Newcastle Lion members help clean the Castlewellan maze

Sunrise  at  the  Castlewellan  Maze

Twenty  Five  years  ago and  the  Good Friday  Agreement was  signed .  To celebrate  the  event, staff  at  Castlewellan  Forest  park thought of  a competition to provide  the biggest  maze in  Europe , to be planted  in  Castlewellan  Forest Park. Nearly  4,000 children  sent in  entries  and  a young lad from  Larne won the  event. Now  to get the  maze  planted. Word  went out and  members from  Newcastle  Lions  Club  arrived  one Saturday  to help plant  the  yew bushes that  form the  maze.  This  was  a signal  for one of  the  wettest  days, just to help the  yew bushes  settle in. The  maze  today is  spectacular.  On  Wednesday, Lion  president  Beth  Cairnduff and Newcastle  Lion Club  members  joined  with  Agricultural  students from  Dublin and  Antrim to help tidy up and  remove  rubbish  from the  maze.  The  event  was launched  by  N M & D DC chairman Phillip  Campbell. When the yew is  trimmed  the  cuttings were used  for  medical purposes , The  sun shone during  the clean up and  everyone was treated to lunch in the  Arboretum Green  House.  The  green house  has only recently been reopened after extensive  repairs  and  repainting.

Newcastle  Lion  members  join with others to clean the  maze