Black Isle couple share vision for Raddery Woods with bid to Highland Council

A BLACK Isle couple say they have received “amazing” local support for an ambitious plan to buy a local wood for community use.

Brendan and Rebecca Rawlinson have made an offer to Highland Council which has put 20-acre Raddery Woods near Rosemarkie on the market.

Part of the Rawlinsons’ thinking is the current concern in some quarters over big business buying up woodland for “silly money” simply to use it to offset their carbon footprint.

The couple have set out an alternative vision that aims to protect the resource for local use.

Read the full story in today's Ross-shire Journal.

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