Scotland 2004
10th-17th September 2004
Waffle
Following the success of last year's residential, we spent another
week on the Isle of Arran in September 2004. Our accommodation in Shore
Lodge on the Brodick Castle estate was provided by the National Trust
for Scotland and in return we did 5 days of varied work in the wind,
rain and (occasionally) sun.
The first couple of days were taken up with destroying non-indigenous
rhododendrons (traditional slash'n'burn) before we switched to some more
novel work. We were taught to recognise about 10 tree species by a
German guy called Flo, then set about selectively thinning a patch of
woodland.....
| lovely native trees |
oak, scots pine, birch |
| chop some of 'em down |
white pine, beech, douglas fir, willow, rowan/mountain ash
|
| nasty evil trees |
western hemlock, sitka spruce (spikey!), rhodies (boo
hiss) |
...We also had a day in Glen Rosa clearing out drainage gullies and
finished with stile building in the company of a herd of highland cattle.
On our midweek day off Sam circumcised the island by bike whilst everyone
else had an epic 3 hour crazy golf session followed by a trip to a
waterfall. Evenings were filled with marvellous self-catered meals and
trips to the Ormidale Hotel.
Quotes
There was a fairly healthy crop of innuendo and stupid comments! Find
these on the quotes board.
Gwen's Photos
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