Is That So?

These days you have to tell a good story about what you've done even if you've made a complete mess of it.

"Most people have kindly avoided this path through the spring and summer; the grasses have grown from the edges and are helping to stabilise the peat" (see previous post)

Well this is what it looked like last year (photo taken August 9th 2006) before the barriers went up to stop people from using the path and before SWT put the cattle on - the ones who've kindly been eating the grass and churning up the path!!

And below is what it looks like this morning from almost exactly the same spot. The dark mark is sign that a heavy vehicle of some kind has passed over in the last two days. The story being told is that the current policy of barriers (along with cattle grazing) is successfully improving the vegetation and helping to bind the peat.

And what happened to the previous notice drawing attention to the heather seed being sown here by kiddies from the special school? Then it was heather, now it's grass.