Our month in pictures - June

It's been another 'eventful' month. We held a Leader's Landscape Training day, crossed Morecambe Bay, attended a footpath opening between Skelton and Unthank, repaired walling at Mazonwath with our talented volunteers, and supported a trip to Tindale and a Small Blue Butterfly count via our Discover Cumbria grants scheme.

Morecambe Bay Walk 13th June - The walk, from Arnside to Kent’s Bank, near Grange-over-Sands, saw 250 of our supporters walking and raising valuable sponsorship funds along with hundreds of others enjoying the walking and the wading across glorious Morecambe Bay.

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Leaders Landscape Training Day 19th June - Our Leader’s Landscape Training Sessions are aimed at outdoor practitioners to help deepen their understanding of the variety and importance of Cumbria’s upland ecology and to encourage a clearer understanding of some of the issues and pressures of outdoor users on our landscape, wildlife and habitats. The sessions are also offered as accredited Continuous Professional Development training through the Mountain Training Association.

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Skelton to Unthank Footpath opening 21st June - A footpath opening between Skelton and Unthank, a day out to Tindale to rediscover its industrial past and a Small Blue Butterfly count all took place in June with the support of funding from our ‘Discover Cumbria’ grant scheme.

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Our Work Party gets busy at Mazonwath 24th June - before and after pictures of the wall repair carried out by our talented volunteers at Mazonwath

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