Saturday 31 May 2008

CG ON TV!!



GONE GREEN

With an acute environmental policy, a keen eye for development on eco-friendly issues as well as a knack for gathering information - this is just the tip of the Loch Ness iceberg.



Friday 30 May 2008

Crazy Bikers from Holland - Caption Required!!!!!



Hello Caroline,

we would like to thank you for the good service you gave us after our chaotic arrival.
You may remember us: We arrived at the same time as the Irish bikers did.
Altough we stayed just one night in your hotel we appreciated it very much.

I hope to visit Schotland again, it is a fantastic country. (we drove about 2100 km) If I do, I will be vistiting you hotel for sure.

Don't worry for the next time, I will make a reservation :)

I've attached some of our pictures.

With the best regards,
Dave Piller


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Wednesday 28 May 2008

Saturday 17 May 2008

Stop/Start



On Monday, 19th May 2008, David is going in for his 'electrocution'. Well, this is what I call it. You know, that 'stop/start' procedure? In all honesty I had never heard of it before now. The fancy name for it is in fact 'Synchronized Electrical Cardioversion'. This is the process by which an abnormally fast heart rate or cardiac arrhythmia is terminated by the delivery of a therapeutic dose of electrical current to the heart at a specific moment in the cardiac cycle.

Maybe there will be a miracle & after Monday, David will in fact 'STOP' working so hard & will 'START' taking it easy - I did say a miracle now!

All the staff at the Lovat pass on their thoughts for Monday. Although I am not there, I will be with you...so don't lose heart!

Love You D
xxx

Friday 9 May 2008

WE'RE SMILING NOW BUT WILL WE BE WITH ALASDAIR DOWN THE LINE?




With reference to Alasdair Anderson’s concerns, as detailed in the P&J on 8th May 2008


Dear Editor,

In all honesty I was, & still am, sincerely shocked to read of the Black Isle developments which are favouring an already well established business. Sorry, please remind me...why did they get such a grant? Admittedly, we gratefully received a 50% grant for the purchase of our own woodchip boiler. Would £3m not be better distributed amongst 30 business who can install a boiler & then use bio-fuel rather than just offer a hand-out to one business who produces it? Has anyone heard of supply & demand? Has anyone heard of helping those who actually need it?

My bemusement increases as I hear of Archie McCreevy’s inability to gather the overall picture on bio-fuel. He states that ‘Balcas will be supplying their own product which is distinct from that of Raddery Sawmill’ – what does he mean by distinct? It’s all bio-fuel! Does it really matter that one is a pellet & the other a chip?

I am not finished yet...in the article it is referred to Balcas having other components to its operation, which ‘offer significant advantages to the Highland economy’ - & what are these advantages? It is my understanding that a unique drying procedure will be in place to assist with the overall production of the wood pellets – meaning an increased emission of CO2 into the atmosphere. I would like to point out that our supplier, Raddery Sawmill, using a natural drying process with minimal carbon footprint. Our latest moisture content on delivery was 24% - beat that Balcas! Naturally of course!

So, Archie McCreevy, if Raddery Sawmill goes out of business, does Alasdair have to pay back HIE the grant originally awarded?

‘No comment’ you say?

Typical.


Caroline Gregory
Managing Partner

Thursday 8 May 2008

Lovat Love




Congratulations to both Pat & Jim who tied the knot on Saturday, 3rd May 2008.

Thank you for holding such a special occasion at the hotel & we all wish you well for the future.