by Will de Bolla | May 6, 2019 | Blog, Ecology Group, Friday Club |
Volunteers from Frome’s Missing Links, supported by 19 students from Frome College on the Duke of Edinburgh scheme, recently planted about 450 young tree saplings. The saplings will form a hedge, which will run alongside the planned cycle path near Whatcombe Fields....
by Will de Bolla | Feb 11, 2019 | Ecology Group |
Sustrans Ecologist Lydia Blake is leading additional workdays on the Colliers Way cycle path (route 24) with support from the FML Ecology Group and Sustrans Radstock Rangers. These events are to give people a fun day out, gain traditional skills and hopefully attract...
by Will de Bolla | Jan 20, 2019 | Blog |
The New Year brings some good news. Network Rail have finally agreed to our proposals and have given us ‘engineering clearance’ to proceed with work along the old railway line at Buckland Bridge. We do still need to complete negotiations with a local land owner but...
by Will de Bolla | Jan 2, 2019 | Ecology Group |
Sustrans Ecologist (Lydia Blake) will be holding a hedge laying workday at Great Elm (Collier’s Way) on 31 January 2019. Anyone is welcome to come and try their hand at hedge laying in the North Somerset style. It will take place between 10am – 4pm with...
by Will de Bolla | Dec 21, 2018 | Blog, Friday Club, Routes |
The latest poster with an update on phase three…
by Will de Bolla | Dec 3, 2018 | Blog, Friday Club |
Three Frome’s Missing Links Friday Club volunteers took a break from path building to join a 16 strong group cycling the Himalayan foothills to raise funds for the the Nishtha project. This is a rural health, educational and environmental project for underprivileged...
by Will de Bolla | Nov 28, 2018 | Blog, Ecology Group |
The Greenway Project Ecologist (Lydia Blake) is currently earmarking 13th December as a workday with Radstock/Frome Groups, probably in Mells Yard. In addition, on 30th or 31st January Lydia Blake is also offering a hedgelaying day at Great Elm. There will be another...
by Will de Bolla | Nov 28, 2018 | Ecology Group |
The number of people supporting ecology at Great Elm on the Collier’s Way is currently limited as the FML Friday Club is active on path building work. However, a few Wildlife Volunteers are able to maintain and improve ecology at Great Elm plus starting an Away Day...
by Will de Bolla | Nov 21, 2018 | Blog, Ecology Group |
Here we have a FML Ecology Wildlife Volunteer putting a roosting nest pocket up at Great Elm. It is claimed that these pockets help birds save up to 1/3 of body fat by roosting in a sheltered place during cold winter months. This aids survival when food stocks and...
by Will de Bolla | Nov 13, 2018 | Blog |
It’s been a long hot summer and we hope that everyone has managed to get plenty of walking and cycling in. As the nights draw in again, it seems appropriate to update supporters and members on what’s been happening recently. Financially FML currently have almost...
