This week’s readers’ letters from the John O’Groat Journal
Gardening On The Edge by Diana Wayland
The summer show and presentation of prizes by Caithness RDA coincided with the official opening of a portable building and a kitchen.
Top shots take part in the sharpshooter competition that traditionally ends Caithness Small Bore Rifle Association’s open shoot.
Patsy Mackay from Reay is demonstrating that age need not be a barrier to fulfilling personal goals after getting her golf handicap in her eighties.
Patsy Mackay from Reay is demonstrating that age need not be a barrier to fulfilling personal goals after getting her golf handicap in her eighties.
Alex Donald managed to catch 14 fish for 7 lb 10 oz to give him the trophy in Dounreay Fly Fishing Association’s competition on Loch Toftingall.
Alex Donald managed to catch 14 fish for 7 lb 10 oz to give him the trophy in Dounreay Fly Fishing Association’s competition on Loch Toftingall.
The cooler and wetter weather of the past week has done nothing to deter the spirits of the golfers at Reay, with another busy week of competitions.
Six riders faced a westerly wind on the outward leg to Bilbster in Wick Wheelers’ latest 10-mile time trial, meaning times were generally slower.
A few members of Bower SWI celebrated the group’s 100th birthday with a visit to the Castle of Mey, and a lunch in the tearoom.
Thurso and District Strathspey and Reel Society’s annual rally attracted a large crowd to the town’s Royal British Legion club on Saturday night.
St Peter’s Operative Lodge has installed a defibrillator at its Olrig Street premises in Thurso for public use if required.
S1 netball teams from Thurso and Wick high schools took on their counterparts from Kirkwall Grammar School and Stromness Academy.
Vanilla may be fairly familiar to many of us, but the story of this spice’s history is a long and interesting one, writes Joanne Howdle.
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It was another busy week on the fairways and greens of Reay Golf Club, with some fine scores recorded during the week in warm and sunny conditions.
The Caithness branch of the Pony Club held its dressage and combined training competition at the Halkirk indoor riding centre on Saturday.
DFFA anglers shared tales of epic battles with large trout that had taken all the line and most of the backing off reels before escaping.
JEREMY HODGES, a former Groat and Courier editor who now edits the RLS Club newsletter, has been on the Robert Louis Stevenson trail in Caithness.
