Carding Mill Valley

[Onelife]

Hi all...my daughter has asked me to post this link in the hope that some of you might be willing to sign the petition.

Carding Mill Valley sits in the heart of the Shropshire Hills and it is a place that as a child, and now as an adult l have visited many times. Our daughter has been volunteering there for the past year taking school children around on ecological educational visits for the educational department. Many of the children come from inner city areas who rarely get to visit such beautiful places let alone learn about the ecosystems and geology of the area.

The education department is now under threat of closes due to the economically presures brought about by Covid. It would be such a shame to see this facility lost to the thousands of children who bennifit from this outdoor experience each year. If any of you think you would like to support this cause then the link provides further information.

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ ... urce=email

[Manoverboard]

Carding Mill Valley is ' National Trust ' of course and I would expect them to devise alternative cheaper schemes and/or a reduction of expenditure wherever possible during this difficult time. This they say, in your link, is their intention so why should I, as a Member of the NT, put even greater pressure on their resources than they already have.

The scheme certainly has merit but perhaps it needs to be trimmed as per everything else until the Covid passes us by ?

[Onelife]

Carding Mill Valley is ' National Trust ' of course and I would expect them to devise alternative cheaper schemes and/or a reduction of expenditure wherever possible during this difficult time. This they say, in your link, is their intention so why should I, as a Member of the NT, put even greater pressure on their resources than they already have.

The scheme certainly has merit but perhaps it needs to be trimmed as per everything else until the Covid passes us by ?

Hi Mob…you can’t get much cheaper than one full time educational officer who is very much hands on. From what my daughter has told me the officer is a qualified ecologist who organises everything including scheduling how the volunteers work down to overseeing the many surveys they undertake in those yonder hills. My daughter feels that to maintain this excellent program of education to children & adults there will be a need for a dedicated person, with the skills and knowledge to pull all these things together. Once it gone it most likely won’t get replaced and for future generations of children this would be a great loss iho

[Manoverboard]

Then it is a question, presumably, of who pays for him / her.

IMHO it should be funded by the generous enlightened folk of the region who derive the most benefit, in this instance urban West Midlands rather than somebody from, say, Dorset who will likely be called upon to donate to something similar in the Purbeck Hills region.

Good luck though

[Stephen]

Then it is a question, presumably, of who pays for him / her.

IMHO it should be funded by the generous enlightened folk of the region who derive the most benefit, in this instance urban West Midlands rather than somebody from, say, Dorset who will likely be called upon to donate to something similar in the Purbeck Hills region.

Good luck though

I take it your wallet won't be seeing the light of day then

[Manoverboard]

Then it is a question, presumably, of who pays for him / her.

IMHO it should be funded by the generous enlightened folk of the region who derive the most benefit, in this instance urban West Midlands rather than somebody from, say, Dorset who will likely be called upon to donate to something similar in the Purbeck Hills region.

Good luck though

I take it your wallet won't be seeing the light of day then

Probably not but it could be forced open on our own patch ... what about you ?

[Stephen]

My wallet can't be opened due to Covid.

[david63]

My wallet can't be opened due to Covid.

What's Covid got to do with it? Your wallet couldn't be opened pre Covid

[Stephen]

My wallet can't be opened due to Covid.

What's Covid got to do with it? Your wallet couldn't be opened pre Covid

The top surgeon that normally operates on it to get it open is in lockdown.......as is my wallet

[Onelife]

Just been reading that both the Country life Magazine and the Guardian are giving their support to the campaign

[Manoverboard]

Just been reading that both the Country life Magazine and the Guardian are giving their support to the campaign

By funding or signing the petition, do you know ?

[Onelife]

Just been reading that both the Country life Magazine and the Guardian are giving their support to the campaign

By funding or signing the petition, do you know ?

I haven't read any of the article's yet but every little signature will help.....Thanks for your support

[Stephen]

Just been reading that both the Country life Magazine and the Guardian are giving their support to the campaign

By funding or signing the petition, do you know ?

I haven't read any of the article's yet but every little signature will help.....Thanks for your support

Can you launder it before returning

[Onelife]

Just in case any of you would like to take a few minutes to look around… or rekindle some old memories, here are some nice pictures. Enjoy!

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attractio ... nd.html#RE

[Manoverboard]

Another from the National Trust website

[Onelife]

Another from the National Trust website

Steady on Mob you’ll be signing the petition next

[Manoverboard]

Another from the National Trust website

Steady on Mob you’ll be signing the petition next

Do you really think so ?