We’ve been to South Mains farm near Forfar twice this year continuing working on the long stretch of wall from the entrance.

It was lovely to return to Dunkeld to work on the boundary wall at Hamish and Ginny Carlton's.

August 18th and 19th saw the branch walling at Burmieston in Perthshire.  This coincided with a cooler and on day two wetter moments in our amazing summer.

Early in the year the branch was approached about becoming involved in an exciting new venture: Cairnbrae Eco-burial site near Kellas. This project is the vision of Alma Kettles, whose family farm nearby. 

It was icers for Billy, John and Iain this weekend as they headed for RM Condor, the home of the 45 Commando Group, to carry out repairs to the whin stone wall within the Woodlands Garden.

With the snow behind us and the clocks ahead, Spring finally felt like it had arrived as we returned to The Japanese Gardens at Cowden Castle.

In our first post from the Historic Japanese Gardens at Cowden Castle we looked at the history of the gardens and our work to restore the original spillway's retaining wall. This time we've returned in October to tackle the large causeway which runs along the lake's East bank.

Our second last event of 2017 saw us heading West to St Fillans Golf Course for a one day event. We were asked to build a dry stone bench to commemorate Bert Morrison, a long time member of the course who lived on the grounds and was well loved by the club.

It was another beautiful day at Castlandhill House, one of our favourite locations on the CSDSWA calendar.

One of the things I enjoy most about volunteering with the CSDSWA is the stunning Scottish landscapes we get to visit. Morton of Pitmilly Countryside Resort, just outside Kingsbarns St Andrews, was no exception.

South Mains farm was a first for the branch. Daan Kiezebrink was formerly a member of CSB, but other projects had come along – not least the farm itself, and he had not been able to keep walling. Now he and Kirsty find themselves owners of a farm with many metres of walls in need to repair and we were delighted when we were approached about helping.

The sun shone! Not too often the case at Drummond, but as always events organised by Willie are good fun as well as a great learning experience.

St Andrews Preservation Trust Museum is to be found in a 17th century house on North Street. We were delighted to be asked to build a seat in its award-winning garden.

Every now and again we get the opportunity to visit some truly spectacular locations across Scotland. But the Japanese Gardens at Cowden Castle was something else entirely.

We were invited by Brighter Bervie to help create a dry stone feature wall for their new Heritage Garden project to mark the 675th anniversary of Inverbervie being granted Royal Burgh status by King David II in 1342

To commemorate the wounded and fallen of the 51st Highland Division, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) Association commissioned well-known Scottish artist Alan Beattie Herriot to sculpt a bronze 3/4 height statue depicting a piper of The Black Watch dressed in Second World War battledress to be erected in the grounds of Balhousie Castle. The Central Scotland Branch were delighted to be invited to build a curved dry stone wall to surround the statue.