photo comp

Hi heres our entry for photo comp hope this is right place for it or should it be the bin pic 1 scott playing pirates pic 2 "is it a sausage or was it the dog??????

thanks for a great day

regards Scooby 2 and the crew (poetic or what)

GGCUA GALA

A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who came along to the Gala on Saturday 4th September.

We were blessed with a fine, warm and sunny day and we hope you enjoyed your time there.

Congratulations to all who won prizes on the Raffle and commiserations to those who didn't!

Don'y forget your entry to the Photograph Competition - Prizes To Be Won!


A SPECIAL THANK YOU to the following,

The six new members of GGCUA who joined on the day

Russell Thomson, Manager of Highland Waterways Scotland, for the very excellent donation to the raffle of a free annual navigation licence.

Caley Marina and the Co-op, Inverness for their generous donation of gift vouchers

Sue Boyland, GGCUA Secretary, for her time, energy, IT skills and as coffee maker extraodinairre

Mike Webster, master seller of raffle tickets and membership promotions expert

Capt. Paul Homer, GGCUA Treasurer, for taking out so many on the pioner multi trips to Loch Ness, and for bringing them back again! and to Alan Hogan, Caley Marina, for lending the boat

Stan the Sound and Lighting Man, for keeping his hair on despite the power supply problems

Inverness Sea Scouts for lending us two fine gazebos

Wilma and Graham for lending us their fine gazebos, and Graham Jnr. for providing muscles to put them up, and take them down, as well as many other heavy weight tasks

Rhona, Dochgarroch Hall, for the loan of tables for the boat jumble

And last, but not least! Our Lock Keeper of the Day.... DJ!.... without whose support none of this would likely have happened.

THANK YOU TO ALL.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT TIME WE MEET AGAIN.

THE CO-OP

Telford Street, Inverness

A BIG thank you to DANNY SIMPSON, manager of the CO-OP store on Telford Street for the generous donation of two £10 gift vouchers as RAFFLE PRIZES for the GGCUA GALA being held at Dochgarroch on Saturday 4th September.

GGCUA GALA - Update and Prize Announcements

Great Glen Canal Users Association

2010 Gala

Dochgarroch

4th September

UPDATE TO THE DAYS EVENTS

Boat Jumble from 1 pm
Bring along any of your unwanted boat items to sell or come and find a bargain.
Tables will be available.

BBQ and Music from 4 pm
Please bring your own food and drink, BBQs will be available for cooking including vegetarian only.

Trips onto Loch Ness by Pioner Multi

Prize Raffle

• GRAND PRIZE Annual Scottish Waterways Navigation Licence (courtesy of British Waterways Scotland) *
• Caley Marina Gift Voucher
• Hamper of Scottish Produce
• Selection of Whiskey, Wine and Beer
• Annual Membership to GGCUA
• Narrowboat Collectors Tea Pot
• A booby prize
• and anything else we can get our hands on.

*Valid for use for someone who already has a long term home mooring on the canal or at Caley Marina.

Photo of the Day Prize Competition

Entries to be submitted to GGCUA no later than 30 September 2010. To be judged by a professional photographer.

• Prizes:
• Caley Marina Gift Voucher
• Annual Membership to GGCUA
• Bottle of Wine

Come Along and Enjoy Some Fun

For further information and enquiries please contact GGCUA at ggcua2003@yahoo.co.uk or telephone 0798 628 2184

GGCUA GALA 4 September Dochgarroch

Great Glen Canal Users Association

2010 Gala

Dochgarroch

4 September

Events on the day include

Boat Jumble from 1 pm

Bring along any of your unwanted boat items to sell

BBQ and Music from 4 pm

Please bring your own food and drink, BBQs will be available for cooking including vegetarian only.

Trips on Loch Ness by Pioner Multi

Prize Raffle

Photo of the Day Prize Competition

Entries to be submitted to GGCUA no later than 30 September 2010.

Come Along and Enjoy Some Fun

For further information and enquiries please contact GGCUA at ggcua2003@yahoo.co.uk or telephone 0798 628 2184

New Family at Fort Augustus

We found this lovely new family up at Fort Augustus a couple of weeks ago when we went through. All appear to be doing well, although we did spot some Chinese visitors trying to feed them dark chocolate! Not a good idea!

"BREAKING NEWS" FROM GGCUA

"DON'T ROCK THE BOAT" AT DOCHGARROCH!

Banners to help raise awareness of speeding on the canal were unvailed today at Dochgarroch.

Designed by British Waterways specifically to highlight the issue of the need to slow down when passing moored craft, they now adorn the walk ways across the lock gates.

Over the coming weeks we shall monitor their effectiveness and feed back to British waterways.

Let's hope we all "feel the difference".

A BIG THANK YOU to Russell Thomson, Highland Waterways Manager, and the team of Waterways staff involved.