Darvel Weir? Wot weir?

It’s a case of weir today and gone tomorrow! As you will see from the pictures below, Darvel’s crumbling weir has now been demolished. To say this was a Darvel Weir is perhaps misleading as it was located between Newmilns and Darvel forming the boundary...

Ponesk Burn Update

Take a moment to check back to our post of the 29th October 2011 and compare the photos taken soon after the Ponesk Burn was diverted with the images below, taken a couple of days ago on the 26th April 2012. Following extreme floods and prolonged high water over...

Ponesk Burn Update

Look back to the Blog Post of the 25th August and compare the photos taken then to those in this post (taken yesterday). The Ponesk Burn near Muirkirk was moved to allow Scottish Coal to extract reserves from below the previously modified channel. Great efforts have...