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Dry stone wall training
Published: 09/12/2014
Volunteers and rangers from Flintshire Countryside Service joined together
recently to take part in a dry stone wall training course at Waun y Llyn
Country Park.
Participants rebuilt two metres of walling, and renovated existing stone stiles
to match.
Dry Stone Wall trainer, Colin Slater, spent a total of four days training up
the group.
The workshops were part of the Traditional Skills Training Workshops project,
which has been funded by Cadwyn Clwyd, Rural Development Agency for Flintshire
and Denbighshire, through the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development
(EAFRD) through the Welsh Government’s Rural Development Plan.
Stephen Lewis, Countryside Ranger for Flintshire Countryside Service said:
It is brilliant to be able to learn valuable old skills such as dry stone
walling. The rangers and volunteers really enjoyed the experience and we plan
to do more days training with Colin in the future.
Councillor Bernie Attridge, Cabinet Member for Environment, said:
The walls look fantastic, and the work to tie in the existing stone stiles has
really paid off. Our thanks go to the volunteers in particular for their part
in making this project such a success.
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Pictured L to R are Colin Slater (dry stone wall trainer), Lisa-Jayne Reeves
(volunteer), Lawrence Gotts (Assistant Ranger, Flintshire Countryside Service)
and Stuart Studdart (volunteer).