Visible impact:

• We aim to remove litter from roadside and other areas
• Exclude grazing stock from some areas of pasture
• Establish conspicuous features - pond, trees
• Reinstate dry stone walls and cobbled surfaces
• Repair stone & slate buildings
• Enhance habitat for wildlife of various kinds
• Improve access for people to see wildlife

Minimise pollution:

• Treat sewage effluent to reduce biological oxygen demand
• Avoid discharge of sewage effluent to water course
• Use water-based paints
• Instruct guests on settings of stoves to minimise smoke
• Avoid cleaning products containing chlorine
• Avoid use of aerosols

Noise

• Restrict use of chainsaw to times when others are unlikely to be resting

Resources

• We purchase our electricity from Good Energy, who assure us that all of the power they supply is generated from renewable resources. They support and encourage over 350 small to medium enterprises which generate electricity from renewables.
• Restrict water flow to taps
• Avoid hanging baskets of flowering plants
• Collect rainwater
• Provide wood-burning stoves for use by guests to heat cottages
• Grow wood fuel for stoves
• Maintain a high level of thermal insulation
• Fit low-energy lamps, where practicable, in most-used lights
• Use lower temperature washes in the washing machine
• Use timber furnishings and fittings, where practicable
• Use recycled paper toilet rolls and kitchen rolls

Waste

We ask guests to segregate uncooked vegetable, glass, metal, plastics, newspaper and card waste. We compost what is suitable, have some collected from our site and transport the remainder to Kelso for recycling.