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I organised a camping trip to Inchcailloch, an island on Loch Lomond, for myself and several work colleagues. I had been before but they had not. I was able to share my knowledge of the island, accrued during paid work strimming bracken back as a ranger for Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. I had also been involved with repairs to a wooden boardwalk, and fencing, on the island. We got a short boat ride over from the mainland, set up camp and enjoy a barbecue and few drinks during the evening, having pre-booked a camping permit we had the entire island to ourselves on a warm early summer evening.
Care was taking to bring our own firewood - burning of live wood and even deadwood is prohibited due to it being habitat for insects and other creatures.
We ensured, through tidiness and bin bags, no trace of our visit was visible the next morning. Our trip was documented through photographs shared on social media and shared on by our company and the national park.
The island is home to a riot of bluebells at the time of year, has deer trotting about and has many ancient protected trees. Various protection designations cover the island, include SSSI and it being a National Nature Reserve. It is the only island on the loch which requires camping by prior booking of permits, in order that the national park restricts numbers to protect the environment.

We have spent over a month working on this site, construction a new pathway on what was previously boggy ground and a 'desire line' created by the public up to the top of the hill. Initial visits and site assessments showed us the route people were taking, and we followed a site specification and plan of action for where our newly created stone pathway would go. While close to a major Forestry Commission centre, the route is not well advertised or signposted so does not have huge footfall, however it is increasingly popular given the pathway laid down over three consecutive years now by trainees, and our attempts are continuing this new pathway further on up the hill. It is a SSSI status environment, has nesting birds including potentially falcons, so we worked to ensure disturbance was kept to a minimum, including not using any machinery for several weeks at the start of the project. We ensured all our material created, such as soil spoil and turf, was either re-used elsewhere or sensitively landscaped into the surrounding environment as part of our goal to 'leave no trace' other than the new pathway.
In creating the pathway we are seeking both to enable safe access up the hillside but also protect the wider environment from footfall and potential degradation. To this end, in terms of conservation, we sought to place natural looking stone boulders to the sides of the path, plus extra turfs into mounds, in order to try to keep any walkers on the path itself rather than straying off.
Our efforts at Craigmore have been shared in numerous ways, through my own blog and also a work group one, on social media through photographs and information sharing with interested parties and partner agencies, and also through verbal communication with superiors and the public we encounter.