Soup Saturday is back by popular demand.
Come along to the village hall on the first saturday of the month for soup (including bread/roll), Dessert and a pot of tea. All made locally by the Soup Saturday Team using as much local and home grown produce as possible.
Plenty of Gluten Free and Vegan options.
£7.00 per person for all three and £5 for soup or desert and a cuppa!
Saturday 3rd October 2026
12pm to 3pm
GALLOWAY CONVERSATIONS: Listening to The Land with Dr Paul Clarke
What does it mean to really listen to a place?
Dr Paul Clarke lives and works locally, growing food,
restoring woodland and running gatherings on a small piece of land near Mossdale. He directs Naturally Smart Group CIC, which works in partnership with the World Ecological Civilization Community Foundation (WECCF), exploring ecological civilization in modern life: peace and harmony with oneself, among people, and with nature.
In this relaxed afternoon conversation, Paul talks about what he does and how he does it. His approach is shaped by permaculture, the practice of designing with nature rather than against it, and by the simple habit of paying close attention to one patch of ground, season after season.
Expect plain talk, practical examples and a few surprises: how a garden teaches patience, why waste is a design mistake, and what a woodland can tell you if you sit still long enough.
No prior knowledge needed. Come with questions. There will be plenty of time for open discussion, and Paul is as interested in your experience of this landscape as he is in sharing his own.
Catstrand, New Galloway – Sunday 28th February 2027 at 3pm
Moss Tales – Readings
MossTales — Volume One
Some places keep their stories close.
Galloway is one of them. Moss and moor. Forest and loch. Old tracks that lead nowhere now. Ruins that still remember who lived there.
MossTales gathers the stories this land has held onto and unweaves them from the tendrils of the land.
A healer at the edge of the woods, waiting for the King’s man. A keeper on the grouse moor, who knew the light was failing. A railway line that was closed, and a place that never forgot its presence.
These are tales of ordinary people in a hard, beautiful place. They lived by the weather and the seasons. They were shaped by the land, and they left their mark on it.
Some stories are true. Some are nearly true. All of them grew from the ground they are set on.
This is the first MossTales collection. It is for anyone who has walked a lonely road and wondered who came before.
Tickets to this event are FREE and are available by CLICKING HERE
More stories, and a map of the storyworld, are soon available at mosstales.com
Moss Tales Book Launch
Some places hold more than they let on……..
Mossdale is a small village in Galloway with a loch, a wood, a hall and a welcoming and vibrant community. MossTales is a collection of linked stories set there, and in the ground beneath it.
Come and along to this event to hear Paul read some selected pieces from the collection and talks about how the stories came out of the ground they are set in. There will be time for questions, and copies to buy and sign afterwards.
CatStrand, New Galloway, DG7 3RN
Friday 13th November 2026 at 7pm
Places are limited and tickets are required
CLICK HERE to Book
Handy Energy Advice Team
A new initiative to support older people with heating requirements
Mossdale Village Hall – Meeting
Monday 28 September 2026, 7.00pm
Present: PaulC, Lisa, Jim, Pete, Dave, Jayne, Paul S, Adele, Sheena, Lynne, Jude, Annie
Apologies: Eithne, Sam and Beccy, Jonathan and Helen, Martin
Finance
- Account: £ 7,776.23
- 100 Club — all money now in bank and account closed £736 – huge thanks to Annie for getting to the bottom of all of this and hounding Virgin Money until they paid up, funds paid into main account
Activity
3. Soup Saturday — final arrangements
- 3rd October – 7th November – 5th December 2nd January February 6th March 6th 3rd April – 12-2.30pm –
Decision: Lisa to lead the group and report back at next meeting
4. Christmas Fair
- Date 5th December Doors open at 9.00am arrivals – 11—3pm December 5th
Decision: Adele to lead and report back at next meeting
5. Clean up and winter readiness
- Date 10th October Saturday morning for a couple of hours
- Volunteers requested to assist with ongoing maintenance
Decision: Put the date in diary – turn up and crack on
Policy
6. Resilience planning — fire prevention
- PC and Pete will attend an online meeting run by D&G resilience team in a couple of weeks time and report back at next meeting
- Wildfire concerns discussion led by Pete
Decision: Working group created – Dave – Pete – Jane (TBC) – Martin – PaulC and anyone else who wishes to join
Report at next meeting
7. Website
Decision: Jude to take on the day to day administration of the site – send information to her for uploads etc on items of interest / events etc
8. Diary dates
- Yoga ongoing (Tuesdays 18:00-19:00)
- Art Club (Wednesday 9:30-12:00)
- Pattis Art Group 17th October 10:00-16:00
8. Any other business
- SCIO application – no news as yet
- Wifi PC to get a sim card so all can access wifi in the hall space in keeping with our open accessibility arrangements
- 16th October Kennels Barn gathering for Dark Skies Festival MossTales evening start at 7:00-9.30 close
- Date of next meeting November 2nd
Naturally Smart Permaculture session 25th May 7-00pm
Reminder for the growing group 7:00pm bring along your plans and images and any plants you might wish to be swapping – watch out for frosts I lost my tomatoes last week to the cold!
Summer BBQ – 14th August
14th August Summer evening BBQ at the hall – put it in the diary!
painting session and hall summer spruce up 26th June
Just a reminder we have an evening in June 26th for completing the painting work, polishing the floors and making things smart for the summer. All welcome – there may be nibbles and drinks…!