, am/pm - We continue our twice-monthly wood workshop with The Bealach Café & Gallery will be John Murphy at the Bealach Café. (For HDC clients) open two days a week Fridays and Monday 27 March Sundays 11-4pm. Gardening Day, 11.30am – 3.00pm - Assistance welcomed as we nudge the garden to wake from its winter slumber! We plan to open full time again from Tuesday 28 March the 1st April, 10-5. Closed Mondays. Fit as a Fiddle, Small Lounge, 11.30am • Our healthier living programme continues.

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Gallery In this issue Newsletter • Summer Season Exhibition March 2017 • Interview with Jill Holmes Hello! • Spotlight on Lynn Bennett Mackenzie

Summer Season Exhibition

“Wild for Colour!” May – August 2017

We look forward to hosting new work from our broad range of artists during the coming season. Submission forms for ‘Wild for Colour’ are available from Torridon as well as the Centre’s website. With the support of our fantastic pool of artists we are being able to run some solo exhibitions again, beginning with Jill Holmes, whose work will be on show upstairs through April & May.

The following interview with Jill, explores some of her journey in art. Interview with Jill Holmes - Printmaker & Artist Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? For as long as I can recall I’ve painted or drawn. My sister & I, both knee high to grasshoppers, would love to paint on my Mum’s left over wallpaper! Creating with colour was well and truly instilled from a very young age. Huge decisions at 17 changed the course of my life …resulting in a leap of faith onto an Art Foundation Course. The best decision I ever made! I happily stepped into a world exploring and experimenting with many new and exciting mediums & techniques. I completed my Honours Degree in Fine Art at Leicester. There I flew, developing my love of life drawing, printmaking and photography. As an Art Teacher I managed to maintain a regular presence in the exhibiting world of Manchester and the North West. This kept me sane & in touch with the Art world, while proving beneficial for my students through being active as a working artist. I constantly challenged my printmaking skills, & was lucky enough to have access to the open print workshop at the old Preston Polytechnic. A meeting with printmaker Jane Campey was inspirational. My work moved forward!! More exhibitions followed, with my work selected for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Now that was an experience I will never forget. In 1999 I moved to Scotland with my husband. An epic journey, in miles & lifestyle! Having successfully built up the cruise boat business Sealife Glass Bottom Boat in Gairloch Harbour, which my husband continues to run, after 8 years, I’m having the best time ever rediscovering new techniques, directions and people from all walks of art. Where are you based? Surrounded by mountains & sea, I live in Inverasdale, a crofting township on the shores of Loch Ewe. Even though my studio isn't visitor friendly (too much stuff and not enough space to display!) I do welcome visitors by appointment. The Poolewe Tuesday market is great place to touch base with me.

Inspirations? Recent inspiration has come from three different sources and they are all fellow artists who have woken me up to trying new techniques. Two live locally. The third, my sister in law Julie, dogged in her determination for me to push boundaries. She sent me a piece of pewter, knowing I would be challenged by a new medium! How right she was, I couldn't believe how inspired I was by this bit of silver metal. Hooked was an understatement! the more I did the more I learnt. Medieval tapestries have been my main source of research. The simplicity of leaf shapes, hunting scenes with conventional animals and the more mystical unicorns…... & Fish!! Glinting koi carp, shimmering salmon, silver mackerel shoals….

Processes you enjoy most? This is a tough question…. all of them! From the inception of the design in my head, to translating it onto paper, re working each area to suit the medium of pewter. The thrill of the final design ready to be traced onto the pewter.

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What are you working on at the moment?

For the Torridon Gallery Exhibition in April I’m working on a larger piece than usual as my central piece. Its incorporating all the elements I love, fish, medieval imagery, birds, foliage and patterned borders. But as usual my sketchbook and head are whirring with new ideas, a tryptic of golden fish is already at the sketch stage along with a variety of owl and unicorn ideas that are just crying out to be given the pewter moment! I’m in the process of creating a website which will showcase all of my work. Jill can be contacted on: Email [email protected] web jaholmes.com

‘Spotlight On’ Lynn Bennett Mackenzie ~ Visual Artist Lynn is an established artist living and working in Gairloch, NW Scotland. She was brought up in remote rural areas of the Highlands of Scotland, and studied at Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, graduating in 1990.

She enjoys creating in a variety of media and exploring new methods of working. Lynn has exhibited widely and taken part in several community and international projects including The Big Picture, Wild Wood, Landfill art, Global Nomadic art project and co-founded of Ceangal, a series of international artist residencies in the NW Highlands. She has also travelled and worked in India, S Korea & Russia.

Living in a remote rural area, Lynn has learned to adapt and create opportunities for herself and the area she lives in. She is open to new ideas and is always looking to expand her boundaries in her field of interest of people and place. She connects with the issues of people and place globally and enjoys interacting with people and developing and understanding cultures around the world and her travels in recent years reflect this.

2017 will be a busy year as Lynn has been invited to be the 1st artist in residence at the world renowned Inverewe Garden managed by NTS. The theme of this residency will be the Art of Nature: Nature Art – a year in the garden and estate at Inverewe. She will have two solo exhibitions there, March/Apr & Sept/ Oct as well as working with the team at the garden, running workshops, working in and around the estate and keeping a blog about the process through which she hopes to engage the public to interact and react – this work will form the later show. This is an exciting development for Lynn & the garden and she is very much looking forward to being inspired by what is a very special space.

Lynn will also have a solo exhibition at the Ceilidh Place in Ullapool in July. Her work can also be found here in the Gallery, at the Whistlestop Café, Kinlochewe and Lael Crafts Gallery near Ullapool. She also runs a successful picture framing business and hosts B&B guests. In her “spare time” she enjoys reading, gardening, walking her dogs and spinning wool. Email: [email protected] Web: Lynnbmackartist.co.uk FB: lynnbennettmackenzieart Twitter: @lynnbmackartist

Jill Holmes full interview can be found on the Centre website via the Exhibitions page, along with this & previous editions of our Newsletters.

