Day of conservation

We all gathered at St Benedicts School at 8:45 in the morning. It was obvious that every body was very tired as the early mornings and active itinery were catching up on us all, nevertheless, we were excited for the day ahead...

We split up into small groups and travelled to Clintz Quarry in Egremont. Upon arrival, those who were prepared changed their shoes as it was obvious that we were going to get pretty muddy. We met Kevin, who looks after Clintz Quarry for Cumbria Wildlife Trust, who own the quarry, who introduced us to the nature reserve and talked us through the history of it, and the wildlife species whom currently live there. 

We then made our way through the quarry, passing species such as wild strawberries and baby chicks nesting in the cliff face. We arrived at our work area, where we were set the task of cutting down willow trees to burn to promote reservation of the quarry. 


Despite the fact that it was so early in the morning and the sun was beating down on us (for once), we all got ourselves equipped with saws and loppers and began hacking at the trees. Me and Kelsey began to cut small branches off a tree, when Aizeck showed us the real way by cutting down the entire tree. From then on, we cut and cut and cut for at least 2 hours before we decided to have an elongated dinner break.

All the teams done extremely well and we managed to create 2 successful fires, although Lilian had to save the day by putting part of it out before we set a forest fire (oops!)








Amy