Doctors closed on Friday
Don’t let this one catch you out like it did me.Special holidays for Doctors is a new to me.
Strathpeffer Together – where our past meets our future
The recently completed Community Action Plan for the Village identified a number of major projects and a recommendation that an overarching group/Development Trust should be created to move projects forward. An informal group comprising representatives of the main organisations in the village have been informally meeting online since …
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Highland Council is ready for winter – apply now for community resilience grit bins
12 October 2020 The Highland Council’s winter maintenance service commences on 14 October 2020, continuing through until 14 April 2021. Within its winter roads maintenance budget of £5 million for 2020/21, the Council is ready to salt – according to its policy – the 6,766km of roads for …
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Update on the Strathpeffer Community Action Plan
It has been some time since last I wrote to you all about the development of the Strathpeffer Community Action Plan. As you will know, the Plan was published last year and included a number of recommendations or actions. Two of those actions were to bring together the …
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A835 Garve to A832 junction – carriageway resurfacing
BEAR Scotland, on behalf of Transport Scotland, will be undertaking essential resurfacing works on a section of the A835 Trunk Road at Garve. Please find enclosed location plan for geographical clarity. The works are programmed for construction from Sunday 11th to Sunday 18th October 2020, a total of …
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Autumn edition of the Strath Times out now
A new but rather belated edition of the Strath Times for summer/autumn 2020 is out now. A limited run of the free quarterly newsletter has been printed on behalf of the community council and is available at McColl’s and other locations around the village for you to collect. …
Comment from the chair of the CC to the discussion about the proposed one way system in the Square.
Concerns have been raised about the proposed one way system in the Square and the direction of travel proposed – clockwise or anti clockwise. I think it might be wise if I set out where we are with this:-The direction shown in the plans the Community Council submitted …
Virtual Marathon Challenge
The Strathpeffer Residents Association is hosting a Virtual Marathon Challenge from 10th-24th October. The 26.2 mile distance can be completed in one go, or over a number of days. You can even split it across the full two weeks if you wish!You can run, walk, cycle or swim …
An appeal for old photographs
I recently discovered a number of old photographs of events and scenes from Strathpeffer and district from before the second world war and some of them before the great war of 1914. Margaret Spark kindly agreed for me to digitise these old photographs and add them to the …
EDF Renewables Corriemoillie Strathpeffer Community Fund
A reminder that the deadline for applications to the Corriemoillie Strathpeffer Community Fund is the 14th of September 2020
Community Transport Feasibility Meeting This Wednesday
The joint Community Councils of Strathpeffer, Marybank and Contin, with the Garve & District Development Trust, are working together to find a solution to our loss of a regular bus service. We have contracted transport consultant Derek Halden to develop a range of feasible community-based transport options. He has set …
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Highland Council warns of COVID-19 crisis grants scam
14 July 2020 The Highland Council is warning the public to be on their guard for the latest COVID-19 scam which is circulating around the country. Information on this scam was received by Highland Council Trading Standards, through a national intelligence network. The scam involves a text message …
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Dingwalls traffic calming scheme
It appears that the latest traffic calming measures recently introduced ostensibly by Highland Council in Dingwall haven’t been well received by the residents of the town. I am new to the Highlands and not up with all the local politics, but apparently it was introduced to somehow help …
Picking up the tab for COVID-19
It seems to me that the Highlands although one of the least directly affected by the COVID-19 virus, was the worst affected by the four month long lock down introduced to stop its spread which has since paralysed the tourism industry on which it so depends. After the …
Strathpeffer Pavilion Community Trust looking for Development Officer
If you are interested please contact Johnswanson@spctteam.com