tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69324049548029775792024-02-08T03:15:58.734+00:00National Trust Fell RangersThe work of the National Trust Central & Eastern Lake District Footpath RangersThe Fell Rangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407657494370531097noreply@blogger.comBlogger125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6932404954802977579.post-7913713269970646192023-11-13T11:27:00.000+00:002023-11-13T11:27:06.038+00:00Continuing our work up on Stone Arthur<p>After completing the repairs lower down the path on Stone Arthur, we commenced work up towards the summit. </p><p>Our work here was interspersed with days out around the Central and Eastern Lakes surveying the upland footpaths. During the surveys, we photographed damaged areas of path and graded the severity of the damage. This work will be used to set a benchmark on the state of the paths and will also help us identify priority work. </p><p>The section being repaired on Stone Arthur had started to get a lot worse over recent years and was being badly gullied out by the rain.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJqqnscOhG1j-f0k3l7990NRPxDqd7iX6DKfRukfTTbsm21PHTeU5T-LuCiUroMhtcmB5gN2_CIKJ11U-q-f5W-fofExFNw1r0HpJWNx4sHAGlIkVj5qRajkspBQUp77tOFt_10Z9VN-2j3-fGpvoFW7UvaEHDLHHUoTa2aJ2_33FFIYO8d75-j4n/s1600/PHOTO-2023-11-07-13-17-25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJqqnscOhG1j-f0k3l7990NRPxDqd7iX6DKfRukfTTbsm21PHTeU5T-LuCiUroMhtcmB5gN2_CIKJ11U-q-f5W-fofExFNw1r0HpJWNx4sHAGlIkVj5qRajkspBQUp77tOFt_10Z9VN-2j3-fGpvoFW7UvaEHDLHHUoTa2aJ2_33FFIYO8d75-j4n/w400-h300/PHOTO-2023-11-07-13-17-25.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Lower section (before landscaping)</i></div><div><br /></div><div>A lot of the damage appeared to be caused by the depth of the topsoil. In places the soil was only a couple of centimetres thick which meant the grass was very shallowly rooted. Once the grass had been trampled, the surface layer of soil was quickly washed away and the compact subsoil underneath funnelled the water down the path.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-pnumB8mh2UkAARXHGSlmVXcJAwW0gyopCiydBW5HuSleuEvBrTubiSfnLJz67x93V-joOEEAVwYC1I_UOoE9KZaBfrto8Zgn5mGnDXHy-q3hOZ8CEqAjiTYu_tWKO6u7ky8weInwrX9t-H8lvZf6FqaD3G1mfM-b-j4P7NF6lB0jFc2usC11eCRy/s2000/PHOTO-2023-11-07-13-17-51.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-pnumB8mh2UkAARXHGSlmVXcJAwW0gyopCiydBW5HuSleuEvBrTubiSfnLJz67x93V-joOEEAVwYC1I_UOoE9KZaBfrto8Zgn5mGnDXHy-q3hOZ8CEqAjiTYu_tWKO6u7ky8weInwrX9t-H8lvZf6FqaD3G1mfM-b-j4P7NF6lB0jFc2usC11eCRy/w400-h300/PHOTO-2023-11-07-13-17-51.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Completed lower section</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>In the following photograph you can see the depth of the bank next to the footpath, which is indicative of how deep the gulley originally was. We roughly stuck to the line of the original eroded path as it was a good line to walk and nicely meandered, taking out some of the gradient.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj80LPWZE2yjhPGVcv2CaF98siTdI3z2BQ96INQ2Kb95DZkH9J9QJLoCeAxlkW05R5fo8aC9x7fCc89S69QdQkoPWjeYFZF1V6-QBVpR8GL4PCorh1RvQE2nAVIOPlzwxYKKBUQu_qeDfhTYcAXctl0nqAh-VfR9_WZxF0bjx604X3kFGjkNDohfPQT/s1600/PHOTO-2023-11-07-13-17-27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj80LPWZE2yjhPGVcv2CaF98siTdI3z2BQ96INQ2Kb95DZkH9J9QJLoCeAxlkW05R5fo8aC9x7fCc89S69QdQkoPWjeYFZF1V6-QBVpR8GL4PCorh1RvQE2nAVIOPlzwxYKKBUQu_qeDfhTYcAXctl0nqAh-VfR9_WZxF0bjx604X3kFGjkNDohfPQT/w400-h300/PHOTO-2023-11-07-13-17-27.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Middle section before landscaping</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>You can see in the photo below how the exposed edge next to the footpath has been removed during the landscaping process.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW4CCB9unt_iJiVBPQ3mxM_aHLpqO90v92augnbogJt3pwhi9AkhGv9UWhD1mHzy0I7RPdbbWhATJUSLHSPgjdpMTqSrS-CEqtPY2faLqo-gwDDvtSaS0prZuioNrS4Y6MbKERkPiL2Mo0E-u4N6Wr54XwflO_q0QxoLEx6OIUy2iN6EEW-ynd_fGB/s2000/PHOTO-2023-11-07-13-17-53%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW4CCB9unt_iJiVBPQ3mxM_aHLpqO90v92augnbogJt3pwhi9AkhGv9UWhD1mHzy0I7RPdbbWhATJUSLHSPgjdpMTqSrS-CEqtPY2faLqo-gwDDvtSaS0prZuioNrS4Y6MbKERkPiL2Mo0E-u4N6Wr54XwflO_q0QxoLEx6OIUy2iN6EEW-ynd_fGB/w400-h300/PHOTO-2023-11-07-13-17-53%20(1).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Completed middle section</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>When the rock was flown to site it was dropped on the eroded line of the path. You can see how it had also started to erode next to the footpath as people did not want to walk in the gulley. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQDpvYyNX4LCftSnMLdRkEg6wnKOt8SLByv00n-FLCkzrOsyKZsvzPkRQQ9ixwpIqJt5DZRgf_EnCAXbkj0dN8gjk32Si38I8zQJlSfpyxKLYUbKiho5AxYp_lbZ_PnlGH0MtUxq3F2NpeCQNan1adj3SfxTI2Qa8keqINiquM2agqNhanyUe7B1vu/s2000/PHOTO-2023-11-07-13-21-52.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQDpvYyNX4LCftSnMLdRkEg6wnKOt8SLByv00n-FLCkzrOsyKZsvzPkRQQ9ixwpIqJt5DZRgf_EnCAXbkj0dN8gjk32Si38I8zQJlSfpyxKLYUbKiho5AxYp_lbZ_PnlGH0MtUxq3F2NpeCQNan1adj3SfxTI2Qa8keqINiquM2agqNhanyUe7B1vu/w400-h300/PHOTO-2023-11-07-13-21-52.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Bags in place on upper section</i></div></i></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-7xFmlm65LK_M4uWKCjuUmjfVb6rBZZa20TU4cnzXvbo50yYFGaCE2kiUDOrUq-FKNa25CV0ttpBHJOhsaKyZrSK_cEcehSiZIt13guoC01zEZLmWCScFCWi1ObUM5rp75NphnmXp7uI7XEK9ed_Tx0fZ5fdMCmdVIDW7tMklWHz-roocrhtWYVhZ/s1600/PHOTO-2023-11-07-13-17-27%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-7xFmlm65LK_M4uWKCjuUmjfVb6rBZZa20TU4cnzXvbo50yYFGaCE2kiUDOrUq-FKNa25CV0ttpBHJOhsaKyZrSK_cEcehSiZIt13guoC01zEZLmWCScFCWi1ObUM5rp75NphnmXp7uI7XEK9ed_Tx0fZ5fdMCmdVIDW7tMklWHz-roocrhtWYVhZ/w400-h300/PHOTO-2023-11-07-13-17-27%20(1).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Making progress on the upper section</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>The path sides have again been angled and turfed to help the path blend in with its surroundings. The spoil that was created while building the path was also turfed over and seeded with grass.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtr8ASNynemh_0yC2ZEb7bpnzW6J7yC5Elm7cKhwWnu6MkhZKikYFPV0xSEvBywH0U8zWpRecJzw7ykofjHwrydzs_pbXyvDrLfI4E0Fd-Hzx5lhgR4A9j1gOgyo7NJEJnZNCRjO_TQo5bQyCkW6KGC6rkquFSgw68UCBVrQJP-6I_A8HbZiqfdw3l/s2000/PHOTO-2023-11-07-13-17-53%20(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtr8ASNynemh_0yC2ZEb7bpnzW6J7yC5Elm7cKhwWnu6MkhZKikYFPV0xSEvBywH0U8zWpRecJzw7ykofjHwrydzs_pbXyvDrLfI4E0Fd-Hzx5lhgR4A9j1gOgyo7NJEJnZNCRjO_TQo5bQyCkW6KGC6rkquFSgw68UCBVrQJP-6I_A8HbZiqfdw3l/w400-h300/PHOTO-2023-11-07-13-17-53%20(3).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Upper section after landscaping</i></div></i></div><div><br /></div><div>A stone drain was incorporated towards the top of the footpath to prevent any rainwater travelling down the path and causing damage. A long drain at the very top of the path will also help keep future water damage to a minimum.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Eze4pne_nuFio1WYptmKPO4A-naUCWnOMIxLFY8bgMPeW81uedif_tdiL1KhtvyeVRyCjXYDQ6uxSk5tfikGx5jwttggCEUjWOhyNxSlk6Q6DglmnwUa1iNZnBN_dHGgxGgi12TpJgl_iLVMOVMYcIe3IYrWHP3zrbq8yXSBkbIkTp1QBlMYTCMR/s2000/PHOTO-2023-11-07-13-17-53%20(4).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Eze4pne_nuFio1WYptmKPO4A-naUCWnOMIxLFY8bgMPeW81uedif_tdiL1KhtvyeVRyCjXYDQ6uxSk5tfikGx5jwttggCEUjWOhyNxSlk6Q6DglmnwUa1iNZnBN_dHGgxGgi12TpJgl_iLVMOVMYcIe3IYrWHP3zrbq8yXSBkbIkTp1QBlMYTCMR/w400-h300/PHOTO-2023-11-07-13-17-53%20(4).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Stone drain</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>With winter fast approaching, we've only got a few more metres to go to finish the stone pitching and the rest of the associated landscaping. Once completed, we'll make sure we get back next spring to check on things and put a little more grass seed down.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzDVQTRZ6QZpNMgQ6be5mdYXC1tUvZinwB-pGMN5mizyh_FdCbPab_xqC9CLwhhGgO6T9dHuYG4NYUSiR3-vzBZGLrCkjfav9tGe-drC57u6OePdaMWHLFT02Ab4adBA-BnpU2fQ-KXq-pqiBA9fap0XGwu-lxd5LaVC5mXIoGrr_vx3GTHq1JL1F7/s2000/PHOTO-2023-11-07-13-17-53%20(5).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzDVQTRZ6QZpNMgQ6be5mdYXC1tUvZinwB-pGMN5mizyh_FdCbPab_xqC9CLwhhGgO6T9dHuYG4NYUSiR3-vzBZGLrCkjfav9tGe-drC57u6OePdaMWHLFT02Ab4adBA-BnpU2fQ-KXq-pqiBA9fap0XGwu-lxd5LaVC5mXIoGrr_vx3GTHq1JL1F7/w400-h300/PHOTO-2023-11-07-13-17-53%20(5).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Just a couple of metres to go</i></div></div>The Fell Rangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407657494370531097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6932404954802977579.post-24255737200876243382023-08-01T08:30:00.002+01:002023-08-01T08:30:00.154+01:00Repairing the footpath at Stone Arthur<p>Since our last update, we've been busy working on the footpath at Stone Arthur. We started collecting stone for the path repairs back in April at Tongue Gill, the next valley along from Stone Arthur. The rock was flown by helicopter to site in early May.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXeYI2U2fuAIFLzGndCKFJl7Nv-Ykq2H1k5bRdrhKNo2f65bxE7v9z0wsZWjn-O8VNjYjKXexKX37d8KZLB1dF679KVBEAJ2-N0NXqwL-DcTLDXFK-xAb2gni_kL8XguCDJ9hcrdIYvd8iWuIJZiESp9WqRVRAt3mvHTiF-aggfYwa-hcQKJeNgUnz/s1024/PHOTO-2023-07-30-10-51-14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXeYI2U2fuAIFLzGndCKFJl7Nv-Ykq2H1k5bRdrhKNo2f65bxE7v9z0wsZWjn-O8VNjYjKXexKX37d8KZLB1dF679KVBEAJ2-N0NXqwL-DcTLDXFK-xAb2gni_kL8XguCDJ9hcrdIYvd8iWuIJZiESp9WqRVRAt3mvHTiF-aggfYwa-hcQKJeNgUnz/w400-h300/PHOTO-2023-07-30-10-51-14.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Getting ready to fill heli-bags in the snow at Tongue Gill</i></div><div><br /></div><div>With the rock in position, we began work. We started on a lower section of path, which had previously been worked on but has since become badly eroded.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48VK5-l17Vd9nppFgDqK5EeXW1hloxyxBvmdn45MDuE4yM9APhOPYLoID_GanXwiWjsQdhs_9Y8dZcDvs1TF-rGdTp8joejlWLWcp6bWFsOjFsL4sKZfuQyOvp3oGL5DCxE5BoIGE300H-C0-8VIYrLM8NLfK2adewIImL1SQknyuVNJKAQFBm8Xy/s1024/PHOTO-2023-07-30-10-29-38%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48VK5-l17Vd9nppFgDqK5EeXW1hloxyxBvmdn45MDuE4yM9APhOPYLoID_GanXwiWjsQdhs_9Y8dZcDvs1TF-rGdTp8joejlWLWcp6bWFsOjFsL4sKZfuQyOvp3oGL5DCxE5BoIGE300H-C0-8VIYrLM8NLfK2adewIImL1SQknyuVNJKAQFBm8Xy/w400-h300/PHOTO-2023-07-30-10-29-38%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Bottom section after bags had been unloaded</i></div><div><br /></div>As the path was so mobile, we decided to stone pitch roughly 40 metres through the steepest part of the path, until it started to level off.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2z9JWG1cDveJXk6qG4VYIyZUXxmv5BKXram3301YKkLfp2xLwSEG65mavvaJcZ-lDFcx79qFAZIz9R78JyPARptFnIiKro4y1MdQSx7NUMKjGyLNCYwaAy5m7yKZfok2autmUZzj745sJPXFIsWvYL1qg4cKZkWq7DXzFZYaGaqZv-r00RCgY_FtM/s1600/PHOTO-2023-07-31-18-03-34%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2z9JWG1cDveJXk6qG4VYIyZUXxmv5BKXram3301YKkLfp2xLwSEG65mavvaJcZ-lDFcx79qFAZIz9R78JyPARptFnIiKro4y1MdQSx7NUMKjGyLNCYwaAy5m7yKZfok2autmUZzj745sJPXFIsWvYL1qg4cKZkWq7DXzFZYaGaqZv-r00RCgY_FtM/w400-h300/PHOTO-2023-07-31-18-03-34%204.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Completed pitching on bottom section</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>You can see some of the older repairs in the following photograph. The steps would have originally been put in at ground level and were on the verge of dropping out.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsU0yRk-XbLhEj84JketdLD7L5zUfPO-0jpnVhNr6k1IQzieJINXBlaQn8FDfgdAMIN2a3mMB3NQCZLwygHenuUekTcX60624RJAdfc6zCx0WYUwCjvRnCrUqcBXHKAiAELxLj7quIO3axyXr-4RdLffbjOA1cvvpM-k8YTJVuQA3zrM0iZdzN9QgY/s1024/PHOTO-2023-07-30-10-29-39.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsU0yRk-XbLhEj84JketdLD7L5zUfPO-0jpnVhNr6k1IQzieJINXBlaQn8FDfgdAMIN2a3mMB3NQCZLwygHenuUekTcX60624RJAdfc6zCx0WYUwCjvRnCrUqcBXHKAiAELxLj7quIO3axyXr-4RdLffbjOA1cvvpM-k8YTJVuQA3zrM0iZdzN9QgY/w400-h300/PHOTO-2023-07-30-10-29-39.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Middle section showing earlier work that is now obsolete</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>The old steps were removed and the whole length of path was stone pitched to create a sustainable surface to walk on.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_URp97vroKS37zFhyTh9K-SZHT5mDWxwhM9QSgADLcpVzJlrC8nEU0vG6YROw9fxT82OowYKrhuLyCgEx9Lwt-1BT96SYpNJ6SjbiMCBGfhPBcthORC50ou-pTcQ2Yi-9gJWWpTUiuD1RBV8wWv_UnKgIthpO2o0v3qdjiAQ6mW_Vc77yMkqo4O1k/s1600/PHOTO-2023-07-31-18-03-34%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_URp97vroKS37zFhyTh9K-SZHT5mDWxwhM9QSgADLcpVzJlrC8nEU0vG6YROw9fxT82OowYKrhuLyCgEx9Lwt-1BT96SYpNJ6SjbiMCBGfhPBcthORC50ou-pTcQ2Yi-9gJWWpTUiuD1RBV8wWv_UnKgIthpO2o0v3qdjiAQ6mW_Vc77yMkqo4O1k/w400-h300/PHOTO-2023-07-31-18-03-34%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Middle section after repairs</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>As we got higher up the path, it started to level out but was still badly damaged and had got worse over recent years.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj93N5nVCBq2HW5cOgTU0ZPOs88-_WHa4-COxr8RJJQtA7FqguzU6cVmGb7LDZ6P0gjYBV9LxucTc_iDBtAoW9IUxavdTvOd4jc42Oj7cwsZG6MIeUYM8IRNly4bY_o1hi27I32GcKeVA1vRVgPvI17kBUDk32RuF7Dk_uIRaoCNab4Z-jqtU23wnNQ/s1600/PHOTO-2023-07-30-10-29-39%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj93N5nVCBq2HW5cOgTU0ZPOs88-_WHa4-COxr8RJJQtA7FqguzU6cVmGb7LDZ6P0gjYBV9LxucTc_iDBtAoW9IUxavdTvOd4jc42Oj7cwsZG6MIeUYM8IRNly4bY_o1hi27I32GcKeVA1vRVgPvI17kBUDk32RuF7Dk_uIRaoCNab4Z-jqtU23wnNQ/w400-h300/PHOTO-2023-07-30-10-29-39%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Upper section (before)</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDEN9Mfn1tIi_52wLbWKIXxnQPocDlQ6Uva3LB2SRB05xvc046o0h05k0lOvHkulaHMDwgOmhQcj-lfJ09bTp1BEz-qqMsTwIAyl2lSdBMpgiJ3M4wXyHdXjy80Zu6M-z6dh5G9D7f2aR6q_VT8uo45ZEdQMKMqAHJ36tI61wpeuUF1XyCztTyU-dL/s1600/PHOTO-2023-07-31-18-03-34.