Development projects
1. Accommodation for Activity/Training week-ends/weeks for groups up
to 40
2. Six hi-spec cottages for family/respite accommodation
3. Cafe and local crafts exhibition area to provide sustainable
income
4. Multi functional hall with climbing wall
5. Secure parking for groups who want to leave their cars/mini buses
while they go for a walk in the Mournes
On the 7th and 14th of May, ALT travelled to Annalong
to work on the four acres of Mourne land that have been donated to ALT,
as a gift from the Lord, for the work. We found this old dinosaur, sleeping in the field.
Needless to say no-one dared to stir him.
The scenery at Annalong is breathtakingly beautiful, and makes me think of heaven.
Still, there was a lot of work to be done...
But we had help. Thanks to Michael, Jessica and Philippa, Kirk, among others, and some neighbours who were a great help to us, even offering to clear the field when we had gone home.
The weather was generally good, although we had showers of rain and even hail at times.
Michael Simms operates the digger, clearing the whine bushes and piling them up. Without the digger, clearing the bushes would have been a very laborious job.
Kirk and our friend George helped to clear the stream which runs along the edge of the field.
Ruth pulls her weight shifting some shrubbery.
Pamela turns aside to see this great sight, how the bush burns, and yet is not consumed. Seriously though, we had a tough job trying to get rid of those whine bushes.
The day ended as it began, in spectacular beauty.