What a Difference a Day Makes!
After all the winds, rain and flooding, today came as such a relief! Do send us your photos and videos...whatever the weather! Via the NEW facebook page or at info@caerlaverock.com
New – Live Incident Map – D&G
** LIVE INCIDENTS ** For the first time, the Dumfries and Galloway Police Division are operating a Live Blog and Incident Map showing all the weather related incidents and road closures across Dumfries and Galloway. Please check it [.....]
Farmers warned of fraud attacks
Police Scotland have issued the following warning to farmers (2nd December 2015) Farmers are being warned to be extremely wary of any suspicious calls, texts or emails as fraudsters specifically target the agricultural sector as EU grant payments [.....]
Wildlife Information for Dumfries & Galloway
The Dumfries and Galloway Environmental Resources Centre (DGERC) is the local environmental records centre for our region and provides access to high quality wildlife and habitat information from national and local sources. The Centre collects, collates, manages and [.....]
Canine Rescue Centre Open New Facilities
Lady Herries of Terregles, patron of the Dumfries and Galloway Canine Rescue Centre, officially opened a new training room, hospital block and holding kennels at the charity on Wednesday 25th November 2015. The Centre have been working closely [.....]
New to Caerlaverock Shop!
Homemade, delicious, local, natural dandelion syrup for pancakes or toast... Add to porridge, puddings, salad dressings, ice creams and cakes! Also free from additives. Yum!
A wee bit of Weather! Timelapse videos.
Video one: watch the tide recede as the weather comes in and the sun goes down! Video two: A wee bit of weather! Both videos taken by Malcolm Laurie on 29th November 2015, looking out at the weather [.....]
Wednesday Wheelers
The inaugural meeting of the Wednesday Wheelers was held on the third Wednesday in November 1998 with the aim of meeting each week for a bite to eat and a chat, not necessarily about bikes. There are no [.....]
Bogus Callers
Scottish Water’s recent ‘3 Cs’ advice - Card, Check and Call – applies to all callers at the door! All genuine callers will be happy to show you their card and wait while you check it. Ask them [.....]
Internet Shopping Tips
Ahead of the Christmas rush, Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Trading Standards Service has published some important advice for internet shoppers to ensure they are aware of their rights and what they can do to protect themselves. Here are [.....]
BPI Plastics Recycling
BPI Recycled Products are the largest recycler in Europe and can reprocess over 95,000 tonnes of post-use material each year! The washing and recycling of farm films, such as bale wrap and crop cover that would otherwise go into [.....]
Help our Halls
Both the Barbour Memorial Hall (Glencaple) and Hutton Hall Community Centre (Bankend) are much loved and valued assets. However, both need continuing support and would welcome new involvement. The committee at Hutton Hall warned recently that unless new [.....]
Solway Firth Flood Warning Scheme
As we head towards winter, memories of 2014’s ‘tidal surge’ and flooding will still be fresh in the minds of many in the parish. In a tidal area, each storm or particularly high tide is always watched with [.....]
WWT Caerlaverock wins Eat Safe Award
Reposted from www.dgwgo.com The Tearoom at the WWT Caerlaverock Wetland Centre has been recognized for their high standards of hygiene, cleanliness and food safety with an Eat Safe Award. The Eat Safe award promotes excellence in food hygiene in [.....]
Quiz Night at the Nith!
Every Tuesday night at 7pm, through the winter (from clocks changing to clocks changing) at The Nith Hotel, Glencaple. £1 entry and the chance to win a pie and share of the proceedings and catch up on whats going [.....]
Bridges Painted by the Community Council
The Community Council have been busy painting the 3 local bridges ahead of the bad weather. Thank you - the bridges look great and are easily visible in the low light of winter!
BBC Autumnwatch comes to WWT Caerlaverock
Republished from The BBC, accessed November 12th 2015 WWT Caerlaverock Wetland Centre near Dumfries will be the venue for Autumnwatch 2015, the BBC has announced. Caerlaverock Wetland Centre is on the marshy banks of the Solway Firth, the [.....]
Conservation works at Caerlaverock Castle 2015
The iconic landmark Caerlaverock Castle recently offered a unique opportunity – for members of the public to experience a ‘behind the scenes’ tour of the conservation work taking place! Historic Scotland Conservation Directorate carried out a high level [.....]
Nith Flooding November 2015
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has put flood alerts in place for Dumfries and Galloway, which means coastal flooding is possible during the high tides in November due to a storm surge and high waves. A more serious [.....]
Broadband in rural communities Dumfries and Galloway
More than 14,000 homes and businesses in Dumfries and Galloway will be next to benefit from fibre broadband in the latest phase of the £410 million Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programme. Annan, Eastriggs, Ecclefechan, Gretna, Leswalt, Lockerbie, Lochans, [.....]