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Laide & Aultbea Community Woodland Newsletter Laide & Aultbea Community Woodland June 2016 Newsletter www.laidewood.org.uk IN THIS NEWSLETTER Spring has Finally Sprung SPRING HAS SPRUNG The new season gets under way After a rather cool and late Spring season, the fine weather arrived just in time for our main event. The Primrose Walk, back again after its one year absence, LAIDE WOODLANDERS was held on 30th April. The earliest of the primroses were out, with about two Update from our bi-monthly group thirds of them still waiting for the weather to warm up a little more. Our local SUMMER SEASON CALENDAR ATC came along to manage the visitor parking, and ensure that the event was a Events for the forthcoming quarter great success. ANOTHER WAY The ever popular duck race Visits Corrieshalloch Gorge was helped along by a dam SUBSCRIBE! across the burn, so that an extra surge of water carried To receive this newsletter in full, why the ducks to the finishing line. not join us? For an application form, and A Tony Carpenter original details of how to apply to become a garden seat was the first prize, member, visit our website: www.laidewood.org.uk taken home by one lucky The ATC crew beside the yurt (Photo: Colin Irvine) winner. There was face Editorial team: Kevin Ginty, John Rippin painting for the kids, and refreshments were served in the yurt afterwards, and there were displays of log splitting and other equipment in the car park. Title photo: Loch na Creige, by Heather Knight Scottish Charity registered number SC034434 A Company Limited By Guarantee without shareholders registered in Scotland No SC249676 1 LAIDE & AULTBEA COMMUNITY WOODLAND June 2016 Newsletter starting to obstruct the view. We spent the rest of the afternoon working on the second sponsored tree area, planting two new Scots Pines, and weeding out naturally sown Lodgepole Pines from around On Saturday 21st May was the the other sponsored trees. inaugural session of the Laide The aim of this new group is to Woodlanders, a new group of provide an opportunity for people to Conservation Volunteers in the get actively involved in the wood, wood. This group will meet bi- who cannot come during the week monthly on a Saturday afternoon for the working parties. Whether and will involve a range of practical, you already spend time in the wood, hands-on tasks in environmental or would like to come and try conservation, woodland something new, please come along. management and recreation in the Hand tools will be provided, but Finding beasties in the burn wood. please bring stout footwear, work gloves, warm clothes, waterproofs and refreshments if required. The Pond Dipping & Electro- next session will be on Saturday July fishing 9th, 1.30-4pm. Join Peter Cunningham from the Aidan Bell Wester Ross Fisheries Trust, to explore the aquatic life in the burns Summer Season and lochans of the Wood. Meet at Calendar 12noon in the car park, on Thursday th Our calendar of events continues 11 August 2016. over the Summer... Marvellous Minibeasts Our Highland Council Ranger, Reuben Brown will be leading this foray into the Wood, seeking out all manner of bugs and beasties. Cost adults £3, conc. £2, family £3-£8 Electro-fishing in the burn th Wednesday 28 July 2016 from To book a place, contact Peter on Ian White, planting a Scots Pine, grown from seed at Inverewe (photo: Aidan Bell) 11am-1pm. Meet in the car park. 01445 712899. This time, we started by clearing Contact Reuben Brown on 01854 some of the young trees that have 613904 to book a place. grown up around the picnic bench by the notice board, as they were . Scottish Charity registered number SC034434 A Company Limited By Guarantee without shareholders registered in Scotland No SC249676 2 LAIDE & AULTBEA COMMUNITY WOODLAND June 2016 Newsletter Another Way... A crisp, sharp morning saw one of the last of the spring frosts clear in time for a brisk walk around Corrieshalloch Gorge. The site has been on the tourist trail for many years, but spent several years out of bounds following the 2005 storm. Its steep sided plantings were damaged in the gales, but the suspension bridge across the gorge lower down was the main problem. Rendered unsafe by age and weather, the site was closed while the National Trust for Scotland raised the funds to replace it. In the process, much of the steep plantation was clear felled, and the proceeds from the timber sale offset a small part of the construction cost. Mainly, the work was funded by a public appeal, and the resulting new bridge and viewpoint are truly spectacular. Unlike many of our previous walks, this one is really steep in places. You need to be up for a brisk hike back up to the main road, but the Towards the suspension bridge and Falls of Measach, from the viewpoint sights on offer in the gorge itself are worth it. Falls of Measach. The whole drop is So far so good. Now for the return. around 100m. You need a head for Having marvelled at the waterfalls, Setting off from the car park, just off heights for this part! But the view take a look at the trees and plants the A832 after Braemore Junction, down into the gorge below you is the path leads down through the tremendous. Carry on across the young plantation, winding back and bridge to the far side, where the forth until you reach the suspension main A835 Ullapool road passes just bridge. Until you find the bridge, a few metres above you, and walk there isn’t all that much to see. on through the trees to the Walk out onto the bridge (watch out viewpoint. A brand new viewing – it moves!) and look to your right, platform extends out over the and you will see the River Droma gorge, and provides an excellent Some precariously perched trees plunge down around 45m over the vantage point for photos. Scottish Charity registered number SC034434 A Company Limited By Guarantee without shareholders registered in Scotland No SC249676 3 LAIDE & AULTBEA COMMUNITY WOODLAND June 2016 Newsletter lining the gorge. Not all of the trees were planted by people, many of the more precariously perched birches found their own way to their particular spots. The path to here is fairly wide, and you can take a wheelchair down there providing you are up to pushing it all the way back to the top. Retrace your route to the car park if you have brought a wheelchair. Alternatively, after you cross the bridge on your return, turn right and follow the path through the wooded area and new plantation, along Lady Fowler’s Fern Walk. The route was part of the grounds of View towards Loch Broom, after the steep climb Braemore Castle, which once stood sorrel, germander speedwell and When you get there, there is a not very far away. saxifrage. pleasant view and a bench to sit on. The area is planted mainly with birch The new plantings are several years At the end of that section of the and Scots Pine, and a number of old now, and growing in nicely, but walk, the path turns left and begins other less common species are you can still see clearly to the end of the steep climb back to the top. found there too, including mountain Loch Broom. Grid Ref: NH202779 Satnav: IV23 2PJ View down into the gorge . Scottish Charity registered number SC034434 A Company Limited By Guarantee without shareholders registered in Scotland No SC249676 4 .
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