\Croftamie
\Aberfoyle
Walk in the park Led by trained volunteers. Lasts 15-60 minutes. Next walk Monday, October 29. Meet at Woollen Mill car park 10.20am for Kinlochard walk (car share, dementia-friendly). Contact Cathy Scott on 01877 330055 or email cathy. scott@lochlomond-trossachs.org. Strength and balance For older adults, Mondays in the Forth Inn 12.15-1pm, followed by 10-min walk. Yoga and mindfulness Classes in Memorial Hall, Mondays 7.30-9pm. Scottish Country Dancing Classes are held on Wednesdays in the Memorial Hall from 7.30-9.30pm. For more details telephone Allan at 01877 385236. Fun and gentle exercise. All welcome. Concert The latest in the series of concerts at St Mary’s Episcopal Church is on Sunday, November 18 at 3pm when the Voskresenije Choir of St Petersburg (St Petersburg Resurrection Choir) visits. The vocal ensemble consists of seven to 10n professional vocalists and the repertoire includes Russian Sacred Music as well as folk music. The choir has recorded several CDs of their repertoire, which includes some specially composed arrangements of Burns songs by John McIntosh. St Mary’s Scottish Episcopal Church Holy Communion on Sunday at 11.15am. All welcome. Parish Church Service on Sunday will be at the usual time of 11.15am with worship being conducted by the Rev Dr Valerie Allen. The annual Christmas Fete on Saturday, November 24 but now is the time to start looking out your unwanted gifts which you could donate.
\Balfron
Adult fitness Dance-based exercises and routines now on Tuesdays from 7-8pm in Balfron Campus studio instrad of Thursdays. Take a mat, cost £5.50. Contact Yasmin on 07979 856837 or email yasmin@throthegrapevine.co.uk. Christmas Fayre West Stirlingshire Friends of Strathcarron Hospice are holding their annual Christmas Fayre on Saturday, November 10 from 10am-2.30pm in the McLintock Hall. Please come along and enjoy stalls, raffle, tombola and tea/ coffees included in the adult £2.50 admission. Community council Due to the recent community council elections Balfron Community Council will not meet in November. Confirmation of a December meeting will be advertised in due course. Councillor’s surgery Councillor Alistair Berrill will be Balfron High School on Thursday, November 1 at 7pm.
\Blanefield
Walking group Thursdays, 2-2.45pm, alternate weeks between Blanefield and Killearn. Call 07867 672513. Dancercise Over-50s dance-based fitness classes on Wednesdays from 10-11am in Edmonstone Hall. Cost £5.50. Contact Yasmin on 07979 856837 or email yasmin@ throthegrapevine.co.uk.
\Buchlyvie
Yoga Classes in the village hall on Wednesdays, 9.30-10.30am. Dancercise Classes for over 50s in Buchlyvie Village Hall on Tuesdays at 10am. Cost £5.50. Contact Yasmin on 07979 856837 or email yasmin@throthegrapevine. co.uk. Bible talks Held on Sundays at 6pm in the village hall. Otago Class in the church hall every Tuesday from 11.30am-noon. Contact Christina Feaks, Community Physical Activity Inclusion Officer on 01786 273555. Bridge Group meets on Tuesdays at 2pm in the Session Room of Buchlyvie Church. Returning and new members will be made welcome. Church Sunday service at 11.15am is a joint service with Gartmore at Buchlyvie Church. Service is led by Rev Gordon Mathew.
\Callander
Walk in the park Led by trained volunteers. Lasts 20 minutes to one hour. Next walk is Tuesday, October 30. Meet at Ancaster Square at 10.20am for NCR7 walk towards Kilmahog (dementia-friendly). Contact Cathy Scott on 01877 330055 or email cathy.scott@lochlomondtrossachs.org. Strength and balance For older adults, Tuesdays, meet at fire station, 2-3pm. St Andrew’s Scottish Episcopal Church Communion on Sunday and Wednesday at 10am. Callander Kirk Elders’ all age service is at 11.15am in Callander Kirk on Sunday. Unfortunately the Callander’s Got Talent event has been cancelled. Teapot Cafe is open in the kirk hall library on Wednesdays from 10.30am to noon. All welcome. Guild meets at 2pm in Callander Kirk Hall on Thursday, November 1 when the subject will be Sema’s Project, India with Pam Cairns. Meetings are open to men and women. Visitors welcome. As part of the Church of Scotland Together We Pray initiative, Saturday, November 3 is to be a National Day of Prayer. In support of this, Callander Kirk will be open from 10am-noon for anyone wishing to have a quiet time of prayer or reflection.
\Crianlarich
Councillor’s surgery Councillor Jeremy McDonald will be in the village hall on Monday, November 5 at 7pm. Walk in the park Led by trained volunteers. Meet outside the Winnock Hotel, Drymen, on Thursdays at 10.20am. Email fran. crumley@lochlomond-trossachs.org for details.
\Doune, Deanston
Keep fit Mondays, 7-8pm in the Rural Hall. Aerobics and legs/bums/ tums, suitable for beginners to advanced. Cost £5. Bridge club Wednesdays, 7.15pm in the Red Lion Hotel. Young at Heart Low-impact dance fitness classes for 50-year-olds and over on Tuesdays in the Rural Hall from 9.30-10.15am and Thursdays from 10-10.45am. Contact Janice on 07565 182259. Health centre Adult flu drop-in clinics to be held in Doune Health Centre on Thursday, November 1 from 1.30-4pm. No need to book. This is for Doune Health Centre patients who are 65 years and over or in an at risk group.
