Wandering around
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After our arrival, we got a “welcome pack” with lots of leaflets, maps and information. One of the most interesting from them was the one with the walking paths in …
Volunteers sought to explore historic Clyde Walkway
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Help record forgotten archaeology and stories between Larkhall, Law and the historic Clyde Walkway this summer by volunteering with Clyde and Avon Valley Landscape Partnership (CAVLP) Heritage.
Oh, look, it’s raining again…
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Do you know when, for breaking the ice with new people, you take the “weather argument” and you feel an immeasurable loser because you haven’t found a better topic? Well, …
New arrivals from Europe
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No, I’m not talking about ospreys… this last week we have welcomed Chris Cachia-Zammit and Chloe Fourneret to Loch of the Lowes through the European Voluntary Service – a scheme which allows …
Volunteering with Marine Conservation Society
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Last week I wrote about how I was hoping to see an otter and lo and behold, I saw one on Saturday evening near Skirling. So next I think I …
Kirkyard Tales: The Butcher, The Baker The Candlestick Maker
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Help exhume secrets of souls laid to rest at St Ninian’s Kirkyard, Stonehouse, by volunteering to take part in a FREE archaeological project on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 February.
Dig into Chatelherault’s Mining Past in 2016
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Blink and you’d miss the signpost to ‘Hoolet Raw’ – the only visible trace of what was once a row of miners’ cottages and named after the owls once residing …
New Year, New You? Volunteering in the Valleys
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Get fitter, get out and about or learn a new skill. If any of these sound like your new years’ resolutions for 2016, then look no further than the volunteering …
That time I saw orca whales at St Kilda…
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At this time of year I often struggle to know what to write about, there is only so many times I can write, the waterfalls at the Falls of Clyde …