Beautiful Aberdeenshire award goes to Mearns man Caspar Lampkin
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The winners of this year's Inspiring Aberdeenshire awards were announced last night, with St Cyrus volunteer Caspar Lampkin awarded the Beautiful Aberdeenshire environmental accolade for 2022.
Inspiring Aberdeenshire are council-run awards, designed to celebrate the success of people across Aberdeenshire and shine a spotlight on the work they do to keep their communities thriving.
It is often the case that the nominees in these awards receive very little recognition otherwise for their great work and are true community heroes.
During the last four years, Caspar Lampkin has been one of the main driving forces behind the restoration of the Mearns Coastal Heritage Trail from Johnshaven to St Cyrus.
This Core Coastal Path had become impassable in many places.
He has worked tirelessly to resurface sections which had slipped, to install drains, create natural ponds and plant willow to prevent field water causing further land slips as well as interventions to prevent sea erosion from causing further damage.
Through his numerous volunteer days, he has planted locally-grown trees and coastal wildflowers, weeded, strimmed and scythed – doing what he can to maintain this resource.
It is also about educating future generations and he has been at the forefront of education projects on permaculture.
Winner Caspar is locally recognised as being the reason that the once nearly lost local resource is now in safe hands.
Other finalists of the environmental award were the late Alan Cameron of Ellon and Stonehaven Horizon Project.
Finalists were nominated earlier this year, before judges met to pick their winners.
Winners will be invited to a special civic reception being held in November to celebrate their successes.
