Gurnshire election fun poll closes tomorrow morning

The Gurn's unscientific fun poll closes tomorrow morning. It's only fun but in a past poll we came very close to one or two of the Holyrood results.  There is only one poll that really matters though and that is when the doors open across Nairnshire's polling stations on Thursday morning.

Have you voted yet in our poll however?  It's in the sidebar and from the unscientific information it presents this observer will be rash enough to make two predictions. Liz will come top and the Tories (Scottish Conservative and Unionists) will come bottom. More analysis about the chances of the rest of the candidates tomorrow.
In the meantime, if you still haven't decided where to put your preferences, why not have a look at all the Hustings video's and questions - click here. Here's where Stephen Manders introduces the candidates, to see more videos click here.   All the videos and questions will be available for future reference.

Drinking on the links. Are incumbent councillors and those that want the job interested?

The above image in from "Vic Sinex" and the following wee gurn: "Taken this morning after another weekend of illicit drinking on the Links. The message just don't seem to be getting through. Our incumbent councillors don't seem to want to know. Two we know will find it difficult to retain their position (that's what comes of back stabbing....long memories in the electorate!!!) but will the expected replacements make a commitment to do something about it?"

Meanwhile in Mill Road...

...the posters are going up. Any posters in your part of Gurnshire? 

After an almost ideal spring weekend

Apart from technical difficulties with videos, but that was mainly left until after dark at Gurn HQ. Well, there were two sharp frosts for anyone that had their first potatoes breaking through. This observer had decided  to plant some in that fine March weather

The Nairn Ward 19 hustings in full - video evidence for the future?

The Gurn videos of the hustings are now all on line. Have you made up your mind yet who to vote for this Thursday? Did you miss the hustings in the United Reform Church last week? Still need to make your mind up or thinking of changing your list of preferences? Maybe these videos will help you come to a conclusion on where to put the numbers on the coupon. To see the video of each question from the Highland Council, Ward 19 (Nairn) election hustings last Wednesday night click the read more tab below this line and then follow the "click here" at the end of each of the 19 questions that were asked by Steven Manders on the behalf of the citizens of Nairn. 

BT Broadband upgrade for Nairn. We are the first?

One of our more techie minded readers tells us: "BT have started connecting Nairn Broadband users to their new fibre optic facility allowing download speeds of up to 50MB and upload times of up to 15MB. It's BT's aim to connect two thirds of the UK to this facility by 2014, but the Nairn exchange appears to be the first one in the Highlands to offer this new service.

BT customers can check the availability of the new service here: http://www.superfast-openreach.co.uk/where-and-when/

Businesses in the Highlands have often been critical of the lack of fast broadband but it would seem that many Nairn based companies may benefit from this high speed service"

St Ninian 6 Cruden Bay 1

 Just a few pictures from Saints spectacular six goal riot on Saturday. For individual pictures click  here.

Flower show and competition

Thanks to Murray MacRae for the pictures of the flower show and competition held in the Community Centre on Saturday. Congratulations  to David and Carol Shaw from Dyke, they won best plant in the show and are shown in the first image.

Nairn 3 Buckie 2 - The story in pictures

Individual pictures here. Fullscreen slideshow here. Match report here. Pictures from club photographer Donald Matheson and some from gurnnurn.com to come too later this weekend.
Post match interview with both managers here. 

Charlie Chaplin walk idea surfaces again

Articles in the Scotsman and the Courier online today: "A previous attempt by local man John Oliver to create a £250,000 trail was backed by various bodies but foundered through lack of money.