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25th November 2021: Hedge Planting at Dam Mire Wood

We picked a glorious morning to spend an hour with Mike Hambrey who kindly gifted us Dam Mire Wood to do some hedge planting.
Apprentice Training in the Rusland Valley

Friends of the Lake District was proud to host a training visit from the Westmorland Dales apprentice team and their Lake District counterparts in our beautiful Resp Haw and Bull Coppice woods in the Rusland Valley.
'Our Common Heritage' Project Update

The ‘Our Common Heritage’ project aims to record farming and commoning stories, collate and digitise old oral history recordings, interesting documents and memorabilia.
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Aerial Flight at Honister Slate Mine

We received the disappointing news that the Secretary of State will not ‘call in’ the proposed zip-wires at Honister and so the Authority’s approval stands. The Secretary of State is no longer required to give reasons for his decision.
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Thirlmere Activity Hub
Thirlmere Activity Hub

We consider this to be a wholly inappropriate development in this location. We urge you to take immediate action, write to the Planning Authority and share your concerns about this threat to Thirlmere
Photography Competition 2021

Winners announced!
Chief Executive - Douglas Chalmers

Douglas Chalmers joined us in April 2015. He grew up on his family’s farm on the North East coast of Aberdeenshire, and studied agriculture at the University of Aberdeen.
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