Happy 2014 everyone! Back refreshed after the Christmas break (well, most of us!), the Glasgow Mid-Week Group spent the first work day of the new year at one of our regular sites – Commonhead Moss near Easterhouse in Glasgow – cutting down birch trees and saplings on the edge of the raised bog.
This is part of ongoing work to help prevent the bogland area from drying out. The group cleared a significant number of trees (we estimate about 200) and piled the branches and trunks in nearby drainage ditches. And, after weeks of torrential rain and high winds, we managed to stay dry – and, amazingly, the sun even put in a brief appearance!
Sadly, the entrance to Commonhead Moss is regularly used as a fly tipping site (on a similar work day in early November we also did a big litter pick) and Glasgow City Council cleared the whole area of huge amounts of household rubbish just before Christmas.
To our dismay, yet more household and garden waste have been recently dumped and we were greeted by mounds of decaying food, branches, Christmas paper, and the ubiquitous dirty babies’ nappies. It is depressing to think that the local fly tippers have no respect for this beautiful site or for the people who come here to enjoy the surroundings.
Which view do you prefer?
Despite the mess made by a selfish few, I’m sure we’ll be back to help preserve this important and beautiful site.