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NT North Lakes: Beavering Away
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Tuesday, 8 October 2013. From time to time what seems to be a simple task, becomes a bit of a challenge for Ranger Dan and myself, not such a bad thing though as it allows us to be slightly imaginative and change how we do things, also makes life more interesting I reckon! A piece of footpath maintenance at Dunthwaite was a case in point, easy enough job but access to the site is a major problem, so what do we do? Well we just use what's already there! Filling the gaps in stream banks, beaver style!
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NT North Lakes: Whiteless breast
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Friday, 21 February 2014. Buttermere is one of the few places left in the North Lakes with some grassy untouched paths. pre-emptive work can help keep the paths natural. Pidgeon holes" a line of circular bare patches can occur on grassy slopes when a large numbers of walkers follow the same line up a hill. Although these foot holes make the hill easier to climb, they quickly join together into a groove that water runs down creating a gully. The willow is locally sourced from a basket weaver,.
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NT North Lakes: Something nice that made us smile
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Saturday, 30 November 2013. Something nice that made us smile. Most of our blog posts deal with the day to day tasks involved in keeping our countryside in tip top condition, occasionally we have some fun and occasionally we even touch some hearts! A few weeks ago we took some children from Ennerdale Primary School on a very wet and windy hike up. Thanks kids, let's do it again real soon! Getting outdoors and closer to nature. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). NT North Lakes Team. Fix The Fells Website.
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NT North Lakes: A Mixed Bag!!
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Friday, 26 July 2013. Some of our visitors are more of a challenge than others, most folks are content to visit, enjoy our landscape, perhaps take in some spiritual enlightenment and leave refreshed, a minority of others however seem intent on trashing the place entirely, this past week we’ve been spending most mornings removing rubbish from lakeside fields, broken bottles, cans, barbeques, deckchairs, lots of underpants and general debris! A small amount of the daily collection. He's not terrifed, honest.
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NT North Lakes: Home and abroad; a tale of two lakes
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Thursday, 17 October 2013. Home and abroad; a tale of two lakes. During the first couple of weeks in. September, my wife and I were out visiting family in Canada. They are based in Toronto, and so we were able to explore some of the countryside in the region of the Great Lakes. Driving north on Highway 11, you "soon" (in Canadian terms - it is a very, very big country! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). NT North Lakes Team. Hi there, we're the National Trust's Ranger Team for the North Lakes.
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NT North Lakes: Mini Mountains Should Have Mini Mountaineers
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Friday, 25 October 2013. Mini Mountains Should Have Mini Mountaineers. Normally our blogs concern our day to day practical conservation work and of course our engagement with the public, on some days however this engagement become much more closely focused, and in this case definitely a lot of fun. Class teacher Mrs Watson leads the juniors up a very wet Rannerdale Knotts. Becky explaining the Water Cycle while Ranger Dan shows us an ancient Potash Kiln. Heading for the summit. The Ennerdale kids were fa...
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NT North Lakes: 64 kids, 3 rangers, 50 things????
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Saturday, 24 May 2014. 64 kids, 3 rangers, 50 things? School visits to our woods are becoming a fairly usual occurrence these days, and so when our friends at Lorton Primary rang to say they’d like to come out for a 50 things day at Holme Wood in Loweswater, of course we said yes, and then we looked at the numbers! The morning arrived and before even getting to the wood the children, and staff with parent helpers, had already completed one of the tasks, to take a long walk! Rangers Mark and Paul led the ...
