Visitors who fancy picking up a new skill while they are staying in a Lake District holiday cottage this month might want to consider signing up to a dry stone walling course being run by Bassenthwaite Reflections.
The body, which works to preserve and restore the woodland and surrounding environment in the Lakes, is running a two-day event that will see people learning how to repair some of the walls run throughout the area.
Due to take place on March 12th and 13th, the course – which is being paid for with money from the Heritage Lottery Fund – will be led by Forestry Commission ranger Paul Brown, who said that help from volunteers is "invaluable".
"Volunteers have a huge part to play in the future maintenance of a valuable part of the Lake District’s heritage. Walling brings back history, landscape, its culture and conservation," he remarked.
Last month, Bassenthwaite organised a tree-planing session in Masmill Forest at Whinlatter, which saw around 50 people turn up to help with the clearing and restoration of an area measuring 3.5 hectares.
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