Newsletter – Pirnmill Village

Update from the Village Association trustees:

Dougarie Day 2026

This year’s Dougarie Day on Sunday 14th June is less than two weeks away.

People are needed to bake for the Home Baking stall, and to donate Tombola prizes. Please contact Greg (01770 850221) or Lizzie (01770 850230) if you can bake, donate or help on the day.

Fiona Laing Sponsored walk

Don’t forget to sponsor Fiona Laing on her sponsored walk and look out for her out and about. You can donate through the GoFund.me link below or there is a form to pledge your donation in the Village Shop. https://gofund.me/1b19c4089

Road closure at Machrie

We have been informed that the road between Dougarie and Machrie will be closed between 9am and 4pm Monday to Friday between Monday 8th June to Friday 19th June. It is not exactly clear where this will operate but it states ‘north of Dougarie’ so expect it to run from the Machrie Rd turning to beyond the Dougarie Estate entrance. Note that the road will be open at the weekend so Dougarie Day is UNAFFECTED

Calmac Vessel Deployment survey

If you could not attend the Calmac consultation last week, you can access the information they presented through this link CalMac vessel deployment consultation for Arran There is also a survey about people’s preference for the future ferry deployment for Arran. Please find this attached to the email of this notice. Choose your preferences and email these to arranvesseldeployment@calmac.co.uk.

Village Hall

We are still looking for volunteers to help keep the hall in a clean and tidy condition. Please contact Greg by replying to this or call him on 01770 850221.

Village Hall dates in March for your diary:

Pop-up Pub– Saturday 6th June 7.30pm start, quiz at 8.30pm with the usual Pool, Darts and Blether.

Pirnmill Food Share: available Monday evenings, fortnightly, in partnership with Eco Savvy, next one Monday 8th June. Food generally available from approximately 8.50pm.

Don’t forget the Craft Group still meets at the Village Hall on Monday afternoons, check with Greg on 01770 850221 as above if you want to join in. Also the Community Garden Volunteers meet each Sunday morning at 11am. All welcome.

As always, minutes of the Association Trustees’ meetings are held in the village shop, for anyone wishing to view them. Trustees can be contacted for any community matters. If anyone wishes not to receive these messages, please let Greg know so you can be removed from the address list.

Hazel Cranstoun	Village shop	Sean Kornish	Mackellars Wood
Lizzie Adam	Bayview House	Andy Gillies	Willow Cottage, Thundergay
Greg Moreland	Oakdene	John Adam – ACC rep	Bayview House
		Angela Hogg	Kilbrannan

Update from the Village Association trustees:

Village Hall

Our Village Hall new roof is in place and hopefully this will better protect the fabric of the building. The accessible entrance for the rear of the building has been started and we’ll keep you informed of the progress on this. There are other jobs needed about the hall and volunteers are needed at times so please look out for requests for help. Any time given, however short, helps the Village. We are keen to increase the usage of the hall and will soon be sending out a survey to see what events residents would like to see staged there.

Lochranza Whist Drive. Ethne Cumming is looking to re-establish the Whist Drive in Lochranza over the winter. The plan is for this to take place on alternate Wednesdays between 2pm and 4pm in the Village Hall. Anybody interested should call Ethne on 830302.

Looking further ahead

Look out for notices for this year’s Bonfire which will take place (weather permitting) on Tuesday 5th November. Volunteers are needed to make this a success so please consider giving a bit of your time on the day. Let any Trustee know if you can help. A charity coffee morning is planned in the coming months. Bakers will be needed. Date to be confirmed.

Forms for the 50/50 draw and Village Association subscriptions will be sent out soon, in readiness for the New Year. It is planned that future draws for the 50/50 will be done at the monthly Pop up Pubs so make sure you enter the draw.

Village Hall dates for your diary:

Pop up Pub. The usual monthly pub will take place on Saturday 28th September. 7pm start with the usual blether, quiz, pool and darts.

Zero Waste Cafe: The next Eco-Savvy café will be on Monday 23rd September 12-2pm. Please note this is on the Monday as opposed to the usual Tuesday, hoping to fill the gap as the Lighthouse is closed on a Monday. If this proves popular it may remain a Monday event. Come along for soup, coffee and cake

An Open Music Session will be held in the Hall on Saturday 5th October. Hosted by Carol and Mark Harwood, this will include musicians from all over the island. Come along, support this event and don’t forget to BYOB.

Pirnmill Food Share: available Monday evenings, fortnightly, in partnership with Eco Savvy, next one Monday 30th September. Food generally available from approximately 8.50pm.

Don’t forget the other weekly activities at the Village Hall; Craft group on Tuesday afternoons, Darts on Thursday evenings and Table Tennis on Friday evenings. More details from Greg on 850221. Also the Community Garden Volunteers meet each Sunday morning at 11am. All welcome.

Hazel Cranstoun	Village shop	Sean Kornish	Mackellars Wood
Lizzie Adam	Bayview House	Andy Gillies	Willow Cottage, Thundergay
Greg Moreland	Oakdene	John Adam – ACC rep	Bayview House
Simon Burgess	Duncraig	Angela Hogg	Kilbrannan

Co-opted members: Sue Davidson, Fiona Laing, Rob Stevens, Sarah North

Pirnmill Village Association is a Scottish Charity SC050388

Regulated by the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR)