General
Great Greener Kemnay Apple Bake Off: This is to take place on the 10th October at 10am at the Community Garden, please come along with your homemade apple products and these can be anything made from apples (nothing alcoholic please) (also could you make a list of ingredients). Or if you want to just taste what is on offer you are welcome to come along. The entries will be tasted and judged by those present at the event and there is a trophy to be won. I look forward to seeing you there.
AGM: Our AGM will take place on 10th November at 7.30 in the Village Hall Friendship Room; we hope to provide a film or talk for after the AGM and we will let you know as it is arranged.
Community Garden
Activity morning: There will not be an activity morning this month as we are having the Bake off on the day, please if you are able to help out at other times, the paths need weeding and dead heading can start.
Paths Group
Place of Origin 20th Anniversary: To celebrate this anniversary, the paths group has been setting up a self-guided trail using QR codes which are placed on posts around the site and these inform the user about; this art project, the ecology, geology, the quarry, the people of Kemnay and the village.
The trail was opened on September 26th by Lady Kate Saltoun, Deputy Lord Lieutenant Aberdeenshire, we also had one of the artists John Maine, poems relating to the quarry were read by Ian Dow, a Kemnay Loon whose father worked in the quarry. There were around 80 people there, 60 of them processed to the top with John Maine stopping at strategic points, giving information to the audience about the artists thinking behind the design. Robert Howie played his pipes for the journey. At the top, there was more from John Maine, a poem from Ian and a talk from Andy Henderson the Quarry manager on the history around the quarry.
We are very grateful for the support of Breedons for funding this project, also the Kemnay Mens Shed and especially David Wyness for constructing the noticeboard and help with the posts and also Alastair Simpson with the printing of the poster.
Bulb planting: Next event for the Path Group is on 1st November at 10am, meet at the Place of Origin, please bring gloves, a dibber or trowel.