A tubular reprieve!!
There was cause for celebration in the NCV group this week. They had fully expected to be on tree tube duty once again and were somewhat relieved to hear that they were going to Hackfall instead. Well - they say a change is as good as a rest! Mind you, there was not must resting to be had. Instead, dealing with drainage problems was the order of the day.
Well - at least there were no tree tubes to be dealt with!
Up near where the cars were parked there
was an ominously large pile of gravel.
"Uh oh!" thought the NCVs as they
walked past it. "Wonder if it is
connected to the drains work.....?"
Brenda decided to be in charge of the
available trolley for tool transport.
"Heave Brenda!"
The drains came in three sizes.
A baby drain...
...a Mummy drain...
...and a great big Daddy drain.
and most of the time,
to put right.
Dawn revealed the pipe.
Brenda washed it out in a
waterfall and also retrieved
a piece of pipe that had
she spotted down the hill.
"Cooeee!
Anyone in?"
Whilst this was getting started
Ros And Amy cut back the soil slope
to widen a path that had
been damaged by a
fallen tree.
Once they caught up with the others
they were sent back up to the
farm to fetch wheelbarrow loads
of gravel.
3 trips = 6 barrowloads!
Coffeetime was a welcome
relief from the hard grafting....
...and Liz's banana loaf gave
a welcome injection of energy.
(Thanks Liz!)
After that there was a lot
more stone shifting...
...and digging of mud....
Daddy drain was sorted!
Well done the A team!!
Rights of Way team update
from 7th May
Once a fortnight the Rights of Way (ROW) team get out to improve the public footpaths of Nidderdale. This week, armed with loppers, they were back at Timble to pick up where they left off last time. Here they are in action....
Let's start here shall we?
This holly monster definitely needed putting in its place.
Now THAT is where it needs to stay!!
This delicate hazel was nicer
to deal with but could still have
taken an unsuspecting walker's eye out.
This section of the path
made us rethink the route of the NCVs' summer walk.
Not a job that could be tackled
with four people armed only with loppers!!!
Having completed the job by coffee time the team took
another footpath back,
clearing obstructing vegetation en route.
What on earth is Tim doing?
stile that was far too high for
short legged walkers.
Nice on Tiim!!
WALLERS' UPDATE from 6th MayBy Graham
A chilly start to the day at Day Ash but by lunchtime we were able to sit and bask in the sun. This was our fourth and final week at the site and in total we had rebuilt some 27 yards (or possibly metres) of wall ( imagine a stretched cricket pitch!).
Initially Simon and Rob tackled the shorter section while Andy, Barry and Graham, with more to do, worked on the longer section. Later in the day Graham moved along to join Simon and Rob as toppers were added.
This job started with three short sections to repair; as usual once we get going we always manage to increase the speed!
Just before coffee break Graham had gone to our next job at the Washburn Heritage Centre car park to meet Steve, who was installing some posts to protect the wall we were about to rebuild in two weeks time. Having completed the tidy up at Day Ash we all joined them to scope out the task.
Simon and Rob's
finished article
Andy jumps for joy over the
the longer stretch, quite the athlete!
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