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Ochils Festival Ochils 9th–2 Festival 3 rd Jun e a t ve 2012 nue s a cro ss t he H illfoots Landscape | Heritage | People About the festival The Ochils Festival How to book: Booking The Ochils Landscape l All events are FREE! Partnership is a partnership project of 20 local organisations l Booking is required for some events. Please contact aiming to deliver 22 built, natural Kirsty McAlister, providing the names and contact and cultural heritage projects by details (postal and email addresses as well as phone the end of 2014. numbers) of everyone you wish to book onto an event. The overall aims of the projects are to improve access l Phone: 01259 452675 to the Ochil Hills and River Devon, restore some of the built heritage in the area, and provide on-site and l on-line interpretation about the area's cultural, social Email: [email protected] and industrial past. l Post: please return the tear-off form on the back The Ochils Festival is here to encourage a greater page of this booklet to: understanding and appreciation of the Ochils and Kirsty McAlister, Ochils Landscape Partnership, Hillfoots among locals and visitors alike - there is Kilncraigs, Greenside Street, Alloa, FK10 1EB something for everyone! There are walks, talks, workshops and fun family activities designed to help l If you need to cancel your booking at any point, people discover more about the area and celebrate the please contact Kirsty McAlister on 07970 290 868 significant landscape heritage of the Ochils. so that your place can be re-allocated. l Children under 18 MUST be accompanied by a responsible adult. 2 Ochils Festival 2012 www.ochils.org.uk 3 Grading of walks At a glance events listing The Ochils Landscape Partnership has followed the Saturday 9 June Sunday 17 June grading system implemented by the Ramblers. For more details on walk grading please see www. l Heritage walk: Muckhart l Ochils Yarns ramblers.org.uk/areas_groups/grading. Walks are to Vicar's Bridge l Guided tour of graded as follows: l Ochils Fairytales Old Logie Kirk Leisurely Walks for reasonably fit people with at and Folklore and Kirkyard least a little country walking experience. l Guided tour of May include unsurfaced rural paths. Sunday 10 June Alva Kirkyard and the Walking boots and warm, waterproof l Guided tour of Johnstone Mausoleum clothing are recommended. Old Logie Kirk l Outdoor Survival Event and Kirkyard Moderate Walks for people with country walking for Families experience and a good level of fitness. l Guided tour of May include some steep paths and Alva Kirkyard and the Monday 18 June open country, and may be at a brisk Johnstone Mausoleum l The Hillfoots and the Grading of walks pace. Walking boots and warm, Events listings l Natural Art Activity 1884 Franchise waterproof clothing are essential. Demonstrations Important. Grades are provided as a general guide Tuesday 12 June Tuesday 19 June only: if you have any doubt about your fitness for a l Hillfoots History particular walk please contact the organiser. You should People's stories through l Place-name walk from also bear in mind the distance of the walk, regional objects, documents and Tillicoultry to Alva differences in terrain and the possibility of bad weather, discussions which can make a walk more difficult than planned. l Thursday 21 June Leaders may refuse to accept participants who in their A Gloomy Glen can be opinion are inadequately equipped or unfit. a Turf Place to Live: l Genealogy / family a talk about recent history drop-in session archaeology work in l Dollar Glen Guided tour of Local transport Alva Kirkyard and the Johnstone Mausoleum For information on public transport, see Wednesday 13 June www.clacksweb.org.uk/transport/public/ l Plants and wildlife of Saturday 23 June www.travelinescotland.com/welcome.do the Devon: a botany l and photography walk Place-name walk from Tillicoultry to Alva Saturday 16 June l Food foraging in Alva Glen l Foraging innovation - nuts, nettles and knotweed l Outdoor Survival Event for Families 4 Ochils Festival 2012 www.ochils.org.uk 5 Heritage walk: Muckhart to Vicar's Bridge Ochils Fairytales and Folklore Sat 9th Sat 9th Join us on this picturesque circular walk from FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT! Muckhart to Vicar's Bridge and Pitgober, to look at Come and see us at Menstrie Gala Day, where some of the historic tracks that were used to Evelyn Wilson (Heritage Interpretation Consultant) approach the old toll point at Muckhart. We will will be holding story-telling sessions based on view some hollow-ways (or sunken roads) and an Ochils fairytales and real-life witchcraft cases. Have old ford, now thankfully bridged, as well as see a go at hand-spinning, try on a medieval costume some excellent views of the Ochils. and discover some of the plants that were used in medieval medicine. When: Saturday 9 June 2012, 10am - 1pm Approximately 5 miles Moderate (see page 4) When: Saturday 9 June 2012, 