Tom Provides a Spectacular Seat for Tarras Valley Nature Reserve

This is the new Recycled Plastic Seat sponsored by Tom Stothart for The Tarras Valley Nature Reserve. It is unique as it is the only one in the area which has arms. Tom wanted it to be different and he also wanted it to be in the furthest away point in the area felled a couple of years ago. Thanks to Simon Richardson's team for placing it in this difficult place. The views from it are spectacular. It may look a bit desolate just now but there is new growth and soon there will be many more native trees (not conifers) growing there.

If you are walking to it best route is go up the steepest part of the path on the right hand side of the ponds and go anti clockwise on the path to return down the left hand side of the ponds.

It's about a mile away from the entrance to the Ponds area that was created 18 months ago after the trees were all felled. This will eventually be a superb entrance to the lower part of The Tarras Valley Nature Reserve.

Cotton Grass is starting to grow in many places after the trees were felled

This area has superb 360 degree views as it is like a plateau.

Tom's seat at the furthermost point and by the time people reach it they will be glad to sit for a while.

Eventually this area will be planted with native trees and this is the view from his seat.

It would be nice if visitors could take a selfie of themselves on this seat and post it on social media

More Cotton Grass. Soon there will also be loads of Foxgloves

Bluebells growing profusely but they never look as good in photos as they are in real life. Langholm Walks Group is very grateful to Tom Stothart for sponsoring this seat and we wish everybody who sits on it a very happy experience of this part of Tarras Valley Nature Reserve. As Tom says on his seat "Rest and Enjoy". He didn't want a date to be put on the brass plaque as he is still very much alive and when the seat was sitting outside Langholm Initiative before it was brought up here somebody contacted me to ask if Tom had died as they had seen the seat with his name on it so I was happy to tell them he was very much still alive.