A dedicated team of villagers are celebrating their move from forming a WhatsApp group to becoming local landowners.
Easter Breich Wood Community group set itself up on-line as a steering committee during the pandemic when a “For Sale” sign appeared at the entrance to the woodlands near Oakbank Cottages in open country between West Calder and Seafield to the north. The woods are popular with villagers from Polbeth, Seafield and West Calder.
This month the group celebrated as they became new owners of the woodlands and a registered charity, having secured the support of the Scottish Land Fund to buy the 19 hectares.
