Volunteer Updates
posted by Rob Clark at Basecamp
It’s often thought that the upland fells are almost a ‘separate world’ to the rest of the Lake District and this remote feel is certainly one of the things that attracts so many visitors to the mountains. The fact is though that all parts of the landscape are linked and it’s on this basis that a lot of the groups at Basecamp work with us
Volunteers update December 2010
Fife Air Cadet Conservation Volunteers
Fife Air Cadets Conservation Volunteers spent the week installing stone built drains on a popular roadside path between Coniston and Ambleside.Many of the techniques used on the upland fells can be equally useful on low level paths and this group spent the week learning how.
Volunteers update July 2010
A week on Bliscoe
Here at the National Trust’s volunteering centre at High Wray Basecamp we always look forward to our upland footpath working holidays. A few weeks ago we had our first one of the year, on Pike ‘o’ Bliscoe, above the Langdale valley. Admittedly, the full time footpath teams do head up onto the fells a little earlier in the year than this but we like to wait until there’s a better chance of some decent weather for our groups – it is supposed to be a holiday after all!
Find out more about volunteering with Fix the Fells at Basecamp
