Category: Catrin’s Blogs

It is a new year and hopefully the end is in sight for the covid-19 battle, by March I will have been on the scheme for a year. A year has flown by and I have learnt so much. I have had experiences I didn’t expect to find myself in, large traffic schemes, active travel … Continue reading Reflecting and Looking Forward- 2021 →

Recently, I have been working on projects that I had never imagined working on. Although my degree is in countryside management, focusing on mainly wildlife and environment, I am now working on large scale traffic project. I am currently working on developing a new cycle route from Llanrug to Caernarfon. Gwynedd Council have a responsibility … Continue reading New Opportunities and Challenges →

Just round the corner, I will be starting an M.S.c Wildlife and Conservation Management course through Scottish Rural University College accredited by Glasgow University. All the course will be done online and over a period of three years. I will have 4 modules in the first year and 3 in the second year, and in … Continue reading Countryside study tips for me and you: Preparing for the course →

Did you know that working with footpath issues makes you a little bit of a detective ?? Well, I've recently discovered that I act as a footpath detective! In one of our applications there is a case where a landowners is trying to close a footpath but the local community would like to keep it … Continue reading Footpath Detective →

In this difficult time and uncertainty of COVID-19, it is important to look after yourselves. Working from home is new to me and I am sure that there are many people in the same boat. It is a strange time and many are trying to make life now as ' ' normal ' '  as … Continue reading Wellbeing →

The first few weeks have been busy with full range of new experiences. I spent my first week on a Public Rights of Way Law course at Plas Tan y Bwlch. The course happened to be on as I was starting on the scheme. The course has been very essential and valuable because it has … Continue reading The First Few Weeks →