New Bus Route: Nairn to Inverness Airport
The P&J reports a new bus service from Elgin to Inverness Airport, that will stop at Forres and Nairn on the way: New link to Inverness Airport Regional transport partnership Hitrans has provided funding of £60,000 for the venture, after requests from the public and Moray Council. The money will go towards two new buses, [...]
Nairn swimming pool reopens tomorrow
A letter in the post has stated that Nairn Leisure Centre’s swimming facilities will be reopening tomorrow for children’s swimming clubs, after the recent issue of falling tiles forced it to close in April. Sounds like the leisure centre pool should be open as usual this week then – now all we have to do [...]
APT announces 2nd AGM at Croy
Just received the following email from Cathy, which may be especially of interest to anyone concerned about the development process locally: Notice is hereby given of the second Annual General Meeting of Action for Planning Transparency (APT) Wednesday 20 May 2009 8.00pm Croy Village Hall This will be an extremely informative and stimulating meeting at [...]
Update on Nairn
Nairn Beach Nice to see things continue to develop at the links: 1. The newly widened path has now been covered with tarmac – good to see and was well used this sunny afternoon; 2. The showies are coming, with a number of vans parked ready. I did notice a few dogs on central beach, [...]
Deveron vs Cawdor
Interesting reporting on two different stories, both concerning developments in Nairnshire – one featuring Deveron’s failure to have the Sandown application accepted, the other being Lord Cawdor’s plans to expand the village of Cawdor itself. Here’s the first from the Inverness Courier: “We will always feel positive about this development and it is with deep [...]
BNP targets Nairn
A surprise on the doorstep this morning – a promotional leaflet from the BNP trying to gain voter attention. I couldn’t help notice a few things, though: “British Jobs for British Workers” That’s great – now will the BNP let us know how they are going to motivate dole-cheque Britain to taking those boring not-very-interesting [...]
Swine Flu reaches Highlands
The BBC reports that a man from Inverness is currently under quarantine after developing Swine Flu: A man from Inverness has spoken of being tested for swine flu after falling unwell on a flight home from his honeymoon in the US. Journalist Houston Brown, 49, had been in Las Vegas to get married. He is [...]
How Invicta PR failed Deveron Homes
Yesterday I felt slightly sorry for Invicta and Deveron – after all, business is business – Deveron want to build a development at Sandown that serves their business interests, and Invicta are hired to represent Deveron’s aims in this to the public. I even felt like reaching out and providing an open letter, suggesting how [...]
Deveron 0, Nairn 1
Great news reported on the Gurn – the current application by Deveron Homes for the Sandown development has been rejected. I managed to get to the start of the meeting, but it soon began to overrun and I had to leave to get back to work. I’ve got to admit to feeling pessimistic when I [...]
Google loses Nairn Scotland website
A string of updates on Google the past couple of weeks has led to the NairnScotland.co.uk website dropping suddenly in searches for its own name. Currently if I search for “Nairn Scotland” the NairnScotland.co.uk website only appears on the bottom of the first page, when normally it would rank No.1 for its own name. Additionally, [...]