Summer Contact Address Easter - October Email: Community [email protected] Centre Monday to Saturday Telephone: 01445 791 361 Torridon, By Achnasheen 10am – 4pm Website: Ross-shire, IV22 2EZ Closed Sunday www.lochtorridoncentre.co.uk

Winter Opening Hours November – Easter Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11am – 3pm . Closed Sunday.

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Community Councils’ Minutes Comhairle Choimhearsnachd Gearr-chunntais

LOCHCARRON Achnashellach and Ardaneaskan to add to the one already adopted at Kishorn. The Secretary has e-mailed BT requesting this. Once in contact, MINUTES (draft) of LOCHCARRON Emma McCallum intends to ask BT whether the COMMUNITY COUNCIL phone box at Lochcarron Village Hall can be converted from BT Card to Cash as the former is Meeting Monday 13th February 2017 of no use to our foreign visitors. 7:30 pm Village Hall Chair’s Report: Members Present: Helen Murchison has been approached by Kishorn residents to seek clarification on planning rules Mrs Helen Murchison BEM (Chair), Mrs Emma and has written to Graham Sharp at HC. McCallum (Secretary), Mr Roger Cundiff (Treasurer), Mr John Macpherson, Cdr Q Banting The Chairman has written to the Red Deer RN (Minute Sec.). Commission for advice on how to stem the increasing infestation of deer causing damage Also Present: locally (for instance to the recently restored shinty Cllr Biz Campbell, PC Craig Allan pitch). Apologies: Planning Applications: Miss Hannah Cundiff, Mrs Beryl Weighill, Mr The Community Council has been notified of the Alec Cormack following planning applications. Roger Cundiff pointed out that the Sports Facility application is Approval of Minutes Monday 12th December registered as coming from Lochcarron 2016: Community Council for which approval by LCC has not been granted and the address given is “The The minutes were proposed by Emma McCallum Smithy” which would not be correct either. Helen and seconded by Roger Cundiff without Murchison will speak with the Sports Hall amendment. Chairman. Matters Arising: (1) Application under Section 42 to vary The Chair reported that the defunct equipment Condition 1 of planning permission 05/01002/ had, at last been removed from Kishorn FULRC - Formation of quarry to extract and Playpark and that she informed HC that the process hard rock aggregates. Land to West of arrangement she had had with it was now at an former Kishorn Yard, Kishorn 17/00032/S42 end. However, she had given a letter to the (2) 17/00057/FUL. Erection of house. Land NW Kishorn Playing Field Committee offering the use Of Lochdubh, Croft Road, Lochcarron. of the site and they are going to take on its re- (3) 16/05404/PIP. Erection of sports facility/cafe constitution. building and formation of car park. Land 70M On the subject of Playparks, Cllr Campbell North of The Schoolhouse, Lochcarron advised the Council that she had obtained a commitment by HC to build a “Black Beard Treasurer’s Report: Pirate Ship” climbing frame for the Battery The Treasurer, submitted his report and asked Park playpark facility. LCC members, who had any expenses, to claim Cllr Biz Campbell advised that the future of the them before the end of the FY i.e. the next Community Bus is to go before the HC meeting. Committee tomorrow and it is hoped that it will Community Council: be retained for at least a once a week run. Balance c/f £1755.36 Helen Murchison has had a long meeting with Robert MacInnes concerning phone box Amounts received Nil adoption. The upshot is that LCC will now seek Expenditure: £6.00 (Hall hire) to adopt the phone boxes at Strathcarron,

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£35.00(Data Protect) www.communitycouncils.scot/ consultation-on-the-future-of-the-scottish Current Balance: £1714.36 -planning-system.html Community Fund: - (email) (11.01.17) Review of Polling places Balance c/f: £2747.64 STAGE 2 – a review to ensure that they Amounts received: Nil are all accessible www.highland.gov.uk/info/799/ Grants made: £2000 Defibrillator) elections_and_voting/718/ reviewofpollingplaces £700 (Sailing Club) Current Balance: £47.64 - (email) (03.01.17) ROBERT MACINNES – Phone Box Adoption Secretary’s Report: Correspondence received: STRATHCARRON 01520 722243) (ACHNASHELLACH 01520 766265) - - (email) (03.02.17) Community Council website Both have renewal notices. newsletter and feedback survey. Redesigned and (ARDANEASKAN 01520 722334) – no relaunched Jan 2016 – after a year seeking notice displayed, phone in good working feedback. www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/SQAA3 order and well kept (available to adopt?) - (email) (26.01.17) Screen Machine and Your Community. Plans for refit (March to June) – (email) (23.12.16) Data Protection will return to normal service Summer 17. Registration – Renewal Confirmation. They would like to improve community links. Q New expiry date 10/12/17 Banting agreed to investigate whether there would be someone to start/organise a Film Club LOCHCARRON COMMUNITY FUND Quarterly or final reports are due by the end of - (email) (25.01.17) The Highland Council March for those recipients who have not yet Budget Challenge – council needs to completed their projects prepare for reduction in funding from Scottish Government. They have had a Lochcarron Community Fund Budget Simulator to receive feedback Funds are now exhausted from the from local people. Fund for 2016. The disbursements from the Allt a Chonais Hydro Scheme are now made annually and the next is not - (email) (18.01.17) Richard Bowman who is due until July 2017. While applications Inverness based is advising FREE for funding can still be made, they will training for Community Groups and not be considered until after the dis- Volunteers – CYCLING UK would like bursement has been received and the to help communities set up cycling amount available is known. activities and community cycle clubs. Applications to the Lochcarron Communi-

www.cyclinguk.org ty Fund are encouraged from individuals and groups within the LCC area. Projects - (email) (16.01.17) Democracy – changes in must be for the benefit of residents within the LCC area. The deadline for applica- Highland. www.highland.gov.uk/ tions in the next round is 31st July 2017 meetings/meeting/3790/highlandcouncil. for the LCC to consider at their meeting Q Banting has already responded to one th on 14 August 2017. Applications MUST of the surveys. However, there is BE MADE FULLY IN BOTH ELEC- considerable relevance for the future of TRONIC AND PAPER FORM. Applica- Community Councils in this initiative and tion forms can be obtained from the Secre- tary, Lochcarron Community Council, the LCC agreed to monitor closely. Driftwood, Rhunasoul, Kishorn Strathcar- ron, IV54 8XB or email: lochcarroncom- - (email) (16.01.17) Consultation on the [email protected] future of the Scottish Planning System – close 4 April.

