| Archive for Downsizer For an ethical approach to consumption |
| Fee |
Newborough ForestI know several of you are fans of Newborough on Anglesey...http://www.savenewboroughforest.org.uk/ |
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| Cathryn |
I think we went there. Does it have a lake in the middle with a couple of hides at either end? | ||||||
| gz |
and red squirrels 
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| Cathryn |
They hide. I know I was lying down and waiting for them for at least an hour and nothing! | ||||||
| RichardW |
We went to a woodland learning open day there a few weekends ago. It was FREE & Brill.
Not surpprised they are in trouble. They charge £3 to park per day all year round. Locals wont pay that much to go for a walk in the woods in a village they live in. Oh thats very odd that the threat is coming from CCW when they were the biggest driving force behind the woodland event. |
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| Barefoot Andrew |
I signed this when I was last there.
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| earthyvirgo |
There are several other access points into the woods where you can park for free Richard ... not so close to the beach but fine for the woods. EV |
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| Cathryn |
Can I be really insensitive (and possibly very brave) and say the bit we were in wasn't that impressive and a brief look at the dunes suggested that they were. Although is the argument why chop them down? What will replace them? | ||||||
| earthyvirgo |
Of course you can 
The glory of Newborough is the dunes and the beach, which is second to none. The forest, well, it's just another forest really? There are some more interesting bits (visually) where the trees cling to some stony outcrops and just on the landward side of the dunes where they're amazingly sculpted by the weather but the rest is to my eyes just a mass of conifers. EV |
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| Cathryn |
Phew.
And can I also say that I am hoping that your exhibition in Aberystwyth next year comes off and that I have some money by then that doesn't need spending on windows or children. |
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| earthyvirgo |
Ooo Cathryn, it's not 'my' exhibition (not quite ready for that yet!). It'll be me and about 30 other printmakers in Aber
EV |
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| Barefoot Andrew |
Newborough forest and the dunes system is one of my favourite places on the planet. It's so big (at the moment) there's space galore for everyone - and long may that continue. I'm all for letting nature do its thing - and if the sea wants to reclaim the forest edge at n metres/year then so be it. But let's not actually chop them down FFS.
A. |
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| Fee |
I have to admit there is a part of me that thinks that the CCW obviously have reasons for doing this, and I would hope it wouldn't be entered into lightly.
I don't think there's enough information available on what the plans are post-felling either, surveys of wildlife in the areas to be chopped down and the effects of felling so many trees on those and the surrounding areas. And lets face it, a petition isn't going to do any good against the CCW, but it;s better than sitting watching it and doing nothing. |
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| Cathryn |
Semantics!
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| vegplot |
They're exhibiting in Telford. |
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| shaunb |
I know where you're coming from, I enjoy the woods of Newborourgh regularly.
However, i realise the potential of the rare biodiversity found therein, including, Great Crested Newts and Sand Lizards. There are always difficult descisions to make with regard wildlife, unfortunately some rare animals can only be found in 'Newbourough sand dunes' so hard choices have to be made to protect them, this means removing the trees which were planted for a cash crop, no more. I support CCw's plans |