steve clements1
They can't do this
To those of us who love Longshaw and the rest of Sheffield's beautiful green frame, Network Rail's proposals to turn the Surprise into a works area and cut down some of its ancient woodland is an outrage. My wife walked the site with me on Sunday - all she said is "They can't do this".
Image of Ancient Woodlands (bright green) thanks to Adrian Middleton.
Red line shows part of the proposed workings - new rail loop, service roads - presumably to cart away the ancient old Oaks, Sweet Chestnuts, Beeches and Birches of Rough Wood by the railway.
Sheffield Sorby's Derek Whiteley emailed me on March 11:
"I visited Rough Wood yesterday (for the first time) and agree with you that it is a first class ancient woodland. I will be doing all I can to help by liaising through the National Trust and the Peak Park Ecology Team which is very much on the case".
They can't do this
To those of us who love Longshaw and the rest of Sheffield's beautiful green frame, Network Rail's proposals to turn the Surprise into a works area and cut down some of its ancient woodland is an outrage. My wife walked the site with me on Sunday - all she said is "They can't do this".
Image of Ancient Woodlands (bright green) thanks to Adrian Middleton.
Red line shows part of the proposed workings - new rail loop, service roads - presumably to cart away the ancient old Oaks, Sweet Chestnuts, Beeches and Birches of Rough Wood by the railway.
Sheffield Sorby's Derek Whiteley emailed me on March 11:
"I visited Rough Wood yesterday (for the first time) and agree with you that it is a first class ancient woodland. I will be doing all I can to help by liaising through the National Trust and the Peak Park Ecology Team which is very much on the case".