iGallery- community, arts, crafts and information centre
I am a director of a local community group, the kirkton woodlands and Heritage group , which is why I haven’t done much painting this last year! It is highly rewarding … Continue reading
Counting Trees
I’ve been doing a training course the last couple of days in valuing timber in a forest. We are proposing to buy a 93 Hectare woodland as a community, so we need … Continue reading
Community Woodlands Association Conference
Much of my time recently has been taken up with our community woodlands project. We have 2 hectares(?) of wood already, and some buildings ( including the tree-house ) from … Continue reading
Lochalsh Art Fair 2012
The Lochalsh Art Fair is always well worth a visit, very high quality work from local artists displayed in Dornie Hall overlooking the castle. My pictures waiting to be hung, … Continue reading
Sketchbook Development and Painting Project course
Friday was the first day of a ten week Sketchbook and painting project course, put on by West Highland College. Tutored by me & ran out of the local church … Continue reading
Electioneering and Trainspotting.
Today was a strange day. The sun was shining. I took my politics away from the safe zone of peers, friends and the internet into the scariest arena of all, my home … Continue reading
Community resilience, sustainability and Water.
On the 19th and 20th April 2012, I attended an Event on ‘Community Resilience – Emerging Opportunities around sustainable Water Infrastructure’ as part of my new post as ‘Community Enabler’ with ‘the Kirkton … Continue reading
Pottery Class for Ceangal
What is Ceangal ? As part of this there has been a series of event classes run in Gairloch by volunteer tutors. Here are some better pictures and more information … Continue reading