Dungarthill 25-26 April 2026

The last weekend in April saw the branch heading to Dungarthill near Dunkeld. The wall here has been worked on over several years by CSDSWA, taking down and rebuilding a very unstable wall with our host, Archie, taking time out from running his charity (which takes refurbished pick up trucks with all sorts of aid out to Ukraine) to help out. In theory this was a straight forward build, but as the dyke was bordered on one side by a burn and a fence on the other, the conditions were somewhat cramped, especially as space was needed to stack the stones from the dismantled wall.

On the Saturday seven DSWA members were rewarded with warm sunshine following the early fog. There were alpacas in the field next to the build, who were curious at to what was going on, and seemed very taken with Gordon's beard ...

On Sunday the team was reduced to five DSWA folks (four from the day before plus one new attendee). Fortunately the good weather continued and by the end of the day the section started on Saturday was completed, and there was also time to cope another section of wall.

Archie was very happy with the work, and as what's left is a straight line and clear for building he's happy to tackle it himself, though both he and ourselves will miss our annual visits.

Thanks to Robert for the photos, and to Trish, Robert, Archie and Dave for updates.