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Police Feedback: The Council welcomed PC Craig Allan to his first meeting and hoped he and his family are 2. Police matters settling in to Lochcarron well. No attendees but it was noted that the police have published ‘A Guide to Security in the Rural Any Other Business: Environment’ which is freely available on their Roger Cundiff has received representations from website. They have also issued an advisory note a member of the public concerning the general about an extreme right-wing group called build-up of litter and refuse. In particular, he National Action that has been proscribed as a has reported the blockage of the cattle grid on terrorist organisation. Lucy Kerr will print a copy the Kishorn road and the non-emptying of the of both documents and post them on the village graveyard bin at East Church cemetery to the website. relevant HC authority. He is also enquiring whether the HC can provide Hi-Viz jackets, 3. Matters arising litter grabbers and black bin bags for a Waste Management presentation by Duncan community “litter pick”. This might also include Falconer, Highland Council the netting and gabion baskets littering the loch shore. Many thanks to Duncan for attending the meeting PC Allan mentioned that he had asked HC if to discuss waste management initiatives and they would uplift the rubbish (mostly packing issues in the village. He highlighted the importance of community engagement in the boxes) from his garage for which he would be successful implementation of waste management prepared to pay. However, HC have said this is and highlighted a number of initiatives that our not possible. He observed that this did not help community could get involved in. the cause in combatting “fly tipping”. An approach has been made to have a public • Pass It On Week – a national campaign seat placed at the top of Park Road. The taking place in March Treasurer has invited the applicants to cost the • Swap-shop being held in Inverness, could be project which might be funded with LCC funds. replicated locally

Date of next meeting: • Garage Sale Trail - September Monday 13th March 2017 at 7:30 pm • National Recycling Week – September Lochcarron Village Hall (Upper) • European Reduce Rubbish Week – Meeting closed at 9:00 pm November • Anti-dog fouling campaign Members of the public are most welcome to • Library of goods attend Community Council Meetings which are held on the second Monday of each • Amnesty of electrical goods – facilitated by month. Zero Waste Scotland - a local community can register an event to collect working electrical (email: [email protected]) goods and they will then collect and process them. **** SHIELDAIG COMMUNITY COUNCIL It was noted that black plastic should not be put DRAFT Minutes of meeting 7th February into the blue recycling bins. We requested some 2017 at 7.30p.m. stickers to put on blue bins to help remind people about what they can be used for, it was felt this Present: Susan Holmes (Chairman), Lucy Kerr would be particularly useful for visitors staying in (Secretary), Lisa Fraser (Treasurer), Claire the local area. Munday, Duncan Carmichael, Beverly Hill, Kalie Wilkinson, Audrey Sinclair, Topher Dawson To report fly-tipping, lost bins, damaged bins (Scottish Greens), Duncan Falconer (Highland please call the Service Centre on 01349 886603. Council)

Compost bins are no longer being provided or Apologies from Donald Gillanders replaced by Highland Council.

Minutes of the last meeting Approved

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Duncan offered to come and visit the school or Council about the timings of sign improvements village fete to provide further information about agreed. Lucy Kerr to email Andrew Hunter and how to manage our waste effectively. request a time-scale for the work and also request new passing place signs (to include an instruction sign about how to use passing places) for the Beverly Hill volunteered to act as our local coast road. representative for waste management issues and will discuss the possibility of organising some local events to tie in with the Council initiatives. Notice board suggestions No suggestions had been received but it was 4. Correspondence noted that the noticeboard on the wall of the Church Hall could no longer be opened and a There is a new draft of the Inverness City Centre request would be made to the SCIO for it to be Development Brief, if anyone would like to taken down and replaced. comment please go to consult.highland.gov.uk

Sea wall maintenance & concerns Highland Council are undertaking a review of all polling places and have assessed the school as Some concerns have been raised recently about a possible venue and requested that charges for the state of the sea wall outside Rivendell and the the hall be reduced to £175 per day. This collapse of several sets of steps along Main request will be forwarded to the SCIO for Street which has made them unsafe. Audrey consideration. Sinclair will enquire about who we should report this to.

5. Planning Matters LaDBA NC500 presentation feedback No applications have been submitted. Tom Campbell, CEO of the NC500, attended and It was noted that Ward 6 will be becoming Ward spoke at the Lochcarron and District Business 5. There are no changes to the boundaries but Association AGM in January. He reported on the changes elsewhere have led to the change in results of a recent survey undertaken by the number. NC500 company; businesses along the route reported an increase in trade of between 10% and 6. Finances 100%. He acknowledged that the success of the route has put pressure on local infrastructure and Nothing to report. recommended that concerns from local communities were raised as part of a larger-scale 7. AOB public sector response being co-ordinated by a working group involving Highland Council, HIE, Community Emergency Plan update Visit Scotland and NC500. Some useful The cost of the generator has increased. It was suggestions were made at the meeting including agreed that Lisa Fraser would follow up on the leafletting of all hire cars, updating the website costings and, if necessary, contact SSE to ask to show accurately where the single-track roads for more funding to support the purchase of a are and an update to the suggested itineraries so generator. that Applecross does not appear on so many of them. It was noted that Applecross and its approach roads have been particularly badly Many thanks to the working group (Kalie affected by the increase in traffic. Wilkinson, Claire Munday, Duncan Carmichael) who met to discuss the other aspects of the plan. They mapped people and equipment in the HSCHT Survey community to build a picture of who would need help and who could provide help. Kalie Support for the Survey had been expressed by Wilkinson has drafted a Community Emergency the SCIO however Torridon and Kinlochewe Plan set of instructions for households and a Community Council have discussed the possibility questionnaire to help establish the above. It was of taking part in a joint survey and decided suggested this be distributed to all residents in against it. Lucy Kerr will contact the HSCHT and the local area. Any comments please pass on to request a new quote for a survey being any members of the working group. undertaken for Shieldaig alone. The meeting closed at 9pm Road signage suggestions The next meeting will be held on Tuesday 7th Nothing to report. No further suggestions March at 7.30 p.m. received and no further word from Highland

