Weekend News
General news from over the weekend: 1. Motorbike accident A motobike lost control on the corner of the A96 and Lochloy Road, smashing through a part of the fence around Morning Noon and Night. The rider seemed more shaken than hurt, and the smashed fencing has now been removed, with a single traffic cone in [...]
Dolphin Superpod off Moray
The BBC reports on a dolphin superpod being observed along the Moray Coast, comprised of around 400 short-beaked common dolphins. The pod doesn’t seem to be heading our way, though, instead apparently migrating towards the Pentland Firth. The dolphins were also found 10 miles off shore, so no easy spotting from land. The CRRU (Cetacean [...]
Moray Coast: A Tourist Destination or not?
At the beginning of the week I went to the Visit Nairn association AGM, to see what was planned for promoting Nairn as a tourist destination. Certainly there was a lot of very constructive talk, not least with addressing some of Nairn’s most outstanding issues. I’ll admit to being cautiously optimistic (and that’s from a [...]
Any places to eat out with good veggie food?
One of the frustrating things about being vegetarian is that most places only seem to offer a token veggie option, usually a pasta, mushroom stroganoff, or lasagne. We’d like to take someone out for a meal next weekend, and it would be great if we could find somewhere that does really good food, preferably with [...]
Stealth Fighter comes to Lossiemouth
According to the BBC, Lossiemouth will be stationing stealth fighters: RAF base in line for new fighter The UK’s next generation of military jet could be based at RAF Lossiemouth, defence sources have told the BBC. On Wednesday, Defence Secretary John Hutton announced plans to purchase three of the US developed Joint Strike Fighter test [...]
The Romans in Nairn
In 84AD, Agricola brought the Roman Army around Scotland to conquer the island of Briton for the Romans. The trouble is, once you get past the central belt – where irrefutable signs of a Roman presence can be found – the story of where the Romans held a presence becomes very tentative indeed. We know [...]
SNP pushes on Lossiemouth spaceport
The BBC reports that the SNP are pushing for Richard Branson to use Lossiemouth airbase for launching Virgin Galactic’s space tourism drive. Interesting to see the SNP’s Westminster leader, Angus Robertson, has Lossiemouth in his constituency as well. I first covered the prospect of spaceflight from Lossiemouth back in September, and since then the SNP [...]
How will the Energy Industry impact Nairn?
Despite the variety of bad news at the end of this year, which is likely to negatively impact the development of Nairn, there remains an undercurrent that could yet bring a boost to the town. The problem, as always, is that any such development could b as damaging in parts as it is a benefit. [...]
Dog Charities get special Christmas gift
Woman from Alves left £7 million to animal charities: Grace Smith, from Alves, left a £7m fortune when she died in January at the age of 85. Nearly all of that is going to animal charities, including the Dogs Trust, the PDSA, Battersea Dogs and Cats Home and the Scottish SPCA. The retired pathologist is [...]