288 September 2018 - Gryffe Advertizer
The Advertizer - Your local community magazine to the Gryffe area. The Advertizer is a local business directory including a what's on guide and other local information and an interesting mix of articles.
The Advertizer - Your local community magazine to the Gryffe area. The Advertizer is a local business directory including a what's on guide and other local information and an interesting mix of articles.
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The <strong>Advertizer</strong><br />
Brighter Bridge Of Weir -<br />
Seven Year Itch<br />
It’s been 7 years since Brighter Bridge of Weir started work<br />
on the Torr Road Garden, the Group‘s first big project. After major civil<br />
engineering works the area was just a rough, triangular slope of bare, stony<br />
ground. Now it’s another example of the Group’s commitment to enhancing<br />
the village. They were itching for the opportunity to give it a going-over so,<br />
early last month, some of the Group spent an entire day working on it. They<br />
filled 18 bags with deadwood and weeds and gave the plants a general<br />
health check. It’s hard now to remember what it looked like back in 2011,<br />
but you can see pictures on the website: www.brighterbridgeofweir.org<br />
The Group had<br />
planned to run another<br />
Fun Casino fundraiser<br />
again this year<br />
but the unfortunate<br />
closure of the village’s<br />
British Legion Club<br />
has meant they’ve<br />
had to postpone that.<br />
However, they’ve got<br />
a ‘Plan B’, so keep<br />
the fi rst Saturday in<br />
October free and look<br />
out for more information<br />
coming soon on their<br />
Facebook page and<br />
elsewhere throughout the village! (facebook.com/brighterbridgeofweir).<br />
Visit the Scottish Outdoor Access<br />
Code website<br />
If you’re a member of the public wanting to enjoy some fresh air in a local<br />
park, or a dog walker, hill walker, mountain biker, horse rider or kayaker,<br />
there is information for you and much more. https://www.outdooraccessscotland.scot/<br />
Autumn is at last upon us, and as the seasons change, so does the<br />
reserve! Flowers make way for mushrooms, toadstools and other<br />
fungi. Birds leave for warmer climes and others arrive. The leaves in<br />
the trees change colour, before falling to the ground. Many hedgerows<br />
are thick with berries.<br />
If you haven’t been to the reserve before, why not seize the day and<br />
come along to our Doors Open Day weekend, on Saturday 8 and<br />
Sunday 9th <strong>September</strong> (10am - 4pm). Entry will be FREE, as will our<br />
self-led activities!<br />
Don’t forget bats! Although they are around all summer, as they tend to<br />
come out at or after dusk, most of us don’t tend to see them much until<br />
the days start to shorten. Did you know that different types of bat come<br />
out at different times, some before it gets dark and others, only once full<br />
dark has set in?<br />
If you’d like to learn more about bats and perhaps even see some, why<br />
not come along to our Bat Night on Friday 28 <strong>September</strong> (7pm – late!)?<br />
Members of the Clyde bat Group will tell us all about these fascinating<br />
animals and if the weather is playing ball, we’ll go out and have a look,<br />
or even a listen, with bat detectors!<br />
For more information about the reserve or any of our events, please call<br />
01505 842 663 or email lochwinnoch@rspb.org.uk.<br />
Dave Beaumont<br />
An Overview of RSPB in South and West Scotland –<br />
and our plans for the future - An illustrated talk<br />
Friday 7th <strong>September</strong> from 7.30pm<br />
at McMaster Centre, Donaldson Drive, Renfrew, PA4 8LX<br />
All Welcome<br />
Deadline date for our October issue - Friday 14th <strong>September</strong> - you don’t want to miss it!!
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