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Lochcarron Community Development Company (LCDC) & Kirkton Wood - News Update

As mentioned last month, LCDC have been lucky enough to put a range of new funding together to help develop new public access proposals in (your) local woodlands at Kirkton. Sometimes it can feel as though we spend more time Administering the wood than actually Doing Stuff there! We are mindful however that we would not be where we are today without a whole host of generous funds/funders and so try to remain enthusiastic and ‘up beat’ as we jump through the obligatory funding hoops - generating copious trails of paper as we go - in our preparations to do more, new, good things.

This very point came starkly to mind just the other weekend… LCDC had recently submitted a funding application to Forestry Commission Scotland for money to buy some new tools that would allow us to host bushcraft workshops – even paying for experts to host an introductory session for local people. I’ll let event organiser Lynda Beveridge present her own thoughts and photographs from the event on the following page. Suffice to say, its when you see people using our community facilities, learning new skills and making new connections along the way that you start to feel the effort is all worthwhile.

Finally, we would like to advertise a couple of upcoming contracts with LCDC as part of our Forest Access & Enterprise Project. If either of these pieces of work fit with your own skills and enthusiasms(!) then do please get in touch by the closing date. Thank you.

We are currently seeking applicants to deliver the following fixed term contracts:-

Animateur - primary school/young families Contract Duration: 20 total days (over March - June 2017). Contract Description: Design, promote and deliver a programme of creative ‘hands-on’ activities with primary school children and local people that explore the heritage and environmental interest of the ruinous village of Kirkton. A minimum of 6 school days & 8 public ‘event’ days are expected over the contract period. Prior experience of organising and delivering schools- & community-based projects preferable. Evidence of certification to allow working with young people/vulnerable groups is a mandatory requirement of the contract.

Animateur – community/visitor groups Contract Duration: 24 days (July – Dec 2017) and 36 days (March – Nov 2018). Contract Description: Design, promote and deliver a programme of creative ‘hands-on’ activities with local people and visitors that explore the heritage and environmental interest of Kirkton woodland. A minimum of 42 schools/public ‘event’ days are expected over the contract period (19 days: 2017; 23 days: 2018). Prior experience of organising and delivering schools- & community-based projects preferable. Evidence of certification to allow working with young people/vulnerable groups is a mandatory requirement of the contract.

For further details & to apply contact: Kristine Mackenzie, LCDC Development Officer (: 01520 722490 or :: [email protected] Closing Date: 15th March 2017.

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GREEN WOODWORKING & WHITTLING WORKSHOP

On the weekend of 11-12th Feb we held this workshop at The Treehouse in Lochcarron. This was a free “taster session” for those wishing to try their skills at the craft.

We had a flourishing group from complete beginners to amateurs ranging from 10-60yrs old, all keen to get whittling away. Eyes were bulging as we were met by an array of menacing weapons splayed across the table and you’d be forgiven for thinking this was a scene from Kill Bill! Thankfully our tutor alleviated our concerns as he introduced us to some of the tools that we would come to cherish over the weekend.

Our tutor was Bruce Kojan from Invergarry. His patience and relaxed style of teaching eased all participants into the craft. After some health and safety tips, Bruce quickly familiarised us with the three main processes of Greenwood working: Splitting, Chopping and Carving, giving each tools purpose some meaning. Bruce then showed his own beautifully carved spoons, spatulas and bowls – whetting our appetite for things to come.

After sharing cake by the fireside we focused our attention on the beautifully handmade wooden structures scattered around the Treehouse as well as chopping blocks and ‘draw horses’. We all laughed to learn that the alternative name given to a wooden mallet was “The Persuader”.

Allowing children to use Axes and Draw Knives to prepare greenwood may appear hazardous but under the careful instruction of Bruce no fingers were lost! Adults and children alike watched in awe at the ease at which the tools glided through the greenwood. The drawhorse in particular seemed to instil a hypnotic effect on some of the participants.

We then got a chance to meet the carving knives and learned how to keep them in optimum condition. For the rest of the afternoon folk started their own projects. On the veranda of the treehouse everyone diligently worked away chopping, carving and whittling. Only the sound of the river running underneath could be heard as the levels of concentration increased. Perhaps exasperated parents/teachers/partners could use a bit of Green Woodworking timeout!

On Sunday we had an equally beautiful winter’s day. Bruce brought along a woodturning pole lathe he had built himself. We learnt this hobby doesn’t have to cost you a small fortune as many of the materials were from salvaged builders merchant wood. We set about learning how to assemble the lathe and marvelled at its simplicity. A lathe is an apparatus that allows you to “turn” wood, the magic of the one that Bruce has made is that its height can be adjusted to allowing all age groups to practice. After everyone took a turn we set about carving and preparing our wood to make a spurtle on the pole lathe.

The children made some arrows using their newfound fine carving skills and later got more time practicing with the axes, saws and drawhorse. By the end of the weekend everyone had something to take home; a spurtle, a spoon with detailed carving, some arrows, a fork, a pancake spatula and letter opening knife.

Thank you to LCDC for allowing the workshop to be held at the Wonderful Treehouse – can’t think of a better location! Thanks too to Forestry Commission Scotland’s Community Grant & our industrious Community Development Officer, Kristine Mackenzie for helping to finance this workshop and of course a huge thank you to Bruce Kojan for sharing his Greenwood Working Gift with us. We hope to have Bruce back again this year so if you missed out this time - watch this space! Lynda Beveridge

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News from Lochcarron Primary!

Celebrating ‘Robert Burns day’ P1-4 made their own Tartan felt cards.

