4 February 2022 Issue 2463 © ULLAPOOL NEWS
National Trust for Scotland: Corrieshalloch Gorge
Work has started at the site of the new £2.3m visitor centre at Corrieshalloch Gorge, it will have a coffee shop, toilets and electric vehicle charging points as well as improved pathways.
The gorge, 12 miles south of Ullapool, was created by meltwater from glaciers at the end of the last ice age and has a 45m (148ft) waterfall.
The site is managed by the National Trust for Scotland (NTS), as a national nature reserve.
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ULLAPOOL GARDEN OF REFLECTION NOTICE
Now the spring is on its way, it may be of interest to know there are three beds in the Ullapool Garden of Reflection that are standing empty, and have not been allotted for any planting yet. If there is anyone that would like to take on the planting up of one of these beds, please feel free to get in touch with Eilidh (01854 61278) or Lesley (01854 612777) or any members of the committee, we would be delighted to see anyone.
Join us at the garden. Just a reminder on fine Sundays, there is usually one of us pottering about there from 2pm onwards, come and join us for gardening or chatting, both equally appreciated.
We are planning a log wall along some of the boundary fence, to encourage insects, and are looking for 2ft long logs. If anyone has any spare off-cuts they would be willing to donate, just drop them off at the garden, or get in touch, and we will arrange uplifting them.
Thank you again for all your continued support.
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Mini-festival will celebrate host of books, music, and stories created through Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape Partnership
Our Living Landscape, a mini-festival to highlight a wide range of fantastic books, guides, music and interpretation that have all been created through the Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape Partnership to celebrate and share the area’s unique historic, cultural and natural heritage, is planned for late February.
A veritable library of books has been created through CALLP, including:
- Coigach & Assynt—A Walker’s Guide by Dougie Cunningham
- Fishing in Assynt—An Oral History by Dave McBain
- Coigach Fisheries by Angus McLeod
- Between Mountain and Sea by Jenny Grant
- Wellies & Wildlife by West Sutherland Fisheries Trust
- The Coigach & Assynt Collection edited by Ronan Martin
- The Story of Achlochan by Lizzie Williams
- Butterflies of Assynt by Assynt Field Club
- Clachtoll Broch—An Iron Age Home in Assynt edited by Charlotte Douglas
- Gaelic Place Names of Assynt by Assynt Field Club
In addition new music has been written through the Music and Tales project, which is available to buy on CD. A suite of interpretation around the area is due to go in soon, and the Sense of Place Toolkit is an online resource for local tourist businesses to use to help them promote this fantastic part of the country. Information about all the projects is available on the CALLP website.
The celebration mini festival is all free to attend, thanks to the way CALLP has been funded through the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The events start on Saturday 26 February 1-4pm at Achiltibuie Hall with a drop-in session called Meet the Authors, Hear the Music.
The afternoon also includes a children’s art workshop – Between Mountain and Sea with author Jenny Grant. The book details a journey of a dog and her owner into the wilds of Coigach and Assynt. Jenny will give an interactive reading of the book and an art activity to make a journey map. For anyone interested in wildlife, art and dogs! Aimed at 5 – 10 year olds but younger children welcome to join their siblings and parents.
On Sunday 27 February the activities move to Assynt, beginning with a guided walk to Clachtoll Broch with Historic Assynt. Local historian Finn Valentine will lead this visit to the broch and highlight some of the unique discoveries that were made there during the excavations. Meet at Clachtoll Beach Car Park. The walk is weather dependent, as it can be dangerous at the broch in high winds and rain, so anyone planning to come is asked to contact assyntman@gmail.com, 01571 833283 to check the event is going ahead.
In the afternoon there’s another drop-in event, From Brochs to Butterflies, this time at Lochinver Hall, 2-4pm. It’s a chance to get a flavour of the amazing heritage and wildlife of Assynt, as members of Historic Assynt and Assynt Field Club will be on hand to tell visitors more.
There are also a couple of online events, which will mean people from further afield can get involved. On Thursday 3 March, 7.30pm Dougie Cunningham, author of the Coigach & Assynt Walker’s Guide will present a free Zoom talk – How to Write a Walking Guide – about how the book took shape.
Then on Tuesday 8 March 7.30pm The Unseen Fabric of Coigach & Assynt is an interactive online Zoom talk and discussion about how natural and cultural heritage are interlinked, with Seoras Burnett, lead contributor for the Coigach & Assynt Heritage Signage project.
You can download the programme from the CALLP website at www.coigach-assynt.org
Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape is one of the largest community-led partnerships in Scotland, with ten of 14 partners drawn from local communities. Despite a population of just 1400, this community has pulled together to bring significant positive change for the nature, heritage and economic prospects of this remote area. With 14 partners signed up, over 30 individual projects, and nearly £5m of funding thanks to support from the National Heritage Lottery Fund, CALLP has focused not just on the area’s ecology and wildlife, but also on supporting rural industries, creating employment opportunities, recording the historical role of the community in the landscape, and attracting people to both visit and live in the area.
For more information about the Partnership, visit the website at www.coigach-assynt.org.
