Pictured are a group of our Bute Conservation Trust volunteers hard at work replacing broken planks and torn wire netting on the bridge over the Glenmore Burn.  It was a very mild morning with no wind so we’re working fast to escape from the midges!

 

Pictured are a group of the Bute Conservation Trust Volunteers (other than Donald who took the picture) – this time to complete the installation of a new stile over the field dyke and to make general repairs to the bridge – new handrail, new wire netting and general levelling up the bridge and making it safe. In addition to the ‘West Island Way’ the Trust looks after many other paths around Bute. See the map extract for the location of the footbridge and the Straad walk routes marked in green.

The map is £9.95 and available from Printpoint in Rothesay or online from here: https://www.cordee.co.uk/isle-of-bute-discover-the-cwn242.html

Not the best of weather today but a handful of our Bute Conservation Trust volunteers turned out to cut and strim the grass at the ‘Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Garden’ at Ettrick Bay. Well done Billy, Roger, Ronnie on the strimming and Jock on the open area cut with his tractor. 

The original steps served many years of service but had become badly worn. We’ve installed new steps and handrail to make the route safe and sufficiently sturdy to last a long time.