DRAINAGE DOCTORS WHATS ON Kirkhill Gala - 2011 SEPTIC TANKS & SOAKAWAYS When: 28th May until 4th June 2011 Where: Kirkhill Community Centre REPAIRS AND INSTALLATION Inchmore Canteen Fun/Fundraising Event TEL: ANDY BAWDEN When: End June/beginning July 01463 741468 (look out online and in local flyers) OR Where: Inchmore Canteen ALI MATHESON 01349 877629 Bicycle Servicing ABC PLANT HIRE and Repairs DIGGERS & DUMPERS SKILLED OPERATORS John Mackay 6 Albany Place Tel: ANDY or ALI Kirkhill 01463 741468 01463 831162 or 07817 968733 07999 352399 LOWER DRUMNAGARRACHAN, KILTARLITY Providing A Quality, Reliable Service STEWARTS CARPETS Choose Your Floor Coverings In The Comfort Of Your Own Home Or Business Contract & Domestic Flooring Specialists • Carpets & Vinyls • Wood/Laminate Flooring • Karndean Floors • Repair Work Undertaken • Distance No Object • All Floor Coverings Supplied & Fitted • Wide Choice Available • Fit Only Service All Work Guaranteed u Free Estimates Tel/Fax: 01463 831008 Mobile: 07785 344992 Clashaidy, Inchmore IV5 7PX e: kevin@stewarts carpets.freeserve.co.uk 16 Crannog Summer 2011 LentranKirktonClunesReeligInchberryKirkhillInchmoreEnglishton Muir DrumchardineAltnacardichNewtonhillKnockbainBunchrewCabrich LentranKirktonClunesReeligInchberryKirkhillInchmoreEnglishton Muir DrumchardineAltnacardichNewtonhillKnockbainBunchrewCabrich LentranKirktonClunesReeligInchberryKirkhillInchmoreEnglishton Muir DrumchardineAltnacardichNewtonhillKnockbainBunchrewCabrich LentranCrannogKirktonClunesReeligInchberryKirkhillInchmoreEnglishton Muir SummerDrumchardine 2011 AltnacardichRead it first onlineNewtonhill at www.kirkhillandbunchrew.org.ukKnockbainBunchrewCabrich KIRKHILL GALA 2011 Sat 28 MAy-4 JuNE PROGRAMME ON CENTRE PAGES Car Parking for Gala Day Tombola Stand at Gala To help with our traffic issues the Committee Wilma is looking for donations for the Tombola would appreciate if as many local people as possi- stall at the Gala to raise money for the Gala funds. ble could refrain from taking vehicles on Gala Day. If you have anything you feel would be a useful Thank you. donation then please contact Wilma Williamson on 01463 831737. Dog Grooming Salon Professional • Caring • Friendly • Clean & Quiet Easy Parking 10 Sunnybank Road, Inverness, IV2 4HE 01463 226763 • www.caninestyles.org Crannog Summer 2011 1 KIRKHILL & BUNCHREW COMMUNITY COUNCIL Minutes of the meeting held in the Old North Inn on Tuesday 22nd February 2011 at 7.30pm. 2).Minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday 11th January were read and approved (proposed by Fred Chairman- Cameron Kemp. Geddes seconded by Karen Young). Present. Before going on to the next item the Secretary C.C Councillors Karen Young, Fred Geddes, Cam- reported that one of our members, Caroline Craw- eron Kemp, Ian Weir, Iain Urquhart, ford, has been taken ill and would not be with us Ally MacNeill, Hamish Wood (Highland Region for some time. Councillor) and Jim Ogilvie Secretary. The meeting decided to send a message to Caro- Visitors to join the Council Nikki Maclean and Judith line wishing her a speedy recovery and best wishes Rumbold from all the members. 1). Apologies. 3). Druim Ba Community Benefit Meeting. Margaret Davidson, Alasdair Christie, Drew Hendry This meeting took place on the 25th January at and Helen Carmichael ( Highland Region Council- Brockie’s Lodge Hotel in Kiltarlity. lors), Ten Community Councils had been asked to attend Chris Heaton Armstrong, Ian Cowan and Caroline with two members and Caroline Crawford and I Crawford. ( Community Councillors). attended on our behalf. WE want your GALA PHOTOGRAPHS!! team at the contact For the Autum edition of the Crannog we are details below. We’ll pick asking everyone in the Community to submit their the best for the next photographs of the Gala. Send to the editorial issue and maybe even Community Councillors print them in colour! Chairman Cameron Kemp, West Altnaceardaich831552 Crannog is published four times a Treasurer year by Kirkhill & Bunchrew Community Council. Fred Geddes, Newtonhill 831324 All meetings of the community council are usu- Secretary ally held in the Old North Inn on a Tuesday evening Jim Ogilvie, 22 Newton Park, Kirkhill 831316 at 7.30pm and are open to members of the public. Ian Weir, Groam Farm, Kirkhill 831750 If you have any concerns you would like raised please Chris Heaton-Armstrong, Kirkhill 831779 come along or alternatively speak to one of the coun- Ally MacNeill, Tigh Cala, 4 Newtonhill 831339 cillors. Karen Young, Glen Rowan, Bunchrew 234128 Iain Urquhart, 58 Newton Park, Kirkhill 831278 Ian Cowan, Tigh-na-Beithe, Kirkhill 831344 Kirkhill and Bunchrew Community Website Caroline Crawford, Gardener’s Cottage,Kirkhill Please make sure and visit the new website at 831503 www.kirkhillandbunchrew.org.uk. Judith Rumbold, Fearna, Birchwood,Bunchrew225073 If you have a Facebook account then you should Nikki Maclean, Eileantulloch House, also make sure that you have connected your- Moniack, Kirkhill831041 self to the Kirkhill and Bunchrew facebook page Crannog Newsletter publication information and make sure and share this with everyone you Print period: Quarterly know. http://www.facebook.com/kirhillbunchrew Circulation: 800 copies Circulated to households in the Kirkhill and Crannog contact information Bunchrew Community Council area and selected Get in touch with the Crannog for the next edition local businesses including some in the Inverness at the following email address as appropriate: and Beauly areas [email protected] Next issue of the Crannog: September [email protected] Advertising deadline: 29th August 2011 If you do not have email then please send your Editorial deadline:25th August 2011 comments to: Crannog, 4 Newton Place, Kirkhill, IV5 7QE, or by phone to 01463 831546. 