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A terrific Games Day - and the new Nairnshire launched

 It was quite an event with the Games once again bringing a special day to Nairn. We've seen a suggestion in an Invernessed based website that around 8,000 were present. There certainly was quite a wave of people that came down behind the pipe bands. A wonderful day and thanks to all those hard working volunteers that make it possible. 

This observer was helping out at the "Nairnshire" community newspaper stall, where a couple of thousand copies of a free Games Day special were being distributed. It was quite a day there too - onwards and upwards for the new Nairnshre. Thanks to Murray MacRae for the picture below: Michael McGillvary with Andy Dunlop at the Bandstand with a copy of the new Nairnshire. 

Like Brigadoon, the Games have gone for another year but what a day we all had - it's up there with Christmas and Hogmany.

Appeal after man assaulted in Nairn

Officers are appealing for information following the assault of a man in Nairn.

The incident is believed to have taken place near to the Jubilee Bridge over the River Nairn between 4 and 4.15pm on Saturday, 10 August, 2024.

The 47-year-old man who was assaulted was taken to Nairn Hospital for treatment to injuries.

The suspects, a man and woman are believed to have left through Riverside Park in the direction of Mill Road.

Detective Sergeant Joe Newson said: “This incident caused considerable alarm to the man involved.

“We are following a positive line of enquiry but I am keen to speak with anyone who was in the area around this time and who may have seen the man and I would particularly appeal to any motorists who may have dashcam footage.

“Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101, quoting incident 2489 of 10 August, 2024. Alternatively, you can call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111, if you wish to remain anonymous.”

Special edition of The Nairnshire Community Newspaper for the Nairn Games 17th August

 

Coming soon - Special Games Day edition of Nairnshire Community Newspaper

 More details on the Community Newspaper Facebook page. 

Community food growing project for Sandown? Online survey.

The consultants for Highland Council have a link to a survey on one of their webpages. The page reads:

"This survey has been prepared by Enscape Consulting on behalf of The Highland Council, as part of a feasibility study into the development of a community food growing project on one of the Common Good fields at Sandown Lands in Nairn - see the map below for the location of the field being considered for the project."

More here. 

50K from Common Good Fund to bail out Community Centre?

Our four Highland Councillors will soon be making a decision on whether to bail out the Community Centre with £50,000 from the Nairn Common Good Fund.

Cllr Paul Oldham writes in his latest weekly newsletter here:

"We find ourselves in this situation because directors of the charity revealed to ward councillors three and a half weeks ago that it has been running at a loss for some years and has been relying on draining down its reserves to keep itself afloat. This is not financially sustainable and by the time we were made aware they only had funds to keep going for a few more weeks, after which they would be unable to pay staff so the centre would have to close."

 A lot more about this and other issues on Paul's site here. 

Nairn Town and County Bike shed

The staff at Nairn Town and County hospital are delighted they now have a new lockable bike shed with capacity for 10 bikes thanks to funding from Cycling Scotland. This frees up the other cycle racks for patients. Cycling is already popular in Nairn as it is relatively flat and cycle routes such as the one past Nairn Academy and another over the Jubilee Bridge and onwards to Auldearn provide convenient, largely off- road access to the hospital from many parts of Nairn. Anne Thomas, a Speech and language therapist based at the hospital, said: "I cycle to Inverness Station and put my folding bike on the train and can then cycle to visits in the town and to my office in the hospital. It keeps me fit and reduces my carbon footprint and is a good example to the kids I visit. If more staff and patients did the same it would have a positive impact on people's health and carbon footprint and also help reduce pressure on the car park.”

Nairn Town & County Hospital and Primary Care Centre - NHS Highland video "The building has enabled and enhanced health care for the population" Dr Adrian Baker

 

Erosion on central beach "something really needs to be done before next winter"

In his latest blog post Cllr Paul Oldham states: 

"I recently took a walk with members of Nairn West & Suburban Council led by Community Councillor Kristin Duncan. Kristin was highlighting the issue that the rock armour which protects the section of the Links from the only significant groyne to the Leisure Centre car park has been significantly disturbed by the winter storm which also did damage to the harbour.

Unless you actually see this from the beach side you're not really aware of how bad it is but we have a real problem in that the damage means that further storms are now likely to erode the ground under the tarmacked path along the front and result in its eventual loss.

We will be discussing this issue at our next ward business meeting as something really needs to be done before next winter. And continuing from my last item both the Links and Central Beach are assets of the Common Good so we may well want to discuss this at a future Common Good Engagement Group meeting."

The Gurn went along for a look this morning and it does indeed look as though there has been significant erosion in the area Paul describes. More news from Cllr Oldham here.