"We were adamant that we did not want a game in June and wanted a week's preparation for the four games against the Czechs and Lithuania, " said Levein, who praised Smith and SFA president George Peat.
Over the past four years, the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Partnership has blocked moorland drains with peat dams to try to restore important blanket bog habitats in the North Pennines, and prevent the erosion of the peat.