News — Dunans Woodland

Wednesday the 18th March, the fencers finally left Dunans, and we have a fully browser-proof fence! Here's the latest video update – with footage of both the track and Pepper our Spaniel(!): Above, without intervention the tracks will end up turning into burns. Below left, a pedestrian gate, and below right, the stumps in the old commercial coups are starting to disappear, even as the mounding stripes the hill above. Below, the question is whether the areas left outside the enclosure will regenerate without significant intervention. Only time will tell! Our native woodland is the first step on an inevitable progress...

Dear Lairds & Ladies,We have slipped almost unnoticed into June and summer. Partly because it seems we have had summer already with almost six weeks of fine weather, and partly because lots has been happening. In this week's newsletter we are concentrating on the lighter side, with two lovely things that have happened here. The first, as the photo above shows, we had a lovely fairy-tale wedding with Holly and Bruce organised by Wee Wild Weddings. Such romance, such fun! And then quite out of left field, our youngest produced a rather wonderful design in Dunans Rising tartan for her...