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Date: 11 September 2005
Time: 2pm-6pm
Location: Penlanole Orchard: Nr Rhayader, Powys. Take the A470 from Builth Wells to Rhayader. After Newbridge-on-Wye you will see a very big green sign on left verge saying “Rhayader 6 miles”. Continue for 1.5 miles. There is a red phone box at the Argoed Mill Gallery on right. Quarter of a mile after this, there will be a blue and white P sign on left. Signal right, and turn right 20 yards on after the P sign on the right hand side. Follow road into Penlanole Orchard. There is parking on site.
Event: Reconstruction of the Battle of Trafalgar by local children, advice from Orchard Doctors, the Corps of Drums from Dyfed Army Cadet Force and much more.
Powys' children re-enact Battle of Trafalgar
Less than two months away from the bicentenary of this historic event, Powys children play their part
Coed Cadw (The Woodland Trust), the UK’s leading woodland conservation charity, has lent an element of its Trafalgar Woods campaign to Penlanole Orchard in Mid-Wales. The orchard is working with local schoolchildren near Rhayader to reconstruct the Battle of Trafalgar in a pageant during the orchard’s annual “Entertainment Under the Apple Trees” Open Day on September 11th 2005.
The Trafalgar Woods campaign was created so that the Woodland Trust, and various partners and landowners, will plant 27 new woods across the UK this autumn and winter to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar on October 21st 1805. Many tree plantings will take place across the country, and in Wales, at the end of this year, involving schoolchildren and local communities in woodland conservation, and educating people on the important role of woodland in our maritime history. One wood will be planted for each of the ships of the line that was involved in the Battle.
Kavita Heyn, Development Officer Wales of Coed Cadw, says “Woodland and trees have had a remarkable part to play in our island’s naval history. Our Trafalgar Woods campaign this year is a chance to teach people about the importance of wood and woodlands throughout history, by marking this memorable event. We are delighted that Penlanole Orchard is playing its part in the campaign by organising a Battle of Trafalgar reconstruction with local children.”
The Open Day at the Orchard will start at 2pm until 6pm on Sunday September 11th, and promises to be a great day out for the whole family. In addition to the Trafalgar pageant, there will be a barbecue, various stalls, beekeepers, information from Orchard Doctors, and the Corps of Drums from the Dyfed Army Cadet Force. A small entry fee will be charged and will go to local charities.
The “Entertainment Under the Apple Trees” is hosted by Penlanole Orchard and is sponsored by the Parklands and Orchards scheme, with support from Glasu, Welsh Development Authority and Leader Plus.
For media enquiries contact:
Kavita Heyn, Woodland Trust 01179272337 or mobile 07979317668
email: kavitaheyn@woodland-trust.org.uk OR
Press Office, Woodland Trust 01476581111
Notes to editors:
The Woodland Trust: The Woodland Trust is the UK’s leading woodland conservation charity. It has 250,000 members and supporters. The Trust has four key aims: a) No further loss of ancient woodland; b) Restoring and improving the biodiversity of woods; c) Increasing new native woodland; d) Increasing people’s awareness and enjoyment of woodland.
Established in 1972, the Woodland Trust now has over 1,100 sites in its care covering approximately 19,000 hectares (47,000 acres). It offers free public access to nearly all of its sites. Further news can be accessed via www.woodland-trust.org.uk
