Lough Dan Oak Tree project

Each year thousands of scouts come to Lough Dan where they develop an appreciation of our unique natural environment.  So on the weekend of the 13 – 14 of March 2010 the Lough Dan Scout Centre invited scouts, patrols and groups to create an oak forest by planting oak trees.

  

The Valkyrie Troop decided each of our 8 Watches would sponsor an oak tree as part of this very worthwhile project.  Many thanks to Lauren Kelly, Ellen Duffy, Emily Molony and Ellen Holloway who headed off to Lough Dan, shovels in hand, and planted our 8 trees.  


Funds raised will go towards other environmental projects at Lough Dan such as conservation measures in the mature woodland, bird and bat boxes, management of the wetland habitat, work on dry stone walls and hedges.

Carrigvore & Coronation Plantation

 We originally intended to organise this walk for the DV Hike last January but due to the prolonged snow and ice at the time the road to the Sally Gap was impassable.

So at the second time of asking we set off from the Sally Gap on a gloriously sunny day in March.  Packed snow on Carrigvore made for a very rapid descent towards the Coronation Plantation resulting in several shredded bivvy bags.

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