Last TFL ww 2010, 6th Nov, Dundreggan

Sooo, the very last Trees for Life work week of 2010 (that they told me about anyway), and it is myself and Gordon picking up the vols from Inverness station again, as per this week last year.  This year I have to endure chick pea chocolate cake, chick pea curry, humus and other foodstuffs that allegedly have chick peas in.  Chick peas, as I’m sure you are aware, are a strong contender for the most boring food in the world.  However, as I’ve learnt through years of work week experience (especially this one), this rule does not seem to apply when the chick peas are not visible in the final dish.  Hats off Johnny, on this week, for providing another exception with his chick pea curry.  And yes, Freddie, I have now eaten a whole sock.  It would have been much more palatable as part of one of your cakes.

We sang (thanks Bill), we played, some drank, all ate.  We brashed (removed the lower branches from standing trees) maybe 3-5 hectares within the plantation on the Western side of the Dundreggan estate.  We removed the top layer from over a 1.3km of fence.  This work will provide improved access to the plantation for future work as well as reducing the chance of Black Grouse strikes against the fence, and allowing more light through to flora, etc on the woodland floor.

I’ll create a new entry for the pictures from my day off.  As you can see, we had a couple of fantastic sunsets, and some rain.  It was even cold at times, hopefully a sign of another freezing winter.  Proper Scottish weather.