\Drymen
Walk in the park Led by trained volunteers. Meet outside the Winnock Hotel, Thursdays at 10.20am. Email fran.crumley@ lochlomond-trossachs.org for more details. Bridge Results from October 18: NS 1 Wilma Brownlee and Flora Hunter; 2 Betty Laing and Joy Kirkland. EW 1 Nora Kennedy and Anita Anderson; 2 Anne McLachlan and Margaret Ferrie. Councillor’s surgery Councillor Robert Davies will be in the village hall on Tuesday, November 6 at 7pm.
\Fintry
Kirk Service on Sunday wil be at the usual time of 9.30am and will be conducted by Rev Sigrid Marten. A creche is available. Tea/coffee after the service. All welcome.
\Gargunnock
Young at Heart Low-impact dance fitness classes for 50-year-olds and over on Tuesdays in the community centre from 10.45-11.30am. Contact Janice on 07565 182259. Church The service on Sunday at 10.30am conducted by Rev. Lynne Mack will include the Sacrament of Communion. Flower show The AGM takes place on Monday, October 29 at 7.30pm in the Garden Room of the community centre. Please come along and support, the committee is always looking for new ideas and helpers.
\Gartmore
Circle dance Group meets every second Thursday of the month in Gartmore Village Hall, 2-4pm. Film club Showing tonight (Friday) in the village hall just in time for Hallowe’en is the classic silent horror movie Nosferatu with musical accompaniment on piano by Mike Nolan. Doors open 7pm, film showing from 8pm. Adult entry £4, children under 16 £2. Season ticket £20 gives free entry to all films. More information and details on the club’s Facebook page. Church Sunday service at 11.15am is a joint service at Buchlyvie Church with Rev Gordon Mathew. Please note there will be no service at Gartmore Church on Sunday.
\Killearn
Walking group Thursdays 2-2.45pm, alternate weeks between Blanefield and Killearn. Call 07867 672513. Otago Active adults strength and balance class, Tuesdays 9.30-10am and 10.10-10.40am in the church hall, £2. Call 01786 448308. Contact Christina Feaks: Community Physical Activity Inclusion Officer on 01786 273555. Dancercise Classes for over 50s in Killearn Village Hall on Fridays at 10am. Cost £5.50. Contact Yasmin on 07979 856837 or email yasmin@ throthegrapevine.co.uk. Golden Years Prize bingo night with tea and home baking and raffle on Thursday, November 1 in Killearn Kirk Hall from 7-9.30pm. All welcome for a family fun night with a chacne to win some great prizes. Adults £4, children £2. For details and tickets contact Peter on 01360 550432; Anne 550605 and Doreen 500834. Jumble sale Event takes place on Saturday, November 10 in the kirk hall from 10am-noon. Entry £1, lots of treasures to be found. Donations to kirk hall on Friday, November 9 from 6-8pm. With Christmas around the corner, stalls will include houshold goods, toys, jewellery, CDs, DVDs, sporting equipment and bric-a-brac. No electrical goods or larg furniture. More details from Anne on 01360 550605, Katie 01360 449358 or Doreen 01360 550834.
\Killin
Walk in the park Led by trained volunteers. Lasts 15 minutes to one hour. Next walk is Wednesday, October 31. Meet at 10.20am at McLaren Hall car park for Balquhidder (Strathyre Road) walk (car share). Contact Cathy Scott on 01877 330055 or cathy. scott@lochlomond-trossachs.org to book. Strength and balance Exercise class for older adults in the Killin Hotel from 1.30-2.30pm each Wednesday, followed by 10-minute walk.
\Kinlochard
Councillor’s surgery Councillor Martin Earl will be in the village hall on Thursday, November 1 at 7pm.
\Kippen
Otago The exercise class is on every Monday from 9.45-10.15am in the church hall. Please note change of day. All welcome. The instructor will provide further details. Contact Christina Feaks: Community Physical Activity Inclusion Officer on 01786 273555. Cappuccino Chatter On Wednesdays from 10.30-11.30am in the Church House. Church Autumn foliage, lovely flowers, fruit and vegetables decorated the Chancel for Harvest Thanksgiving on Sunday. Delightful to see a bunch of grapes from the former Kippen Vine and, particularly, the loaf of bread, shaped as a sheaf of corn with a wee mouse, later giving a taste to everyone as they left church, and made by Mrs Lynne Robertson, the leader of the splendid service of Thanksgiving. Later gifts were delivered to the elderly and housebound, with a substantial amount going to the Stirling foodbank. Rev Ellen Larson Davidson will lead worship in Kippen Church at 11.15am on Sunday, when all are welcome. Guild Members and friends are invited to Norrieston Guild, Thornhill on Wednesday, November 7 at 2 pm when Dr Catriona Woodley will speak on the work of The Vine Trust in the villages of the Amazon. If interested, please let Joanna 01786 870681 know by Wednesday, October 31. SWI news At the October meeting in the Reading Room last week, members and friends thoroughly enjoyed Graham Smith’s illustrated talk on the work of Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance Service. Helen Wilson presided and paid tribute to former member Helen Montgomery, an expert needlewoman, who had embroidered the SWRI tablecloth in 1967 which still graces the meeting table. Graham judged the evening’s competition, a Scenic View: 1 Margaret MacDougall, 2 Effie Fraser, 3 Dianne Louttit. The £65 gathered from the raffle was donated to the Air Ambulance charity. Whist drive At the first of the Winter wee whist drives in the Reading