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4th August 2006

Fruit and Vegetable competition

The annual fruit flower and vegetable show and competition will be held in  Durness Village Hall Saturday 19^th August 1pm-3pm. Stalls include Veggie Aliens, Flowers, Potted Plants, Café, Raffle, Vegetables, and a  Local Produce Stall. The judging categories will be

Potted Plants:   Best Geranium. Begonia, Fuschia, Busy Lizzie, Fern, Foliage, Flowering (any), Cactus and Succulent

Potted Plants:   Best Geranium. Begonia, Fuschia, Busy Lizzie, Fern, Foliage, Flowering (any), Cactus and Succulent

Flowers: Single Rose, 3 Rosebuds, 6 Sweet Peas, 3 Pansies,

3 Marigolds, 3 Cut heads, 5 Stems flowering Shrubs, Vase of Mixed flowers,  Floral Art:-   A film title           

Vegetables:   4 Tomatoes, 3 White Potatoes (unwashed!), 3 Red Potatoes (unwashed!),  , 3 Beetroot, 4 Carrots, 3 Turnips, 6 Pods peas, 3 white Onions, 3 Red Onions, Pair Courgettes/Cucumbers, 3 Leeks, Cabbage, Lettuce, Cauliflower,  Selection of Cut Herbs, Tray of Mixed Vegetables

Junior Competition: VEGGIE ALIEN- from Outer Space (Made from Veg/Fruit) 3-7 years 8-12 years

The hall will be open from 11am-12 noon for competition entries. Entries are all 50p each.  All entries must be in by 12 noon when the main hall will close for judging. There is a trophy for adult competitor with highest points in each section (open to all). Overall shield for most points from Durness Parish. Results and presentation at 2pm. Cafe open from 1pm. everyone is welcome to come along.

Book Signing

Kevin Crow, Iain Anderson, Michael Russell and Rob Gibson

On Saturday 29 July Rob Gibson of the SNP and list  MSP for the Highlands and Islands was signing copies of his latest book “ The Highland Clearances Trail ” at the Loch Croispol Bookshop and Restaurant. The book is written for the visitor and student and encourages people to visit the clearances sites. He has clarified many complexities involved in the evictions and presents the accounts that devastated Highland communities with a clear presentation. As this period of history becomes more accountable in academic circles Rob keeps to presenting the peole that lived there in a sense of place. It makes reading about the clearances easy.

Among those that attended to obtain copies and talk to Rob were Iain Anderson, radio Scotland broadcaster, and Michael Russell writer, film maker and politician whose first novel “The next Big Thing” is to be published early next year by Balnakeil Press, the publishing company set up by Kevin Crowe and Simon Long the owners of the bookshop.