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Opening up some routes

Posted on November 24, 2019November 24, 2019 by Carolyn
New track in Comar Wood

Over last winter and spring we carried out our first major operation in the woodland – construction of access tracks. We need tracks so that we can get into the wood with a tractor to start gradually removing the Sitka spruce trees. After spending a lot of time on planning, it felt great to start […]

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A home in the woods

Posted on November 2, 2019November 2, 2019 by Carolyn
Jamie in full waterproofs and wellies battening the roof of our new house in Comar Wood

Time for working in the woods has been a bit limited in recent weeks because of the other project we have on the go at the moment – building a house here! Although the main reason for buying the land was for the woodland, not to build a house, we were lucky that it already […]

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