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Application to the Big Lottery Breathing Places programme
On 16th January we posted our application for funding of £9,850 to regenerate the Historic Railway sidings at Dunphail Station. On 10th June we learned we had been successful. What do we plan to do with this money?
- form aparking area for public access
- sympathetic planting of native Scottish trees and shrubs,
- install a simple network of pushchair and wheekchair friendly paths around the site
- forming of a pond or wet land area,
- installation bird boxes,
- establish a picnic and rest area
- put up information boards about the area and its history.
All of this under the watchfull eye of Trees for Life and RSPB advisers and in co-operation with the Edinkillie Community Association.
We crossed our fingers and it worked!
By July 11th we plan to set up a special page for this project, possibly in the form of a blog.
Links:
BBC Breathing Places (Search for Dunphail) to be updated
Big Lottery Breathing Places site
What we've been up to recently
Working up an appetite for Christmas
Instead of enjoying Christmas shopping our Chairman and several volunteers assisted our contractor to carry out works in the cutting near Dunphail.
This was a Mac Leader+ funded project, which has provided a dry surface track for several hundred yards through the previously flooded cutting. This involved the use of heavy machinary and many tons of material being imported and laid along the track. The initial result is rather barren but we expect that it will soon green up come Springtime. We were also able to purchase two strimmers which means that we should be more successful at keeping key sections clear once the growing season starts. This work removes the last major physical barrier along the route.
Volunteer days - Spring 2008
Winter and Spring is a good time to attend to some maintenance and improvement work. Strong winds can bring down trees and heavy rain causes draingage problems and can cause land slips. This winter's work has been dominated by drainage issues causes by the heavy rains. So far we have had groups working at:
- Squirrelneuk Bridge - installing a drain under the path
- Bantrak cutting, south of Divie viaduct - putting up a new noticeboard, and starting to clearing the ditches
- Manachie Farm bridge - cutting a new drain channel to carry away excess water
- Muddy Puddles 2 - last year we successfully drained one of two notoriously muddy sections in Newtyle forest. This year we returned to deal with the other section. Enjoy dry feet.
Info and photos of the above works on our Improvement works page.
Further days are planned, the next planned day is:
- Saturday, May 17th - Peathillock. postponed The track through the cutting runs constantly with water from springs at the southern end. There is a culvert part way along the cutting, we plan to explore diverting the water to discover if the culvert is still working.
- Saturday, June 21st - Dava. The bridge is in need of repair and a there is a noticeboard to erect. If we have the manpower we will also be clearing the track through the broom at the southern edge of Dava Moor.
New volunteers and helpers are always welcome, contact our volunteer co-ordinator.
.Dava Way Meetings
The Dava Way Association is a registered charity and a limited company by guarantee.
We hold committee meetings roughly every 5 weeks during the year and an Annual General Meeting in November.
Naturally the public is always invited to our AGM.
Anyone can attend our committee meetings by arrangement (limited space).
All our meeting minutes are public and past minutes can be accessed through the Dava Way Office page.
Committee meetings
The next committtee meeting will be on Tuesday, August 26th 2008 at The Hub, 20 Tolbooth Street, Forres starting at 7.30 pm.
The last committee meeting was on Tuesday, June 3rd 2008 - read minutes.
Annual General meetings
The last AGM took place in the Forres Lawn Tennis Club clubhouse on 6th November 2007 - read minutes.
The work of the past year is summarised in the Chairman's report.
The next AGM is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, November 4th 2008.
