Submitted by Steve on Fri, 02/08/2013 - 09:15
The Churnet Valley Living Landscape Partnership is interested in learning where the fruit trees on old routeways still are and we are asking the community to tell us about them. This summer and autumn there are three ways in which people can help:
- Locate and identify fruit trees
Fruits are coming on the trees at the moment so soon they’ll be easy to identify. If you find a fruit tree record what kind it is and send us its location. A six figure grid reference is best, if you cannot do grid references please try to explain where you found it. - Confirm where there are no fruit trees
If you walk in the valley regularly it would be really useful if you could pick one or more map grid square and investigate all of the rights-of-way in those squares, then send us a record of what you find (it is amazing how important it can be to confirm something isn’t there!). - Tell us your stories
If you know any folklore about fruit trees in the valley, or have a real story involving a fruit tree in the area please send it to us, we’d love to hear it.
You can find out more on this page.