Dumfries and Galloway
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May 16 Bird list
May 2016 bird species in and around our garden: Blackbird; Collared Dove; Siskin; Jackdaw; Crow; House Sparrow; Chaffinch; Robin; Red Kite; Coal Tit; Goldfinch; Greenfinch; Swallow; Blue Tit; Great Tit; Oyster Catcher; Song Thrush; Geese; Buzzard; Swift; Bullfinch; Gull; Wood Pigeon Continue reading
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Issue 6 – Crossing Borders
Fankle Issue 6 – Crossing Borders. Continue reading
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Kenick Burn
This must be a canoeist’s dream river. Okay, there had been a lot of rain and the river may have been in spate, but there was a lot of water travelling very quickly over a series of rapids. It all looked very impressive – and dangerous. The walk through the wood beside the burn was… Continue reading
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Fankle 6 has arrived!
Dumfries and Galloway Writers Group has just released issue 6 of The Fankle magazine. As usual this is an A3 piece of paper cunningly cut and folded into a little booklet by some nifty origami work. In fact it’s kids play to do this (though you wouldn’t think so from our efforts!) Here’s a demonstration… Continue reading
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Kirkconnell Flow Nature Reserve
I took myself off to Kirkconnell Flow National Nature Reserve this afternoon. For those of you who don’t know where this Scottish Natural Heritage Site is, it lies just of the A710 slightly south of the turning for Mabie Forest and is located across the Nith from Glencaple. There are a couple of easy, short… Continue reading
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Markets for Writers – A Masterclass
I don’t know if she will ever read this but I’d just like to say a great big thank you to Rosemary Gemmell (http://ros-readingandwriting.blogspot.com/) for the marvellous talk she gave to Dumfries and Galloway Writers on researching markets for selling writing to publishers. The amount of time and energy she puts into researching where her… Continue reading
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A Walk In The Woods
To Mabie forest near Dumfries on a fine afternoon in early spring. I thought I’d be uber adventurous (for me) and attempt the longest walk available through the wood. No such luck; the Forestry Commission have taken to tree felling in the forest at the moment and the nice long walk I’d planned was curtailed… Continue reading
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Publishing Fankle Magazine
One of the recent things Dumfries and Galloway Writers’ Group has been doing is the publication of The Fankle magazine. To date five Fankles have been released and number six is closed for submissions, with its release due shortly. The Fankle is a great wee booklet of short stories and poems, not just from writers… Continue reading