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDEN9Mfn1tIi_52wLbWKIXxnQPocDlQ6Uva3LB2SRB05xvc046o0h05k0lOvHkulaHMDwgOmhQcj-lfJ09bTp1BEz-qqMsTwIAyl2lSdBMpgiJ3M4wXyHdXjy80Zu6M-z6dh5G9D7f2aR6q_VT8uo45ZEdQMKMqAHJ36tI61wpeuUF1XyCztTyU-dL/w400-h300/PHOTO-2023-07-31-18-03-34.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Upper section during work</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>At the top of the section we were working on, the erosion was at least a couple of metres wide and you can see in the photograph below how three separate tracks are starting to merge into one.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kqqPZ8U6EIA5UTE_fFVBArZUHopPnOb-woeAfjcve5jzQdH9kr4f1JukOpYG2rh0inftpda9yj16fKMcqlhwG5SSMStFoS2bRCTnWplNpBHqNZKuo2wjgliHiNm_UgAjlWkllr5g0KlfAxE_WH6bXC77et71xd30ZuJoNqmBu3Ag59xM_3ccEbHW/s1600/PHOTO-2023-07-30-10-29-39%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kqqPZ8U6EIA5UTE_fFVBArZUHopPnOb-woeAfjcve5jzQdH9kr4f1JukOpYG2rh0inftpda9yj16fKMcqlhwG5SSMStFoS2bRCTnWplNpBHqNZKuo2wjgliHiNm_UgAjlWkllr5g0KlfAxE_WH6bXC77et71xd30ZuJoNqmBu3Ag59xM_3ccEbHW/w400-h300/PHOTO-2023-07-30-10-29-39%203.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Eroded top section</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>By stone pitching the path, it can be narrowed down and the sides can then be revegetated.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5n-p0AGPcBX3tbkbObuX2nXMj3LIPBgFWfgTbeEI9LGghDLoeR74Ut5EYXhyX45lqoOyN61V5W2SwrPseuctV7M0psaOlw8-26ZU_QpSmxubseXWy8aV07EKp7A4nTlEIfAGUI8sHTW3L1AEgELGZzv48OMT2WjBDSx55dyq7NvNWOo4fn61ccrRD/s2000/PHOTO-2023-07-30-10-31-41.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5n-p0AGPcBX3tbkbObuX2nXMj3LIPBgFWfgTbeEI9LGghDLoeR74Ut5EYXhyX45lqoOyN61V5W2SwrPseuctV7M0psaOlw8-26ZU_QpSmxubseXWy8aV07EKp7A4nTlEIfAGUI8sHTW3L1AEgELGZzv48OMT2WjBDSx55dyq7NvNWOo4fn61ccrRD/w400-h300/PHOTO-2023-07-30-10-31-41.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Almost completed top section</i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;">This section of path is roughly half of the work we're doing up on Stone Arthur this year, as we're also working higher up the path above<a href="https://fellrangers.blogspot.com/2018/12/finishing-footpath-at-stone-arthur.html" target="_blank"> the work we carried out in 2018.</a></div>The Fell Rangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407657494370531097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6932404954802977579.post-55109703491562264412023-03-07T17:30:00.001+00:002023-03-07T17:30:00.167+00:00Deer Fencing around the Central and Eastern lakes<p>Since finishing our upland path repair programme for the year we've been working lower down on the property. To date, much of our work has been in the National Trust owned woodlands in Ambleside, Windermere and Troutbeck.</p><p>Our first job was extending a deer exclosure at Common Wood just outside Windermere. We originally worked on the exclosure back in 2020 but it was decided that we should double its size.</p><p>The exclosure will allow the woodland to regenerate without any grazing by deer or sheep, which should give an opportunity for woodland flowers to come through without being nibbled off.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTsRUmg1t4z45y4jsN3f33GcvaMKI-f6JkqKLAtJU-3i0mNHrO9bL9MqOR6vjQAFNuoLnoJdaHbGMMBBQt7NGsd156QQTqqYoXaeBZc4m_WrMYbD0yLoK6ZPCABJjJXGdlOkVDyxbQymZTnmP1pqLny60YUbSP8pidBqsDNDIZWoAxjYBXaIrKaQ/s4128/20230117_134506.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTsRUmg1t4z45y4jsN3f33GcvaMKI-f6JkqKLAtJU-3i0mNHrO9bL9MqOR6vjQAFNuoLnoJdaHbGMMBBQt7NGsd156QQTqqYoXaeBZc4m_WrMYbD0yLoK6ZPCABJjJXGdlOkVDyxbQymZTnmP1pqLny60YUbSP8pidBqsDNDIZWoAxjYBXaIrKaQ/w400-h300/20230117_134506.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Deer Fence at Common Wood</i></div><div><br /></div>Once we'd finished at Common Wood we moved on to Skelghyll Woods on the outskirts of Ambleside, which is home to some of the <a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/lake-district/stagshaw-garden-and-ambleside/ambleside-champion-tree-trail" target="_blank">tallest trees in Cumbria</a>. This area had recently had a considerable amount of Larch extracted so the deer fence will once again allow for natural regeneration of both trees and ground flora.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr-gADg_QYZAdad9BMdgrnpEj0xiy4ziGO2VEtE9X_rNTCswAPs1f0wij_s1219wr0zkI1sNj0HgRxeSFKnMroC6YZnM7bPlzUJmK0trcu_YR7fY19uzYuJ1B1plHIZ2aO9shkcpi3xc-aXyIP13Gnb-QmbPC_10KB-G9vdq-cKPr-r4J4EV2MWQ/s4128/20230217_114259.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr-gADg_QYZAdad9BMdgrnpEj0xiy4ziGO2VEtE9X_rNTCswAPs1f0wij_s1219wr0zkI1sNj0HgRxeSFKnMroC6YZnM7bPlzUJmK0trcu_YR7fY19uzYuJ1B1plHIZ2aO9shkcpi3xc-aXyIP13Gnb-QmbPC_10KB-G9vdq-cKPr-r4J4EV2MWQ/w400-h300/20230217_114259.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Skelghyll deer exclosure</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As a bit of a break from deer fencing we spent a couple of days gathering slate from one of the National Trust's disused quarries near Coniston. The stone will be flown up onto Gowbarrow Fell later on in the year and will be used to build drains.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmVr_E3lsxOPopHSnQppzo7PhUHQBJ5_36utcyKHBv5ZOOKcSlH0jJxv3b1jBtOOn8JebrAwtXlY4vo4UY61GT5mu6pWgqYjDrkfyhRRKvW-ON23JKnsh-Q0wsth5bnhPTFPpM4JB1dJB-DV7Erb2ttV-ewSYn5vumlQZ29eTvU34sNBR7lhx0g/s4128/20230222_114345.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmVr_E3lsxOPopHSnQppzo7PhUHQBJ5_36utcyKHBv5ZOOKcSlH0jJxv3b1jBtOOn8JebrAwtXlY4vo4UY61GT5mu6pWgqYjDrkfyhRRKvW-ON23JKnsh-Q0wsth5bnhPTFPpM4JB1dJB-DV7Erb2ttV-ewSYn5vumlQZ29eTvU34sNBR7lhx0g/w400-h300/20230222_114345.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Trailer loaded with stone</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our final deer exclosure was at Hird Wood at the end of Troutbeck Valley, near Kirkstone. Here the predominantly Alder woodland has been freshly coppiced, which will allow more light into the fenced off area again helping to promote woodland flower growth. All the exclosures are a minimum of 50m x 50m and will remain in place for at least five years.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7eZ4PQLYGzU_jqkvKTzPKCc6SpCHDTXebXL-nEhZF-EhxlGolkwQXtvbZIi-oH8lMkhA1mwVChhF7JsoqEjvpFcr6YJlazrGns6MSu00Cu1atDOh6Q5hNK0eq-aiRbU9As8ewWCEiUZZXkl1qa_t4Sm9dpnOlDkKWMt8Aj_YkhYZx44CmfXm8g/s4128/20230302_143035.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7eZ4PQLYGzU_jqkvKTzPKCc6SpCHDTXebXL-nEhZF-EhxlGolkwQXtvbZIi-oH8lMkhA1mwVChhF7JsoqEjvpFcr6YJlazrGns6MSu00Cu1atDOh6Q5hNK0eq-aiRbU9As8ewWCEiUZZXkl1qa_t4Sm9dpnOlDkKWMt8Aj_YkhYZx44CmfXm8g/w400-h300/20230302_143035.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Deer Fence at Hird Wood</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Just outside Hird Wood are the remains of<a href="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=10885&resourceID=19191" target="_blank"> Low Kingate stone circle</a>. Few of the stones are still standing and three have been incorporated into a dry stone wall (two of which can be seen in the photo below). It would have originally been a concentric (two-ringed) circle with the inner circle standing upon a mound and the outer circle being about 20m in diameter. An unpolished stone axe was found at the site in 1893.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQvAELogdkBH6nF7fRxKhbKg22vpryfPdwCCGa6UQVSE2bfW9YqHgmj6AWxABuhyNTTtF-Ecng4axaolsuzXmVxOZ1pcZSkEqkp2ECdtx3JnjLVB9eVmCUtY5gBLZRKuc-_sbhJ7ZVhkEBQCS6G7p89v2VgQ6J1571r3ClO9Rcu3u62emiRFpRA/s4128/20230214_100245.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQvAELogdkBH6nF7fRxKhbKg22vpryfPdwCCGa6UQVSE2bfW9YqHgmj6AWxABuhyNTTtF-Ecng4axaolsuzXmVxOZ1pcZSkEqkp2ECdtx3JnjLVB9eVmCUtY5gBLZRKuc-_sbhJ7ZVhkEBQCS6G7p89v2VgQ6J1571r3ClO9Rcu3u62emiRFpRA/w400-h300/20230214_100245.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Hird Wood/Low Kingate stone circle</i></div></div>The Fell Rangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407657494370531097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6932404954802977579.post-11095659404502156332022-11-11T11:03:00.001+00:002022-11-11T11:03:36.462+00:00Footpath repairs at Bracken Hause <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After finishing our work over on Loughrigg Fell for the year we started the job of bag filling ready for the helicopter lift at Bracken Hause. We filled around 150 bags that were flown to site in early July to go with the 40 bags that we had previously flown last year. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEpHlivEIVZ0xhkZYpXBhzfCRtYCrv3aR-ExSI-HZzJFM8idJ8AMwY7q65J9tRFajke1002ktYIKF3yw2wWzcRl6DmUh9KlL5tYX5J8FILulrr0-5NUo96gfnkHfLKuNDXO2Ps_p1X8lKQIlj-5BS36qEgIaeMnhkdCjrCdVWiTgg9WdURhK9VgA/s4128/20220713_095859.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEpHlivEIVZ0xhkZYpXBhzfCRtYCrv3aR-ExSI-HZzJFM8idJ8AMwY7q65J9tRFajke1002ktYIKF3yw2wWzcRl6DmUh9KlL5tYX5J8FILulrr0-5NUo96gfnkHfLKuNDXO2Ps_p1X8lKQIlj-5BS36qEgIaeMnhkdCjrCdVWiTgg9WdURhK9VgA/w400-h300/20220713_095859.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Lower section before starting work</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once the bags were all in place, we began our work. It wasn't long before we discovered just how wet the path is, with the water funnelling down from higher ground and often sitting just below the path surface.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsPWwWHw3m7HA0xOgBSdfDIDLvONUz3QdObzlYgKuD6tobM7KDlgMOXn2HrP8e9PuqrvQxPBpTkZY7OXCYnxRHQ2sxu_OhcMXz8Fbs4YgBFBvu_X8TpUFRf8T2zoGLtQCjGUXbQgk3ITtWYLbEtvsWjv_EYoDsCcXCMv-q0YjH4kutHwY-mlf4uw/s1024/IMG_rbvddr.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsPWwWHw3m7HA0xOgBSdfDIDLvONUz3QdObzlYgKuD6tobM7KDlgMOXn2HrP8e9PuqrvQxPBpTkZY7OXCYnxRHQ2sxu_OhcMXz8Fbs4YgBFBvu_X8TpUFRf8T2zoGLtQCjGUXbQgk3ITtWYLbEtvsWjv_EYoDsCcXCMv-q0YjH4kutHwY-mlf4uw/w300-h400/IMG_rbvddr.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Wet</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The water also seeped out of the banks on the side of the path. We added several stone drains to take the water off the path and into the stream below. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJrqOMVCTUgR8EXINkYtu8J1TB-oCVtMEoI8BloGQayvZt8E_ddqxDqmhSxekwtwIqZP0gtYd-VOycO14ERXdTKmHY9A1ui5WAKy3m3EJ44spjvyGZA7Wkj84pEf2N3s3hdI7laJx5oJDIaD9YxtFhMSmWtL1wnxGmCxj0evtP0py18ZdYEG0bkw/s3096/IMG_6819.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2322" data-original-width="3096" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJrqOMVCTUgR8EXINkYtu8J1TB-oCVtMEoI8BloGQayvZt8E_ddqxDqmhSxekwtwIqZP0gtYd-VOycO14ERXdTKmHY9A1ui5WAKy3m3EJ44spjvyGZA7Wkj84pEf2N3s3hdI7laJx5oJDIaD9YxtFhMSmWtL1wnxGmCxj0evtP0py18ZdYEG0bkw/w400-h300/IMG_6819.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Partly completed lower section</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Where the footpath crossed the beck the path originally split in two with some people going up the beck and others crossing it and carrying on up above it. In the photo below the beck goes up to the left of the heli-bags and has been badly damaged through footfall causing it to become wider and lose much of the vegetation around its sides.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH9H1bBA_JlXRlRtIAKRhUo65jm3WvzFL3dr7eLnh8_uMxEgFf6BRcd7G7p2HxNirIue00L7NlR1Hvo1IPLkQ8Cc9fHYPOJmtwyMoClfdLBHtl1sSX0yC1L6RmdDzMBX2VO4NYfPZYv7M0k0VkNq43wkVcnxBjtoJTI6pZgkAvoGOwW0jdW7FE9w/s4128/20220713_095950.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH9H1bBA_JlXRlRtIAKRhUo65jm3WvzFL3dr7eLnh8_uMxEgFf6BRcd7G7p2HxNirIue00L7NlR1Hvo1IPLkQ8Cc9fHYPOJmtwyMoClfdLBHtl1sSX0yC1L6RmdDzMBX2VO4NYfPZYv7M0k0VkNq43wkVcnxBjtoJTI6pZgkAvoGOwW0jdW7FE9w/w400-h300/20220713_095950.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Beck crossing before starting work</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To prevent future damage, our footpath crossed the beck and incorporated a stone wath (a stone ford), which would take more water than a conventional stone drain.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK0d3jN5wZFtrF0EPc8p2MaBW2SfZoTXy6FcYIX6m-Nwj8HDvxf7-L5C0CoWbY2EACW0EH1JhLIBsbCNi_j5ajr8Kv_y5R0a825k3rTuULXyQjxYXY9dgUx6RG1S-pqvN4ZeSzzTimXfVARXLDYXO_SraN2btWxKJ_ScVydKNn8h6a7mAIc2Hmxg/s4128/20221103_095956.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK0d3jN5wZFtrF0EPc8p2MaBW2SfZoTXy6FcYIX6m-Nwj8HDvxf7-L5C0CoWbY2EACW0EH1JhLIBsbCNi_j5ajr8Kv_y5R0a825k3rTuULXyQjxYXY9dgUx6RG1S-pqvN4ZeSzzTimXfVARXLDYXO_SraN2btWxKJ_ScVydKNn8h6a7mAIc2Hmxg/w400-h300/20221103_095956.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><i>Completed beck crossing</i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The path then continued up the bank that had become badly eroded and widened where people had tried to find a way up or down a steep bank.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7S9VGW_GyUzVUzOlhyuKA3bB0sd70R4iCeTpvKdsd1HbCN4ERhUiBV-vdZTLvbO8R7NVGdH8OpCjs-AfL9CzFmu6ykhRb1Kh0CMXhl15_YVUJ-QUkdzP7A66LHHHkcXE3ZIOFUmXiGhEXerCM1k8TcbTT3dblz5lSbItdCR0ZyVPdxgPtrkzlw/s4128/20220713_100040.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7S9VGW_GyUzVUzOlhyuKA3bB0sd70R4iCeTpvKdsd1HbCN4ERhUiBV-vdZTLvbO8R7NVGdH8OpCjs-AfL9CzFmu6ykhRb1Kh0CMXhl15_YVUJ-QUkdzP7A66LHHHkcXE3ZIOFUmXiGhEXerCM1k8TcbTT3dblz5lSbItdCR0ZyVPdxgPtrkzlw/w400-h300/20220713_100040.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Steep bank out of river</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7AyR1w7uxPzbt3aaGRHUUFp4UiWEct85Xl2ArJvF8ezVAYStTbM5e3E1dq2EzB-a9kSwo-DzeD8rUR7t_00y-amRr9QHGIZcVlxDxe3riI-8hSkKNPlpCp4Tv1gHzcFToQ0vFY7ryAr0-jU3hpN8pZMIthTHohPhcvfdWQKhknyGJHFJ1LBHdA/s4128/20221103_095827.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7AyR1w7uxPzbt3aaGRHUUFp4UiWEct85Xl2ArJvF8ezVAYStTbM5e3E1dq2EzB-a9kSwo-DzeD8rUR7t_00y-amRr9QHGIZcVlxDxe3riI-8hSkKNPlpCp4Tv1gHzcFToQ0vFY7ryAr0-jU3hpN8pZMIthTHohPhcvfdWQKhknyGJHFJ1LBHdA/w400-h300/20221103_095827.