Monday 14th August 2017

Today, we were helping The National Trust of Scotland with conservation of their estate within the Brodick Castle grounds. We were clearing away large areas of gorse bush in order to allow the highland cattle more space to graze and move. The weather conditions were challenging with spells of heavy rain and wind. However we persevered through this and cleared two weeks of normal ranger work within 5 hours. This was a valuable lesson in terms of the rewards of determination and hard work. We are very proud of what we have achieved today and we have all gained new skills from the experience. We all enjoyed working as a team and helping to conserve the environment and are looking forward to supporting Arran's natural beauty further, later in the week.

This evening we are all very tired however are feeling well fed after a delicious chilli con carne that was made by one of our teams of three and we are now ready for a well deserved good nights sleep.