2 Crannog Summer 2011 COUNCILLOR’S CORNER By local Councillor Helen Carmichael parking, however due to legal and contractual con- Spring has officially arrived, the clocks have moved straints this has not proved to be possible. forward we now have longer daylight hours and if We have however continued our efforts to extend this week’s sunshine is anything to go by we should the parking area and are working with Highland all be out enjoying the welcome light it brings. Council and Transerve Scotland to take this project forward as is it anticipated Beauly Station will see BEAULY SQUARE. an increase in passengers during the resurfacing Many of you have contacted me regarding the con- and partial closure of the Kessock Bridge sched- dition and potholes in the Square, I am delighted to uled for 2012. tell you work will start on 18th /19th May, weather permitting with the complete scraping and resur- LIBRARY. facing of the Square. Our local library has escaped the Budget cuts We are working closely with the Beauly Business thanks to the community in and around Beauly and Group to agree a schedule of works for the con- to everyone who signed the petition to retain the tractors which will not inconvenience the public any library in the Phipps Hall. The library service will more than is necessary, however it may mean the now become part of the new arms length organi- Square will be closed to vehicles for three or four sation set up by Highland Council to manage and days, during this time all parking will be in Brae- deliver Community Learning and Leisure (CCL) view Park. services on behalf of the Council. RAILWAY STATION. POLICE STATION You may have noticed the work compound in the Unfortunately we have not managed to save the field beside the Station has been removed and the local Police Station. Even with the support of all field reinstated. four Ward Councillors, a first class campaign by We had hoped to take over this area for additional the Community Council, a large petition signed by many members of the public, several meetings COPPERFIELD CATTERY with the Deputy Chief Constable, and a plea to the A quiet setting for your cat whilst you’re on holiday, doing Police Board, the Chief Constable Ian Latimer still some DIY, or working away. saw fit to close Beauly station. So much for local Heated cabins, outdoor runs and elderly cabins available. It’s democracy! CATS ONLY too, so you can rest assured whilst you’re away. Special diets catered for and medications administered. Make no mistake, this decision was not based on We’re open all year round but book early for school holidays. an operational need but on the Capital receipt from OCCASSIONAL STAFF WANTED the sale of Beauly Police Station. We have however For weekends and school holidays. Would best suit a agreed there will be a Police presence in Beauly in local person – and a cat lover! the form of confidential surgeries with the officers Kirkhill, Inverness [email protected] every Wednesday 2-4pm Tel 01463 831356 www.copperfieldcattery.co.uk Txt 07981781130 LOVAT BRIDGE. The installation of the new traffic system and lights Registered Childminder in on the Lovat bridge is well underway. It has taken Kirkhill a long time to get this project started, we have had the funding in place for many years on the grounds Flexible hours / days of pedestrian safety so it is good to see it finally Holiday cover coming to fruition. available If you have any issues or problems please feel free Contact Heather MacLean to contact me. Tel: 01463 782555 Email: helen.carmichael. 07881 738216 [email protected] [email protected] Crannog Summer 2011 15 READER’S LETTERS LOCAL NEWS NOISE POLLUTION KIRKHILL TOTS Now it’s the sunny months it’s nice hearing Kirkhill Tots meets every Wednesday and Friday the birds singing and children playing. People morning in the Community Hall from 10-11.30, are starting to mow their lawns and do DIY. during school terms. The group is open to all That’s all necessary noise. If you are listening pre-school age children. We provide a snack for to music or the radio however, please think the children and tea and coffee (and biscuits) about your neighbours. The programme does for the parents. There is usually an activity not need to be loud enough for your neighbours such as painting or playdough as well as a wide to hear every detail or feel like turning it down.