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Completed section out of river</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Higher up the path the narrow track had also widened and although still mostly vegetated, it was showing clear signs of wear in a very short space of time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVLu-eKnX-DcerwJ8hgTTxlslBdhk5Oz6cw4l_LEcrwftV2tB_Kd-hNu_OWdD-K-8zsxd1JNmG9IOvNbTBPHqbZHTkxq0wzmtkvedcXiqU3oWze5BLIStQtIqZFd6F8Y6LAfhMVi1ngT1gkJtG5ElB8tP7Vf_X17b91lDRgeYe2yHOmwsRoudkaA/s4128/20220817_121931.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVLu-eKnX-DcerwJ8hgTTxlslBdhk5Oz6cw4l_LEcrwftV2tB_Kd-hNu_OWdD-K-8zsxd1JNmG9IOvNbTBPHqbZHTkxq0wzmtkvedcXiqU3oWze5BLIStQtIqZFd6F8Y6LAfhMVi1ngT1gkJtG5ElB8tP7Vf_X17b91lDRgeYe2yHOmwsRoudkaA/w400-h300/20220817_121931.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><i>Upper section before starting work</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">We decided to pitch this section too, as it would only be a matter of time before the grass was lost. By building a stone path the vegetation either side of the path would be protected.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifJeaYS8d4p6Lxn7pyuCQJzfViCcYdNm70cu1WOpY4px7BRXaLm3AV5vjILYAKtCNPJh_jAQ83uLCOrjsiAxs1TvYWuyjWm5nWf3xc0S62_nfFny9CiM9o4MdSwHANBM-McLcUJD-UO3H2WyPjqBONvD2CemvCL2jjJij75crcJjBOC8XFZA0L1Q/s4128/20221103_113945.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifJeaYS8d4p6Lxn7pyuCQJzfViCcYdNm70cu1WOpY4px7BRXaLm3AV5vjILYAKtCNPJh_jAQ83uLCOrjsiAxs1TvYWuyjWm5nWf3xc0S62_nfFny9CiM9o4MdSwHANBM-McLcUJD-UO3H2WyPjqBONvD2CemvCL2jjJij75crcJjBOC8XFZA0L1Q/w400-h300/20221103_113945.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><i>Completed upper section</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">We again incorporated drains to take water away from the path and protect the stone work below.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGMHTXRvK8NaGq5MvVS4Y_Mvj7W37GxgqwV_OIpeelPANyNu65hpQBhMA6T9RikdY2AjjNVpNGFhbfO7014GvGiCVsFZb1ixk26k5YWySxgfORCXGDaH5fAsPRbP-oa1fLNAnpuD_Kg_Org_CT8PzMv2NvYOyP5swSK64yT40by9N2L7D6Z5fFg/s1024/IMG_-q422u8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGMHTXRvK8NaGq5MvVS4Y_Mvj7W37GxgqwV_OIpeelPANyNu65hpQBhMA6T9RikdY2AjjNVpNGFhbfO7014GvGiCVsFZb1ixk26k5YWySxgfORCXGDaH5fAsPRbP-oa1fLNAnpuD_Kg_Org_CT8PzMv2NvYOyP5swSK64yT40by9N2L7D6Z5fFg/w400-h300/IMG_-q422u8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Top drain from above</i></div></div></div> <div>We've now completed just over half the work at Bracken Hause, so we will be back at a later date to resume the repairs.</div>The Fell Rangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407657494370531097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6932404954802977579.post-53288243841956129422022-06-19T18:00:00.001+01:002022-06-19T18:00:00.196+01:00Returning to Loughrigg<p>For the third consecutive year, we've been back repairing the path on Loughrigg Fell. Once again, we've been replacing sections of the original path and also adding some stonework to areas that have suffered from erosion damage, this time helped out by new team member Josh.</p><p>The following two photographs show a section of footpath immediately above where we finished last year. You can see that the path has eroded quite badly and has formed a sizeable gulley.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_cYFsqMr1p1mlPhA_hNPmZLmODfyJ4S9yRcei_iRqmFNwANyCmV4tmwwHDEhYMn4SMvD46yWgH02cnw-9arAmIyuBW0n8--Y8VmcbWxaLr6x5Lrh0NtiHHWX7pbEobRbQqupAEG1ETIiZOhrsWn4ZierXhIpxUev75rc6jvt4s06aLlG7woBFhA/s4128/20220414_092821.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_cYFsqMr1p1mlPhA_hNPmZLmODfyJ4S9yRcei_iRqmFNwANyCmV4tmwwHDEhYMn4SMvD46yWgH02cnw-9arAmIyuBW0n8--Y8VmcbWxaLr6x5Lrh0NtiHHWX7pbEobRbQqupAEG1ETIiZOhrsWn4ZierXhIpxUev75rc6jvt4s06aLlG7woBFhA/w400-h300/20220414_092821.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Lower section before work</i></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo0wstVC3Dmzz5axhRBCLGo9ZaIxXi2xeptm-H3v4LdSLM9eA6ESykv2J4M2XiOaHLSN_AlQ2jUec2OqbrN9I7mWxmOPoXmwNvRBkDY6yj0-Bd_qN7FDNTfxjQClBKiuEF5o9ahcHLWZv4eZJSGYRpym3DYBa_ezeppDLmyboJOar1p7W1q1mkLA/s4128/20220609_092424.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo0wstVC3Dmzz5axhRBCLGo9ZaIxXi2xeptm-H3v4LdSLM9eA6ESykv2J4M2XiOaHLSN_AlQ2jUec2OqbrN9I7mWxmOPoXmwNvRBkDY6yj0-Bd_qN7FDNTfxjQClBKiuEF5o9ahcHLWZv4eZJSGYRpym3DYBa_ezeppDLmyboJOar1p7W1q1mkLA/w400-h300/20220609_092424.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Lower section after work</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>The next two photographs show the top of the lower section as it joins up to the section above.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQLdA99I5iwpdd3NXpyE8JVY1-Ap0F9AZQCBzf8PhqASfmyhYYQdCKKhhsgVzoQoKOqkQcRQW3hJbs0MgES8azEvY7lCT27aXcZ3orqLkVvmI1xWm5BvuSHWtD9VFEV-U_B9dcTlLSVdq2NUDR_h1OxnxUlW-L2CEh-ma_JvGddo_tjWzGMCoFw/s4128/20220414_093028.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQLdA99I5iwpdd3NXpyE8JVY1-Ap0F9AZQCBzf8PhqASfmyhYYQdCKKhhsgVzoQoKOqkQcRQW3hJbs0MgES8azEvY7lCT27aXcZ3orqLkVvmI1xWm5BvuSHWtD9VFEV-U_B9dcTlLSVdq2NUDR_h1OxnxUlW-L2CEh-ma_JvGddo_tjWzGMCoFw/w400-h300/20220414_093028.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Old section of risers</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfjgahl2d0iq325XK_7rq8a1c8TkPSz7C7ZdS2FZr_YSHLcR_qAfQvCMqUhMYwkse215AnqZuYw2WgDWgKQ9fAZseIal3haEgpOox499QdAeEYtu-9mVxCbF8tzyqdGwBxZ5x-e-K0OylHlItK0Sdh4tKL0bXoakiXOPf-bdOGVxr7vDc1XHccQ/s4128/20220609_092437.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfjgahl2d0iq325XK_7rq8a1c8TkPSz7C7ZdS2FZr_YSHLcR_qAfQvCMqUhMYwkse215AnqZuYw2WgDWgKQ9fAZseIal3haEgpOox499QdAeEYtu-9mVxCbF8tzyqdGwBxZ5x-e-K0OylHlItK0Sdh4tKL0bXoakiXOPf-bdOGVxr7vDc1XHccQ/w400-h300/20220609_092437.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>New section of path</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>The path had previously been worked on, but the steps were too high, which made it really uncomfortable to walk down. The new path has shallower steps set at different heights, making the descent a little easier.</div><div><br /></div><div>The next bit of path that we replaced went through a narrow bedrock gulley. You can see the rock outcropping below-left and to the right of the original steps in the photo below. Again the steps were too high, so had to be replaced. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_bbeklG3VTDsMqBkD5UWN9nCa2BsJzG7QkkiZPpEV-YYqsMRZ5CVJkZ1PF9hOmy00ow2crgMMIle03ZsHHth95ghuGgWSCRBn6olEpQ7OaFN9pC9DJyAB9mVmLrVHy5UC_QkBSovO7vJKLilBKcB7XLa7QAd0VTAMbt60iRr1Evx7WBAYvDU7Q/s4128/20220414_093050.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_bbeklG3VTDsMqBkD5UWN9nCa2BsJzG7QkkiZPpEV-YYqsMRZ5CVJkZ1PF9hOmy00ow2crgMMIle03ZsHHth95ghuGgWSCRBn6olEpQ7OaFN9pC9DJyAB9mVmLrVHy5UC_QkBSovO7vJKLilBKcB7XLa7QAd0VTAMbt60iRr1Evx7WBAYvDU7Q/w400-h300/20220414_093050.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Bedrock section (before)</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>As the bedrock was just below the original steps, a lot of it had to be broken out using crowbars and sledgehammers in order to set the new path in place. </div><div><br /></div><div>Much of these first two sections sat on bedrock that had to be chipped out. The rubble was then removed away from site using plastic trugs. If it had been left next to the path it would have constantly fallen back onto the new footpath and would also have proved difficult to landscape due to the lack of soil to cover it.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGyWxrBbaz3g4klywxkNdVGg9NMXo-psC3S-sj36TeUE6sFvVPtVmTKsOdeGVlVFqDAvC_Alt5OarrbI9PryTLnQ8aDrgIwozjkv_aEQUwsOe7SaJAOT5MT3q1yBZcaezyLVIQU2F3OCpQBmLr2t4Gx1fDamHvNOVjYxtqtzR-ZL8CdxkwK7nVCA/s4128/20220609_092509.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGyWxrBbaz3g4klywxkNdVGg9NMXo-psC3S-sj36TeUE6sFvVPtVmTKsOdeGVlVFqDAvC_Alt5OarrbI9PryTLnQ8aDrgIwozjkv_aEQUwsOe7SaJAOT5MT3q1yBZcaezyLVIQU2F3OCpQBmLr2t4Gx1fDamHvNOVjYxtqtzR-ZL8CdxkwK7nVCA/w400-h300/20220609_092509.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Bedrock section (after)</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>The next section was a steeply sloped bit of path that is extremely difficult to walk down. Here we're removing the old path, reusing any suitable stone and resetting it into low steps that are much easier to walk on.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0lgtqaWzBP9e4WCV9yXc__XiNcpRPE2K-zHfx65IlkYlwN6IybaRLBwMtGH8MjRbOV6iQIukMSjDPOlrBvXTHRncWXBC-jvo4MPDaWQDDiTtTHwz71Wn8miCSQwfatR_vlQxgIE7kTwViX6ZzaMnL24WvJEFnmnFUZEtVq_K6o59x6TKly6hUg/s4128/20220413_102234.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0lgtqaWzBP9e4WCV9yXc__XiNcpRPE2K-zHfx65IlkYlwN6IybaRLBwMtGH8MjRbOV6iQIukMSjDPOlrBvXTHRncWXBC-jvo4MPDaWQDDiTtTHwz71Wn8miCSQwfatR_vlQxgIE7kTwViX6ZzaMnL24WvJEFnmnFUZEtVq_K6o59x6TKly6hUg/w400-h300/20220413_102234.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sloped section before</i></div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ5NUs7SFNcTkb6QaO2FZbHrYKaV_jkTP4h79gjp_90yKgJD1MDtD2g-z1gGEyLcANDkeY-PYBIOw2eGmynEwVJuSHk6FG3Go2graJ_FydekNafmk0uoevDgvOOGOGMxpL6IsLOs-OTwoMRFsKO4BweatbgVk3SlF8TGJp9yqbLds8CAvqmzw8ug/s4128/20220609_095640.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ5NUs7SFNcTkb6QaO2FZbHrYKaV_jkTP4h79gjp_90yKgJD1MDtD2g-z1gGEyLcANDkeY-PYBIOw2eGmynEwVJuSHk6FG3Go2graJ_FydekNafmk0uoevDgvOOGOGMxpL6IsLOs-OTwoMRFsKO4BweatbgVk3SlF8TGJp9yqbLds8CAvqmzw8ug/w400-h300/20220609_095640.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sloped section after</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>The final bit of path that we worked on this year was slightly higher up the fell. Again bedrock was causing an issue (you can just make it out to the left of the black bags in the photograph below) by forcing people to find a route around it, causing the the path to widen.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf9BXr-Oa6B6zhTuyxAWYAut5YDOOAWfvM9MXVEJsvTEw5HV8SOdRsN3kr1lXMzLINXeu4ngkVOKrLHv7pQNWbEnwlmuk0X8zJPibeNrwMzo8Ku3PI3UJIdsv7BAXH3uWWU6x-wWmWhLvUFIBcmAM6V_GAo8lvH9wKPInCG-GqU52x5TxTwaDF_A/s4128/20220413_102010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf9BXr-Oa6B6zhTuyxAWYAut5YDOOAWfvM9MXVEJsvTEw5HV8SOdRsN3kr1lXMzLINXeu4ngkVOKrLHv7pQNWbEnwlmuk0X8zJPibeNrwMzo8Ku3PI3UJIdsv7BAXH3uWWU6x-wWmWhLvUFIBcmAM6V_GAo8lvH9wKPInCG-GqU52x5TxTwaDF_A/w400-h300/20220413_102010.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Upper section (before)</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>We chose a line that meandered up through the bedrock and once the area has been fully landscaped and reseeded the new path should blend in well with its surroundings and prevent the path from over widening.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNInQB8OXL4Qpi1fuz9Yo3IQ8Ez6G2U6Bccwvz6LRqxrE1EE3NEKEMPElRBqzebUJNSCN_XU4clwK9f6tYfDEIXxi5JFPo9hO4FOaPAwAWcuih6mTrP9zuRl2jHFfn1nQRyrTpJPDEBQ-7eB4cZ53xa1x9k8ziJIEONPTEJVnLmebMawAv1zF0lQ/s4128/20220609_095854.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNInQB8OXL4Qpi1fuz9Yo3IQ8Ez6G2U6Bccwvz6LRqxrE1EE3NEKEMPElRBqzebUJNSCN_XU4clwK9f6tYfDEIXxi5JFPo9hO4FOaPAwAWcuih6mTrP9zuRl2jHFfn1nQRyrTpJPDEBQ-7eB4cZ53xa1x9k8ziJIEONPTEJVnLmebMawAv1zF0lQ/w400-h300/20220609_095854.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Upper section (after)</i></div>The Fell Rangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407657494370531097noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6932404954802977579.post-71058309663763473582022-04-18T18:30:00.001+01:002022-04-18T18:30:00.179+01:00Winter estate work<p>After returning to work from our winter breaks, we set about a variety of estate work around the Grasmere area. Our first job was to repair some damage caused by Storm Arwen to a couple of dry stone walls at Hunting Stile. </p><p>The walls had been knocked down by low hanging branches and possibly also disturbed by tree root-plates, when the trees were being buffeted about during the strong winds. We removed the offending branches to stop any future damage and set about putting up the walls. One of the collapsed walls contained a large slate that had been used for hanging the top pin of a gate (photo below). The slate had to be carefully lifted into place, utilising our full team of four people, so that the gate could be re-hung.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNN8dE7A9w4CovBTuPEHqJoo0It0wyNSUQi8GADuNyLSJ5ikeZXqkhz2X8BKpCSbXvVMhDL3AIYVh0vwjedhtl-5qD9usuuLmkBH4lvBM7t7LtSKV-LxVkV6mfYkFytj6B-dfGZn29e-nUfqJ-fVavi7xjIlhvmkTjxOZK6VSVMVgNwIju5TmuGg/s3096/IMG_6674.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2322" data-original-width="3096" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNN8dE7A9w4CovBTuPEHqJoo0It0wyNSUQi8GADuNyLSJ5ikeZXqkhz2X8BKpCSbXvVMhDL3AIYVh0vwjedhtl-5qD9usuuLmkBH4lvBM7t7LtSKV-LxVkV6mfYkFytj6B-dfGZn29e-nUfqJ-fVavi7xjIlhvmkTjxOZK6VSVMVgNwIju5TmuGg/w400-h300/IMG_6674.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Repaired wall and gate</i></div><div><br /></div>Once we'd completed the wall repairs we turned our attention to erecting some owl and bat boxes around High Close Estate. The boxes had been kindly donated by the local <a href="https://www.ageuk.org.uk/services/in-your-area/men-in-sheds/" target="_blank">Age UK's Men in Sheds project</a> which offers support for older men to share and learn new skills. We'll keep a check on them throughout the year and hopefully they'll provide some extra roosting/nesting places to the resident bat and Tawny Owl population. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtfwaOdMuRFz2fnp5nPp7zpAJPSSem903bqduguDSMI3iQ4sh72Yh8jfdWEpu3p1UKzfkUQqkaYCMC0ZFezdYxY2alRScQBKwf7WaWG5cDn3H-1vG8sf9RygpHKkJydj9IAX71lrds2iPr5wL6n-k13KWiGH7Kyc74q6fvfGSXIZcDGt0qyNGvDw/s3096/IMG_6675.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2322" data-original-width="3096" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtfwaOdMuRFz2fnp5nPp7zpAJPSSem903bqduguDSMI3iQ4sh72Yh8jfdWEpu3p1UKzfkUQqkaYCMC0ZFezdYxY2alRScQBKwf7WaWG5cDn3H-1vG8sf9RygpHKkJydj9IAX71lrds2iPr5wL6n-k13KWiGH7Kyc74q6fvfGSXIZcDGt0qyNGvDw/w400-h300/IMG_6675.