The Washburn Heritage Centre has been the venue for the Nidderdale wallers in recent times, but this week it was the NCVs who were tasked with installing a wall. Not of stone, but of brash, in order to guide visitors up to the centre from the Swinsty Reservoir footpath.
Now - as all regular blog readers know, the NCVs are rather expert at constructing quality dead hedges - not quite as long lasting as the stone walls created by the wallers, but robust enough.
And here they are to prove this very fact....
Before starting work everyone
went to have a look at the Washburn
Centre itself, which was built in 2009.
The church next to it
is very much older...
... dating back to the 1400s.
The NCVs set off down the footpath
to the reservoir where they
could see areas that needed attention.
Work began to
make the way clear.
Holly, sycamore branches and
dead wood were harvested...
...stout poles for stakes were cut....
...and soon a well edged
path was being established.
At coffee time the gang
could all sit sociably together.
At lunchtime, higher up the hill,
everyone was more spread out.
Work continued, up...
... and up.
Until, finally, time was called...
...and the hedge was done.
Additionally, a dead wood barrier was
created at the bottom end to prevent
visitors going off piste altogether.
Please note that there will be no NCV blog next week as the editor is having a holiday in a place far from internet access. But never fear! There will be a double edition at the start of July.
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