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Went for a ride up Benarty this afternoon to see how far the FC have got with their felling. They've basically destroyed the trail through the woods at the Vane Farm end of hill :shock: , about the last quarter of it left, the rest invisible, chewed up and branches everywhere.
The howf in the woods is gone, not jist removed, feck me it's been torched :shock: . The pine-needle litter on the ground upwind of it was still smoking, the trees the builders had used as the 4 corner uprights are still standing but are charred on the sides facing the howf. Can't believe the FC guys would actually take the risk of setting fire to it when it's so dry.
They've moved along the woods at edge of wall between open hillside and south face of Benarty towards where we climb over wall to getonto hillside to trig point. Couldn't see them but could hear the machine above the steps path area.