Pupils can tend flower tubs again

SPEAN Bridge school pupils have again got access to flower planters they have been tending after they were controversially fenced off.

The village’s community council and primary school recently voiced disappointment after an area of land next to the school was sealed off by fencing and padlocked gates without warning.

The section of ground in front of Coire Glas guest house has been used by the community for decades by parents dropping off children at the nearby school. Villagers have also used a footpath over it and the local shinty club has used it for extra car parking.

Last month, the school asked the community council to look into the situation and councillors discussed the matter at their September meeting. And at the October meeting this week, councillors heard the school children had now been given access to tend the three flower tubs.

Council chairman John Fotheringham has been researching ownership of the land in question and has obtained copies of Sasine Register ownership information, from the Registers of Scotland, dating back to 1906.

Mr Fotheringham told Tuesday night’s meeting: ‘It seems the issue of access for the children has now been resolved after one of the grandsons [of the late land owner Alastair Iain Donald Cameron] phoned the school and offered them access.’