Nairn supermarket rumour no 237b: No escaping Tesco they say - will that be true in Nairn too?

'Britain's biggest retailer is to open its most remote supermarkets in the Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland after buying shops operated by a rival company.' Reports the Telegraph.

Will Somerfield unload the Nairn store to Tesco as well? Will another 'morph' halt the planned new store?

Nairn beach again or Polish migrant tries to beat Terminal 5 chaos?

'Początki są trudne, lecz nie zapomniane;) a to nasz instruktor Michał;) ' As the Utube page explains.

Slow motion football on Nairn Beach (with a great soundtrack)

Always something new on utube:

Attention to detail at the higest level

The Gurn is sure that this has been mentioned elsewhere before but here it is again anyway.

Labour Party policy bears fruit in Nairn

As Wendy Alexander said herself at Aviemore:

'Because for us – "Labour" is never simply a political party.
It is an attitude of mind;
An outlook on life,
a sense of historic,
of solidarity with and for others,
of struggle and achievement,
and even occasionally - heroic failure'

If you have a strong stomach the full speech is here

Building houses on farmland - a good idea just now?

It's called the Sandown Farm isn't it? Well perhaps we might need to grow a bit more food soon so should we rush into tarmac the whole site in one go? Maybe a few more allotments first until we see how things develop worldwide?

The New York Times reports:

Shortages and high prices for all kinds of food have caused tensions and even violence around the world in recent months. Since January, thousands of troops have been deployed in Pakistan to guard trucks carrying wheat and flour. Protests have erupted in Indonesia over soybean shortages, and China has put price controls on cooking oil, grain, meat, milk and eggs.

Food riots have erupted in recent months in Guinea, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Senegal, Uzbekistan and Yemen. But the moves by rice-exporting nations over the last two days — meant to ensure scarce supplies will meet domestic needs — drove prices on the world market even higher this week.

Full NY Times article here.

Photomaniac123's work

An interesting slideshow of Nairn pictures on Flickr.

The River Nairn above the Howford Bridge

Hard to believe that 500 houses could be built here.

This side of the Sandown fields might not look too different if the plan goes ahead, it is zoned for a park and an allotments.

A view that will vanish in the near future? Or will the process be delayed by local protests?

The tranquility of the Sandown Allotments, soon the allotment holders might have to drive through a housing scheme in order to indulge their favourite pastime.

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