Path Skillz

We recently had the privilege of travelling up to Aberdeenshire and running a Path Skillz training course to 7 enthusiastic students from North East College. The aim of the project was to make the path safer for members of the community and the work involved filling in a large section of a path and creating … More Forvie National Nature Reserve made safer by students from North East Scotland College

On Tuesday the eager students from the Moving On group at Perth College returned to St. Magdalene’s Hill to continue upgrading the paths in their local area for the benefit of the community. The students were very eager to do more work at the site as they found working on the path last week ‘very … More Perfect finish at Perth (and more puppies)

On Friday the super college students from the City of Glasgow College returned to Carmunnock conservation village to complete their path project. The students were very keen to return this week to finish off the job they had started two weeks ago.  Along with the usual suspects (Chloe, Callum, Sam and Ryan), the super college … More Out with the old and in with the new

Yesterday at St. Magdalene’s Hill in Perth, the keen students from Perth College started upgrading the path at this local beauty spot which is very popular with dog walkers. The group had been looking forward to restoring the path they had surveyed last month and returning it to its former glory.  However on inspection at … More Perth path perfection (and puppies)

On Friday the Path Skillz team travelled back to Carmunnock to work on the path project supported by the students of the City of Glasgow College campus. A much smaller group attended the project at Carmunnock but they more than made up for the smaller numbers with sheer hard work.  Due to issues with the … More Herculean effort by super college students

On Thursday the keen group of young men from Green Action Volunteers returned to Callendar Park woodland to complete the path they had been working on the previous week.   The group unfortunately could only attend the path work in the afternoon due to other commitments with Scottish Waterways Trust but this did not stop … More Green Action

Yesterday the Path Skillz team travelled back to Camelon to work with the Green Action Volunteer group on the second day of their course. The group started their day with a quick recap of what they had learned last week and did well in remembering all of the survey tools they would be using at … More A breath of fresh air

Yesterday the Path Skillz team travelled to Camelon to work with a new group of eager students who are attending the Green action volunteer group run by Scottish Waterways. To readers familiar with the blog, the day started with an introduction to Path Skillz.  The group were very interested to learn more about the five … More Scottish Waterways

On Monday the students from the Perth College travelled to St. Magdalene’s Hill to learn more about surveying on the second day of their Path Skillz course.  The group started the day learning about how to construct a path and all did very well  putting this knowledge to building a path out of lego bricks … More St. Magdalene’s Hill

On Monday, the Path Skills team had the pleasure of travelling to Perth College to work with a new group of students from the campus who have accepted the challenge of upgrading and promoting a path in their local area. The students were keen to find out more about the course and after an introduction … More Perth path skillz and a birthday celebration