Long suffering travellers in the Harrogate District are well used to seeing signs similar to the one above over recent months. They are due to the annual Tour de Yorkshire bike race preparations, which always give rise to road closures. Today was no exception. The NCVs trying to reach the barn from Summerbridge were thwarted and had to find an alternative route. However, in spite of work taking place today along 2 walking routes in Upper Nidderdale, travellers could rest assured that there would be no delays or diversions caused by busy NCVs, who were tasked with addressing the issues highlighted in a recent footpath check.
The five strong team had first to go to sort out some patches of path that were collecting pools of water along the side of Scar House Reservoir. However - they found that rectifying the problems would have involved far more work than they would have been allowed to do by the water board. By the time they reached one possible patch they COULD have sorted out they had long left their tools behind, so had to ignore it!!
¯We're busy doing nothing,
searching the whole day through.
Trying to find lots of things not to do.¯
Never mind - they enjoyed the walk and their picturesque coffee break!
¯We're busy going nowhere, isn't it just a crime.
We'd like to be unhappy but - we never do have the time.¯
They then moved on to the bridge over How Stean Beck. Now here they could make themselves useful. Steps needed scraping and brushing and the bridge edges needed clearing of encroaching vegetation.
Steps down to the bridge before and after cleaning.
At last - something useful done!
Deweedification of the bridge.
Steps up from the bridge all nice and sparkly.
Additionally, a small team of 2 stayed at the barn to do some much needed work on the shelving situation. Result? 6 new mezzaine shelves installed and all the tools sorted out into their newly labelled homes. Absolutely no worries about road closures here!
These tall shelving units were not good use of the space for the small hand tools.
All clearly marked with an indelible pen....
...which is a shame as the person in charge of it (who shall remain nameless)
forgot that billhooks is all one word.
On arriving back at the barn, one smart Alec enquired if
this was a new member of the group.
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