Community Council - at the recent Durness Community Council meeting Colin Coventry, tour guide for Smoo Cave, reported his finds of ancient bones. It was agreed that this was a potentially interesting find which merited further research and so the community council will apply to the Ward Discretionary Fund to pay for an archaeologist to spend three days investigating in Smoo Cave and to pay for one item to be carbon dated.

If this produces evidence of genuine scientific interest then the community council will consider looking into a larger project.

The liaison meeting with the Ministry of Defence is to take place on Monday, 30 April, at the Village Hall.

Highland Councillor George Farlow reported that funds are available to promote the Geopark and that each community within the area is invited to host the Geopark Roadshow.

The proposed date for the Durness roadshow is Wednesday, 28 March.

Members are to visit Cape Wrath in the near future to view the state of the roads and to assess the possibilities for public toilets on the Capeside.

Further discussions will take place once this visit has taken place.

A letter is to be sent to John Thurso MP asking that the petrol price rebate currently being given to the Islands be increased to include remote mainland areas as well.

The community council and Cllr Farlow expressed concern that the funding issue for the North West Care Alliance has still not been resolved. The community council is to forward a letter and petition in support of the Care Alliance to all community councils in the area affected.

The next meeting of Durness Community Council will take place at the Village Hall on Monday, 5 March.