Views – from the ‘other side’!
Thank you to Douglas Anderson for these fab photographs of Glencaple - taken from the other side of the River Nith! Do share your photos of the area with us - caerlaverockcommunity@gmail.com
Around the Quay End
After being kindly shown around the tall ship La Malouine at Glencaple Quay by Roy, the light seemed worthy of some spherical other-worldly camera-wizardry! Look out for some cool 360° pics from inside the ship - coming soon!
Master Craftsman at work – Glencaple Quay
Picture of Steven Jackson, master craftsman and stonemason. This is a modest guy who is an absolute expert with sandstone, or any type of stone. Here he is rebuilding some of the steps at Glencaple Quay, assisted by [.....]
Special 360° view – Ospreys and Dragonflies at WWT Caerlaverock!
In search of a wee bowl of soup today, we felt like lucky winners at WWT Caerlaverock as we watched the live camera feed - the two osprey chicks were being fed their lunch too! Tastey trout nonetheless! [.....]
Remember – CCA inaugural meeting – this week
As you're probably aware, Caerlaverock Community Council voted unanimously against re-establishing under the Dumfries and Galloway Council at the last meeting in April 2016, due to the level of bureaucracy the Council required of volunteer community councillors. (The [.....]
Feedback from happy motorhomers!
A heartening e-mail message we received this morning, its always good to have good things to share! "I should like you to know how surprised and delighted we were to be welcome in our motorhome at Glencaple.So often [.....]
WWT Caerlaverock Wetland Centre News
Mute swan cygnet photo by Alex Hillier Chiffchaff by Ray Cottrell Summer is here at last and the reserve is alive with birdsong, chiffchaffs, blackcaps, willow, sedge, reed and garden warblers are all back from a [.....]
Curling, by Jess and Beth May
CURLING On the 18th and the 21st of March P6 &P7 went to Dumfries Ice Bowl for a curling competition. We played in teams of 4 and each game was 15 minutes long. We went with our partner [.....]
Lockerbie Manor by Reagan
Lockerbie Manor On the 19th of April, Caerlaverock and Brownhall Primary went to Lockerbie Manor for a residential trip. We stayed there for two nights. We completed lots of activities, including: Manor Olympics, High Ropes, Mountain Biking, Rifle [.....]
Continuing our new playground, by Joshua
Continuing our new playground, by Joshua. Recently we have been continuing our new playground that we recently talked about in the Autumn 2015 newsletter. So if you remember we have completed the planters and planted flowers in them, [.....]
A message from the Minister
Hi! My name is David Logan, and I am the Minister of Carelaverock Parish and Minister of St Mary’s Greyfriars’, Dumfries. I am very interested in rural ministry and I truly believe that it is important that rural [.....]
New speed sign at Bankend
Caerlaverock Community Association have purchased and erected a new solar-powered speed sign at the entrance to Bankend following concerns from many residents and road users about the speed of traffic coming into the village. [.....]
Glencaple feature in The Standard, July 5th 1961
With thanks to Tom Brown, we have been loaned a folder full of memorabilia which had been carefully collected and compiled by the late Ian Hamilton Junior. It is brimming with articles of local information, fishing and, in [.....]
Help with reporting issues to the Council
Some of our local roads have suffered following some torrential downpours recently - thankfully the council have been swift to respond to repair initial damage - would you know where to go to report a fault? The council [.....]
Brilliant photos of Glencaple and the Auld Quay – from the air!
Thanks to Andy Westbury (who spent his honeymoon motorhoming at the Quay - see here) for these photographs which he took with his drone during the wonderful weather recently!
Moth Night Event ‘results’!
Image credit: beinggreen Adam (NNR Caerlaverock) and Alison (county moth recorder) have sent us their records from the very successful moth event on Monday night. There were some weird and wonderful moths caught, happy faces despite the odd [.....]
Just Married!
Congratulations to the new Mr and Mrs Westbury from Glasgow who got married today at Gretna before spending the day at Caerlaverock Castle and the Crichton gardens. They are looking forward to their first meal together as husband [.....]
CCA – Inaugural Meeting!
Caerlaverock Community Association We are going to hold an inaugural meeting in the Nith Hotel on Wednesday 29th June at 7.30pm. All are welcome. Please do come along, and help build Caerlaverock Community Association into a strong organisation, [.....]
Canine Rescue Calendar – photo competition
Send the D&G Canine Rescue annual photo competition entries to them by Friday, June 10, 2016, 17:00 pm This is your chance to get your dog in their calendar and enjoy some fame whilst helping raise funds! All [.....]