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Owl and bat boxes</i></div><div><br /></div>Our final job before resuming our work on the fells was a fencing job at Bracken Fell. Due to the difficult access to the site the materials could only be driven part way. Once everything was unloaded from the trailer we had to load up the power barrows to move the materials to the bottom of the fence line.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3zPMRzVEVgT5LqiawnlPZx4XVp9jfXUbA_vy-353DzW8dv81EE0rw2MwzLd5D-z3NY_3eRWQ7dCBd3fUh37rqle5hXgnH4Fc2OJgCFUa7kxSnZpwNH8glYpbFXQG4-zUNGsw0CNWUIkaXsUpwx-Z_Ayj7g7PHxeL2kFFmlkI5WDQl-p-U4FSRKA/s720/IMG_6673.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3zPMRzVEVgT5LqiawnlPZx4XVp9jfXUbA_vy-353DzW8dv81EE0rw2MwzLd5D-z3NY_3eRWQ7dCBd3fUh37rqle5hXgnH4Fc2OJgCFUa7kxSnZpwNH8glYpbFXQG4-zUNGsw0CNWUIkaXsUpwx-Z_Ayj7g7PHxeL2kFFmlkI5WDQl-p-U4FSRKA/w400-h300/IMG_6673.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Fencing materials</i></div><div><br /></div>We were repairing over 400 metres of the fence, although the full length was well in excess of 600 metres. The posts, rails and wire all had to be carried by hand through the rough terrain and all the old fence posts and wire that we were replacing had to be carried back out.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRNdsp8mrsoihrEltJyCVNur5Gb-7RG6vXNOtU-3_RnzMz9ZOPARLZVWMxMI7ToU37ord-frBKgPVaXgRCdfZBQ9tzVtMIzDkSKm_d7PVUTbSdB1mb_RXeVExeWUwoajzTdfPmhBal3_QjanpgDgF5Qb_az16h6EnO8TIn5HWqaLdymHegodeW6w/s4128/20220204_100505.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRNdsp8mrsoihrEltJyCVNur5Gb-7RG6vXNOtU-3_RnzMz9ZOPARLZVWMxMI7ToU37ord-frBKgPVaXgRCdfZBQ9tzVtMIzDkSKm_d7PVUTbSdB1mb_RXeVExeWUwoajzTdfPmhBal3_QjanpgDgF5Qb_az16h6EnO8TIn5HWqaLdymHegodeW6w/w400-h300/20220204_100505.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>First section of fence</i></div><div><br /></div>The majority of the fence consisted of short sections of strained wire stock fencing.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbuWXDw6hquUlJNI2sC1BAQvCSplw9Qpd-TjC9IUnl2OqyR4ZxUtNhXyRTsXhWRPCJ1gLGW1SqaB2f2XTbOUNl_xCrXN4Ly3PdkyVO4AxiHkE4_pY1-sJfZrOYva6wKlV8_0CBbT13leo3R60sKUytH47V4_32JF1LEXIZbbhA_Vq1sDvW5q7lUg/s4128/20220214_122045.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbuWXDw6hquUlJNI2sC1BAQvCSplw9Qpd-TjC9IUnl2OqyR4ZxUtNhXyRTsXhWRPCJ1gLGW1SqaB2f2XTbOUNl_xCrXN4Ly3PdkyVO4AxiHkE4_pY1-sJfZrOYva6wKlV8_0CBbT13leo3R60sKUytH47V4_32JF1LEXIZbbhA_Vq1sDvW5q7lUg/w400-h300/20220214_122045.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Wire stock fence</div><div><br /></div>In some areas the underlying bedrock was too close to the ground's surface to dig in the straining post required for a wire fence, so here we put in sections of post and rail as they require less depth.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHYBCbROZhZ1PhVI6LpKrpA9wayAHi7fUspHOzQzWca-vSFhmkzdmgkVBruk5g0zflmmkD3udLKUnP__lHAi3b278iyTLTrfiIixQrq-fG4LEm77Gv1Sa-sP61ZtB6wZIScCD4FEnLDK2tkgNQh9IeYEZtfs-lortAktF46P_BCHxztzsG_fPplQ/s4128/20220221_145906.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHYBCbROZhZ1PhVI6LpKrpA9wayAHi7fUspHOzQzWca-vSFhmkzdmgkVBruk5g0zflmmkD3udLKUnP__lHAi3b278iyTLTrfiIixQrq-fG4LEm77Gv1Sa-sP61ZtB6wZIScCD4FEnLDK2tkgNQh9IeYEZtfs-lortAktF46P_BCHxztzsG_fPplQ/w400-h300/20220221_145906.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Post and rail fence</i></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;">Once we'd completed the fence and carried all the excess materials and old fencing off the site we were straight up onto Loughrigg Fell, filling helicopter-bags ready for the start of another season of path repairs.</div>The Fell Rangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407657494370531097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6932404954802977579.post-84253165399363880812021-11-29T09:30:00.036+00:002021-11-29T09:30:00.214+00:00A return to Gowbarrow Fell<p>In previous years working on Gowbarrow, we mostly constructed an aggregate path with the Fix the Fells volunteers, but we returned this year to complete the stone work. The two sections that we worked on had both been repaired some time ago, but now due to the increase in visitor numbers the pathway was too narrow and becoming eroded as people walked off the path.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtGEb_rWSrPfh8AV_biojOipg_9ex975K0mP-otF3Qjyib_Z7n78QufQPhW0kdOX-h73UByMSAPRyYEHgXm1MXHDdkFgCpuseoPMswFOXfvEt_Oruq6IObNpUAPYmpXsWwstlpGZDMEA/s4128/20210719_095422.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtGEb_rWSrPfh8AV_biojOipg_9ex975K0mP-otF3Qjyib_Z7n78QufQPhW0kdOX-h73UByMSAPRyYEHgXm1MXHDdkFgCpuseoPMswFOXfvEt_Oruq6IObNpUAPYmpXsWwstlpGZDMEA/w400-h300/20210719_095422.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The old pitching before being replaced</i></div><div><br /></div><div>The rock had been previously flown onto site, but we had to roll it through the bracken to where it was needed on the line of the new footpath. The rock from the old path was also removed and rolled across the slope to give us some extra pitching stone.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMOpDyWVtaapgGATv-FD_5OrdNGyTaAWoUNHTpxahyphenhyphenebN8XLqSewDzY_cUrjoicdD7kKlIZNPSiCIcYvnakf2wGBjLoS71RrvgHDrhRIQk6zh-sce064xBXOkJpwbC2-_kBzlGaKPo9g/s4128/20210719_095501.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMOpDyWVtaapgGATv-FD_5OrdNGyTaAWoUNHTpxahyphenhyphenebN8XLqSewDzY_cUrjoicdD7kKlIZNPSiCIcYvnakf2wGBjLoS71RrvgHDrhRIQk6zh-sce064xBXOkJpwbC2-_kBzlGaKPo9g/w400-h300/20210719_095501.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Rock in position</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The lower sections of the path were fairly straightforward, but as we gained height we started encountering large boulders and bedrock.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xJH2MQpM6t4/YZ-XXoyzFTI/AAAAAAAAF_o/XvqrrnI277ECrM8IdDBnBeYtltX719kVgCPcBGAsYHg/s4128/20210719_095537.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xJH2MQpM6t4/YZ-XXoyzFTI/AAAAAAAAF_o/XvqrrnI277ECrM8IdDBnBeYtltX719kVgCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/20210719_095537.jpg" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>A boulder, right in the way</i></div></div><div><br /></div>In this situation there's not really much you can do except work with what you've got, so we incorporated any suitable boulders and chipped our way through the bedrock.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMXnRjJgugNEiBAECCbc51vOHNjSmW_xWdaYDJW_NK8pSj9nSdjx-bUt-QIEToCf7MPttilejTv9N1GF8jUpBajmrioY-SH-EUMFdFwwiGkKLBLAYHeKLbRS_T95AczC0PkhFbwEWaCQ/s1024/IMG_jmd9pt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMXnRjJgugNEiBAECCbc51vOHNjSmW_xWdaYDJW_NK8pSj9nSdjx-bUt-QIEToCf7MPttilejTv9N1GF8jUpBajmrioY-SH-EUMFdFwwiGkKLBLAYHeKLbRS_T95AczC0PkhFbwEWaCQ/w400-h300/IMG_jmd9pt.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Excavated boulder</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You can see the large boulder in the photograph above built into the footpath in the photo below (towards the front of the image, across the full width of the path). Much of this section used rock that was pulled out of the ground.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ldz8MyoFZUQ/YZ-XXhPOR6I/AAAAAAAAF_o/4zoMBBZokHghDNTovg-v7YN3h0JX2Z-xwCPcBGAsYHg/s4128/20210908_121924.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ldz8MyoFZUQ/YZ-XXhPOR6I/AAAAAAAAF_o/4zoMBBZokHghDNTovg-v7YN3h0JX2Z-xwCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/20210908_121924.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Boulder in position</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">With the main part of the pitching completed, we gravelled up to the new path (once again with the help from the Fix the Fells volunteers). In the photo below you can see the old path line, which has now been covered over with soil and crosses the new gravelled path. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H0nNXqIvA9k/YZ-aMkQ12nI/AAAAAAAAGBM/cTlQ5zIcJnAE9SPF71ZbFIwD02HBoMaQwCPcBGAsYHg/s4128/20211011_105221.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H0nNXqIvA9k/YZ-aMkQ12nI/AAAAAAAAGBM/cTlQ5zIcJnAE9SPF71ZbFIwD02HBoMaQwCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/20211011_105221.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Approaching the new section of path</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The new section of path takes a slightly new line and meanders to its destination, so some of the gradient has been removed, which means we could build it with much shallower steps.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-er2Vd0qitBQ/YZ-aMnOyyGI/AAAAAAAAGBM/NI-unwSir8s7PlFltGkUg-8yHMGb5w2ZgCPcBGAsYHg/s4128/20211011_112411.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-er2Vd0qitBQ/YZ-aMnOyyGI/AAAAAAAAGBM/NI-unwSir8s7PlFltGkUg-8yHMGb5w2ZgCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/20211011_112411.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Lower section of path after landscaping</i></div><div><br /></div><div>The second section to be worked on was lower down the path and ascended straight through a bedrock outcrop.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JCGydH2D5Uk/YZ-drvWfZAI/AAAAAAAAGC4/DVLG6RcA6BopeObihU6DF0Czqa5iavQ-wCPcBGAsYHg/s4128/20211011_113700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JCGydH2D5Uk/YZ-drvWfZAI/AAAAAAAAGC4/DVLG6RcA6BopeObihU6DF0Czqa5iavQ-wCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/20211011_113700.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Before starting work</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>We had to break our way through the bedrock again, before we could build the path. You can see some of the rubble that was produced in the photo below. In total, four sledgehammers were broken working on the Gowbarrow path, usually we're unlucky to break one in a year. The crowbars were also looking decidedly more blunt by the end of the season.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihYAiBDNCuMrCc2ze7yGqfEqXMqMIRtU1FTgPqfPQUgdww55LPsHYk-Wa3iNmpuS4F0qdekcGv2Dbf-GHqLGvkMqswgsbBg0M80aCIElFROE0nMYMTkdxQOrFSqzN0kX0KPvR9FEnBlQ/s4128/20211115_100533.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihYAiBDNCuMrCc2ze7yGqfEqXMqMIRtU1FTgPqfPQUgdww55LPsHYk-Wa3iNmpuS4F0qdekcGv2Dbf-GHqLGvkMqswgsbBg0M80aCIElFROE0nMYMTkdxQOrFSqzN0kX0KPvR9FEnBlQ/w400-h300/20211115_100533.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The path progresses</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>All the hard work was rewarded though, as we managed to complete the path on our last couple of days on the fell.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zt2lQb3FErw/YZ-drnXEM2I/AAAAAAAAGC4/WjnB3kOIwykBaFJWUKpgeXR9mwqsJN9_ACPcBGAsYHg/s4128/20211118_134726.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zt2lQb3FErw/YZ-drnXEM2I/AAAAAAAAGC4/WjnB3kOIwykBaFJWUKpgeXR9mwqsJN9_ACPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/20211118_134726.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Completed lower section</i></div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qbp_SS6F9lk/YZ-drrRYZhI/AAAAAAAAGC4/f7fQXfbSQc4k-n8eD8jrnvT3FmkyE9iUACPcBGAsYHg/s4128/20211118_134745.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qbp_SS6F9lk/YZ-drrRYZhI/AAAAAAAAGC4/f7fQXfbSQc4k-n8eD8jrnvT3FmkyE9iUACPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/20211118_134745.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Completed mid section</i></div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9RHPjK3nOuiMV52AHcRKaJ0twsKBOMoYNweLy3fQsRicyx55mZ-gR1Yo1-JJlU0bvFeDzmvHh_kw5f8MF_Oh9g1NF_N8hbkjQIdR4hdu6KS-WrNkxG-r5Cp9YFzpKvP_Bod0kI12r9g/s4128/20211118_134806.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9RHPjK3nOuiMV52AHcRKaJ0twsKBOMoYNweLy3fQsRicyx55mZ-gR1Yo1-JJlU0bvFeDzmvHh_kw5f8MF_Oh9g1NF_N8hbkjQIdR4hdu6KS-WrNkxG-r5Cp9YFzpKvP_Bod0kI12r9g/w400-h300/20211118_134806.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Completed top section</i></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;">We'll be back working on Gowbarrow again next year, gravelling and drain building with the Fix the Fells volunteers. We'll also scatter plenty of grass seed around to help recover the fellside, as it was getting too late in the year to put it down this year.</div>The Fell Rangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407657494370531097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6932404954802977579.post-7881775787677399632021-06-25T13:34:00.000+01:002021-06-25T13:34:45.758+01:00Working back on Loughrigg Fell<p>Our return to upland work this spring meant a return to the footpath on Loughrigg Fell. We started the season by gathering some more stone for the repairs, which was flown on to site.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MDuVToITQZI/YNWYoaeGW6I/AAAAAAAAF6A/GNnW2wgQtt8K_lnQ7A3C_OXJFUoL_ooPACPcBGAsYHg/s768/IMG_6456.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MDuVToITQZI/YNWYoaeGW6I/AAAAAAAAF6A/GNnW2wgQtt8K_lnQ7A3C_OXJFUoL_ooPACPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/IMG_6456.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Flying stone on to Loughrigg</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For this section of path we've decided to change the line to add more bends in the path and remove some of the gradient. You can see in the following two photos where the path has been moved to the right of the original footpath. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6YcAsT12dC8/YNWYoeAQGHI/AAAAAAAAF6A/sxeTk27l4B4477BtYUCUn2XAZJVwY8TagCPcBGAsYHg/s4128/20210406_132847.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6YcAsT12dC8/YNWYoeAQGHI/AAAAAAAAF6A/sxeTk27l4B4477BtYUCUn2XAZJVwY8TagCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/20210406_132847.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Original path and new line</i></div><div><br />You can also see that the old style of pitching is put in at the same angle as the slope, which makes it difficult to walk down, particularly when wet.</div><div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCCAlyXuMUiDHCz9s1m82HvxldT-Jb7bECFKdzj1tr1Mxr2Uf8dD2AAQT4DZtxh3c_PVSh2ZsLjOoWn25wIwyIe7n-DyM0rAVx0bPmYa4VXtA6j0Z4ztc8thOK3EPSQBiOifqFbOJpAw/s4128/20210506_095337.