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October Newsletter
We have some exciting markets coming up and there is loads of other things happening

The LORN Community Producers Market is going all PINK this week and are looking for your support, all in aid of Breast Cancer Awareness.

Stall holders are creating all sorts of special PINK goodies and fancy dress and pink silliness will be all about.. expect lots of inappropriate bras, fluff, and frippery.

A very special guest for this market is Michael C.M Riemenschneider who has recently taken over Barcaldine House Hotel from the previous owners. He is a remarkable young chef, using very modern techniques and coming from a proving ground of working in and managing some of the best establishments down south, including those with several Michelin Stars !! He even has his own cookery book.

The Swiss chef has been described as "inspirational", his food as “cooking of the very highest order, combining sublime ingredients with cutting edge technical innovation.” and acclaimed as a chef “destined for the top.”

He certainly sounds like he will give us a real treat in his cookery demonstration : "my food is very different to what anyone on the westcoast has seen before - liquid nitrogen, anti griddles science waterbaths, thermoblenders, etc.....I want to make barcaldine a food destination which it deserves to be.

He shares our passion for local produce "I love the local produce - so therefore I will be using everything local as much as I can".

Michael will be here from 12 noon. You cannot afford to miss this spectacle. Bring your friends, tell everyone you know to come along and join the fun.

The market has a lot of new members, and some old friends, joining us over the next few months : felting, textiles; Boafrosh jewellry ; Hebridean knitting from Colonsay; Cruachan Bakery; Painting with Parkinsons; recycled art.

The full list of stallholders and up to date news can be found on the LORNcommunity.ning.com - all free to register and join in.

list of upcoming markets

October 6th : PINK! Breast Cancer awareness, Kintaline Farm, Benderloch

October 20th : 3rd Argyll Apple Day with Scottish National Apple Collection and Oban Beekeepers, Kintaline Farm, Benderloch

November 3rd : Sausage Sizzle : 10 -2pm, Kintaline Farm, Benderloch

November 17th : Children in Need - 10 -2pm village hall, Benderloch

December 1st : Christmas Fayre - village hall, Benderloch

10 am to 3 pm and 5.30pm to 8 pm

December 15th : Christmas Fayre - village hall, Benderloch, 10 am through to 7pm (some stallholders will have to leave earlier) followed by ceilidh for all.

Other local News : there is lots going on in the area, and you can keep up to date with events and meetings on the LORNcommunity.ning.com calendar. All LORN Enterprise members are very welcome to share all the events you are taking part in. It is very simple to add events, with a relevant image and promote your activities. ALL community and informational events are very welcome too. The more we share the more we all benefit.

The Mull Slaughterhouse is up and running and if you want to join in the Pasture to Plate collaboration to share the logistics please get in touch with Cath Thomson (adrianscroft@yahoo.co.uk)

The LORNcommunity.ning.com is also a fantastic place to share your interests and hobbies, as well as your business ... wild harvest, farming, woolly crafts, family history, health, natural history, gardening ...

For example

· There is a woolly craft circle afternoon every Sunday afternoon in Benderloch : all skills and all fibre foibles : carding, spinning, lucet, knitting, crochet, tapestry, weaving.

· October 7th - Viewpoint production and presentation and local consultation at Victory Hall, Benderloch. 01631 720247

· October 11th - Glen Lonan Wind Farm consultation, Glencruitten Church centre.

· October 14th - the Kelp Industry - talk organised by Lorn Archealogy and Historical Society

· October 19th - Fruitful Skills workshop – with John Hancox of Scottish Orchards,

2pm – 4pm at the Walled Garden, of Glencruitten House, Glencruitten, Oban Argyll, PA34 4QB. This will include a tour of the orchard – and will cover basic orchard design, selection of suitable varieties for West coast of Scotland, pruning dos and donts and answering fruitful questions. John has also worked a lot with schools in developing school and community orchards – so if teachers or parens are interested in finding out about the benefits of school orchards - then please come along. This will be October week – and children are also very welcome. Important to RSVP : 0778 606 3918, john@scottishfruittrees.com www.scottishfruittrees.com

· October 26th - Lorn Family History Group get together - Benderloch. lornfamilyhistory@gmail.com

full details of these and much more are on the LORNcommunity.ning.com

We also have an active facebook and twitter presence and welcome you to join in : facebook.com/lornargyll twitter.com/lorntweets

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c/o Kintaline Farm, Benderloch, OBAN, Argyll PA37 1QS admin@lorn.org.uk 01631 720223