12.30 - 4.30pm Where: This walk will begin and end outside the Inn at (with story-telling sessions beginning at 1.30, 2.30 Muckhart, Pool of Muckhart, FK14 7JN and 3.30pm) Event Leader: Neil Ramsay, Where: The Ochils Landscape Partnership stall at Heritage Paths Officer for Scotways Menstrie Gala Day, Menstrie Park, FK11 7BA Event Leader: Ochils Landscape Partnership team with Note: Some of the terrain will be uneven so remember Evelyn Wilson to wear suitable footwear. Scotland in June may mean we see some rain showers, Booking: No booking required - just come along! so bear this in mind! This is a FREE event! Don't forget to bring any food or drinks you may require. Booking: Booking essential. Maximum 10 participants. Places will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. See page 3 for booking details. This is a FREE event! 6 Ochils Festival 2012 www.ochils.org.uk 7 Guided tour of Old Logie Kirk and Kirkyard Natural Art Activity Sun 10th Sun & 10th 17th Sun 10th Sun 10th Two Norse hogback gravestones (which take their FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT! name from their shape) confirm that there has Join Claire and Kate from Stirling Council Ranger been a centre of worship at Logie since the 11th Service and help them decorate the landscape of century. The ruined Kirk, built about 1598, was Logie. Using entirely natural materials, create your extended in 1684 and has recently been lovingly own masterpiece to leave in the outdoors for others restored. There is an interesting collection of 17th to enjoy - no artwork too big or too small! Nature century gravestones carved with early mortality and will supply everything so all you have to do is bring trades symbols. Drop in for a guided tour of the your imagination! highlights of the Kirkyard and examine records of the gravestones in the small interpretive centre, When: Sunday 10 June 2012, 1 - 4pm which has been set up in the original Watch Hut Where: We will meet in the car park at Logie Kirk (used to deter grave-robbers). (FK9 4LB) at 1pm. If you want to join us later, find us in the field between Logie Kirk and Blairlogie. When: Sunday 10 June and Sunday 17 June 2012 Event Leaders: Stirling Council Ranger Service: 2 - 4.30pm: drop in whenever you like - tours given Claire Bird and Kate Williamson on demand Where: Logie Old Graveyard, FK9 4LB Note: Fun for all the family - remember to dress for the Event Leaders: Eleanor and Joe Young, weather and wear suitable footwear. Logie Old Graveyard Group Booking: No booking required - just come along! Note: The ground is uneven and it may be damp This is a FREE event! underfoot (even in June), so make sure you wear suitable footwear. Booking: No booking required - just come along! This is a FREE event! 8 Ochils Festival 2012 www.ochils.org.uk 9 Guided tour of Alva Kirkyard Hillfoots History Sun 10th Sun & 10th & 17th Thurs 21st and the Johnstone Mausoleum People's stories through objects, 12th Tues documents and discussions Alva Old Kirkyard is a fascinating place - as well as many interesting gravestones, the footprint of St Museums use objects to tell stories about the past, Serf's Church, rebuilt in 1632, can be seen. The and in this workshop we will look at some of the Erskine family, cousins of the Earls of Mar, had a ways it can be done. Starting with objects that burial vault beneath the church and there is a participants have brought along, we will think about plaque in memory of Dr Robert Erskine, who was how we attach stories to things, whether these Chief Physician to Tzar Peter the Great of Russia. stories be personal or part of wider public events. John Johnstone bought the Alva estate in 1775 and Please bring along a small object to discuss with had a mausoleum built c.1789. One of only four the group. This object could be something that mausolea in Scotland designed by notable architects played a part in your family's past or it might even Robert and James Adam, this contains the burials and be associated with one of the great events of world memorials of many members of the Johnstone family. history - either way, be prepared to tell us all about it! The guided tour will illuminate the stories of the We also use objects from Clackmannanshire Council's kirkyard and the many people buried there. museum collection to look at Hillfoots history. Event Leaders: Lilias Barron and Susan Mills, Museum When: Tuesday 12 June 2012, 1-4pm and Heritage Officer for Clackmannanshire Council Where: Tillicoultry Community Centre, When: Sunday 10 June and Sunday 17 June 2012, 10.30- Institution Place, Tillicoultry, FK13 6AQ 1pm: drop in whenever you like - tours given on demand Event Leaders: Dr Mark Nixon and Susan Mills, Thursday 21 June 2012: tours at 6pm and 7pm Museum and Heritage Officer for Clackmannanshire Where: Alva Old Kirkyard, Ochil Road, Alva, FK12 5JP Council Note: The ground is uneven and it may be damp underfoot Booking: Booking recommended.
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