National Trust for Scotland: Corrieshalloch Gorge
Work has started at the site of the new £2.3m visitor centre at Corrieshalloch Gorge, it will have a coffee shop, toilets and electric vehicle charging points as well as improved pathways.
The gorge, 12 miles south of Ullapool, was created by meltwater from glaciers at the end of the last ice age and has a 45m (148ft) waterfall.
The site is managed by the National Trust for Scotland (NTS), as a national nature reserve.
*****
ULLAPOOL GARDEN OF REFLECTION NOTICE
Now the spring is on its way, it may be of interest to know there are three beds in the Ullapool Garden of Reflection that are standing empty, and have not been allotted for any planting yet. If there is anyone that would like to take on the planting up of one of these beds, please feel free to get in touch with Eilidh (01854 61278) or Lesley (01854 612777) or any members of the committee, we would be delighted to see anyone.
Join us at the garden. Just a reminder on fine Sundays, there is usually one of us pottering about there from 2pm onwards, come and join us for gardening or chatting, both equally appreciated.
We are planning a log wall along some of the boundary fence, to encourage insects, and are looking for 2ft long logs. If anyone has any spare off-cuts they would be willing to donate, just drop them off at the garden, or get in touch, and we will arrange uplifting them.
Thank you again for all your continued support.
*****
Mini-festival will celebrate host of books, music, and stories created through Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape Partnership
Our Living Landscape, a mini-festival to highlight a wide range of fantastic books, guides, music and interpretation that have all been created through the Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape Partnership to celebrate and share the area’s unique historic, cultural and natural heritage, is planned for late February.
A veritable library of books has been created through CALLP, including:
- Coigach & Assynt—A Walker’s Guide by Dougie Cunningham
- Fishing in Assynt—An Oral History by Dave McBain
- Coigach Fisheries by Angus McLeod
- Between Mountain and Sea by Jenny Grant
- Wellies & Wildlife by West Sutherland Fisheries Trust
- The Coigach & Assynt Collection edited by Ronan Martin
- The Story of Achlochan by Lizzie Williams
- Butterflies of Assynt by Assynt Field Club
- Clachtoll Broch—An Iron Age Home in Assynt edited by Charlotte Douglas
- Gaelic Place Names of Assynt by Assynt Field Club
In addition new music has been written through the Music and Tales project, which is available to buy on CD. A suite of interpretation around the area is due to go in soon, and the Sense of Place Toolkit is an online resource for local tourist businesses to use to help them promote this fantastic part of the country. Information about all the projects is available on the CALLP website.
The celebration mini festival is all free to attend, thanks to the way CALLP has been funded through the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The events start on Saturday 26 February 1-4pm at Achiltibuie Hall with a drop-in session called Meet the Authors, Hear the Music.
The afternoon also includes a children’s art workshop – Between Mountain and Sea with author Jenny Grant. The book details a journey of a dog and her owner into the wilds of Coigach and Assynt. Jenny will give an interactive reading of the book and an art activity to make a journey map. For anyone interested in wildlife, art and dogs! Aimed at 5 – 10 year olds but younger children welcome to join their siblings and parents.
On Sunday 27 February the activities move to Assynt, beginning with a guided walk to Clachtoll Broch with Historic Assynt. Local historian Finn Valentine will lead this visit to the broch and highlight some of the unique discoveries that were made there during the excavations. Meet at Clachtoll Beach Car Park. The walk is weather dependent, as it can be dangerous at the broch in high winds and rain, so anyone planning to come is asked to contact assyntman@gmail.com, 01571 833283 to check the event is going ahead.
In the afternoon there’s another drop-in event, From Brochs to Butterflies, this time at Lochinver Hall, 2-4pm. It’s a chance to get a flavour of the amazing heritage and wildlife of Assynt, as members of Historic Assynt and Assynt Field Club will be on hand to tell visitors more.
There are also a couple of online events, which will mean people from further afield can get involved. On Thursday 3 March, 7.30pm Dougie Cunningham, author of the Coigach & Assynt Walker’s Guide will present a free Zoom talk – How to Write a Walking Guide – about how the book took shape.
Then on Tuesday 8 March 7.30pm The Unseen Fabric of Coigach & Assynt is an interactive online Zoom talk and discussion about how natural and cultural heritage are interlinked, with Seoras Burnett, lead contributor for the Coigach & Assynt Heritage Signage project.
You can download the programme from the CALLP website at www.coigach-assynt.org
Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape is one of the largest community-led partnerships in Scotland, with ten of 14 partners drawn from local communities. Despite a population of just 1400, this community has pulled together to bring significant positive change for the nature, heritage and economic prospects of this remote area. With 14 partners signed up, over 30 individual projects, and nearly £5m of funding thanks to support from the National Heritage Lottery Fund, CALLP has focused not just on the area’s ecology and wildlife, but also on supporting rural industries, creating employment opportunities, recording the historical role of the community in the landscape, and attracting people to both visit and live in the area.
For more information about the Partnership, visit the website at www.coigach-assynt.org.
