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Woodland favoured by Wainwright gets make-over
9:00am Friday 1st August 2008
THE woodland at one of Cumbria’s most remote properties - which over the years has hosted some leading literary luminaries – is receiving a much-needed makeover.
YHA hostel Skiddaw House, which stands 1,550 feet above sea level and three miles from the nearest road, is undergoing a major tree planting scheme to restore its woodland.
The work is being undertaken by Grampus Heritage and Training which is planting native high-altitude oak, rowan, thorn and hazel and volunteers are also using a mobile sawmill to make planks and beams from windblown trees.
Project leader Martin Clark said the work would also help nearby Bassenthwaite Lake by stemming soil erosion, which leads to harmful sediment in the lake.
National Trust founder Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley wrote about the house as did Lakeland walker and author Alfred Wainwright.
For full story see the August 1 edition of The Westmorland Gazette.
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