Kirroughtree closed for a day.

Just to let you know that Kirroughtree visitor centre will be closed on Tuesday 14th September. This is so that Scottish Power Energy Networks can carry out essential work on the electricity distribution system in the area.

Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Y

Galloway Woodfest, August 2010

Good numbers of people turned up on Sunday at Kirroughtree to enjoy the various displays of the Galloway Woodfest. The sun was a real bonus and helped to create a great atmosphere as well as promoting healthy sales of Ice Cream!

I hope the pictures give a feel of the day.

If you go down to the woods....

You will get to enjoy this year's Galloway Woodfestival!

This Sunday, 29th August, will see our 4th Galloway Woodfestival being held at Kirroughtree visitor centre and there is a whole host of activities lined up for you to enjoy.

• Puppet shows
• BIG forest machines
• Loch Ryan pipe band
• Gun dog demonstrations
• Orienteering being run by Solway Orienteers
• Bike skills being run by the Breakpad bike shop
• Outdoor activities being run by Dumfries and Galloway sport and leisure
• Dog agility sessions
• Archery

and loads more!

Come rain or shine we will be having fun this Sunday at Kirroughtree, I hope you can join us.

See you there!

Yogi

Entry costs are £4 Adult, £2.50 Child, £3.50 Concession, £10 family ticket (2adults, 2 children. For more information feel free to contact our team at the forest park office on 01671 402 420.

Clear skies brought great views

The meteor shower last Thursday evening was fantastic. At Glentrool between 3 and 4 hours of spectacular stargazing saw between 80 and 90 very, very clear meteors. There were lots going off all night but those were particularly good.

We weren't the only ones out enjoying this treat but lots of you headed to the many good viewing spots within the Galloway Forest Park to witness the show themselves.

We would love to hear your meteor shower stories and where in the Galloway Forest Park you watched it from. If you have any pictures you took of the night sky on Thursday that you would like to share that would be great too.

We hope you all had a very enjoyable evening.

Here's to the next!

Yogi

Bright lights come to Dark Skies

Perseids meteor shower is set to give a great show on Thursday 12th August night/Friday 13th morning .

Up to 60 meteors could be seen if the skies are clear. Look to the north east as this is where the meteors will be starting from, and stay well away from any street lights to get the best views.

Glentrool and Clatteringshaws are both good areas to observe from so long as you have good views north.

We'll hopefully get decent weather and be able to take some pictures which we'll pop on here.

Happy viewing!

Deer Range Diary

We thought you might like to see how Rannochs antlers are coming on. Well they are fully grown now and I'm sure you will agree look pretty good!

They are still covered with velvet which supplies blood to the growing antler. The Velvet will start dropping off soon helped by Rannoch, who will be rubbing his antlers on anything he comes across.

Our tours of the deer range are now in full swing. Sundays - Thursdays 10am start.

Here are a couple of photos taken recently, including Rannoch and his new antlers of course!

Happy holidays!

Yogi

Some temporary trail closures

Due to essential works a couple of trails will be closed for roughly a week so maintenance can be carried out. The trails affected are:

Cally horse trail
This trail is currently closed and we hope to have it reopened for Monday 2nd August.

Raiders road forest drive
The section of the forest drive closed is between Stroan Loch and the Otterpool.

Stroan loch car park is still accessible from the Mossdale end of the drive. We hope to be able to reopen this from Monday 2nd August.

Clatteringshaws to Otterpool is still open.