Yesterday afternoon, just before the start of the Friends of Balgay litter pick at Balgay Hill, I had the opportunity to call in at the start of the Bioblitz at Riverside Nature Park, run by Dundee City Council’s Countryside Ranger Service – see right. BioBlitz is a 24-hour event in which teams of volunteer scientists, families, [...]
Archive for the ‘Balgay Hill’ Category
Earlier today, I took part in the latest meeting of the Balgay Stakeholders’ Group at which City Council Environment Department staff, Friends of Balgay and West End councillors discuss issues at Balgay Hill, Balgay Park and Victoria Park. Following on from the highly successful West End litter pick and graffiti clean-up last week, the Friends [...]
Yesterday, I had the pleasure in participating in “Sandwiches and a blether!” – the Friends of Balgay’s Spring Open Meeting at Mills Observatory. It was a thoroughly enjoyable event and good to chat with all those who attended. The Friends have a litter pick planned for next month that will complement the Great West End [...]
Over many months, I have sought improvements to the lighting on Balgay Hill and Park. I was pleased to be updated last week by the City Council as follows: “All the proposed works for this year have been completed. The new lanterns were installed on the replacement columns on 08/03/2012 and 09/03/2012, and have [...]
Today : + I attended the latest meeting of the Balgay Stakeholders Group, at which we discussed various issues affecting Balgay Park and Hill and Victoria Park. I recently raised residents’ concerns about the state of the roadway near to Mills Observatory (mud and potholes) and assurances were given about resolving this. The [...]
This Sunday (22nd January) sees a Conservation Volunteering Day, taking place on Balgay Hill. It takes place between 1pm and 3pm – all welcome – meet up at the Mills Observatory at 1pm. The event is being run by the City Council’s Countryside Ranger Service and is a way of helping to improve [...]
Lighting at Balgay Park and Hill – an update
Posted: December 30, 2011 in Balgay Hill, Balgay Park, Street LightingAt the latest Balgay Stakeholders’ Group meeting last month, there was a discussion about lighting improvements in the park. The upgrade will be completed in January but I was given an update by the City Council towards the end of last week as follows : “We had a team working on the lighting for [...]
Balgay Stakeholders’ Group meeting
Posted: November 22, 2011 in Balgay Cemetery, Balgay Hill, Balgay Park, Victoria ParkYesterday, along with two representative of the Friends of Balgay, one of my ward colleagues and City Council Environment Department officers, I attended the latest Balgay Stakeholders’ Group meeting. This group discusses projects and issues at Balgay Park, the Hill, Cemetery and Victoria Park and we had a very productive discussion about a number of matters [...]
Mills Observatory A busy West End Saturday also saw the Friends of Balgay AGM take place at the Mills Observatory this afternoon. A very well-attended meeting at which Murray Nicoll of the Tay Valley Family History Society and the Tay Rail Bridge Disaster Memorial Trust gave a highly informative and very entertaining talk about the [...]
Yesterday afternoon, I had the pleasure of attending a packed Friends of Balgay Summer Meeting at Mills Observatory. There was a very informative and interesting talk from Guide Dogs for the Blind, complete with guide dog trainee Travis aged 9 months! You can read more about Guide Dogs for the Blind at www.guidedogs.org.uk. As an aside, [...]
Balgay Stakeholders’ Group meeting
Posted: November 23, 2010 in Balgay Hill, Balgay Park, Victoria ParkThis afternoon, I attended the Balgay Stakeholders’ Group meeting at the Balgay Cemetery Office. The group is a very useful meeting of Leisure and Communities’ staff, West End councillors and Friends of Balgay and allows us to discuss issues affecting Balgay Park and Hill and Victoria Park. There was a productive discussion today about numerous [...]
Tuesday update …
Posted: February 16, 2010 in Balgay Hill, Balgay Park, Cleghorn Street, Lochee Road, Magdalen Green, Mitchell Street* I attended a useful meeting of the Balgay Stakeholders Group today – the group allows all with an interest in Balgay Hill, Balgay Park and Victoria Park to meet and discuss issues of common interest. At today’s meeting, there was a discussion about moving forward the proposal to have a proper memorial [...]
Working for the West End …
Posted: November 12, 2009 in Balgay Hill, Balgay Park, Community Spirit, West End Christmas WeekThis afternoon, I attended part of the Balgay Stakeholders’ Group meeting at Lochee Park. The group is a good opportunity for the Friends of Balgay, city councillors and Leisure and Communities Department staff to discuss issues affecting Balgay Park and Hill. I had to leave early as I was chairing the final formal meeting of [...]
