Local Events in the Gatehouse Area

2008

Wigtown - Scottish Book Town Festival
Friday 26 September to Sunday 5 October 2008
Various locations in Wigtown and Bladnoch
Contact: Book Town Office Tel: 01988 402036 Email: mail@wigtown-booktown.co.uk
Moishe's Bagel
Thursday, October 16, 2008
7:30pm @ Lochside Theatre, Lochside Road, Castle Douglas
Rip-roaring, foot stomping, jazz influenced Klezmer and Balkan music from some of Scotland's finest musicians. Traditional music as you've never heard it before.
Tickets: To be confirmed. Contact: Lochside Theatre Tel: 01556 504 506
Red Kites and Geese in Flight Guided Walk
Monday 20 October 2008
09:30am to 12 noon - Ken Dee Marshes, Newton Stewart
Walk with the RSPB Community Liaison Officer to the bird hides in the Ken Dee Marshes reserve to see Red Kites and wildfowl here for the winter. Learn more about the work being done in and around the reserve for these species. Please bring warm clothing, waterproofs and stout footwear. Sorry no dogs.
Tickets: Free event - Contact: RSPB, tel: 01671 402 861
Jewellery Extravaganza
Friday, November 28 to Sunday, December 28, 2008
@ Creetown, The Cat's Moustache, 54 St. John Street
Jewellery Extravaganza - perfect presents for everyone!
Tickets: Free entry. Contact: The Cat's Moustache Tel: 01671 820 577
Roostwatch and Guided Walk
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
2:30 - 4.30pm @ Meet: Parking Layby Next to Loch Ken Holiday Park, Parton
Join the RSPB Community Liaison Officer to watch Red Kites as they come into their communal roost near Parton. Help us to survey the population in Galloway by counting the kites as they approach at dusk. Please bring waterproofs and stout footwear. Grade: easy / moderate
Tickets: Donations welcome. Contact: RSPB Tel: 01387 780 298

2009

Discovery Cycle Ride at Ringford
Saturday, January 10, 2009
10:00am to 2.30pm @ Meet: Ringford Village
Today, we meander along the byways of the lower Dee strath to lunch at the Solway Tide at 12.00. Grade: moderate. 22 miles. Booking advised.
Tickets: To be confirmed. Contact: John Taylor Tel: 01556 670 395
Discovery Cycle Ride at Castle Douglas
Saturday, February 14, 2009
10:00am to 5pm @ Castle Douglas, Meet: Tourist Information Centre Car Park
A pottering route, firstly in the Urr Valley visiting in particular the largest intact remaining Motte in Scotland, a more recent ruin (a WW2 Munitions Factory) what was Castle Douglas's port and some magnificent Douglas Fir. Lunch at The Little Treat, Dalbeattie. Grade: fairly easy, 23 miles. Booking advised.
Tickets: To be confirmed. Contact: John Taylor Tel: 01556 670 395