The Cruck Cottage will be open for Doors Open Days on Saturday and Sunday, 5th and 6th September. Call anytime between 11.00am and 3.00pm. Sadly, due to the current circumstances, there will be no music, crafts or refreshments available, however the peat fire will be lit. Social distancing will be observed, and visitors will be More …
Some light at the end of the tunnel! We are pleased to say that, after the lengthy closure, the Cruck Cottage will open again to visitors from 15th July. However, for the safety of all involved, we have decided to limit visits to by appointment only, and to individuals, couples, and families from the same More …
Yet again, a winning photo from our photographer, Vice Chair Bill Meadows. Not only won the ‘Celebrations, Gatherings and Community Spirit’ competition in our local Facebook ‘Through a Lens’ page, but was also voted pic of the week. This was in the aftermath of the Cruck fire, when members of the local community came to More …
Yet another great photo from Bill Meadows! This one won the ‘Old and New’ Facebook Through a Lens competition at the weekend. Jonathan Botterell from York hard at work on the cottage thatch. Well done again Bill!
Our Association Vice Chair, Bill Meadows took this amazing pic last year, in the Cruck garden of a Great Tit feeding its young in a nest in the old water pump. This week it has, not surprisingly, won photo of the week in the local ‘Through the Lens’ Facebook competition. Well done Bill!
A Very Happy and Healthy Easter from us all at the Cruck Cottage. We had been looking forward to opening the doors on Easter Sunday, but sadly that was not to be. At the moment it looks as if, like other venues, that we will be closed for the foreseeable future. Rest assured, however, that More …
A Very Merry Christmas, and a Happy and Peaceful New Year from us all at the Cruck Cottage. The cottage is looking lovely just now with all the decorations, especially our tree, decorated by our talented friend, Margaret Dunnington. Call in if you can over the festive period. Give us a ring or a message More …
A few weeks ago, we carried out our annual limewashing of the cottage. As always, there was a great turn-out of local helpers, and the whole job was completed in little more than an hour! The cottage is now looking very smart. A bonus that day was the donation of a lovely tub of flowers, More …
Following a presentation on the Cruck Cottage we gave to Dumfries Rotary Club, 18 of their members paid a visit to the cottage recently. Our Vice Chair, Bill Meadows, and Committee member Willie Clow gave a further talk on the cottage, its construction, and also the noted missionary, John G Paton, who was brought up More …
We welcomed a lovely group of ladies from Mouswald WI last night. We are sure that they enjoyed our presentation, which included a short history of Torthorwald Castle, a description of the village as it was in the 19th century, followed by the history of the Cruck Cottage as far as we know it. We More …
