Frosts and snow.

This week I’ve made two school visits.  The first was to Borrowdale school to discuss their plan to adopt Watendlath orchard as part of the Trust’s Guardianship scheme.  The second was into Threlkeld school where they are planning to use Polar Exploration as a theme.    As part of that we are going to be doing a number of days out and about so there will be more on the blog eventually.  These organised visits with Trust rangers are meant to encourage children of all ages to have fun as they learn about nature and hopefully develop a life-long love of their environment. 

Hedge-laying at High Snab Farm is still ongoing – my volunteers are becoming very skilled at that and we are making great progress.  The work on the Friars Crag riven oak fencing is also making good progress.

It won’t surprise you to read that we have had huge amounts of rain here recently.  Although that it is not unusual for the Lakes, John Malley and I had to go up to Force Crag to slightly realign the flume so that it is still in the best position to divert excess water.

Winter is now setting in and we have had some hard frosts and significant snow-falls at higher levels.  The skiers are finding plenty to keep them happy.  On clear days it is all looking magical.