Fibre optic broadband now in Glencaple!
Thank you to David Buoy who has been keeping a close eye on the internet situation and has been in touch to say that Glencaple village has just been connected to the fibre cabinet - and BT are [.....]
In memory of Lady Mary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Lady Herries Of Terregles, affectionately known to us all as Lady Mary. She passed away peacefully at her home in Sussex on Friday, 7th of April 2017. [.....]
Kelton Footbridge
A wee 'heads up' about the footbridge on the riverside path near Kelton. D & G Council Countryside Access Officer, Richard Masters and their Core Path engineer have been out to look at the collapsing bridge on the [.....]
Elderly goose!
Thanks to Sue Greig who got in touch to say that she spotted a small flock of barnacles on the Glencaple side of the river one morning this week. "One was ringed so I sent information to Larry Griffin [.....]
Shore cleaned up!
A big well done everyone who helped clean up the shore on Saturday - there was less rubbish collected this time, let's hope the message is getting through... Thanks also to Oakbank Services for providing a skip at [.....]
A good old tidy up… (Part 2)
Last year was a great success with a massive pile of rubbish gathered - and it's time to do it all over again! Come along and do what you can - everybody welcome!
Local place names – request
Solway Firth Partnership have been in touch. They asking people to tell them about local place names for their Solway Coastwise project. They would like to hear from local folk, including haaf netters and wildfowlers to discover names [.....]
From the Broon Archives: A grand discovery!
Big thanks to Tom Brown who got in touch to share these 2 fabulous 'old' newspaper cuttings of his grand discovery! What he uncovered turned out to be an old river workboat, around 200 years old, which is [.....]
CPS Scoop – World Book Day
On Friday the 3rd of March our school celebrated World Book Day. Some people came dressed as their favourite character such as Miss Trunchbull, The Hungry Caterpillar, Matilda, Alice in Wonderland, and Where’s Wanda? Throughout the day we [.....]
CPS Scoop – NNR Visit
Our Visit from the Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve On Wednesday the 1st of March we had a visit from the National Nature Reserve (NNR). We had a lesson with Ellie. We got to learn what animal homes where [.....]
CPS Scoop – P7 Girls Nithsdale Badminton Tournament
On the 26th of February Katy Anderson in P7 took part in the Nithsdale P7 girl’s badminton competition. The school is so proud of her as she won the tournament for the second year running! She is now [.....]
CPS Scoop – Learning to play the Ukulele
This term we have been learning to play different chords on the ukulele like G7, Am, C and F. We play different songs and when we have breaks we take part in a game called Funky Chicken. This [.....]
CPS Scoop – Learning Music
We learned in music all the different types of families there are in an orchestra like the string family and woodwind family. There is a lot more orchestra instruments for us to learn, so I’m going to tell [.....]
CPS Scoop – Infrared Camera Lesson
Mr Walker (an outdoor learning specialist) came in and taught us about how an infrared camera works to help us with our camera trapping project. In case you did not know we are in a competition and we [.....]
CPS Scoop – Camera Trapping
The P4-7 class have entered a national competition where we have to try and catch footage of animals on a wildlife camera. We thought about where would be best to set up the camera and decided to send [.....]
CPS Scoop – ChildLine Visit
ChildLine came to visit us at school to talk about how to stay safe and who to call if we needed to get help. They told us to tell someone if we knew someone that was not being [.....]
BE AWARE! Doorstep crime & online/phone fraud
We've had a message from the ever-vigilant Sergeant Graeme Stitt from the Community Policing Unit for Police Scotland, letting us know about an increase in doorstep crime and online/phone fraud. Can you please raise awareness throughout your communities [.....]
CCA meeting 22nd Nov ’17
TONIGHT - Wednesday 22nd February come along to the Nith Hotel for 7.30pm (upstairs in the function suite) for our latest meeting. They are informal and friendly affairs! As well as bringing your ideas etc, this time Scottish [.....]
Dawn Chorus!
Kathryn Luna Vogel may not have seen the elusive kingfisher to capture on camera this morning, but she did get up before sunrise to take these wonderful photos of some of the birds at Glencaple Farm (and the [.....]
Kingfisher sighting at Glencaple!
Chris Jackson and Alison Robertson have spent about half an hour watching a kingfisher on the River Nith banking near to the Quay End in Glencaple, opposite their house at 9.30 this morning! It was catching fish, then [.....]