Sinking Ship ?

The 'Reserve Manager' employed by SWT to manage Blacka has now left his post to work elsewhere. I believe this is a wise choice on his part. Interestingly two other members of staff who have previously had responsibility for Blacka and therefore known to local people using the moor are also moving on. If you consider this alongside the fact that the cattle which were supposed to have appeared on Blacka from April have still not appeared and the sheep have recently been taken off from the pasture land you begin to wonder what's going on. To say I've never been greatly impressed with SWT's overall organisation and general competence is a bit of an understatement. But this raises more questions. I'm on record as saying that the place benefits from less management so I can't pretend to be bothered. In fact I'm pleased for the individuals involved that they've found other jobs and hope they are in places less institutionally unsound than SWT. But the situation does seem a bit of a mess to say the least. And the major downside is that a previous 'reserve manager' now on maternity leave will be returning in October. Oh well!

As I've said many times Blacka Moor thrived on the absence of management during much of the last century transforming itself from a boring grouse moor into a place throbbing with life force and exuberant vegetation and wildlife. Management is not what we want especially that top down farming style approach which knows what it wants and hates surprise.