Castle Loch Lochmaben Community Trust

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Community Ownership!

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Freda Seddon in Uncategorized
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Well at last, we have made it, Castle Loch and Lochfield Cottage belong to the communities of the Royal Burgh of Lochmaben, the Royal Four Towns and Templand. The care and development of the Castle Loch is in the hands of the members of the Castle Loch Lochmaben Community Trust. We have 268 members of the Trust which will hold its first Annual General Meeting at 7pm on Tuesday 25th March 2014 in the Lochmaben Church Hall. We will have reports of where we have got to so far with the pathway and development of the cottage. We will elect our first ten Trustees to take the work of the Trust forward. In the meantime the Steering Committee will interview and appoint a Project Development Manager and get the developments moving forward. We need to move on fairly quickly as some of our funding is time bound. We will hopefully have a logo by the AGM as our nursery and primary children are currently working on ideas. Castle Loch Fishery will continue to manage the fishing until March 2015. The lease of the fishing rights will be advertised early in 2015. Once again we must thank those organisations who have made this possible: the Scottish Land Fund, Dumfries and Galloway Area Committee for Annandale and Eskdale, Magnox Socio-economic Fund, Lochmaben & District Initiative, Annandale Sailing Club, Jaybees Nursery and several personal donations from Trust members. The Rural LEADER Programme are to provide a substantial grant towards the pathway works. Here’s hoping for a period of quiet and reasonable weather so that we can get on with things! Any friends who are interested in becoming involved and who live in one of  the three communities may apply  for membership of the Trust and Membership Forms can be obtained from the Trust website http://www.castleloch.org.uk  the Lochmaben Community website http://www.lochmaben.org.uk  or  the Lochmaben Post Office

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Can you believe it has been 8 years since the the communities of Lochmaben, Royal Four Towns and Templand decided to purchase Castle Loch? Where do the years go? To mark the 8th anniversary we've produced a short leaflet outlining the story and achievements to date - download here www.castleloch.org.uk/.
The slideshow has a few photos spanning the last 8 years, from the first volunteers session in 2014 to the recent opening of the new woodland path, and lots of things in between.
If you would like to support the Trust's work (become a member, make a donation, come and volunteer), then please do visit www.castleloch.org.uk/getting-involved/
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Just to let you know that there will be some essential tree maintenance works happening around the loch all this week. The footpaths will remain open but sections maybe closed for brief periods, please follow any directions from the guys from Treesurv, who are doing the works. Thanks for your patience. ... See MoreSee Less

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Can't believe I'm having to say this, but please, please don't go walking on the iced over loch. It isn't as stable as it looks and only yesterday there were still areas of open water. ... See MoreSee Less

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Thanks to Neill for these lovely wintery scenes taken today around the loch ... See MoreSee Less

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I’ve put up a new leaflet holder outside Lochfield Cottage. It has our general info leaflet, how to become a member, making a donation to support the project and, coming soon, ‘Our First 8 Years’ leaflet - has it really been that long since to community purchased the site? ... See MoreSee Less

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  • Weather looking ok for tomorrow's 'Walk the Loch. Raise funds with a walk and refreshments. Meet Lochfield Cottage https://t.co/vEmwLJAkwD
    October 6, 2017
  • Don't forget tomorrow's walk the loch event at Castle Loch. Rain should clear mid morning. Refreshments at cottage. https://t.co/pieqknvNjH
    October 6, 2017
  • A matchbox (no idea what the collective is) of swans at @castle_loch tonight. https://t.co/FbJaccingD
    July 3, 2017

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