Day 6 of BTCV Placement - Loch Lomond SPA

Today we were in Loch Lomond at the SPA (Special Protection Area) to continue on the days work we had done on the tuesday.  Today we were to continue with pulling the cut willow and birch across the pond an stacking it behind the pathway.  Today we had a twist though with a fire going (watched over by Nick from SNH =P) to burn the branches and logs cut from the willow trees.

Through the course of the morning we got the fire going gradually in order for us to use it fully in the afternoon.  We had the lads from Cardonald College with us today which was a great help for us to blitz through the work we had.

The morning started off really well with the sun shining and everyone working away in t shirts.  Me and Ali made some excellent progress clearing a large area away in our section using the rope to drag it across the stagnant water.

We broke for lunch around 1 and made our way over to the tree line across the meadow so we could sit on a large hummock under the sun.  About 20 mins into lunch the rain clouds rolled in and gradually started to drizzle, just when we were packing up the supplies again the heavens opened....lovely start to the afternoon.

By the time lunch had passed the fire was now burning away nicely and we were then told to cut back on dragging the willow across the water and now to bring it to the fire for us to burn it.  The danger of fire was clearly evident when the wind suddenly changed and blew the flames right into Nick's face, he ended up with his eyebrows singed and the front part of his hair missing..was quite funny actually.

By the end of the day it was a great accomplishment to look back and see the areas we'd cleared, gave a good feeling after being soaked all afternoon, ha ha.

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