daviddd
25-Jan-09, 14:19
A dozen folk organised by Caithness Countryside Volunteers http://caithnesscountrysidevolunteers.org/ spent a few hard hours yesterday morning cleaning up the Mill Lade from the distillery to the south. It's disappointing to see how careless some people are with their waste and letter - the Lade was almost blocked in places with a shopping trolley, traffic cones, sheets of plastic, carrier bags, hundreds of crisp bags and suchlike. However it is encouraging to see so many people turn out to put this right, and make this part of Wick a place to enjoy and even to be proud of.
The 200th anniversary of Thomas Telford's Mill Lade is fast approaching, and there are plans afoot to celebrate this, as well as to develop a heritage walk along the Lade from Wick to Hemprigg's Loch. Check out this link for more details about the history of the Lade and how it might be developed: http://www.caithness.org/caithnessfieldclub/bulletins/2007/telfords_mill_lade.htm
Look out for more on these developments very soon. If you would like to become involved in this exciting project PM me and I'll put you in touch with the organisers. They will in any case soon have a brochure available for distribution about this.
Here's some of the waste we pulled out yesterday:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/daviddd/005-1.jpg
The 200th anniversary of Thomas Telford's Mill Lade is fast approaching, and there are plans afoot to celebrate this, as well as to develop a heritage walk along the Lade from Wick to Hemprigg's Loch. Check out this link for more details about the history of the Lade and how it might be developed: http://www.caithness.org/caithnessfieldclub/bulletins/2007/telfords_mill_lade.htm
Look out for more on these developments very soon. If you would like to become involved in this exciting project PM me and I'll put you in touch with the organisers. They will in any case soon have a brochure available for distribution about this.
Here's some of the waste we pulled out yesterday:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/daviddd/005-1.jpg