West Fraser visit

Added by Website Admin at 20:35 on 24 August 2024

This week Allan Beattie completed one of his “bucket list” items with a visit to West Fraser Inverness, where he was taken round the facility and given a guided tour. Allan has wanted to fulfill this visit for some time now and see how the product which he has used and developed into woo...

Inverness Botanic Gardens Visit

Added by Website Admin at 11:35 on 28 June 2024

These are Members of the Shed’s ‘Friendship Group‘ who joined me on safari, on Thursday morning (27/6), as we enjoyed a gentle stroll around the magnificent Inverness Botanic Gardens, in the company of Gillian, one of the senior gardeners. En route, she gave us a potted history of ...

New Benches for Inverness Botanic Gardens

Added by Website Admin at 22:34 on 11 June 2024

We built two new benches for the Inverness Botanic gardens. The tops are made from well seasoned spalted beech and the legs from 38mm x 89mm CLS. Both benches have been treated with several coats of Barrentine Wood Preserver. They will be repainted with Barrentine every winter and should last many y...

Disabled Ramp

Added by Website Admin at 21:21 on 16 December 2023

The Woodwork and Projects group have just built and installed a disabled access ramp for one of our members. There are more pictures on the Gallery Page.

Police Scotland Driver Engagement

Added by Website Admin at 19:55 on 28 November 2023

Eight members spent an fascinating morning today with Police Scotland. Martin and Neil from the Dingwall traffic department brought along the Police Scotland driving simulator for members to test their skills. They started with an interesting presentation highlighting the problems of older drivers. ...

Archive Centre Visit

Added by Website Admin at 17:16 on 19 October 2023

THE INVERNESS SHED ‘FRIENDSHIP GROUP’ at the ARCHIVE CENTRE. This happy bunch of gentlemen enjoyed a morning’s visit to the Archive Centre today (19/10/23) and were given a guided tour of the large building by Lorna. Her enthusiasm and knowledge was incredible and we learnt so much...

Chain Gang!

Added by Website Admin at 13:06 on 21 September 2023

We have to replace the water pipe from a new toby in Victoria Drive to the Shed. We needed a new trench down the bank from the road and we decided to use some conscript labour!

Bass Guitar

Added by Website Admin at 22:34 on 07 August 2023

Shed member Ronald Mackinnon has completed his bass guitar which he has been making. It is constructed from three different timbers Oak, Mahogany and Pine and is finished with wax rather than varnish. Most of the work was done at the Inverness men's Shed but Ronald had some help from the Beauly ...

New Mirror Frame for Inverness Botanic Gardens

Added by Website Admin at 12:25 on 07 August 2023

The Inverness Men's Shed have completed and installed a frame for a new mirror in the walled garden at Inverness Botanic gardens. The old mirror was in a poor state and the old frame had begun to disintegrate, so a new mirror was installed. The Men's Shed designed and installed the support f...

Friendship Group Mystery Bus Outing

Added by Website Admin at 21:13 on 13 July 2023

Today 13 July 2023, our happy little band of adventurers hopped onboard a vintage Macbraynes bus, driven by John, a good friend, and headed off into the unknown. We had a fantastic day out, visiting the very interesting Nairn museum where a couple of our group were told to keep moving as the staff w...