A group of volunteers in Leitrim have borrowed an idea from the Roman empire and are using sheep's wool to construct a walking trail along a sensitive area of upland. Members of Mountain Meitheal ...
An entrepreneur has been awarded a grant to develop a trial which uses Swaledale sheep fleeces to protect ancient upland peat bogs. Ruth Lindsey from Hardraw in Upper Wensleydale is producing woollen ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A path-building technique borrowed from the Romans has been used to rebuild a route on Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon). It’s underpinned by ...
Fourteen BMC volunteers have been working hard in the springtime sun to create a footpath in Cwm Llan on the south-eastern flanks of Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) using sheep fleeces on the latest Get Stuck In ...
The special craft has been recreated on an eroded section of Kirk Burn Path near Glencourse Reservoir An ancient technique using sheep's wool to fix paths has been trialled in the Pentland Hills. The ...
Wardens at a Scottish nature reserve have found an innovative use for sheep fleeces. The team at RSPB Scotland have been swapping plastic for wool when constructing footpaths at a Uist nature reserve.
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