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCCAlyXuMUiDHCz9s1m82HvxldT-Jb7bECFKdzj1tr1Mxr2Uf8dD2AAQT4DZtxh3c_PVSh2ZsLjOoWn25wIwyIe7n-DyM0rAVx0bPmYa4VXtA6j0Z4ztc8thOK3EPSQBiOifqFbOJpAw/w400-h300/20210506_095337.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Lower section of path before landscaping</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yt4CDO9DEmw/YNWYoWj8DsI/AAAAAAAAF6A/FhzM-im0fNIbJoYIEhekGLidAHTuY0eFgCPcBGAsYHg/s4128/20210525_101846.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yt4CDO9DEmw/YNWYoWj8DsI/AAAAAAAAF6A/FhzM-im0fNIbJoYIEhekGLidAHTuY0eFgCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/20210525_101846.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Lower section of path after landscaping</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The old path line was landscaped by covering it with soil and turf that had been removed while building the new path. We left a section of temporary fence in to discourage people from walking in the area while the seed is beginning to grow. Once it's had time to bed in we'll remove the fence.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_RVHbpbcsi8/YNWYoTMj_4I/AAAAAAAAF6A/LNlQPdlMTtEVHE565QkEI08a52V0iES0QCPcBGAsYHg/s4128/20210617_155718.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_RVHbpbcsi8/YNWYoTMj_4I/AAAAAAAAF6A/LNlQPdlMTtEVHE565QkEI08a52V0iES0QCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/20210617_155718.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Middle section of path after landscaping</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You can see in the following photo a section higher up the path where large stone steps had been used. The height of the steps were difficult to walk down and you can see to the left of the image where people have been walking around them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K2f3qe1e3C4/YNWYocMUdRI/AAAAAAAAF6A/4QUQwKwbhW0llTpEaCw3iY1a7cEoAogXACPcBGAsYHg/s4128/20210406_132932.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K2f3qe1e3C4/YNWYocMUdRI/AAAAAAAAF6A/4QUQwKwbhW0llTpEaCw3iY1a7cEoAogXACPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/20210406_132932.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Old stone risers</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>The following two photographs show the same section during repair work and after landscaping.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sGdIFCQY7QI/YNWYobx2cRI/AAAAAAAAF6A/59EkQ8AteakXnB2BweRYHi90wQeYZq7qwCPcBGAsYHg/s4128/20210524_160315.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sGdIFCQY7QI/YNWYobx2cRI/AAAAAAAAF6A/59EkQ8AteakXnB2BweRYHi90wQeYZq7qwCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/20210524_160315.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Upper section after removal of the old stone risers</i></div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iSAaM2k89O0/YNWYodb4UvI/AAAAAAAAF6A/Hn0SGnLEl0QooWN7KeDqr6_M8xnkl6oTQCPcBGAsYHg/s4128/20210617_141112.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iSAaM2k89O0/YNWYodb4UvI/AAAAAAAAF6A/Hn0SGnLEl0QooWN7KeDqr6_M8xnkl6oTQCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/20210617_141112.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Putting down grass seed on the upper section </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The final section that we worked on this year was just above the previous two images and was another bad mixture of angled path and more high steps.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The old section of path was built on top of bedrock. We had to remove the old path and chip out the bedrock before the new path could be built. The following two photos show the old path and the new path after landscaping.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TXSa0mZrIQc/YNWYofp3MGI/AAAAAAAAF6A/fQ41lLZdnMUCRxmRhS468ymepuhm7oLgwCPcBGAsYHg/s4128/20210525_140117.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TXSa0mZrIQc/YNWYofp3MGI/AAAAAAAAF6A/fQ41lLZdnMUCRxmRhS468ymepuhm7oLgwCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/20210525_140117.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Old path in bedrock section</i></div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlUacnpI5HpWKsnYYW39N9p0qlt-HOF2jHKBHh_JZhxlZk9XrSkRvgatImc6bKepLvMplUclE5NFSjyDChFAUtmM6f9TFco6expAb-JVhXJ9AdH9TqvUVRI2cKXWTMFpVtQ6wBXa4x9g/s4128/20210617_141022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlUacnpI5HpWKsnYYW39N9p0qlt-HOF2jHKBHh_JZhxlZk9XrSkRvgatImc6bKepLvMplUclE5NFSjyDChFAUtmM6f9TFco6expAb-JVhXJ9AdH9TqvUVRI2cKXWTMFpVtQ6wBXa4x9g/w400-h300/20210617_141022.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Replaced path</i></div></i><p>We'll be back working on Loughrigg again next year, continuing up through the bedrock and a few more repairs higher up the path.</p></div>The Fell Rangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407657494370531097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6932404954802977579.post-22783338732459050612021-04-05T13:47:00.004+01:002021-04-05T13:49:34.647+01:00Continuing our work on Loughrigg Fell<p>As we mentioned on our previous post, during late summer/autumn last year we also worked on replacing a section of footpath a little higher up the path on Loughrigg Fell. The section worked on was towards the top of the photograph below. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iemsvmJX-gw/X_g2j0BlmgI/AAAAAAAAFto/BTBVGhghEhMzsfk7Vp6J3f3LcoZ-fXhZwCPcBGAsYHg/s3096/IMG_6326.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2322" data-original-width="3096" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iemsvmJX-gw/X_g2j0BlmgI/AAAAAAAAFto/BTBVGhghEhMzsfk7Vp6J3f3LcoZ-fXhZwCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/IMG_6326.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The section of path being worked on</i></div><p></p><p>Much of the path is in good condition, with decent sized steps, so was not a priority to replace. Towards the very top of the path the gradient became much steeper and the steps weren't quite deep enough to compensate for it. We therefore took out the old pitching and reset it with slightly larger steps and added a bend in the path to remove some of the gradient. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BB8Vl4e8vfo/X_g2jyjicyI/AAAAAAAAFto/dA-GAeQG2okUL97jCog7I31_OAklnjpogCPcBGAsYHg/s4128/20200922_093745.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BB8Vl4e8vfo/X_g2jyjicyI/AAAAAAAAFto/dA-GAeQG2okUL97jCog7I31_OAklnjpogCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/20200922_093745.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Path before landscaping</i></div><p></p><p>Once again we hit bedrock, making it more challenging to lay the path and all the rubble that was chipped out had to be landscaped. As there was so little soil the only option was to cover it over with turf. We dug sections of turf from the surrounding fell side, which we then reseeded, and put the turf down over the piles of rubble.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGvhnHSGVAssYhrqYZKp1bmdApFZgER952a2DjKnEd4XONd66lHYa8FkOlz3ED20_mKS4ZOcerDXDYyAqSyNwrd0vaR-Db_VfgKPCaMqxDBDZ4wJiZuvyKA2iZBx74AE7FnLaVwQsm6Q/s4128/20201001_093924.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGvhnHSGVAssYhrqYZKp1bmdApFZgER952a2DjKnEd4XONd66lHYa8FkOlz3ED20_mKS4ZOcerDXDYyAqSyNwrd0vaR-Db_VfgKPCaMqxDBDZ4wJiZuvyKA2iZBx74AE7FnLaVwQsm6Q/w400-h300/20201001_093924.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Path after landscaping</i></div><p></p><p>A little further up the path was an older section that was sloped, steep and extremely difficult to descend.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VnXgihKUoOw/X_g2j5STfOI/AAAAAAAAFto/_-S2J7kEqhIPzK40AwfVBfbE5mnPscFhgCPcBGAsYHg/s4128/20201005_101533.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VnXgihKUoOw/X_g2j5STfOI/AAAAAAAAFto/_-S2J7kEqhIPzK40AwfVBfbE5mnPscFhgCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/20201005_101533.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Section of path to be replaced</i></div><p></p><p>We re-routed the path, again to add some more bends and reduce the gradient. The new section has larger steps and is less steep, so is now much easier to walk down.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wiTH8ZhjO3o/X_g2j_dO7KI/AAAAAAAAFto/q21UiU5WeHQYZAk5IQ5slsITigF-kpd3gCPcBGAsYHg/s4128/20201014_093240.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wiTH8ZhjO3o/X_g2j_dO7KI/AAAAAAAAFto/q21UiU5WeHQYZAk5IQ5slsITigF-kpd3gCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/20201014_093240.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>New route</i></div><p></p><p>We continued replacing some of the older path as it levelled off. As we were running a little short of pitching stone, a large boulder that was next to the path proved to be quite handy and was incorporated into the path saving us around 6 or 8 standard sized stones.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNay5jQMLxpVCp18e8F14cU5JM47FJ70nz5HlpD44ykiJRMfhDr3YbQDp-FJtj8E3ajFDboJs1o9FA6WW9l-IgllnEqP7IhRN3Gy1ed6eNxXNsjUG3mQx3AgR3jXwZ8nEJtqW3BZqD7w/s4128/20201005_101601.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNay5jQMLxpVCp18e8F14cU5JM47FJ70nz5HlpD44ykiJRMfhDr3YbQDp-FJtj8E3ajFDboJs1o9FA6WW9l-IgllnEqP7IhRN3Gy1ed6eNxXNsjUG3mQx3AgR3jXwZ8nEJtqW3BZqD7w/w400-h300/20201005_101601.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Upper section of path before repairs</i></div><p></p><p>Boulders like this can also be used for landscaping, but since we weren't short of rubble and soil and the boulder had such a good flat top, it made sense to use it in the path.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yzLM6oUDasM/X_g2j4nICAI/AAAAAAAAFto/rynTpRWnZFwt2DW1BtpzhyWxckVf48VkACPcBGAsYHg/s3096/IMG_6327.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2322" data-original-width="3096" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yzLM6oUDasM/X_g2j4nICAI/AAAAAAAAFto/rynTpRWnZFwt2DW1BtpzhyWxckVf48VkACPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/IMG_6327.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Large boulder incorporated into the new path</i></div><p></p><p>On our final day we had just enough time to finish off the landscaping with some more turfing and seeding as the sun started to set behind the hills.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-40qFMy_nfVI/X_g2j-zlqvI/AAAAAAAAFto/zVaHNySs7PwLwk2Y0CoIySnBINJEzMUqACPcBGAsYHg/s4128/20201104_151436.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2322" data-original-width="4128" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-40qFMy_nfVI/X_g2j-zlqvI/AAAAAAAAFto/zVaHNySs7PwLwk2Y0CoIySnBINJEzMUqACPcBGAsYHg/w400-h225/20201104_151436.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The sun starts to set on our final day</i></div></i><br /><p></p><p>We'll be back working on Loughrigg again this spring a little further up the path, where we had additional bags of rock flown in last year. </p>The Fell Rangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407657494370531097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6932404954802977579.post-62070933195964612822020-11-08T12:19:00.000+00:002020-11-08T12:19:39.436+00:00Repairing the footpath on Loughrigg Fell<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Since our last blog post we've been busy repairing the footpath on Loughrigg Fell, focussing on the lower section of path from the terrace up to the summit. Prior to having the rock flown to site we erected temporary catchment fences to prevent the risk of any rocks falling out of the heli-bags while they were being dropped and potentially rolling all the way down to the lake shore below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D0VaMvaS6Q4/X6fRDtQQ9bI/AAAAAAAAFnI/stYEz1DvOEYdydhxGhL21X19L_pB3NyKACPcBGAsYHg/s3096/IMG_6094.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2322" data-original-width="3096" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D0VaMvaS6Q4/X6fRDtQQ9bI/AAAAAAAAFnI/stYEz1DvOEYdydhxGhL21X19L_pB3NyKACPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/IMG_6094.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Bottom section of path just after erecting the catchment fence</i></div><p></p><p>Our work has involved replacing old sections of the footpath that were difficult to walk on either because it had been put in at an angle or because the steps were too small to easily place a whole foot on. We reused as much rock as possible, mixing it in with the additional rock that was flown in by helicopter.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d_HeiHkIYCU/X6fRDh3V5KI/AAAAAAAAFnI/70d6XRTe5wYXOmkHuWBhMny5PczdYGE8ACPcBGAsYHg/s4128/20200812_105644.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d_HeiHkIYCU/X6fRDh3V5KI/AAAAAAAAFnI/70d6XRTe5wYXOmkHuWBhMny5PczdYGE8ACPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/20200812_105644.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Bottom section of path after about one month's work</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We started work on the path in mid-July and due to the furloughing scheme we had unprecedented numbers of walkers using the path. This offered us the great opportunity to showcase our work to members of the public, many of whom had never previously visited the Lake District before. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJvKz7-_Za-lq42IL-irx3Etnkme6LOhk48uNZgqVKR3lnfU2-SzeqYmV3e_pu_j2X6wS8ZUYVWG-nL0GaEdqrsnijocLPu34XwOvCH3kYTFprGcOpWWKJ40k9DHBEqdNOl7ONrPCJwg/s4128/20201104_095354.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2322" data-original-width="4128" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJvKz7-_Za-lq42IL-irx3Etnkme6LOhk48uNZgqVKR3lnfU2-SzeqYmV3e_pu_j2X6wS8ZUYVWG-nL0GaEdqrsnijocLPu34XwOvCH3kYTFprGcOpWWKJ40k9DHBEqdNOl7ONrPCJwg/w400-h225/20201104_095354.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Bottom section after landscaping</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhEhyphenhyphen1aXflkhvb3GaZ_ZUYrsCKrowhmUXShKHSIT1RN3E5eIJUYDIrYtr9zi4qHVpWXjHs5KUKaZV8fSrKX7vy_38AgMnnFhO2hJQ1Hu8hqA7TCdBEqdBWy_uNuwbWMeJ0uP85OYL8jQ/s4128/20200813_110552.