Celebrating Robert Burns poems. Learning intention: to create my own Farewell Culmailie poem.

I will miss my fluffy teddies and my cute kitten. I will not hear my dogs barking and the owls hooting. I will feel sad , upset and angry Because they took my house away.

By Izzy Furness P1 **** L.I: -to create my own Farewell Culmailie poem, describing my thoughts and feelings on leaving my home forever. To include some Scots language.

Farewell Loch Dubh. Farewell Loch Dubh I'll never hear my dog bark or hear the greetin’ sheep. I'll miss the sound of the trees swishing in the wind. so farewell Loch Dubh!

Farewell Loch Dubh I'll never see my braw sheep again and my bonnie teddies. I'll miss my braw hoose and my bonnie loch.

Farewell Loch Dubh I feel a huir uv a sad an' unhappy because my braw hoose has gone forever. so farewell Loch Dubh! By Lexie Mackenzie P4 ****

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Farewell Attadale. I'll never see my braw TV and the bonnie moontains. I'll miss the braw and bonnie gardens that I walk in. so farewell Attadale!

Farewell Attadale I'll never hear the bonnie waves of the sea. I'll miss the sound of the crabbit sheep that will always be there. so farewell Attadale!

Farewell Attadale I feel crabbit and doon moued because my hoose is gone for ever. farewell Attadale!

By Brodie Miller P4 ************************************************************************************************************************ KISHORN PORT LTD UPDATE ON DRY DOCK AT KISHORN

Kishorn Port Ltd (KPL) are in the throes of investing £500k in the dry dock at Kishorn - one of the largest dry docks in Western Europe. Works started on site last month and both Directors, Simon Russell and Alasdair Ferguson, are pleased with progress and are hoping weather permitting the gates will be floated in the next few weeks to check the seals and the bottom of the gates before the gates are put back down into place, thereafter sealing the gates then pumping out the dry dock. The works to date include the following:

• Sheet pile abutments that support each end of the dock gates have had a major refurbishment and upgrade to improve their structural integrity – the abutments have been excavated, and strengthened with new tie rods installed and cathodic protection will also be installed in due course. • All caisson compartment steel access hatch covers have been replaced with new galvanised steel hinged covers. • Upgrade and replacement of the flood tunnel culvert, seals and covers through the abutments are underway. • The Welsh team of contractors are renting local accommodation for the duration of the contract and report they have been made very welcome in the area.

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Power Mapping maps to change perceptions. A large part of the by Aileen Grant exhibition was about 'mapping war' and included First World War maps of the trenches, rather In December I wrote about how maps have been chilling German street maps showing which used in artworks over the years. I promised to do houses were occupied by Jews, Russian maps of a follow up about the art of maps and this is it. the south coast of England, and even a map showing the estimated fallout zone in the event of Making maps, or cartography is an artistic pursuit a nuclear bomb being dropped on Edinburgh. It which has been around a long time – the Ancient came home to me that maps are vitally important Greeks and Romans drew maps, as did the in times of war – they are in effect instruments of Chinese even before the days of the Silk Road. war, documents of power. If you've ever been to The oldest map which survives today appears to Crete on holiday you may have noticed that it's be of Babylonia, and dates from the 9th Century difficult to get a map of the interior – a legacy AD. from the Second World War which persists today. And the exhibition included a 1960s map of Cyprus where half of the island was mapped but Rather than focus on the history of maps, I the other half - the Greek half - was blank. thought it would be interesting to consider different types of maps that have been made. Lots of things can be mapped, and things may be Topological maps can communicate information mapped or presented in different ways. Creating to a wide audience and provide an historical maps is essentially a marriage of art and science, record. They can also be environmentally the art being in the drawing work, the choice of important. For example, my husband's great-great symbols, lettering, marks, colours, lines and grandfather, OT Olsen, published The Piscatorial layout, whilst the science is evident in accuracy of Atlas of the North Sea in 1883, showing the measurements and other data. locations and abundance of different species of fish. The map used data collected over the previous decade by fishermen from Grimsby and I tend to think of a map as a strict geographical Hull. The 50 maps are not only beautiful but representation of part of the earth's surface, as in useful – they were used by trawlermen over the an Ordnance Survey map which provides an years and today scientists have a graphic window accurate representation of hills and valleys, on the past to understand the changes in fish streets, routes and the location of places, and populations over the last 150 years. includes a scale and a north point. We tend to Environmental mapping in recent years is take topographical maps like OS maps for granted important to understand the movement of birds in this country, and these are now digitised and and other species and how movement patterns are freely available on-line. But the early versions changing, and these of course have a political were drawn by cartographers who were skilled at dimension. drawing in freehand many of the symbols and shadings – like those squiggly lines for embankments and slag heaps. A stunning example of a politically important map is the Time and Tide map of the 'Atlantic Charter'. This map, drawn by MacDonald Gill dates from But not all maps are topographical. Maps can be 1942 and illustrates the terms of the declaration drawn in a more creative or subjective way, to agreed by Winston Churchill and Franklin D emphasise certain characteristics, and these are Roosevelt - in essence their aspirations for post- known as topological maps. The London war peace, self-determination and global Underground map, for example, is diagrammatic economic freedom. The map is a brilliant in nature as its main purpose is to simplify the pictogram of a world unified under the sun with different routes and destinations for travellers. A lots of trading links and resulting prosperity. The little sketch that you draw to explain to your original was beautifully drawn freehand and friends how to get to your house is another type of included images of all sorts of goods and livestock topological map - you will make a subjective that would be traded. decision about what information to include and what to leave out. The Atlantic Charter went on to become the basis of the founding of the United Nations. This map There is a current exhibition at the British Library th described a post-war Utopian vision which it was in London 'Maps and the 20 Century' which thought would be made possible by the Charter - provides an amazing insight into the different something to ponder on in current times. purposes for drawing maps and the potential for

