HAPPY NEW YEAR

Happy new year to all! Hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year and didn't get blown away by the recent winds. Speaking of which, if you are venturing out into the forest please do exercise extra caution as there is likely to be extensive storm damage in the form of fallen trees and possible damage to trails and roads. We have a lot of facilities to check and have not had time to inspect all of them and make them safe yet, so if you do come across something you think we should know about please do contact us on 01369 860703.

Here's to a great 2012, when hopefully i'll see you around the forest.

Happy Christmas

A massive THANK You to all who turned out at the weekend to support CLANN and ourselves at the West Bay, I hope you all enjoyed yourselves and went home with the right Christmas tree for you. It was a succeful event and CLANN will be receiving a cheque for their efforts early in the new year.

Thank You also to those who have reported fallen trees following the incredibly strong winds recently. We are currently working through our list to clear them as qucikly as possible. In the meantime please do exercise caution if visiting the woods over the festive season.

The harvesting works above Kilbride look likely to continue untiil March 2012 so please continue to observe all onsite signage and I'll also keep you updated on here.


Best Wishes to all over the holidays, and I hope to see you (Tinsel Optional) around the forest.

HARVESTING AT KILBRIDE

Just a quick word of warning. As of today, Tuesday 23rd August, there will be harvesting machinery moving into Kilbride ahead of beginning operations at the end of the week.

The felling area is quite large and complicated so the harvesting works are likely to continue until December at the earliest. This will mean that the top sections of the Blue and Yellow routes will have to be closed at times during the operation so please look out for and obey any and all onsite signage - particularly that pertaining to passing working machinery.

There will also be timber lorries and other vehicles using the forest road so please bear this in mind when using the forest in the near future.

See you, being safe, around the forest!

All too easy!

You will probably all have seen the Forest Fires currently being fought in Perthshire and in England. When the weather has been as good as it has for the past couple of weeks, the ground and forest become very dry and it only takes one carelessly discarded cigarette and large swathes of important habitat can be destroyed.

PLEASE could all who visit the forest take extra care during this dry spell and report ANY fires they see.

See you (covered in Sun Block!!) around the forest.