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhEhyphenhyphen1aXflkhvb3GaZ_ZUYrsCKrowhmUXShKHSIT1RN3E5eIJUYDIrYtr9zi4qHVpWXjHs5KUKaZV8fSrKX7vy_38AgMnnFhO2hJQ1Hu8hqA7TCdBEqdBWy_uNuwbWMeJ0uP85OYL8jQ/w400-h300/20200813_110552.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Upper section of path during work</i></div><p></p><p>The erosion had also caused the old path to start falling out in places, so the path was pitched up to it to produce a hard sustainable surface.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RDAzwa2rWiw/X6fRDmk4jyI/AAAAAAAAFnI/6yP3T9rrGdUCh5IV667aFXOsl7EvRMkuwCPcBGAsYHg/s4128/20200701_152740.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2322" data-original-width="4128" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RDAzwa2rWiw/X6fRDmk4jyI/AAAAAAAAFnI/6yP3T9rrGdUCh5IV667aFXOsl7EvRMkuwCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h225/20200701_152740.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Top section of path (before)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vYt4eBkysMo/X6fRDn6ArYI/AAAAAAAAFnI/jmp6qi7zG8kDfpLn8rtZIXIIQpvxtaJDwCPcBGAsYHg/s4128/20201104_095527.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2322" data-original-width="4128" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vYt4eBkysMo/X6fRDn6ArYI/AAAAAAAAFnI/jmp6qi7zG8kDfpLn8rtZIXIIQpvxtaJDwCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h225/20201104_095527.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Top section after joining up to the original footpath</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">During the season we also carried out repairs to a section of footpath higher up the path, which will be detailed in our next post.</div><p></p>The Fell Rangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407657494370531097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6932404954802977579.post-61549716701961370852020-07-20T08:00:00.001+01:002020-07-20T08:00:00.811+01:00Returning back to work<div>Due to the outbreak of Coronavirus, and the team being furloughed from March through to mid-June, it's been a long time since our last post.</div><div><br /></div><div>Prior to our furlough we'd been involved in a wide range of lowland work such as drystone wall repairs, stock fencing, deer fencing, and improving the drainage at Stickle Ghyll car park.</div><div><br /></div><div>Our drystone wall work was mostly around the High Close estate and included repairing field boundaries and a large stone revetment that had been damaged by a fallen tree on the trackway that runs adjacent to the Red Bank road.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T8at4k9jCZ8/XxK5AUs4muI/AAAAAAAAFek/6uC1-U-0rHUIFOe3Jp3-7rBGWSBQ_lgdgCPcBGAsYHg/s4128/20200114_095000.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T8at4k9jCZ8/XxK5AUs4muI/AAAAAAAAFek/6uC1-U-0rHUIFOe3Jp3-7rBGWSBQ_lgdgCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/20200114_095000.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Damaged revetment</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3hUHPE72vl0/XxK5AffhN2I/AAAAAAAAFek/bb30JJO_hO0EsMluze6bFYCspDqjI6zbQCPcBGAsYHg/s4128/20200120_103606.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3hUHPE72vl0/XxK5AffhN2I/AAAAAAAAFek/bb30JJO_hO0EsMluze6bFYCspDqjI6zbQCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/20200120_103606.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Newly repaired revetment</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Stock fencing work was also carried out around High Close. An old fence that had been put in around 30 years ago to keep sheep out of a small area of woodland was definitely showing it's age. The fence was removed, any re-usable posts were kept, and it was replaced with new posts and wire. This will keep both the tenant farmer happy and also improve diversity in the woodland... a win-win.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We also erected a deer fence in a woodland above Troutbeck Park. A small enclosure was made which, being deer-free, will allow the ground flora to flourish and the trees to naturally regenerate thereby improving the age structure of the woodland.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JRwubWFKQyA/XxK83YIr0dI/AAAAAAAAFgg/snK_zKWh7vIhQX1TsQa5v4ZDEqhpZ8UfgCPcBGAsYHg/s4128/20200120_130325.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JRwubWFKQyA/XxK83YIr0dI/AAAAAAAAFgg/snK_zKWh7vIhQX1TsQa5v4ZDEqhpZ8UfgCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/20200120_130325.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Old fence on High Close estate</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mMjy42hKhO4/XxK5AXVrjBI/AAAAAAAAFek/L9CbVsviMssy42xbN4x6UgrVSKY-paDpwCPcBGAsYHg/s4128/20200203_131846.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mMjy42hKhO4/XxK5AXVrjBI/AAAAAAAAFek/L9CbVsviMssy42xbN4x6UgrVSKY-paDpwCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/20200203_131846.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Replacement fence</i></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bp_lqMmRGEk/XxK8ABIYA3I/AAAAAAAAFgQ/3D3vmyQP-4APBGzJicss8NuNubqfaeLxACPcBGAsYHg/s3096/20200316_110541.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2315" data-original-width="3096" height="299" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bp_lqMmRGEk/XxK8ABIYA3I/AAAAAAAAFgQ/3D3vmyQP-4APBGzJicss8NuNubqfaeLxACPcBGAsYHg/w400-h299/20200316_110541.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Deer fence in Troutbeck</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Our work at Stickle Ghyll allowed us to turn our hands to a bit of brick-laying as we added additional drains to the car park and replaced many of the original drains with a new "chambered" design while also replacing the drain covers. The car park regularly struggles to cope with winter flooding so fingers crossed the improvements will help rectify things.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8z32l7xE-aIanKoPMCSDOtirE2GqVGGVhZ9tEMsXLiNLALzs0O0imse3Hg8HarEuaOn6ekuiz4rskYA20ZKpWSHnTf0ZBC71-3n2k0Nqm6PYe6P76wM9jHCXT3Jj139WpWJKI2MjU5g/s3095/20200227_101335.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2319" data-original-width="3095" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8z32l7xE-aIanKoPMCSDOtirE2GqVGGVhZ9tEMsXLiNLALzs0O0imse3Hg8HarEuaOn6ekuiz4rskYA20ZKpWSHnTf0ZBC71-3n2k0Nqm6PYe6P76wM9jHCXT3Jj139WpWJKI2MjU5g/w400-h300/20200227_101335.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Excavating in the car park before rebuilding the drains</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I3hYONUUB1U/XxK9K2NCjBI/AAAAAAAAFgo/C59F_6BjFsMXZHuGxi7oORNhGkn2Y6_BACPcBGAsYHg/s3096/20200217_125637.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2322" data-original-width="3096" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I3hYONUUB1U/XxK9K2NCjBI/AAAAAAAAFgo/C59F_6BjFsMXZHuGxi7oORNhGkn2Y6_BACPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/20200217_125637.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Completed drain</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But just as we were just about to complete our estate work for the year and resume our upland footpath work, the announcement came that the team would be furloughed.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">On our return, after a day of catching up and reading all the new guidelines on how we can now safely operate, it was straight back into bag filling on Loughrigg ready for the upcoming helicopter lifts.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk7LB5gzKoZx2i92-9jyb7s-iYhN_XhOMvdVSnkk2cnIzn3vDgy0hiKIXOtKJNQ457hbHcfwNC7Rbnlxz42f72AgxPMMuAcq0kpvJQEflgyqa3gFHTCQJj-TeTMmhblfkwcSJ6XJ5kEA/s4128/20200616_133906.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2322" data-original-width="4128" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk7LB5gzKoZx2i92-9jyb7s-iYhN_XhOMvdVSnkk2cnIzn3vDgy0hiKIXOtKJNQ457hbHcfwNC7Rbnlxz42f72AgxPMMuAcq0kpvJQEflgyqa3gFHTCQJj-TeTMmhblfkwcSJ6XJ5kEA/w500-h281/20200616_133906.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>First bag filled on Loughrigg</i></div></div>The Fell Rangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407657494370531097noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6932404954802977579.post-82454054073820924242020-01-06T08:28:00.000+00:002020-01-06T08:28:14.675+00:00Finishing off the footpath at Hole in the WallOur last upland work of the year, indeed the decade, was completing the section of footpath just below Hole in the Wall, on the way up to Striding Edge.<br />
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We still had a sizeable section of path to complete and it was a race against the clock to get all the work finished before the onset of winter.<br />
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Newly landscaped section of path</div>
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Although there was a lot of rubble to dig through, most of the path was 'relatively' easy digging although we hit one section of solid bedrock towards the top of the path that slowed things down a bit. This all had to broken and prised out of the ground before the footpath could be built.</div>
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You can see some of the bedrock that was taken out of the ground to the side of the path in both the previous and following photographs. When large quantities of rock are produced it often makes the landscaping difficult, especially in areas such as Hole in the Wall where there isn't a lot of surface rock visible.<br />
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To blend the area in with its surroundings, much of the rock had to be moved away from the path and buried. Then soil that had been excavated further up the path was carried downhill and used to cover over the rubble. Once this was done, as usual, the area was turfed and seeded.</div>
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<i>Path after landscaping</i></div>
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You can see in the following photograph how the original path was widening as people wandered away from the original line (here covered by stone).<br />
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<i> Starting a new section</i></div>
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With the new path in place and the surrounding area landscaped with soil and turf, the footpath has been narrowed. Given time and plenty of grass seed, the areas around the path will become nicely vegetated. Any water running down the path will be shed away by the stone drain you can see in the photo below. All this combined will vastly reduce the amount of soil erosion.<br />
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<i>Finished section of path</i></div>
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With the new path completed, the final job was to pitch up to an older section of path above where we were working. The path had originally been put in at ground level but over the years the soil has eroded away and had left a high step up on to the path. Eventually the path would have started to fall out, and people were already starting to avoid the step up (as seen to the left of the photo below). By adding this extra metre of path the original work will last much longer and the damage caused by people avoiding it will be prevented.<br />
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<i>Pitching up to the old section</i></div>
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The Fell Rangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407657494370531097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6932404954802977579.post-39869457357279707522019-08-22T11:15:00.001+01:002019-08-27T07:49:55.289+01:00Gowbarrow helicopter lift and a return to Hole in the WallAfter all our work bagging the rock and aggregate for the footpath repairs on Gowbarrow, it was time to get everything flown over to site.<br />
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<i> Looking down on Ullswater from the helicopter</i></div>
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A quick flight over gave us the opportunity to look down on some of the previous repair work. The path line is through some really boggy areas and was getting rapidly wider as people tried to avoid the worst areas. After the addition of aggregate and some stone drains, the path has narrowed considerably and the erosion has been completely stopped. The vegetation is now slowly returning to areas that had once just been bare peat.<br />
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<i> Gowbarrow summit from the air</i></div>
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The lower sections on the Dockray side of the path are being repaired using the aggregate and we're using the rock on the steeper section of the path, which had previously been pitched. This section of the path is also going to be re-aligned to avoid a section of bedrock that's proving awkward for some people to walk on.<br />
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<i>Flying in aggregate to Gowbarrow</i></div>
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Either side of the helicopter lifts, we've been working on the footpath near Hole in the Wall. We're continuing the upper section of footpath that we originally started in 2017.<br />
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<i> Start of this years work before landscaping</i></div>
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Although considerably wider than the usual footpaths that we build, due to the number of walkers using it, the new path is still much narrower than the eroded path was and is more contained.<br />
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<i> Start of this years work after landscaping</i></div>
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As usual, we're removing any turf before it's covered with spoil and then using it to line the stone path. Re-turfing like this tends to work really well. Where we've worked on the path lower down, areas of Heather have already began growing in the turf as well as other species of flower such as Bedstraws, Eyebrights and Tormentil.<br />