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Stephen Love – candidate for the and encourage new young entrants into the crofting system now and in the future. Crofting Commission elections. I am certainly not a politician but I don’t think we At the age of 32, I took over the tenancy of my want politicians on the crofting commission. I grandfather’s croft in Sand, Laide, think that I have the passion and commitment to in 2000. I made my home on the croft and set do a good job on behalf of crofters. Your about renovating the house, which had been support would be appreciated. empty for about 20 years and was in a pretty Stephen Love. neglected state. My partner Jane and I now run ******************************************************* a bed and breakfast business from the house to supplement our income from crofting, as well as Thank You doing other part time jobs. Grateful thanks from the Applecross Free There are not many jobs where being 49 is Church of Scotland to all who attended the Soup considered young but crofting seems to be one lunch on Saturday 5th December 2016. of them. I think this tells its own story of how few young crofters there are and how difficult it The sum of £190 was raised in aid of Macmillan is for young people to get a croft. If we want Cancer Support. crofting to survive and indeed to expand in the ******************************************************* future we have to find ways to help young THE LOCHCARRON SUPPORTERS OF people get started. Perhaps an apprenticeship MUNLOCHY ANIMAL AID scheme or maybe encouraging townships to COFFEE MORNING SATURDAY 18th FEBRUARY create some new crofts which are earmarked for new young crofters. The magnificent sum of £832 was raised. Another essential thing for maintaining and expanding crofting is the system of grants and We would like to thank LOCHCARRON GOLF subsidies. They have to be kept and, if possible, CLUB, SHARON AT THE TEE ROOM CAFÉ, all who increased if we want people to invest in crofting and to continue to keep stock. As I know from donated raffle prizes and the record number of my own experience there is very little money, if people who came along to support the cause. any, to be made from keeping 50 ewes, so without the subsidies most crofts would not be viable as businesses. This is what is so concerning about the uncertainty caused by South West Ross Brexit. No one can tell us what is going to happen to the grants system after 2020. Community Car Scheme

As I, and I think most crofters feel, crofting is not just about making money. It is a part of the history and heritage of this area. It brings A.G.M. people together; it encourages communal endeavour; it keeps neighbours in touch and 7:00 pm helps build a community. When I first started crofting the help and advice that was offered by other crofters was invaluable. Crofting is a great Wednesday, 29th March 2017 resource for the good in this area and I think we all want to see it thrive, but in almost every parish there are still derelict, unused crofts. There are crofts that are not even fenced and Loch Torridon Community Centre haven’t been grazed by anything except deer in All welcome years. If we are serious about the future we have to find a way to get these crofts back into The Car Scheme operates to help residents who are production and make the best use of the assets unable to reach / use public transport and have no that we have. access to private transport. For full details, pick up a

leaflet from your local surgery or shop. We need the Crofting Commission to work as an effective regulatory body that will enhance and We are still looking for Volunteers, particularly in support the future of crofting in the Highlands Torridon and Kinlochewe, so if anyone has a little and Islands. To that end the Crofting spare time and would like to help, we’d love to hear Commission needs members that have first- from you! hand experience of the crofting system, and the Call Steve on 01445 791335 or email ability to challenge and ensure that correct [email protected] decisions are made to sustain current crofters for more information

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jetty from which the Stornoway boat left for the Long Island.

Applecross, as we know, is now on the route round the North Coast and has a popular inn. Away back then, it was approached only by the Bealach, which rises to over 2,000ft. and CHURCH OF SCOTLAND is prone to snow cover in winter. The alter- native was the approach from the sea. Until LOCHCARRON GUILD 1956 the Kyle-Stornoway boat provided a connection. The Sheila was a boat wrecked MEETING on 1st January 1927 at Cuaig. She was re- TH placed by The Loch Ness followed by The 8 March Wednesday 2 pm. Loch Seaforth; the latter being the one famil- iar to us. This mail-boat would call at Ap- in the Church plecross Bay discharging cargo and passen- gers onto a rowing boat. When there were Marian MacIntyre “A Leap of too many passengers, as could happen in Faith: Glasgow Fair Week, the steamer would give a couple of blasts on the hooter when north From Projects & Topics to of Crowlin Island, to enable them to rustle up a second dinghy to transport the extra pas- Communication & Marketing”. sengers ashore. These passengers went

ashore at Milton jetty and dispersed on foot to their various destinations – not many cars Come and hear more. All around then! welcome. Sometimes, people arriving at Kyle would hitch a lift home on a fishing boat – pre-war,

there were a dozen such in Applecross and Living on the Edge they could get to harbour or Poll Creadh at Ardubh more readily. Being the daughter of a woman born and brought up in Applecross, I regard it fondly, and am interested in its past, archaeological, In 1956 Macbraynes started a regular service historical and ecclesiastical. My father being from Kyle to Toscaig beginning with the Loch born and brought up in Lochcarron spoke Toscaig with a crew of four and then there Gaelic as did my mother, but even for such a followed the Applecross and 3 others. Two short distance apart they had variations of trips daily were undertaken taking 45 vocabulary, e.g. an earthworm to my mother minutes. These same boats took tours from was ‘boiteag’ and to my father ‘frisg’ – very Kyle up Loch Duich or . different words. By 1969 it was considered uneconomic to As children, we visited Applecross once a continue the service. However, after meet- year going by fishing boat from Ardaneaskan ings of various committees and councils and to the communion, which took place in June. other bodies, a means was found to save it Too many people attended to be accommo- for the community until the new coast road dated in the church so we gathered on the was opened in 1976. I remember Princess nearby hillside, walking past the lochan to Margaret came to open the new road – I be- Milton for our mid-day meal at a relative’s lieve there is a plaque at the Shieldaig en- home; my mother pointing out to us the little trance, which I recall looking at some long flowers, like tormentil on the way there. years ago. KATH KOSTER Occasionally we went by train to Kyle, which seemed to us a hive of activity with its busy

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South West Ross Community Car Scheme

“Where to today....?” Registered Scottish Charity, No:SC03446

Urgent Driver Request

Do you have a car? Could you help provide lifts for local people who don’t?

We urgently need drivers in TORRIDON / SHIELDAIG / KINLOCHEWE to enable residents without transport to get to the doctor / shop / connect to public transport etc.