I had the pleasure of attending the Friends of Balgay summer meeting yesterday at which Jim Crumley, undoubtedly Scotland’s foremost creative nature writer, undertook a illustrative talk around Balgay Hill, on the subject of ‘Balgay trees and wildlife’. It was a glorious afternoon and Jim is both informative and entertaining – here’s a photo (right) from [...]
A super event, taking place on Sunday 17th May … see http://www.dundee.prai.co.uk/resources/sites/82.165.40.25-4354cb46e84541.81564487/West%20End%20Ward%20-%20Various%20Resources%20Directory/Signs+of+Spring+%3A+17th+May+2009.pdf to read more!
Tuesday update
Posted: November 12, 2008 in Balgay Hill, Balgay Park, West End Christmas Week, West End Community CouncilA bus Tuesday which – apart from a long day on ‘day job’ activity (I’m running a Conference this week!) – included: * A meeting with one of the Council’s solicitors regarding finalisation of the City Council’s Statement of Case in relation to a forthcoming planning inquiry (where I moved refusal of a planning application [...]
April Community Council Update
Posted: April 7, 2008 in Balgay Hill, Harris Academy, Perth Road, Riverside Nature Park, Sinderins Court, West End Community CouncilI have today launched my April 2008 Update to West End Community Council. Issues covered include : * Perth Road closure – impending works by Scotland Gas Networks * Heating and Service Charges Increases – concerns from Home Scotland sheltered tenants * Riverside – proposed nature park update * Harris Academy – pupil safety * [...]
* BALGAY HILL : Following residents’ concernas about the speed of some vehicles along the narrow roadways at the Hill and leading up to the Mills Observatory (right), I asked the Leisure & Communities Department of the City Council if it would consider some speed humps in appropriate places to emphasise the low speed limit [...]
Tuesday and Wednesday
Posted: February 20, 2008 in Balgay Hill, Balgay Park, Caird Hall, Glamis Drive, Logie Estate, Magdalen Green, Riverside DriveYesterday’s Courier followed up on Monday’s story about my concerns (and those of many local residents) about some HGVs ignoring the 3 tonne weight limit on the bridge at Riverside Drive south of the Botanic Gardens. I also spoke on Radio Tay and Wave 102 news about the concerns and action taken by the City [...]
Further to my entry yesterday advising of a one-day closure of the roadway in Glamis Drive, also from Monday – but for a rather longer period of 12-14 weeks, the footpath in Balgay Park that runs under the Hird Bridge will be closed. This is to allow for the much welcomed bridge restoration to take [...]
Busy couple of days …
Posted: August 14, 2007 in Ancrum, Balgay Hill, Balgay Park, Cleghorn Area, graffiti, Pentland, Victoria Park, West End Christmas WeekA busy couple of days with City Council meetings resuming yesterday, after the summer recess. At the Planning & Transport Committee, which I chair, we had news of useful progress towards getting the final section of that ugly old overhead walkway at the railway station end of South Marketgait finally removed. Earlier yesterday, in the [...]
Las Vegas, Safer Travel Textline Launch, Balgay Park/Hill
Posted: June 14, 2007 in Balgay Hill, Balgay Park, Travel DundeeJanet’s just back from Las Vegas (along with Helen, my sister in law and council colleague, and my mother in law) – she’s more than a bit jet lagged! Was at the launch of the Safer Travel Textline with Travel Dundee earlier today. The photo shows Jim Lee, the Managing Director of Travel Dundee, and [...]
Been trying to get to grips with the camera on my new mobile phone; so took this photo at Victoria Park this afternoon with the new phone – have concluded it is seriously better than the old one!
Managed to catch the final stages of the event in Victoria Park this afternoon – see photo, right. Interesting displays and just a pity it was a bit rainy. Had an interesting discussion with a representative of the Shanwell Wildlife Rescue Trust, who had a display. SWRT is Tayside’s only dedicated volunteer wildlife rescue service [...]
The Balgay in Bloom event takes place this Sunday from 12 noon to 4pm. There will be activities, displays and live music. It will be held in Victoria Park near the Scott Street entrance. Click on the headline above to see more about this.
There will be a spring clean on Balgay Hill this afternoon (1pm to 3pm) involving Friends of Balgay, Countryside Rangers and others. You can read more about Balgay Hill by clicking on the headline above.
