Friends of Park Wood & Friends of Low Wood have had reciprocal visits to each others woodland, where we took part in facilitated walks. We learned about the geographical composition of both areas, the plant and wildlife that is in abundance and the work that each Friends group is doing.

John Preshaw from Friends of Low Wood commented, "Despite a dire weather forecast we went ahead with our planned visit and the weather remained benign until the end at which point we were refreshed by a deluge. Eric and colleagues led us on a comprehensive Grand Tour of the wood with commentary along the way. Many thanks to Eric and friends for a fascinating and informative tour."

It was a great chance to share ideas, problems and solutions between our two Friends groups, we look forward to continuing this dialogue and would also like to open the offer of similar activity to other woodland Friends groups.

If you are involved in a Friends group for your local woodland, no matter where you are in the country, we'd love to arrange reciprocal visits to the woodland or have representives from your group speak at one of our meetings. If you're interested, contact [email protected]

As part of the Friends of Park Wood work party meet up, we walked around the wood and assessed for projects for the spring and summer. 

We came up with the following: 
-  Dry stone wall repair including training for us
-  Litter picking (particularly on the down side of the cobbled path    about 1/2 way down)
-  Footpath repair near Delph Croft View
-  Adding retaining stakes by the footpath near Parkwood flats
-  Identifying with the Council an area of beech in which to create a clearing
-  Clearing up a set of steps by 31 Kendal St
-  Species Richness list

For next month: clearing up the set of steps by 31 Kendal St and litter picking the area. Eric is going to arrange pick up of litter by Council.

Friends of Park Wood have been awarded one of the Skipton Building Society's Big 160 Grassroots Giving Grants!  We have been given £500 to spend on equipment we need to help maintain and continue our work preserving the beauty of Park Wood.

A big thank you to Skipton Building Society and all the people who voted for our cause and have supported us along the way.  We'll keep you all updated on what the grant has helped us achieve.

Friends of Park Wood had an article featured on us about our last Work Party meet up and Launch Event that will be happening in July.  See the article here: Telegraph & Argus article on FOPW >>