Nairn news round up
Quite a few stories touching on Nairn in the news today: 1. The business park at Inverness Airport is being asked for a green light next week. I’m not sure what the Croy and Culloden Moor Community Council’s objections actually are, but it seems bizarre to imagine that any major transport hub would not benefit [...]
Alternative X rock nights at Inverness Ironworks
The Alternative X rock nights are coming to the Inverness Ironworks on January 16th 2010. They will be held on every 3rd Saturday of the month throughout 2010, with under 18′s from 6pm-9pm, and over 18′s from 10pm-3am. It’s set in the style of the classic club rock nights you’d get all over the UK [...]
Christmas decorations up
Today we got the Christmas decorations up… Can’t believe it’s that time of year already! I was reading something in New Scientist about how the human brain perceives time, and one suggestion by a study was that time seems to pass more slowly the more new stimuli there are – and the fewer stimuli, the [...]
Sonny Seagul dies
Sad news for those of us who were following the story of the rescue of Sonny Seagul on Simply Superb Swans – alas, Sonny has died. It was a surprisingly touching story, with a variety of roller coasters, as Sonny appeared to be gaining health, only to relapse to an infection, seemed to be getting [...]
Snows settle for winter
After a brief appearance in October, when Ben Wyvis was peaked with a temporary cap of snow, it looks as though they have now returned for the winter. At the end of last week I could taste the ice in the air. On Saturday, there was a brief storm of hail, and Sunday felt freezing [...]
OS wrongs Nairn again!
Nairn Leisure Centre has a small number of maps available at the desk, titled: “Street Map with index of Nairn, Grantown-on-Spey, Aviemore, Kingussie, Newtonmore – with compliments of Northern Constabulary” Idling a little time waiting for one of my kids from swimming lessons, I picked up a map, had a flick through – and noticed [...]