We will reimburse you 50p per mile (45p per mile for miles to / from passenger collection & drop off points)

Call Steve on 01445 791335 or email [email protected] for more information

Book Catering Home Farm B & B Genuine Home Cooking and Baking Catering for all events

PAT Testing

Linda Hoejlund Attadale 079587 44410 [email protected] www.bookcatering.co.uk

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K and A CAMERON

GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND HAULAGE and CAMERON CARRIERS Achintee STRATHCARRON IV54 8YE

We operate a DAILY collection and delivery service from Inverness to local areas including:

• APPLECROSS • ACHNASHEEN • KINLOCHEWE • TORRIDON • ALLIGIN • SHIELDAIG • KISHORN • LOCHCARRON • STRATHCARRON • • ACHMORE • DORNIE • KYLE • PLOCKTON

WE ALSO OPERATE A LIGHT REMOVALS SERVICE - ENQUIRIES WELCOME.

For all enquiries please Telephone/Fax 01520 722450 Mobile 07876233717

TREE SURGERY

Tree Surgery carried out by an experienced and fully insured operator. Up- to-date test certificates.

Lop and top can now be chipped on site.

All aspects of garden work carried out, grass cutting, hedge trimming, strimming etc.

Also fencing undertaken.

Phone DAVID THOMSON on Lochcarron 722347 (evenings)

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HOLIDAY COTTAGE TO LET - ELMBANK, LOCHCARRON

Situated in a quiet lane and enjoying stunning views across , Elmbank is a traditional detached stone cottage set in its own delightful country gardens. This attractive cottage is beautifully presented throughout. The pretty living room has wood effect floors with lovely rugs, and a welcoming wood-burning stove. There is a separate dining room with comfortable seating as well as a sofa bed for extra guests. The three bedrooms on the first floor are bright and cosy and all rooms have superb views across to the sea loch and the surrounding hills. The gardens are a real feature of the cottage with masses of flowering shrubs.

07960 443475 [email protected] www.lochcarroncottage.co.uk Elmbank Cottage, Church Street, Lochcarron, Ross-shire IV54 8YQ

George Macleod Angus Robins Funeral Director Chimney Sweep

3 Braes, Inverasdale, Poolewe, APICS, HETAS & SFA - Registered Sweep HETAS Registered Installer

Achnasheen, Ross-Shire. £5,000,000 Public Liability Insurance IV22 2LN Chimney Sweeping Chimney Surveys and Reports

Solid Fuel Appliances Tel. 01445781434 Installed, Serviced and Maintained

HQ Camera Inspections Mob.07909946715 Video Capture for insurance purposes

Applecross ALL 01520 744366 / 07774 631970 ARRANGEMENTS UNDER PERSONAL

SUPERVISION [email protected]

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Are you stressed out at D. MACKAY the thought of PLUMBING & HEATING. MOVING New Builds HOME?

Bathrooms It is reckoned to be one of life’s most stressful events. Heating Would you like to have a stress free move? Then call us NOW All plumbing works undertaken SCOTTISH REMOVAL Domestic & Commercial. SERVICES

PHONE : 01471 822777 Contact: or visit our Web site www.scottish-removals.co.uk Daniel 07887573443 or e-mail us [email protected]. Email: [email protected]

The tee-off café Lochcarron golf club  01520-722744

MARCH OPENING HOURS

OPEN SUNDAY TO FRIDAY ONLY. 9.30AM TO 4.30PM

CLOSED SATURDAY

AMAZING VIEWS. AMPLE PARKING.

A WARM WELCOME AWAITS YOU FROM SHARON & DAVE

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HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION music teaching Broom Cottage is a detached bungalow in Lochcarron available throughout the year as self-catering accommodation on a weekly ba- Piano, keyboard, theory. sis; part-weeks are also offered. Exam specific coaching - Broom Cottage sleeps up to four people in one double bedroom and one twin-bedded room. all instruments.

A modern property, equipped to a very high standard, it has everything required for a comfortable stay. Free use of an Internet link is included in the accommodation price.

Broom Cottage offers ample off-street parking and a pleasant garden.

No smoking is allowed in the property. Pets are welcome by prior arrangement. www.broomcottagelochcarron.co.uk Joy Pedley B.A. (hons), ARCM., PGCE tel: Louise Martin 01520 722607 Acarsaid, Kishorn  : 01520 733372 Mob : 07827338967

Fearnmore House, Fearnmore, Applecross

CARETAKER/CLEANER required for WATERSIDE CAFE Self-Catering cottage. Main Street Lochcarron Reliable and Responsible Caretaker/Cleaner required. Telephone: 01520 722 303 Accommodation: 3 x Bedrooms (Sleeps up to Regional winner of Britain’s 6 persons) Best Café 2016 2 x Bathrooms Open Plan Sitting Room/Kitchen/Diner

REOPENING FOR THE SEASON ON Laundry included

MONDAY 20TH MARCH Core Holiday Period: April - October : although we do have bookings at all times of the year, including Monday to Saturday 9am to 6pm Christmas and New Year.

Sunday 10am to 4pm Changeover days are Saturdays and cleaning can be done between 10.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. We look forward to seeing you all again. All the old favourites, plus a Good rate of pay few new ones. If you are interested and would like further information please contact: Why not call in for a coffee and cake, tel: 01445-712-007 and catch up with one of your friends. e-mail: [email protected]

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A. L. J Plumbing and Roofing

Primrose Cottage Main Street Lochcarron

Pitched Roofs Bathroom Suites Lead flashing Soil Pipes Fascia soffit Drains Guttering Sinks Windows fitted Cold and hot water tanks Flat roofing And all plumbing work carried out And all general repair work carried out

Telephone: 01520 722 886 Mobile: 07952 869 962

Road Haulage Shipping Storage & Warehousing Craneage

Ferguson Transport & Shipping offers a comprehensive range of distribution services by road, rail and sea, covering the whole of the UK for general haulage, distribution and plant and machinery movements. Extensive storage and warehousing facilities throughout Scotland are also available, 365 days a year. Superb service from a long-standing family run business, whether for long-term, short-term or ad hoc contracts.

