St Bride’s kids see red on special visit

Children and staff at St Bride’s Primary School and Early Learning and Childcare Centre Nursery at North Ballachulish were given a treat last week when the Kinlochleven Fire Engine came to visit. With the nursery children are Early Years’ practitioners Natasha Dickson and Brenda Middleton and firefighter Hugh

built and restored. The path is now clearly marked to encourage visitors to follow the designated route, that in turn will prevent grazing

MacKay. Engine driver Patrick Macinnes and crew commander Colin Thomson were also present but are not in the photograph.

Nursery staff wish to acknowledge all their kindness and thank them for letting the children sit in the engine and use the hose.

land being interrupted and protect the delicate SSSI landscape from erosion.

Councillor Ken Gowans,Highland Council’s economy and infrastructure committee chairman, said: “The collective effort to restore and improve the path and the visitor facilities is testament to all those involved in sensitively transforming the visitor’s experience at the Old Man of Storr, whilst protecting the natural assets that draws people to this truly iconic and dramatic place of beauty.

“The improvements enable people to enjoy the Storr responsibly and safeguard its sustainability for generations to come.”

The Storr path improvement project was managed by the Highland Council in partnership with the Skye Iconic Sites Partnership (SISP) and the contractor Cairngorm Wilderness Contracts sensitively constructed the paths by hand.