Caithness Volunteers Clear Castletown Path

4th February 2010

A path in Castletown which was overgrown with gorse has been cleared by the Caithness Countryside Volunteers group.

This latest activity of the group took place on Sunday 31st January. The path, which leads from Tansfield (Castletown) to Borgie Mains, used to be a road that was used by the old quarry (now closed) just off the road at Borgie Mains.

The track is lined by flagstones, and provides access to some great scenery, looking out over Castletown, Dunnet and Hoy.

Event co-ordinator Dieter Tuerlinckx, Highland Council's East Caithness Countryside Ranger said: "The weather was quite wintry, and we finished the job just in time before it started pelting down with hail and sleet. Despite the weather we had plenty of hard core volunteers, who went through the gorse in no time. As always, we had a good time and a well deserved round of coffee, tea and biscuits at the end."

The Caithness Countryside Volunteers work together with Highland Council's Countryside Rangers in the Planning and Development Service.

The next planned meeting of the volunteers is on Sunday March 28th at the Seadrift Centre, Dunnet when they will be building wildlife and worm boxes from 10:30am onwards. Following the box building event the group's AGM will take place. For further information about the Caithness Countryside Volunteers contact tel: 01955 607758 or visit their website at: http://caithnesscountrysidevolunteers.org/caithness/