There was a good turn out for the butterfly walk on August 5th it was a glorious afternoon with a bit of a breeze. Georgie and Ian Laing, members of the Dorset Branch of Butterfly Conservation, led the walk, kindly standing in for Bernard Franklin, who was unfortunately indisposed. The butterflies came out and made
Join us for our annual butterfly identification walk along the Rodwell Trail. Experts from Butterfly Conservation will help you identify the many species of butterfly to be seen flying in August along the Trail. These should include Holly Blue, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock, Comma, Meadow Brown, Small and Large skippers the many different
Since the Rodwell Tunnel Mural competition awards ceremony on 23rd March 2018 the Friends of the Rodwell Trail have been working very diligently to resolve the practical issues and raise the funds to complete the Wyke Road Tunnel Mural project in August 2018. However, it is with truly great regret that after having pursued all
FoRT have written to our MP. the more people that take action and write too the better. https://www.parliament.uk/get-involved/contact-your-mp/ together we can make change happen. Perhaps you would like to tell the Government they can do something effective and how one country persuaded teens to give up drink and drugs. Iceland used to have a big
for more information click here If you know someone who would benefit from joining a free, guided health walk, please give them the details. All levels of fitness are catered for, one walker brings oxygen. If they are anxious about it please encourage them to ring Julie Hursthouse 01305 838497 first of all so she
A few people have contacted us about still wanting to pick up their artwork. Weymouth BID Office have kindly come to the rescue. You have from Wednesday 25th April till the 31st May – the opening times are in the image below.
Regular users of the Rodwell Trail through the Rodwell Cutting will have noticed that rock along part of the western side slope has recently been re-exposed by the removal of overhanging ivy (Photo 1). This work has been carried out by the Friends of Rodwell Trail, with the permission of the Borough Council, aiming to
We would love you to join us for three weeks this summer to help spray paint the winning design onto the tunnel wall, which will take place if we can get sufficient funding. If you are interested, training start is planned for 26th and 27th July for 2 days. If you able to join us
we started this project over a year ago with our formal launch last November and here we are with the Mural Exhibition and Awards Night 23rd March 2018 we had such wonderful Entries!! Saint-Gobain Weber manufacturers of the Tunnel render lining – our fabulous Prizes Sponsors – big thankyous to them! – we gave out £1,000
