New Year, New Meeting

Our January meeting got the year off to an exotic start.

Francis Martin gave an interesting talk with photographs on her trekking holiday to Nepal with her

daughter. 

They flew to Kathmandu and trekked around the Pokhara region where roads were nonexistent  and paths often stone steps wound up and down valleys on Nepali flat, that is starting and ending one’s day at same altitude but climbing a great deal in between! The snow-capped ‘fishtail’ pinnacle mountain was often in their sights. It is one of the most renowned in the Nepal Himalayan range; climbing on it has been restricted as it is considered sacred. Accommodation was often basic, but food tasty. 

The highlight of the tour was a flight in a small aeroplane over the Himalayas so that they could view Mount Everest first hand.

Moira Ronan proposed the vote of thanks.

Competitions

Best Use of 100g Wool 1. Margaret Mackie 2. Ella McKay 3= Etta Grewar 3=Sandra Boath

Mixed Fruit chutney 1. Valerie McAllister 2. Sandra Boath 3. Margaret Mackie

Flower of the Month 1. Patsy Paton 2. Susan McLaren 3. Ella McKay

Before closing the meeting, the president thanked tea hostesses, Margaret Mackie and Aileen Pearson.

Party Time!

President Patsy Paton welcomed everyone to a members’ night in December. We enjoyed an evening of fun and games; Gloria Mitchell demonstrated Christmas floral arrangements and organised a game of pass the parcel. Sandra presented a quiz.  All members contributed to a supper which was enjoyed by all.

Competitions

Floral arrangement 1. Sandra Boath 2. Gloria Mitchell 3. Aileen Pearson  

Jar of Mincemeat 1. Margaret Mackie 2. Ella McKay 3.Sandra Boath

Flower of the Month 1. Marion Webster 2. Aileen Pearson 3. Margaret Mackie

Before closing the meeting, Patsy thanked everyone for contributing food for the supper and wished everyone all the best for Christmas.

Flying High

President  Patsy Paton welcomed Michael Smith of Kirriemuir who gave an account of the aerial photography he and his father carry out  for their firm, Flying Scotscam. 

They survey roofs of buildings to investigate works needing done and build up brick by brick drawings of monuments, for example. He brought along his remote control helicopter with camera and demonstrated how it flew with the aid of a mini version. 

Michael displayed a number of beautiful cards with local scenes, judged members' photography and Marion McDonald proposed the vote of thanks.

Before closing the meeting, Patsy thanked tea hostesses, Elizabeth Duncan and Sandra Boath.

Competitions

Pot Plant 1. Patsy Paton 2. Sandra Boath 3. Caroline Lang

Photo of Angus Monument 1. Susan McLaren  2.  Aileen Pearson  3. Sandra Boath

Flower of the Month 1. Marion Webster 2. Margaret Mackie 3. Patsy Paton

                                           

Next meeting will be held on 4 December. Members are reminded to bring finger food.

Sporting Success

Congratulations! 
to Cortachy WRI who won the Ruralympics, held for the first time in Webster’s Sports Centre, Kirriemuir,

 to the other winning teams - Kingsmuir 2^nd and Menmuir 3^rd. 

'Thank you', to all the teams who competed and without whom, there would be no event.

A Colourful Evening

President Patsy Paton welcomed members and introduced Trish Brown of Meigle who demonstrated her skill in painting silk and embellishing the piece with embroidery and other needlework techniques.

Business of the evening included the report of a meeting, held at Clova hotel, on defibrilators. Cortachy WRI has raised enough money to buy a defibrilator and plans are now in hand to create a secure and accessible store for the equipment and to arrange appropriate training for people in the area.

It was announced that the Association of Country Women of the World's walk round Kinnordy and Kirriemuir earlier this summer, reported and illustrated here, had raised £545.

Caroline Lang thanked Trish for her demonstration and expressed the admiration of the audience for Trish's ability to create atmospheric images from an apparently unstructured grouping of colours.

Competitions –

Strawberry Tart – 1, Sandra Boath, 2, Susan McLaren, 3, Valerie MacAllister.

Painted Stone – 1, Valerie MacAllister , 2, Sandra Boath, 3, Ella McKay.

Flower of the Month – 1, Helen Atkinson, 2, Moira Ronin, 3, Susan McLaren.

Squirrelling Away

The speaker for the evening was Ken Neil, Project Officer for Tayside with SWT. He gave an account of the populations of native red squirrels in Tayside and the alien species, the greys which had been introduced. He summarized what was being done to protect the reds. Saving red squirrels is a partnership between SWT and SNH. 

Ella McKay proposed the vote of thanks.

Before closing the meeting, the president thanked tea hostesses, Moira Ronan and Mary Friedrich 

Competitions

Seed Collage -  1, Patsy Paton    2, Sandra Boath    3, Moira Ronan

Macaroon Bar - 1, Sandra Boath, 2, Margaret Mackie             

Flower of the Month - 1, Margaret Mackie,  2,  Ella McKay 3,  Sandra Boath

Next meeting will be held on 2 October.

Competitions will be a painted stone, 2 strawberry tarts and flower of the month.

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