• Garnock Connections

    Connecting people and places within the Landscape

Lochshore Community Play: Ideas Gathering Workshops cover image

Lochshore Community Play: Ideas Gathering Workshops

Dress for the Weather and Urban Pioneers, in partnership with North Ayrshire Council and Garnock Connections, are currently working on designs for new play structures in Kilbirnie Public Park, Dalry Public Park and Orr’s Trust Public Park, Beith.[Image] Th...

Read more
The Dalry Connection to the Arrol Johnston cover image

The Dalry Connection to the Arrol Johnston

One of the founding members of the Women's Engineering Society, pioneering engineer and enthusiastic racing driver, Dorothée Pullinger (13 January 1894 – 28 January 1986) is perhaps best known for the development of the Galloway car, a "car made by ladies f...

Read more
Video Diary: A Dirty Weekend at Glengarnock Castle cover image

Video Diary: A Dirty Weekend at Glengarnock Castle

Last month, we and our partners DigVentures took a group of people to invesitgate Glengarnock Castle. Now a ruinous landmark, the castle is tied to a 120-year feud between two North Ayrshire medieval families- the Cunninghames and Montgomeries. Whilst much ...

Read more
The Eglinton Tournament and King Arthur cover image

The Eglinton Tournament and King Arthur

[Image] This weekend marks the 182nd anniversary of the Eglinton Tournament, the lavish medieval re-enactment held at Eglinton Castle in August 1839. Organised by Archibald, 13th Earl of Eglinton, the event drew a staggering 100,000 spectators, and jousting...

Read more