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<i> Middle section completed</i></div>
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We still liberally apply grass seed, but it tends to struggle to germinate at these higher elevations. However, the low levels of grazing up here means that grass is more likely to grow longer, flower and set-seed. So hopefully over time the area will self-seed itself, although we'll still give it a helping hand with the addition of extra grass seed if needed.<br />
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<i>Upper section completed</i></div>
The Fell Rangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407657494370531097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6932404954802977579.post-91003405935472981222019-07-08T07:38:00.000+01:002019-07-08T07:38:02.340+01:00Finishing at Boredale and preparing for helicopter liftsSince our last post much of our time has been spent repairing the footpath up to Boredale Hause.<br />
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Towards the top end of the footpath the path-line follows a natural gully, but this has been much worsened by water and footfall.<br />
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<i>Starting work in the gully</i></div>
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The gully was steep through the lower section but levelled off as height is gained. There was also a fair amount of buried rock and areas of bedrock that made constructing the path more difficult.<br />
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<i> Path progressing through the gully</i></div>
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Nearby large boulders were moved and incorporated into the landscaping to help protect the edge of the path and give the work a more natural feel.<br />
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<i> Completed section of path</i></div>
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Due to the steepness of the bank in the gully a vertical edge was formed next to the path as we built the footpath.<br />
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<i> Top of gully before landscaping</i></div>
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This edge was graded back into the slope and turf edged before seeding. All the spoil that was generated while creating the footpath was moved and used for landscaping work and also seeded and spot-turfed.<br />
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<i> Top of gully after landscaping</i></div>
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The last section that we worked on was a short section of path incorporating a stone drain that led up to a section of bedrock.<br />
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<i>Working on the top section</i></div>
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Once again the spoil generated was used to landscape the path before turfing and seeding.<br />
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<i> Completed top section</i></div>
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The path gains height and joins seamlessly into a section of bedrock that is incorporated into the footpath.<br />
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<i>Tied into the bedrock</i></div>
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With the footpath up to Boredale Hause completed we began preparing for the upcoming helicopter lifts.<br />
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<i> Loading the power barrow with pitching stone</i></div>
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Back in December 2015, during Storm Desmond, a large quantity of stone was washed down Glenridding Beck and had to be removed to prevent more flooding. So early in 2016 we took the opportunity to pick through the rock and store it for future path repairs.<br />
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<i>Bags full of rock ready to be flown</i></div>
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As suitable stone around Gowbarrow Fell is hard to find we're using some of the rock retrieved after the floods to repair a steep section of path on the Dockray side of Gowbarrow.<br />
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Through flatter, peaty, sections of the footpath we're using stone aggregate to build a more solid and sustainable path.<br />
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The areas of path that we had previously worked on have been really successful. Further erosion to the path has been stopped and areas surrounding the footpath have now nicely revegetated. You can see how we previously worked with the aggregate on Gowbarrow by clicking on the link to this previous blog post... <a href="https://fellrangers.blogspot.com/2013/12/working-with-volunteers-on-gowbarrow.html" target="_blank">link.</a></div>
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Last year we completed work on the bridleway that leads up to Boredale and now in the second year of the project we're working on the footpath that runs parallel to, and just below, the bridleway.<br />
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<i>Starting work midway up the footpath</i></div>
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<i>Completed section of path</i></div>
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We started midway up the footpath with the South Lakes team working on a section of path further down the hill.<br />
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<i> Stone on site and ready to begin work</i></div>
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<i>Completed footpath after landscaping</i></div>
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As usual each team member worked on approximately a ten metre stretch and when completed leapfrogged over the person above them to advance further up the path.</div>
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<i> Starting work on another section</i></div>
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<i>Completed path</i></div>
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The lower sections of the footpath were surprisingly easy digging for a change so we advanced fairly quickly.<br />
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<i>Work begins on a new section</i></div>
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<i> Getting further up the path</i></div>
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<i>Newly landscaped path</i></div>
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As we got higher up the path we started to hit more bedrock, rubble and solid ground which has hindered progress a little but we're still making good headway. We're hoping that in two or three weeks we'll have the rest of the footpath completed and landscaped.<br />
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<i> Pile of rock ready to be dug in</i></div>
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<i> Advancing up the path</i></div>
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<i>Another completed section of footpath</i></div>
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We've had a fair amount of dry weather since starting work in early April so a lot of the turfs are a little parched and the grass seed is taking it's time to grow but the recent rain we've had should hopefully help remedy things.</div>
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As part of our low-level winter work we've spent some time over in Windermere repairing a couple of wooden bridges at St. Catherine's.</div>
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<i>Bridge before repairs</i></div>
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As you can see in the photograph above the bridges were in quite a poor state and had already undergone several temporary repairs but it was now time to give them a new lease of life.<br />
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<i>Removing any old nails</i></div>
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The first job was to remove the old treads, while taking off the treads many of the nails were left in the beams so we removed the tops with an angle grinder.</div>
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<i>Replacing the treads</i></div>
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Since the beams were in a decent condition they were left in place and the new Larch treads were nailed onto the old beams.</div>
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<i>Making sure the bridge is always passable</i></div>
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The new bridges are not on a public right of way and will mostly be used for forestry and farming operations. But since they are also used by people walking around the estate at St. Catherine's we made sure that the bridges were always passable removing only a few treads at a time and replacing them as we went along.<br />
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Once the treads were in position we trimmed them all off using a circular saw and tidied up the dry stone revetments either side of the bridge. This would allow us to gravel up to the bridge and remove the lip between path and bridge.</div>
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<i>Fixing the uprights in place</i></div>
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Once the path had been gravelled up to the bridge a non-slip surface was attached to the bridge.<br />
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A section of tread was removed to allow each of the uprights to sit flush against the outer beam so they could be bolted into place. The final job was to attach the handrails to the uprights. </div>
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<i>Second bridge just after starting repair work</i></div>
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The repaired bridges, with new thicker treads, should now safely support any heavy vehicles passing over them as well as provide better access to anyone wandering around the estate. </div>
The Fell Rangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407657494370531097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6932404954802977579.post-47511190717710296792019-03-15T09:01:00.001+00:002019-03-18T08:17:13.695+00:00Fencing at High Lickbarrow Farm, Windermere.Over the last few weeks we've been working over at High Lickbarrow Farm in Windermere putting in around 400 metres of stock proof fencing.<br />
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High Lickbarrow farm was bequeathed to the National Trust in 2015 and is home to the rare Albion cattle, formerly known as "Blue" Albions. The Albion has recently been recognised as a UK native rare breed and <a href="https://www.rbst.org.uk/news/rare-albion-cattle-recognised-on-the-rbst-watchlist" target="_blank">added to the Rare Breeds Survival Trust's watchlist</a> because of its rarity. High Lickbarrow Farm supports the largest herd in the country.<br />
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<i>Blue Albion cattle at High Lickbarrow</i></div>
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The farm covers fifty hectares of land which has traditionally been grazed by only a small number of cattle and supports some fantastic wildflower rich pastures, much of which has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).<br />
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<i>Knocking in the straining posts</i></div>
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Our first job was to get the straining posts into position. Usually this is done by hand and one person can generally dig in and tighten into position, two posts each day. As the fence line was so long and undulating, it meant there were a lot of straining posts to put in. Luckily, as the farm provided good access, we were able to speed the job along by getting a local contractor to come in with a tractor mounted post knocker and the whole lot were in place in less than a day.<br />
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<i> Adding the struts</i></div>
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With the strainers in place, a single length of plain wire is attached between each post. This gives a straight line to help align the struts and fence posts. Struts are added to prevent the straining posts from moving while the wire is being tensioned. With these in place we then knocked in fence posts every two metres between the straining posts.<br />
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<i>Adding the stock fencing</i></div>
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Once all the struts and posts were in position it was time to attach the stock fencing. This is connected between straining posts and tightened to the required tension using two pairs of "monkey strainers".<br />
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<i> Attaching the barbed wire</i></div>
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With all the stock fencing completed the next job was to add a single strand of barbed wire.<br />
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<i>Section of post and rail fence</i></div>
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To make sure the fence was completely stock proof we added sections of post and rail fencing between straining posts and other boundaries such as dry stone walls or hedges (as shown in the photograph above).<br />
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<i> Starting work on the gate</i></div>
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To finish off we incorporated a gate into the fence line to further improve access.<br />
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<i>Finished gate</i></div>
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You can learn more about Albion cattle by clicking on the link here... <a href="https://www.albioncattlesociety.co.uk/" target="_blank">Albion Cattle Society</a> </div>
