New path & steps.

On Saturday work started making the new steps to the shore beyond the Lighthouse store.
Dave had done some initial work excavating the sand and stone to a firm foundation.

Tom, Mick, Joan & Dave did a great job making shuttering and a big job, mixing a vast amount of concrete to fill the foundations

How many Fergies does it take to make a step ??

 

NEXT WORK DAY SATURDAY 11th July

NEXT WORK DAY SATURDAY 11th July

10am to Noon

Please come along to help, the grass is getting very long, the slip needs cleaning, information sigh to be replaced and other small jobs.   Please bring some implements

See you Saturday

George

ROUND SCOTLAND SOLO CANOEIST ARRIVES AT BROUGH

Nick Ray is canoeing around the coast of Scotland raising money for RNLI.

Joanne Kaar made contact with Nick at Scrabster via twitter and invited him to call in at Brough Harbour for a bacon butty and coffee.

Nick arriving from the mist in a very calm sea early this morning.

 
 
David Glass welcomes Nick to Brough Harbour.

Joanne & Ken taking a selfi

















Nick relaxing and enjoying the bacon butty (still warm) and coffee provided by Joanne.














Nick waves goodbye as he prepares to set off for John O Groats.









Nick is joined by two Thurso canoeists Ken  Nicol and Shona Comrie.













Follow Nick on his Journey:

http://2015in2015journey.blogspot.co.uk/p/blog-page.html

https://twitter.com/LifeAfloat

KNITTING & HARBOUR WORK DAY

June 13th - WORK DAY & KNIT IN PUBLIC DAY
AT BROUGH HARBOUR.

An Interesting day, while BBA members weeded & cleared the paths outside the buildings and compacted the new floor in the bothy, a group of knitters took part in a 'Knit in Public day' in the Lighthouse store.

Here ar a few pics of the day - Don't forget, the next work day is Saturday 11th June 10am - Noon

 



Bothy Night at Brough Harbour

The Bothy Night on the 8th June was Amazing.

11 musicians and singers, plus a 'whistler', entertained an audience of around 50 on a very calm night at Brough harbour.     Refreshments were provided and donations of over £300 were raised for BBA.

There is a selection of photographs and video clip below thanks to Mike Goldwater, a professional photographer who was passing by and saw the event in progress.  See all of his pictures on this link;-
http://www.mikegoldwater.com/galleries/MusicalEveningBroughCoveGallery

KLEYNE KLEZMER
They played Klezmer music, the celebratory music of Eastern European Yiddish-speaking Jewish communities.
Simon Carlyle -          Tuba
Andrew Gardiner -   Clarinet.
Jan Waterfield - Accordion

Joanne Kaar         - Flute
Roger Broughton - Banjo
Joe Kaar               - Guitar
David Broughton - Fiddle

 

 Horsehair & Harmoney,

Susanne Lloyd-Jones - voice & whistle
George Pain -                Fiddle

Moira Land & Carol Breckenridge

 

The drinks table

Audience taking refreshment.

 

American folk singer  who was just passing and joined in.

George Douglas
Izzie - (the whislter)

Joe Kaar -        Guitar
David Broughton - button box

 Nancy Foggo on Guitar & singing.

Roger Broughton -   Banjo
Dave Broughton  - Fiddle.

 

2015 - Bothy night, harbour work days & World Wide Knit in Public Day

 

Members and friends are invited to a bothy night on

Monday 8th June  5pm onwards,
with

Kleyne Klezmer

 

 

Kleyne Klezmer is a instrumental trio of clarinet, accordion and tuba based in Edinburgh. We play klezmer music – the celebratory music of Eastern European Yiddish-speaking Jewish communities. The music consists of many dance tunes, (very) roughly corresponding to Scottish strathspeys, reels and gigs in terms of tempo, but called hora, freylekhs and bulgar in this music. The music’s modal nature gives it a characteristic sound which differs from the western major and minor tonalities.

Simon Carlyle (tuba) and Andrew Gardiner (clarinet) are both vets by training. Jan Waterfield (accordion) is an early keyboard specialist and performs regularly in orchestras throughout the UK and beyond.

 

Supporting acts, Harmony & Horsehair, along with other local musicians   

   The Lighthouse Store,  Brough Bay
Free Admission
(There will be a donation box)
Refreshments provided
Feel free to bring your own bottle

 

World Wide Knit in Public Day,

Along with regularly scheduled work day, June 13 is 10th anniversary of World Wide Knit in Public Day, Celebrate by taking up your needles (or use ours) and knit a gansey square. All too often 'women's work' was invisible. Knit in public and learn about the gansey heritage of knitting first hand.

The Second harbour work day for 2015 will be on

Saturday 13th June 

10am - 12noon

 

Please bring with you small hand tools eg spade, rake, strimmers and also bags for rubbish.

 

Future harbour work dates for 2015:

 

Saturday June 13th; Saturday July 11th; Saturday August 8th; Saturday September 12th 

BBA work days - thank you to all who helped in 2014.

 

Volunteers help to repair storm damage to the seawall.

 

Brough Harbour needs regular maintenance to keep it in good order and functioning for the community.
Grass cutting, removing seaweed from the slipway, pointing the slipway etc,& work on the Salmon Bothy

We now have a programme of regular work days on the second Saturday of the month
The first was in July

 

Thank you to all who helped in 2014.

 

 

A short film documenting the history of Brough Harbour and conservation work by Brough Bay Association