Putting their skills to good use recently were students studying with Pembroke based Green Links Community Interest Company who have been working with Pembrokeshire Coast National Park (PCNPA) helping extend the only coastal section of bridleway in the park.
The students are studying for Open College Network (OCN) qualifications in Countryside Skills with Green Links who specialise in teaching vocational skills to young people. The students who undertook the work are pupils at Pembroke School where Green Links is based.
This is the second year that Green Links students have been working with the National Park Authority and the work they have undertaken will contribute to their OCN qualifications.
There is an existing stretch of bridleway between St. Govans and Stack Rock. Two Green Links students have been working on a new section of bridleway from Broadhaven south car park, which will link up with and extend this. This bridle path is also suitable for, and is used as, a cycleway.
Students Mikey Roberts and Harry Thomas accompanied by Green Links staff Dave Hoyle and Roy Shanahan installed a new bridleway gate, the positioning of which involved relocating the hedge bank.
Overseeing the work was Tim Jones, south sector ranger PCNPA, who stated that the students had done a 'very good job' and that their work had met the standards expected by the Park Authority.
Subsequently, the same team, together with fellow student Leighton Jones, spent another day installing signposts and undertaking gorse management to allow sufficient access for riders using this new section of bridleway.
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