Work week on Skye, 25th Sept – 2nd Oct.

With Focalisers falling all around, many thanks to Russell for gallantly stepping in at the last minute to work this week with me.  Thankfully he managed to pass his cold on to just a few of the volunteers.  On Monday I staggered my way through a training run for the forthcoming 10k.  However, the after effects of my run from the hostel to Armadale and back, with Adam, who’s going to run the Loch Ness marathon, left me unable to run again for the rest of the week.  Not the best preparation, but hey, by now I’m treating the race as the last time I’ll ever run.

Back to the work week, I knew Adam and Lizzie already, so it was great to see them again, and the rest of the group were a mix of city dwellers, a wood dweller and a tall dutchman.  We removed sizeable areas of non-native scrub from Balmacara and Glen Arroch.  The area at Balmacara will be planted up with young Oak in the spring, although we found some regeneration already there.  This has spread from the existing Oak wood remnant, which is well worth a visit as it has the feel of a beautiful old Oak wood.

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