Update on the campaign.

Thank you for all your support so far! The signatures online and on paper total well over 600 so far - it would be great to get this total to 1000. There has been a postal campaign in the town also - postcards explaining the situation and showing how people can add their signature to the cause have been distributed to households in the town with the help of Wigtown Festival Office. It would be great if you've received a postcard and have already signed to pass it on to someone who hasn't yet signed.

We have also started a paper petition for businesses as we have to show that at least 40 businesses in the area are behind the campaign - we have 30 signatures so far and I'm yet to target Bladnoch village, the industrial estate and the farms around about so I'm very confident this target will be met.

An article about the campaign will be included in the next issue of the Machars Observer and I have contacted Louise Kerr at the Free Press with details, hopefully this will mean an article in the paper soon. 

The next step is to convince our local politicians that this is a cause they should get behind - any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you again!

Lou