Glencaple SWI Invite
Thursday 5 September at 7.30pm Barbour Memorial Hall, Church Street, Glencaple DG1 4QY Come along and enjoy an evening with our Speaker, Jock Rome from Kilnford Farm Shop & Restaurant Find out what we do, have a chat [.....]
School Garden Donations
Thank you to everyone who has already donated 'things' to Caerlaverock Primary School Garden project! If you have some of these items lying around, gathering dirt, please get in touch with the school on 01387 770 237
Adam’s Goldi-locks Going, Going, Gone!
Let's support our SNH Caerlaverock's own Adam Murphy on his fantastic fund-raising activity (for this year)! Go on, go on, go on! [Have a look here to find out what he got up to last year!] Not just [.....]
Wild Geese from Wardlaw
Take a gander with a wander up Wardlaw! As part of the Wild Goose Weekend, WWT Caerlaverock wardens are joining SNH staff to lead a walk up Wardlaw Hill to see the dusk flight of the pink footed [.....]
Welcome Ward Officer Seàn O’Toole
With many thanks to Chris Woodness who was a great support and help, attending every meeting of the Caerlaverock Community Association and offering encouragement, ideas and support 'behind the scenes'. All the best Chris. Our new ward officer [.....]
Raffle Tickets Now on Sale
Raffle Tickets are now on sale for the Autumn Fayre at the Hutton Hall in Bankend! Big Raffle £100 1st prize, plus hamper, watch and many more great prizes to win! Available from The Boathouse on Glencaple Quay. [.....]
Fostering a Love of Wildlife and Nature Locally
Dumfries and Galloway is such a special place for so many reasons. If you'd like to bring your children up to have a love of nature and a wonder for wildlife, this is the place! Read on! We [.....]
Impromptu Mothing Sessions – This Friday and Saturday
An invitation from Stuart Graham and Alison Robertson to the community - many thanks! A chance to see some incredible looking moths in Caerlaverock! Hope to see you there! Stuart Graham and Alison Robertson will be mothing in [.....]
Reverend David Logan
A short statement from St Mary's church, "We are very sad to announce that our Minister, David Logan, died last night in a hospice in Dundee, with Catriona at his side. Our thoughts and prayers are with Catriona" [.....]
Request for your Haaf Netting Info
A 'toe in the water' request for your haaf netting info... A Visual Anthropology MA student has been in touch as he is going to be producing a 30 minute documentary film about the culture, heritage and customs [.....]
Karen Penny Coming to Caerlaverock!
With thanks to David Gilbert for passing this information on. He has been contacted by Karen Penny’s ‘support team’ (Mark!) to let us know she’s on her way to Caerlaverock – today! David has arranged for the [.....]
CCA Agenda for 28th August 2019
CCA Meeting 28 August 2019 Agenda Apologies for Absence Minutes of last Meeting Matters Arising: Glamping Pods Wellington Street Drains Grass Cutting Telephone Boxes First Aid General Reports: Community Police Financial Report Nith Inshore Rescue Caerlaverock School [.....]
Dumped Slates
Thanks to David Buoy who has been in touch. Someone has dumped a load of slates on the Shore Road in Glencaple. He is rightly annoyed: Some idiot has dumped 20 roof slates by the 30mph sign opposite [.....]
It’s a Fix!
Sue Greig says, "... good work DG Council. Super fast repair outside our house." Let's remember to be thankful when good things happen! Thank you Sue!
Van Scam in Caerlaverock – Be Aware and Share
Thank you to the canny Caerlaverockans who contacted us following separate dodgy encounters with a man in a van in Caerlaverock today. They have reported it to the police. We both had the same experience this afternoon in [.....]
Kelly’s Kidzcare has a Splashing Time!
With many thanks to Kelly Green of Kelly's Kidzcare for sending us these fun-filled photos of the kids having a whale of a time in the floodwaters of Bankend today! Kelly told us: So the kids at Kelly’s [.....]
The Smiths of Bankend – Can Anyone Help?
Shona Hart has left a comment on this 'Pictures of Old Bankend' article, (made with the photos Norman Brown handed in). - Can you help her with any knowledge of her great grandmothers? - Do you know anything [.....]
Rain Makes a Mess of Glencaple Drain!
Many thanks to Sue Greig for sending us these photos of the Shore Road in Glencaple, with a warning: Driving south out of the village. The road is a mess after drainage failed and smashed up the tarmac. [.....]
Nithraid 2019
A great event, and some great spots to view the boats as they come up the River Nith! Put the date in your diary: Saturday 31st August 2019!
Porpoises in the Nith
Thank you to Jamie Cowan who sent us this photo of one of the porpoises he watched swimming in the Nith on Thursday evening! He told us that the photo doesn't do the scene justice! He explained, We [.....]