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Report on Inzievar Wood Project

Here is a recap of last week from ‘El Presidente’, Anna Webber:

“Last weekend, we went to a lovely new site out near Dunfermline called Inzievar Wood. After a bit of a walk through some woods, we started our rhodie bashing. We were removing the leftover and regrown plants after a professional crew had been in to get the majority of the plants. While it didn’t have the same excitement as demolishing a full-grown rhododendron plant several times bigger than a person, it was still surprisingly satisfactory to be able to rip the smaller rhodies out of the ground. The day never fully made up its mind about whether it really wanted to rain or not, but we also had some sunny patches! Tasty biscuits kept us going throughout the day, thanks to John and Morna. Hopefully we’ll go back to Inzievar Wood in the future and ensure that no more rhodies have returned!”

Photos (hopefully) to come soon.

Remember we have a social on the 20th March. All details can be found  here.

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Sunday’s project at Aberlady Bay

Spring is finally upon us, so what could be better than conservation work? This Sunday we will head to Aberlady Bay LNR in East Lothian. Here is a message from our projects team:

” Beach: a pebbly or sandy shore, especially by the sea between high- and low-water marks. Beaches are happy don’t you think? I mean the sea is great and sand is fun, so when you stick them together happy times can be had for all involved! Happy Happy times.

This weekend marks the Amaza-Dirty-conservation-helpy-things Sunday trip to Aberlady Bay which for those who don’t know is a beautiful beach with some great sand dunes and a nature reserve! We will be once again clearing the horror of the sea buckthorn (the terror). This is one of our favourite locations to visit so you (yes you, talking to you) should put on your valiant gauntlets (sturdy footwear) grab your shield of valour (waterproofs just in case) and mount your noble steed of defiance (in the form of a minibus or public transport), and we will bring a small armoury.

The usual meeting point is no different, be at the gatehouse to the castle at dawn (Pleasance tool cupboard at 10am this coming Sunday the 9th) and have a brilliant day. I hope to see all you amazing people there!”

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A Crash Course in Conservation – the recap

Posts are running later than usual this week – This is mainly from Innovative Learning Week laziness being swamped by uni work. Yeah, that must be it.

Slightly different style of post today, but get comfy by the fire to hear James’s take on the ILW project (19th Feb):

“Excerpts from the upcoming novel: ‘The Dirty City’.

It was a typically muggy Edinburgh Wednesday morning. Johm Gubley looked around fervently. Never in his wildest dreams had he been expecting this. A project! On a Wednesday! With new gloves! Johm loved new gloves.

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It was either the tree or him. One of them had to be cut down. The ranger had been graphically clear on the matter. Johm gripped the saw tightly and grimaced.

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He smiled as he looked at the state of the freshly maintained path. By gum it was so clean he could eat his lunch off of it.

He did.

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“I love carrot cake!” said Johm, even if some deviant did put raisins in it. “From now on we’ll have carrot cake on every single project ever”, he added, in the presence of several lawyers.

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Any characters bearing resemblance to actual persons living or dead is purely coincidence.”

So. Thank you, James. Here are some photos from the day courtesy of John (not to be mistaken for Johm) – Full gallery here

Apologies to anyone that came out for the Roslin Glen project last week. The weather unfortunately prevented it from going ahead.

Updates on pottery social on the 20th March coming soon. Remember you can join us at the pub around 17:30 today (Sunday 2nd) if you can’t make it to the project.