COUNTRY LIFE
New members
are required
Ca mera trapping
for wildlife T
J
oin People’s Trust for
Endangered Species for an
exciting new training day at their
wonderful Briddlesford Woods
reserve this summer. During
this exclusive day course you will
learn all about mammal watching
using camera traps. Experts
will guide you through the best
methods and latest equipment
to improve your wildlife watching
and recording skills. Join them on
Thursday June 18 at Briddlesford
Woods near Wootton Bridge. For
more details and to book your
place visit www.ptes.org/events or
call 02074 984 533.
he Isle
of Wight
Local
Access
Forum (LAF)
is an advisory body established under the
Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 to
provide independent advice on the improvement
of public access to land on the Island for the
purposes of open-air recreation and enjoyment.
Forum members are volunteers and are
appointed by the Isle of Wight Council to
represent interests of walkers, cyclists, horseriders, and rural business/land owners. Meeting
quarterly, members are required to act in an
unpaid capacity for the benefit of the local
community and to contribute their experience
and knowledge and assist in formulating
creative and challenging ideas on ways to
improve public access and open-air recreation
for the benefit of all.
The LAF is looking to recruit new members,
if you would like further information and
an application pack please contact the LAF
Secretary, Jennine Gardiner, Rights of Way
Assistant, Isle of Wight Council, County Hall,
High Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1UD.
Or you can e-mail: [email protected].
The closing date is August 1 2015. Depending
on interest and number of applicants it may be
necessary to hold informal interviews.
A cou ntry ma n's dia ry
W
ow, what a show of wild flowers
we have had! It started with
the snowdrops, then wood
anemones and the bluebells were the
best I’ve seen for a long time. In fact I
would go as far to say that they have
all been the best I have ever seen! This
has been a real boost for me as I was
beginning to feel that it had been a long,
drawn out winter, something I have never
felt before.
That said, we do seem to have achieved
a lot. One of our more recent jobs was to
improve the popular edible hedges around
Toms Eco Lodges at Tapnell Farm.
They are keen to encourage their
guests to get close to nature and one of
their projects was to plant fruiting hedges
comprising raspberries, gooseberries,
logan berries, black and red currents and
fruit trees around the lodge