On Sunday 17th November we very much enjoyed volunteering at Hollinwood Scout Camp, near Worsley, Salford.
The camp on this site was founded in 2017, so is relatively new and is still being developed. It had had to move from the site where RHS Bridgewater is now, where it had previously been located for many decades.
Hollinwood truly has the potential to be an amazing asset not just for the local Salford community but for the whole of Greater Manchester and the North West. Hollinwood has 30 beautiful acres of woodland and meadows where young people are able to run around and be outdoors.
The task was helping to develop an open-air holistic area in a glade within the trees, for the Scouts to relax and reflect in. The task included trimming the bottom of a large conifer and also removing an unwieldy tree! The branches were then dragged (getting the steps in!) to the far side of the beautiful woodland, to create a natural fence line.
We all had a picnic sheltered from the rain under the trimmed conifer tree….a perfect spot!
SMCV 