by admin | Tuesday, February 4, 2020
The project has been mooching about some of the Almond’s wee burns of late. Burn’s day (25th Jan) fell on a Saturday this year and so we thought it was the ideal opportunity to pay homage to some lesser loved burns. Two of our young community leader,...
by Amelia | Thursday, January 30, 2020
The concrete bridge apron under the A71 on the Harwood water, Polbeth, was highlighted as a barrier to fish migration after looking into mitigating the larger barrier about 500m upstream – Limefield falls.   A low-cost baffle (LCB) fish pass was deemed the best option...
by Amelia | Thursday, January 9, 2020
The Friends of Polkemmet group have been carrying out small maintenance tasks within the park to improve the appearance of the park. We applied for a River Life Project Package grant to deliver a willow spiling project along the river embankment. Willow Spiling is a...
by Minty Donald | Sunday, December 29, 2019
‘I am prickly and hidden in the tree I fell from’. ‘I wake you up and give you a kick. I am hidden under a piece of wood’. Can you guess what these descriptions are referring to? They are just two of the inventive and cryptic clues that members of Polbeth Harwood...
by Minty Donald | Saturday, December 21, 2019
This striking wintery image of the frozen Limefield Falls was one of three photos kindly sent to us (artists Minty Donald and Nick Millar) by Alex Kinsman, one of the people taking part in a reminiscence workshop at Polbeth Harwood Parish Church. Fuelled by some tasty...
by Amy Fergusson | Friday, December 20, 2019
We have had a lot of volunteering activity over 2019 both in RiverLife and in the Trust, with some great achievements made by everyone involved. Volunteers are one of the most important aspects of the work of the Trust and the RiverLife project. Without the aid of all...
