Meet Fiona & Phil Hawkins: and why knitting, dipping, parties and flapjacks are key to community

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Kincraig Cares

Suzy Bashford Haworth

18 episodes

1 week ago

The podcast all about the colourful characters and community of Kincraig Village in the Cairngorms National Park in the Scottish Highlands. It's a tribute to, and celebration of, the people and places on our doorsteps and an exploration of the power of community spirit and why it's more important than ever today.

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Meet Fiona & Phil Hawkins: and why knitting, dipping, parties and flapjacks are key to community

Kincraig Cares

40 minutes 35 seconds

1 year ago

Meet Fiona & Phil Hawkins: and why knitting, dipping, parties and flapjacks are key to community

Today's guests are the dynamo duo Phil and Fiona Hawkins who are the people behind local legendary initiatives such as the iconic Kincraig 'Post Box Topper' and 'Flapjack Fridays' at Loch Insh.

This episode is recorded in their 'posh room' while we are all knitting post dinner. We cover all manner of topics, like where they get their desire to not only get involved in community get togethers, but actually lead them.

Phil shares his wisdom on life which has helped me, such as how not to care what others think and be more comfortable in your own skin. And they both share their thoughts on cultivating a happy marriage, and what they're most proud of in life.

Hope you enjoy meeting Phil and Fiona. Do say hello to them if you ever bump into them in Kincraig. Or if you're local, come along to Loch Insh Dippers group - don't be put off by Fiona manically waving her pad at you asking for your name; she is doing it because she loves keeping track of everyone for safety, and for her swimming diary!

And if you have any other suggestions of characters in Kincraig to interview on this podcast, please email me on ⁠⁠⁠suzy@bigjuicycreative.co.uk⁠⁠⁠

Kincraig Cares podcast is being made on a shoe string out of love, so is very grateful for free resources which make this possible, like the intro and out music which is called 'Holiday Ukulele' by MaxKoMusic, promoted by www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ and part of the Creative Commons Attributions-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)