We were sent this message today, along with this photo, from an anonymous litter picker: Hello there. Inspired by yourselves and others, I grabbed my litter picker this morning and cleaned up the Quay Hill between Glencaple and the [.....]
Judith Mylne has kindly, and skilfully, made many jars of her renowned homemade chutneys to raise funds for the Nith Inshore Rescue. Her mouth-watering chutneys are known throughout Caerlaverock for selling like hot-cakes, so don't delay, buy yours today! [.....]
Thanks to Adam Murphy, Reserve Officer at Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) who has let us know that they are about to start works on renewing the final stretch of boardwalk in Holland’s reed bed [see map above]. Works [.....]
The Barbour Hall will be open on Friday 30th November between 12.00-2.00pm and 6.00-8.00pm to take donations for the raffle, bric-a-brac and home baking tables. Donations can also be brought along on the morning of the event (Saturday [.....]
Cool wee Digital Reconstruction video of Caerlaverock Castle [click to play]: Number 5 from a blog on this website: https://www.onstride.co.uk/blog/6-ruined-castles-across-uk-reconstructed/
"Dumfries and Galloway Council is facing significant financial pressures. We have already made savings of over £92 million over the past 6 years." They estimate that for 2019/2020 it's likely that a further £30 million will need to be [.....]
A few photos of the War Memorial with the 'plaswood' stands Norman Brown expertly made, to hold the wreaths in place. The RPC BPI (British Plastics Industry) Factory in Dumfries, where plaswood has been manufactured since 1995, [.....]
Thank you to Tom Brown for taking the helm with the organisation of the event and to Douglas Anderson for creating the silhouette of the soldier and many other 'behind the scenes' tasks. Norman Brown kindly agreed to [.....]
AT GLENCAPLE QUAY END 6.30pm Piper Graham Young (Piper’s Selection) 6.55pm Trumpeter Caoimhe (Kevie) Lundy (Last Post) 7.00pm Lighting of Beacon at Quay End “They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.” Followed by a reading of the names on the Memorial. 7.05pm Piper Graham Young (Battle’s O’er)
Ward Officer Chris Woodness has sent us this, for your information. We are aware that some people in and around Caerlaverock do this sort of thing on a regular and informal basis, making a difference to us all, [.....]
The Boathouse at Glencaple Quay invite you to their Christmas Fair on Monday 19th November from 3pm to 8pm "Believe it or not, it is 7 weeks today until Christmas! And although we won’t be putting our trees [.....]
Senior Community Resilience Officer, Diane Irving-Davidson and her colleague, Mandy Patterson will be out and about over the coming weeks making use of their Resilience & Community Safety trailer, engaging with the public and discussing how Ready for [.....]
Another of Wally Wright's videos from a wee while ago! This time, he braved the wind and rain to video the flooding in Glencaple at its highest back in February 1997. There are a few characters to be [.....]
This is your opportunity to come along, find out what's been going on, and what's coming up, have a say on matters that involve you and voice your concerns/ suggestions/ ideas and solutions to matters that arise. It's [.....]
We dashed down the Quay Hill to capture these magical moments: Whooper swans, barnacle geese, lapwing and a dog!
Wally Wright gave us a couple of his old VHS videos to convert to digital so we can share them with you! We have some very interesting local footage for you to see, coming soon... Firstly, here's one [.....]
Taken from Conheath (after a swift pedal to catch it from Glencaple!)
Photo shows: Mr Tennant, Rev. David Logan, Miss Cochrane, Kelly Green representing the Hutton Hall, David Gilbert representing Caerlaverock Community Association (CCA) and Jackie Gemmell representing the Caerlaverock Primary School Parent Council Before the October holidays, we managed [.....]
It's come to our attention today (thank you Rona Carson, via our Facebook Page) that there is a phone scam doing the rounds in and around Caerlaverock. There have already been several other people commenting that they've had [.....]
Just a few random photos at The Barbour Hall Halloween Party of Caerlaverock residents from all over, Nith Inshore Rescue volunteers, people from SNH, WWT, Nith Hotel, Boathouse and probably loads more from further afield too, only some [.....]
