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Alan Watson Featherstone, Executive Director of Trees for Life, writes about his experiences out in the Caledonian Forest, and about his work for the charity.
The other side of the Cannich River gorge
At the beginning of March I made a trip out to Glen Cannich with Ruth May, a former Trees for Life staff member who had returned to her native Germany about 15 months previously, but was back now for a
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Where the sun never shines in winter
On Boxing Day I set out for Glen Cannich, where I wanted to spend the day on the south side of Loch Mullardoch – an area which has a remnant of the Caledonian Forest, but which I’ve only partially explored
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Return to the River Cannich aspens
It was the first Saturday in October when I finally had an opportunity to return to the remarkable, large aspen stand I had discovered in the gorge of the River Cannich back in January. I’d been planning to go back
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A day in Liatrie Wood
Having walked through part of the Liatrie Wood in Glen Cannich for the first time in many years during my Treelay leg on 7th and 8th May, I decided to spend a day there the following week-end. I had only
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Two days on the Treelay, Part 2
I set out alone on the second day of my Treelay leg from our overnight campsite, near the Mullardoch dam in Glen Cannich, after my son Kevin had gone home. It was a much longer route than the first day, heading east initially
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Two days on the Treelay, Part 1
On Saturday 5th May, our sponsored Treelay event began – two weeks of walking and cycling around our Project Area – the 1,000 square miles west of Inverness and Loch Ness where we’re working to restore the Caledonian Forest. The
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In the gorge of the River Cannich
This week-end I decided to go somewhere different to my usual favourite places, so I headed out to Glen Cannich, the next glen to the north of Glen Affric. On the way into the glen the road climbs quite steeply
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