Bill Ross, who lived in Ardgay, died on Hogmanay aged 76. He made elaborate commemorative benches and is to be himself commemorated by his final unfinished piece.

The story of his woodland benches began in 2015 when an oak tree by the A949 at Woodland Trust Scotland’s Ledmore and Migdale Wood was damaged in a storm and for safety reasons had to be felled. Bill approached Woodland Trust Scotland to ask. . .