Here are a few great photos documenting the drainage operations on the allotment site on Friday afternoon, with thanks to Alison Robertson (who sent them on Friday, the delay is all ours!). They discovered a blocked pipe beside [.....]
Sue Greig is looking for contributions for a brand new fabulous fundraising Cookbook! (Her original cookbook can be viewed >>here<<) Sue explains more below: Some of you may remember that many years ago I put together a Caerlaverock [.....]
Cathy Brown has been in touch - she has an HP wireless printer to give away free. "Worked fine before we upgraded and supplied with some spare ink cartridges". Please get in touch with Cathy direct on 07730477784 [.....]
Dumfries and Galloway Council have announced their new recycling scheme will be coming to us in Spring 2021. All the details are in the video below: And more info/ frequently asked questions, see here: https://dumgal.gov.uk/article/21420/FAQ-s-New-Waste-and-Recycling-Service There will be [.....]
Accommodation urgently needed for 27 year old female currently doing her teacher training in Dumfries. Either one or two bedroom property to rent or room in a house. Must be able to accommodate 2 well behaved outside cats. [.....]
You'll be as delighted as we were to hear that the missing fork has been found! A good news story for Friday - hooray!!
After a spring/ summer haitus due to Coronavirus, we have distributed a copy of the Community September Catch Up to the noticeboards around Caerlaverock. You can find them at the bus stops in Bankend and Kelton, at the [.....]
The following information is being circulated on behalf of Police Scotland Police Scotland are asking all members of the rural community to look out for any suspicious activity around their farms after a Starfire navigation system and screen, fitted [.....]
Many thanks to Rob Wells for sending us this video his brother in law, Simon Greig, made of Glencaple back in 2011. Look out for the 'mystery' haaf netter - actually catching a salmon!
With thanks to two green fingered Caerlaverockans who have let us know about this interesting research - gardeners and allotmenteers may have some ideal candidates for this research! "Got any blotches on your beetroot, squiggles on your spinach [.....]
Great photos of the first silage cut around the Community Allotments! 🌞🥕🌱🌾🌻🌻🌾🌱🥕🌞🌞🥕🌱🌾🌻🌻🌾🌱🥕🌞🌞🥕🌱🌾🌻🌻🌾🌱🥕🌞🌞🥕🌱🌾🌻🌻🌾🌱🥕🌞🌞🥕🌱🌾🌻 Thanks again to Farmer John Jamieson for his permission to trial the plots, to everyone for keeping the allotments neat and tidy and to wee Anony [.....]
Thanks to Catherine Tuke for alerting everyone: "just be warned anyone walking dogs in comglongon woods the cockpool end there are adders about my dog got bitten by one hiding in undergrowth" As there are also many ground [.....]
Thanks to Rob Wells for sending in his wonderful watercolour of Caerlaverock Church! If you have some art work you'd like to share, please do send it to us: caerlaverockcommunity@gmail.com
With many thanks to author, Barbara Henderson, who has been in touch to let us know about her new children's book (for around 8 - 13 age range) which commemorates the Siege of Caerlaverock in the year 1300! [.....]
***Update:*** Caerlaverock falls within the Dumfries and Galloway area where restrictions to travel for leisure (no more than 5 miles) remain in place. Please respect these necessary restrictions and help us stop any further spread of the coronavirus. [.....]
"We are looking forward to welcoming you all back to The Boathouse for food and drink in the coming weeks and wanted to let you know about some of the changes we will be making! Following discussion with [.....]
Community Spirit is a real strong point in Caerlaverock! So much so that the recently set up Community Isolation Support Group have really not been stretched! However, the systems set up and run by Lynda Anderson, Gerry Donnelly, [.....]
An amazing video of a Midnight Bore (or thereabouts!) on 7th June 2020. A phenomenal sight, especially at night!
Hello everybody, I do hope that you and your families are all staying well. We may not be able to meet at present but that is no reason not to communicate. As we hopefully start to see an [.....]
Caerlaverock Castle has featured on the BBC news website - see this link! Historic Environment Scotland have created this amazing architectural 3D model in order to have a detailed, digital record of the castle. You can access the [.....]
