Huntly, one year on

I've been remiss in posting and it's nearly a year since the last, and a lot has happened in Huntly. A brief update on some of the previous posts.

Huntly & District Tourism Action Group has been very active. Last Halloween there was a two day event to celebrate food in Huntly - the Huntly Hairst. This was extremely successful and work has started on a repeat this year. Also the development of a series of walking and cycling trails, the Strathbogie and Cabrach Trail network, is progressing well. Other projects are also being undertaken.

Huntly-online is pretty moribund, it's still there but no changes since last year. The website for Huntly is now at www.huntly.net and carries information on all tourism, business and community matters. The site was developed by another designer who had been working on the community site for some time on a volunteer basis. I'm involved with managing the business section on behalf of the Huntly Business Association.

Huntly Folk Club is still active but not at the Rose and Thistle which has recently closed (yet another empty space in the town centre). Meetings at the moment are at the Huntly Hotel on the third Wednesday of the month. Another very active venue is Gartly Tin Hut - drop-in sessions every last Thursday in the month and regular monthly concerts of invited artists. I've just been designing the website at www.tinhutsessions.co.uk, now actively managed by Fraser Wilson of Huntly Herbs.

Huntly Business Association is currently looking seriously at a possible loyalty card scheme for the town. A meeting last night was quite well-attended and enough interest was shown to move to the next stage. More information to follow.

I've updated my own website (www.integrawebdesign.co.uk) to coincide with my move to Rhynie. I'm hoping it might bring some more business...