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Gift Allows Charity To Resume Work on Bennachie
Aberdeenshire based offshore service business, OEG Offshore UK Ltd has donated a container to the Bailies of Bennachie, after their previous one was damaged during storm Arwen. The Bailies work parties usually spend hundreds of hours on the hill doing jobs such as maintaining footpaths, improving drainage, re-building dykes and cutting back vegetation. In the last couple of years this has been halted by the COVID pandemic and the storms last autumn. Fallen trees on the original Bailies container caused irreparable damage making it impossible to use.

New Bailies of Bennachie Chair Announced
The new chair of the Bailies of Bennachie, Peter Stock, says he is taking over the charity at an exciting time in 2022.

Send Off for Senior Bailie, Jackie After 12 Years at the Helm
Members of the Bailies of Bennachie have paid tribute to Jackie Cumberbirch who is stepping down as chair, or senior Bailie, after being in post since 2009. In a gathering at Monymusk village hall on Saturday 19th March a slideshow of Jackie’s time at the Bailies was shown and she was presented with a gift from the grateful members.

Beautiful Bennachie Photos Wanted for Anniversary Calendar
2023 will mark the 50th anniversary of the Bailies of Bennachie. Their popular calendar for the year will mark the occasion with extra pages and it is hoped even more outstanding pictures of the iconic hill range. They are putting out an appeal to local photographers to submit their best photos of or on Bennachie to be included in the anniver-sary calendar.
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