Community Owned. Working Together: Cha sheas coimhearsnachd air a lèth-chois.
New signage is planned to erected around the estate and elsewhere this year and the first of these has just been put into place.
Thanks to Graphite Signs and Calum D Carmichael, our donation box at the end of the moor road now has a permanent display and instructions.
Following work on the moor at Druim a’ Channaich, an area of ground has had to be fenced off due to the depth of peat found, and the unstable nature of the disturbed peat surface. This is in order to keep people and livestock safe.
This area is approximately 200m to the north east of the moor cattle grid.
In addition to the fencing, warning signs have been put in place, and we would ask that everyone does keep away while the ground dries out.
This will take place on Wednesday, 17th April at 7:30pm in the Keose Meeting House. It would be great to see as many local people as possible attend.
Lewis winters present more than an ordinary challenge to buildings, and to portable buildings in particular.
In order to maintain the estate office, and to keep it functioning in good order, it was decided to provide the roof with additional protection from the elements.
Fortunately, we had two local people on hand who were both competent and willing to carry out the work.
A big thank you to Donald R Morrison and Calum D Carmichael for their efforts which should (hopefully) see the office through many more years.
After much deliberation, the winners of this years awards has been announced.
Best Croft has been awarded to Kenny and Chrissie Martin in relation to 4 Keose Glebe, and the Best Garden award has gone to Mr Calum Dan Carmichael of 14 Keose Glebe.
Congratulations to them both. We will be presenting the awards shortly, and hope to have some pictures to share then.
Full and Associate Annual Memberships of the Estate for 2018 are now due. These will be available at forthcoming Village Events, or from Estate Directors for the price of £1 per person.
We would like to thank the Rev. Paul Murray and the Congregation of Kinloch Free Church of Scotland for their very kind donation of chairs for the benefit of the community here.
The chairs will be used for our social gatherings and for any other local community events – we are hoping that the next event isn’t very far away!!
The new community newsletter is being circulated to all members and associate members.
We hope you enjoy.
Please feed back any thoughts or comments to any of the Directors.
Work on the new Playpark for the two villages is nearing completion, with the final elements in relation to signage, safety matting, grass seeding and so on currently being undertaken.
A formal opening day event is now planned for the 1st of September, which will include fun and entertainment for all ages and the whole community, including a barbeque, bouncy castle and more.
Given the effort being put in to getting both the park and the launch, Keose Glebe Estate have decided not to run its own ‘community day’ this summer, but will instead assist with, and contribute to, the Community Association event.
A great deal of local volunteer effort has gone in to getting the park up and running, and this will be a fantastic resource for the children in the community.
This effort is much appreciated.
Given the number of people and visitors using the moor road, and taking walks on the moor, we have been regularly asked if there is a way to make donations to the Estate for upkeep, maintenance and other purposes.
To that end, we have purchased and installed a donation box at the beginning of the moor road |(left hand side)
Please point all donors in that direction! All donations are now welcome!
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