Email: pembsthatch@hotmail.com
Start Thatching! -1 Day Introductory Course
From the Reedbed to your Roof.
Saturday 16 October 2010
A hands-on day introducing you to the craft of Thatching for beginners and enthusiasts.
In the morning Alan Jones, will give a background to the history of thatching and why it is so important as a eco-build material for the future – for local economics; conservation of habitat and species, and as a renewable roofing material. The afternoon will put the theories into practice with an opportunity for everyone to have a go.
Time: 9.30 prompt - 4.30 Lunch included, in the panoramic Glasshouse Cafe
Cost: £100 Payable in advance. [Concessions available]
Refundable up to two weeks prior to course (minus £30 admin fee). No refunds for cancellations within two weeks of course.
Booking Essential; subject to numbers
Venue: Welsh Wildlife Centre, Cilgerran (4 miles from Cardigan), Pembrokeshire
Contact:
TEL: 01239 621600
Email: wwc@welshwildlife.org
Accommodation: Information on request. Luxury campsite, B&Bs, cottages all within walking distance.
The Welsh Wildlife Centre is based at Teifi Marshes Nature Reserve. There are almost 200 acres of reed beds in the freshwater marsh mixed with open pools and tidal mud banks. The reeds and pools support large numbers of wildfowl, hunting birds and animals. Water Rail are present in winter in considerable numbers, and other regular winter visitors include Snipe, Curlew and Lapwing. Peregrines hunt over the marshes. Breeding birds include Reed, Sedge and Cetti’s Warblers. Herons also breed nearby. Water Shrews are numerous, as well as Otters and Mink.
For more info see the www.welshwildlife.org website.
