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WHAT’S ON
DURNESS Cape Wrath Challenge, May 12-17. Web: www.capewrathchallenge.co.uk.
ARMADALE Allt Beag Armadale Trust: Car Boot Sale, Friday,
May 30, at 6.30pm. To book a place, phone Margaret on 01641 541269.
Highland Council ranger, Paul Castle, is organising a Treasure
Hunt for children.
LAIRG Community Centre. Tenth Annual Music Festival, Saturday,
June 21.
TONGUE Public Hall. Ploughman’s Lunch, Friday, May
16, 12-2pm. Admission £3. Proceeds to Marie Curie.
Public Hall. Bowling Club. Thursday, May 29, at 6.00pm.
LOCHINVER Village Hall. Poces del Sur, a 4-piece Latin-American
band, Saturday, May 10, at 8.00pm.
INVERNESS Best Western Palace Hotel. NFUS “surgery”
on Scottish Rural Development Programme 2007-13, Wednesday, June
11. To book a place (essential), contact Sarah Anderson on 0131-472-4108.
THURSO North Highland College. NFUS “surgery”
on Scottish Rural Development Programme 2007-13, Thursday, June
12. To book a place (essential), contact Sarah Anderson on 0131-472-4108.
PORTREE A public meeting to discuss the establishment
of a Gaelic school in Portree and to form a parents’ group
to promote the idea is being held Taigh na Sgire, on Thursday,
May 8, at 7.30pm. Guest speaker Mary Galbraith will outline the
success of Glasgow’s Gaelic school — Bun-sgoil Ghàidhlig
Ghlaschu. All welcome. Article
CAITHNESS & SUTHERLAND Caithness & Sutherland
Walking Festival 2008, from today (May 1) to May 6. The fifth
Caithness & Sutherland walking festival presents an opportunity
for visitors and locals alike to enjoy the great outdoors of
this area of Scotland. 0808 909 8774 (event). E-mail graemehull@btinternet.com
(event) Web: www.activities.iberacal.com/index.html.
ULLAPOOL Macphail Centre. “Fiddle Rendezvous”.
The tours brings together three fiddlers Bruce Molsky, an old
time fiddler and singer from New York State, Gerry O’Connor,
an Irish fiddler from Dundalk, and Mike Vass, a fiddler who has
already featured twice in the finals of the BBC Radio Scotland
Young Traditional Musician of the Year. Joining them will be
harpist, Mary Ann Kennedy, Gilles le Bigot, a guitarist from
Brittany, and Ali Vass, sister of Mike, on piano. Thursday, May
22, at 7.30pm.
STRATHNAVER Public Hall. Car Boot Sale, Saturday, June
14. More details next month.
To add
to this list, e-mail diary@bratach.co.uk or telephone Betty Mackenzie
at any reasonable hour (01641 521227).
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