Coming Up….
Halloween Pop Up: Tuesday 27th October
As the nights draw in and All Hallow’s Eve approaches, join us for spooky cakes and other frights in the McLean Hall 11.00 – 13.00. Dressing up is not compulsory, but quietly encouraged.
Trigger warning: arachnophobes beware!
Fearnan Service of Remembrance: Sunday 8th November
A Service of Remembrance will be held at the Fearnan War Memorial on Sunday November 8th. Please gather at the Memorial at 10.50.
The FVA will serve tea and coffee in the Hall immediately after the service.
Mulled Wine & Mince Pies: Saturday 12th Dec
Enjoy a pre-Christmas drink with friends and neighbours in the village hall from 4pm – 6pm on the 12th December.
There will be mulled wine, prepared to a tried and tested recipe, as well as a small amount of regular wine, mince pies and lots of Christmas cheer!
Recent Events
MacMillan Coffee Morning
Linda writes:
The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning is McMillan’s biggest fundraising event and once again Fearnan did its bit.
The annual MacMillan Coffee Morning was held on the 26th September in the McLean Hall. Everyone who attended donated generously and enthusiastically guessed Colin the Caterpillar’s birthday, bought raffle tickets and goods from the sales table. There was a mouthwatering array of home-made cakes and sandwiches. Glenlyon Coffee Roasters donated coffee for the event. We had live music, courtesy of Doug.
There were lots of prizes and winners with a bigger raffle than usual. The hamper donated by the Courtyard was won by Robin Menzies and the voucher donated by the Crannog Centre by a delighted Liz Sawyer.
Karen won a Kenmore Bakery hamper and Judith a bottle of Prosecco. A voucher from the Highland Chocolatier went to Alison, Richards’s sister. John Freeman had the Brodies chocolate desserts chocolates and chocolates and biscuits went to Rob Menzies.
Isobel Howson had the closest date to Colin the Caterpillar’s “birthday”, winning the coveted cake!
Well done to all the winners and thanks to Enya for presenting the prizes!
And a big ‘thank you’ to all of our guests and to those who donated goods, and to the great team who contributed with setting up, baking and helping on the day. Your efforts were much appreciated by everyone helping to create a lovely, sociable and relaxed atmosphere.
Thanks to your generosity and support, we made a fantastic total of £650, which is the highest amount raised over the past five years.
Keep on Dancing!
Fearnan Hall is the venue for a wide range of health and activity classes from Tai Chi to carpet bowls. Unfortunately, numbers at the Line Dancing class have dropped off recently so if you’ve been thinking about going, or are a past participant and are thinking of returning, now is the time! Help the class to continue!
The next sessions are Friday 16th and 30th October, 7.30 – 8.30pm. The cost is £7 and keep an eye on Fearnan Rocket for info and any updates
Fearnan War Memorial
In recent years, the yew trees that act as Sentinels to the Fearnan War Memorial have grown considerably and now are almost concealing the Memorial. At the last Fearnan Village Association AGM, it was agreed that PKC (who are the guardians of the War Memorial) should be approached with a view to having the trees re-sized to make them more in proportion with the memorial.
The Council have agreed to carry out work to clean both the monument stone and the plaque, paint the railings around the War Memorial, and have commissioned an arborist to re-size the yew trees. This will be done before this year’s Remembrance Day service.
It is worth mentioning that, at first, the trees may appear to have been seriously scalped. The recommendation of the arborist is that they are cut to be around the same height as the memorial, and that their girth is reduced, to make them more in proportion to the space. It is the right time of year for this work to be done, and yews can take a very hard cutback and will come back with fresh growth and renewed vigour. They will green up again in the spring when the full effect will be seen.
The new owners of the leylandii hedge behind the memorial have already reduced the height of the hedge by some 2 metres and will continue to reduce the size in stages as, unlike yew, leylandii is averse to having a severe cut back in one go and the reduction needs to take place over several seasons.
Resource Hut
The Resource Hut has been collecting nitrile gloves for onward recycling through a scheme run by Terracycle. Unfortunately, Terracycle have decided to withdraw the scheme and, as there are no other options available, the Resource Hut has had to stop collecting them. Please don’t take any more nitrile gloves to the Hut. They will need to go into Landfill from now on.
You can still recycle Marigold gloves, contact lens blister packs, coffee pods, ink jet cartridges, make up containers and more in the Resource Hut.