HEAD OFFICE: KISHORN PORT Integrated Freight Facility, Annat, Corpach, Sea Freight & Logistic Services Inverness-shire, PH33 7NN Kishorn Base, Kishorn, Strathcarron, IV54 8XA T: 01397 773 840 F: 01397 773 850 Operations Manager: Alec Cameron Email: [email protected] Contact: 01520 733 358 or 07554 456 540 www.fergusontransport.co.uk

Joint venture between Ferguson Transport and Leiths Group www.kishornport.co.uk

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A & J BROWN LICENSED GROCER & POST OFFICE CAMUSTEIL, APPLECROSS (Branch Right at Fire Station) TEL Shop: 01520 744421 TEL P.O. : 01520 744491

AGENTS FOR CALOR GAS AND CAMPING GAZ

** NORMAL HOURS **

SHOP HOURS POST OFFICE HOURS

MONDAY: 9AM – 12.30PM MONDAY: 9AM – 12 NOON TUESDAY: 9AM – 12.30PM TUESDAY: CLOSED WEDNESDAY: 9AM – 12.30PM WEDNESDAY: 9AM - 12 NOON THURSDAY: 9AM – 12.30PM THURSDAY: 9AM - 12 NOON FRIDAY: 9AM – 12.30PM FRIDAY: 9AM - 12 NOON SATURDAY: 11AM – 5.00PM SATURDAY: CLOSED

SUNDAY CLOSED SUNDAY CLOSED

SCOTT’S GARDENING SERVICE RONALD ROSS GENERAL GARDEN MAINTENANCE Funeral Director

TREES: FELLED OR PRUNED AS 4 Camusnagaul REQUIRED BY FULLY INSURED AND DUNDONNELL CERTIFICATED OPERATOR. Ross-shire

GRASS: FULL GRASS CUTTING SERVICE INCLUDING ALL ARRANGEMENTS MADE SCARIFICATION TO FOR BURIAL AND CREMATION. ERADICATE MOSS FROM LAWNS. 24 HOUR PERSONAL SERVICE.

HEDGES: TRIMMED AS REQUIRED.

ALSO Tel: 01854 633 237

PAINTING: INSIDE AND OUT. or 01854 633 380 TEL: 01520 722526 MOBILE NO: 077997 52175

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ASHBOURNE David Whittingham JOINERY Cabinet Making and Joinery

All types of work undertaken - Kitchens • Cupboards Bedrooms • Chests of Drawers Bathrooms • Hand Made Kitchens ALSO • Staircases Tiling • Bookcases & Shelving Plastering • Wall Panelling Roofing, etc. • Internal & External Doors & Frames Enquiries welcome • Old Joinery Refurbished • Casement & Sash Windows John Ward • Floorboards • Experience with Reclaimed Taobh-an-allt, Lochcarron Timber

Telephone : (01520) 722377 Phone Dave on 07900 957371 Mobile : 07768 894891 01520 722867 [email protected]

Kiki’s M & D MACLEOD FUNERAL DIRECTORS Craft Corner Station Road Classes & Workshops Ross-shire IV40 8AE

Over 40 years local service Hand - made 24 hour availability Gifts Home Visits

Spinning & Felting Funeral Plans Memorial Stones Patchwork & Quilting

Knitting & Embroidery Tel. 01599 230 355 Notions & Accessories

Smithy Heritage Centre, Lochcarron, IV54 8YS www.kikiscraftcorner.co.uk, Tel. 01520 722919 Opening times: Tuesday – Saturday, 10 am – 5 pm Crafty Saturday: every last Saturday of the month 2 – 4:30 pm.

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The Applecross Inn Shore Street, Applecross, Strathcarron, Wester Ross. IV54 8LR Tel: 01520 744262 [email protected] www.applecross.uk.com/inn

Spring is in the Air! A couple of events on this month at the Inn…

St PATRICK’S DAY – Friday 17th of March

Come and celebrate with a pint of Guinness! Bar open 11am till 11pm.

MOTHER’S DAY – Sunday 26th of March

Why not treat your Mother or Mother-In-Law to a lunch or dinner at the Inn from 12pm. We will have a special Mother’s Day menu available to treat her. Also, a free glass of bubbles for all the Mums! Bookings preferred.

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Remember the clocks change on Sunday the 26th of March. It will be great to see some lighter nights.

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We hope 2017 is treating everyone well. We have had a good start to the year and the recent lovely weather has brought us some lovely visitors. We have even had our first beer garden users for the year! Also, a big welcome back to our returning seasonal staff. They’ve been enjoying some lovely travelling adventures! But back to reality now…

Please check our website or Facebook page for updates, remember to Like!

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CHRIS HINGLEY SP BUILDING & TREE SERVICES PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

TRADESMAN WITH 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE

All aspects of tree surgery and GARAGES & SMALL EXTENSIONS

felling undertaken KITCHENS & BATHROOMS by certified and TILING insured operator. TIMBER & UPVC DOORS AND WINDOWS

ALL ENQUIRIES WELCOME NO JOB TOO SMALL

 Chris on 01520 744 452 Simon Phillips, or Ardrock, Lochcarron email [email protected]  : 01520 722 126 Mobile : 07971 081 568

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CARRON POTTERY, CRAFT SHOP & GALLERY Cam-allt, Strathcarron, Ross-shire IV54 8YX Ph: 01520722321 E-mail: [email protected] www.carronpottery.com

WE ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE COMING SEASON Monday to Friday 10.00 am to 4.30 pm Saturday 10 am to 2.30 pm Closed Sundays

EXCITING NEW STOCK WILL BE COMING IN FROM THE MIDDLE OF MARCH

WE HAVE GIFT VOUCHERS AVAILABLE IN VARIOUS DENOMINATIONS

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS KEPT THE WRAPPING COMING, IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

IF ANYONE HAS STIFF PAPER CARRYBAGS WE RECYCLE THESE .

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