You’ll find plenty going on if you go down to the woods this weekend.
The Barhill Woodland Festival on the outskirts of Kirkcudbright will be offering a range of free and family-friendly activities, including Viking crafts, tours and beastie hunts.
The festival is being led by Kirkcudbright Development Trust and Kirkcudbright Summer Festivities, with support from the Galloway Glens, and aims to build on the success of last year’s event.
The trust’s Rob Asbridge said: “There will be the same mix of traditional woodland crafts, children’s events and family entertainment and most of the events are free.
“New events include Clive Chandler’s traditional Punch and Judy show running three times a day and on Sunday Owl Magic will be here with a display of some of their many birds and if you are very lucky and quiet one might even sit on your arm.
“Other events include a wildlife photography course, fire making, have-a-go woodland art, interactive storytelling, Viking crafts, tree identification walks, Pine Martens in Galloway talk, evening light show, live music, and many other things to watch and do.”
The festival will run from 10am until 3pm both days with a full timetable available at www.gallowayglens.org.
Although the majority of events are free, a £1 donation would help secure the festival’s future.
Organisers are grateful to Forestry and Land Scotland for their support and Galloway Hydro Scheme owners Drax, who support the Galloway Glens programme.