The Fell Rangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407657494370531097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6932404954802977579.post-31653816068246919552019-02-04T08:35:00.000+00:002019-02-04T08:35:22.321+00:00Wall repairs and deer exclosure at High Close estateSince the new year, we've come down from the upper fells and have started doing some estate work around the valley.<br />
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Our first job was to repair a couple of sections of dry stone wall at Low Wood, on the High Close estate just outside Grasmere.<br />
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<i> Section 1 before starting work</i></div>
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With the wall keeping livestock out of Low Wood, it was important that the gaps were repaired quickly to prevent sheep from entering the woodland. This helps both keep the tenant farmer happy and also stops sheep entering the woodland and nibbling away at early woodland flowers such as Snowdrops and Lesser Celandine.<br />
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<i> Section 1 after repairs</i></div>
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As a small Ash tree was growing close to the wall, and was likely the cause of it falling down, we decided that the tree should be removed to prevent any further damage.<br />
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<i> Rear of Section 1 during work</i></div>
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Trees growing close to a dry stone wall can often destabilise it, especially during strong winds, either by brushing against the wall and loosening stones or by the root plate moving and damaging the wall from below.<br />
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<i> Rear of Section 1 after, with tree stump in foreground</i></div>
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Removing trees like this can also be beneficial by allowing more light into the woodland, which helps woodland flowers to flourish and also gives other trees more space to grow.<br />
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<i>Section 2 before starting work</i></div>
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The second section that we worked on was more pre-emptive as it had started to lose stones from half way down the wall and would likely collapse in the short term. The wall was stripped back beyond the area of collapse to where the wall was more stable and repaired in the usual manner. Both wall gaps took roughly a day to repair.<br />
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<i>Section 2 after repairs</i></div>
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Our next job was to build a deer exclosure in a small woodland on the edge of Loughrigg Common. The area, known as Billy Plantation, had recently been thinned and as a bit of a trial we've put up a couple of deer exclosures to see how the woodland develops without any grazing pressure. If the trials go well we may look into stock proofing the whole plantation at a later date.<br />
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<i>Erecting the deer fence on Loughrigg</i></div>
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<i>Lower Section (completed and landscaped)</i></div>
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There's still a lot of bare soil visible, as many of the photos were taken just before, or just after, putting the grass seed down. Although it was late in the year, hopefully the grass will start to germinate next spring. We'll have a look at it next year and put extra seed down if required.<br />
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The following two photographs show work on the tricky bedrock section. The surrounding area has since been landscaped by moving large quantities of soil on to the lower side of the path below the drain and then edging with turf (you can just see a pile of turf that was kept to one side on the left hand side of the second photo).<br />
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<i>Building the drain on the bedrock section</i></div>
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<i>Bedrock section after joining up to the middle section</i></div>
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The next series of photographs show the completion of the middle and top sections. The middle section turned out to be particularly wet due to water flowing just under the surface, out the bank and on to the path. To remedy this we dug out a long side trench (not pictured) on the bank above the path that fed into a stone drain.<br />
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<i>Working on the middle section</i></div>
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<i>Middle section joined to top section</i></div>
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<i>Completed top section</i></div>
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Further up the path we worked on another section that had started to deteriorate due to people taking different lines while descending a section of bedrock. The damage was exacerbated by the volume of water that flowed down the path during wet weather.<br />
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<i>Before starting work on the bottom section</i></div>
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<i>Bottom section (completed and landscaped)</i></div>
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You can see how we've removed three separate paths and created one sustainable line. We've also incorporated three stone drains into the section of path to remove as much rainwater as possible.<br />
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<i>Bedrock part of top section</i></div>
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This section of bedrock at the top was the root cause of much of the damage so the path was continued around it up to a point where the path started to flatten off.<br />
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<i>Finished section before landscaping</i></div>
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<i>Landscaped top section</i></div>
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With our Fix the Fells work completed for the year we'll now be working lower down in the valleys, on National Trust land, until next spring.The Fell Rangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407657494370531097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6932404954802977579.post-43722892978749328032018-10-08T08:15:00.000+01:002018-10-08T08:15:38.014+01:00Revisiting Boredale Hause<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
We recently had a site visit over to the bridleway coming down from Boredale Hause to check how things were looking and catch up with the South Lakes team, who are still working up there.</div>
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<i>Bottom section before starting work</i></div>
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<i> Bottom section (after)</i></div>
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This series of photographs shows how the path looked either prior to commencing work, or just after landscaping, and one month after the landscaping once the grass seed has started to grow.</div>
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<i> Lower section (before)</i></div>
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You can immediately see the difference now the grass has started to grow, as the eroded area has been considerably narrowed. The erosion is wider in many places than can be seen in the photographs, as much of it is hidden by the piles of rock.</div>
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<i> Lower Section 2 (before)</i></div>
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<i> Lower Section 2 (after)</i></div>
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It's still early days for the grass growth, as the banks are still very mobile and it can easily be set-back by sheep, dogs, or people walking over it. If the grass can be left undisturbed for a year, it is much more likely to withstand walking on.<br />
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Sheep also have a tendency to be attracted to this fresh growth, but as it is just developing the sheep tend to pull the seedlings out by the roots as they are unable to cut through the grass with their teeth. This uprooted grass, of course, perishes.<br />
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<i> Middle section (immediately after landscaping)</i></div>
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<i>Middle section (one month later)</i></div>
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Most of the turf that was placed alongside the path, which had originally struggled due to the very dry summer, has now started to grow. This will help keep much of the soil off the path if disturbed by sheep wandering over the banks.<br />
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<i>Upper middle section (immediately after landscaping)</i></div>
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<i> Upper middle section (one month later)</i></div>
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<i>Bedrock section (immediately after landscaping)</i></div>
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<i>Bedrock section (one month later)</i></div>
The Fell Rangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407657494370531097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6932404954802977579.post-16645684094843013752018-09-17T07:40:00.000+01:002018-09-17T07:43:42.360+01:00Repairing the footpath up Stone ArthurAbout a month ago we started work on our second upland project of the year over in Grasmere, on the footpath up Stone Arthur.<br />
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<i>Rolling the rock into position</i></div>
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When we had the rock moved to site by helicopter last year it was impossible for the stone to be dropped exactly where we needed it. Because of the steepness of the slope and the presence of a large Sycamore tree many of the bags had to be dropped away from the area where we need to work.<br />
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<i> The rock on site and ready to use</i></div>
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Our first job was to roll several tonnes of rock down, and across, the hill to where we needed it for the path repairs.<br />
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The main part of the job is to divert the footpath around an area that was badly damaged by a landslip during the Storm Desmond flooding. The original path-line skirts around the fellside a few metres below where we're working.<br />
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<i>Lower section (after)</i></div>
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During the landslip that washed away the path, a large area of bedrock was exposed that proved difficult for many people to navigate. Because of this, numerous new paths were created and vegetation was being lost rapidly as water flowed through these newly trodden routes.<br />
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<i>Bedrock section (before)</i></div>
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You can see the new line of the path going up and around the area of exposed bedrock in the photographs above and below.<br />
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<i>Bedrock section (after)</i></div>
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Much of the area is quite boggy, due to the hard ground and bedrock just below the surface (which caused the landslip as the overlying saturated ground washed away), so we've incorporated plenty of drainage to help keep water off the new path.<br />
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<i>Working on the middle section</i></div>
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We're also making use of a large gully that has been created by both water and walking boots, by diverting the path around on to an alternative route and turning the gully into a large drainage channel to help remove water from the area.<br />
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<i> Top section (before)</i></div>
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Due to the hardness of the ground and having to spend several days moving rock around the site, the job is progressing slightly more slowly than we'd have hoped. But once completed, the new path will make a real difference. We'll be able to remove several old paths, improve the drainage of the area, re-vegetate areas that have been worn down to the soil and make it much easier and safer for people out enjoying the fells.<br />
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The Fell Rangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407657494370531097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6932404954802977579.post-62661098670067962452018-08-06T07:41:00.000+01:002018-08-06T07:41:04.862+01:00Continuing our work at Boredale HauseWe've been working on the path leading up to Boredale Hause for around three months now and although there's still a fair amount to do, it's really starting to take shape now.<br />
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When working on a long length of path like this, we each work on a stretch of about ten metres at a time. When that section is completed and joined up with the team member working above, we leapfrog higher up the path and continue like this until the whole length of path is finished.<br />
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<i>Starting higher up the path</i></div>
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<i> Completed section of path</i></div>
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Due to all the dry weather we've had this year, we've struggled getting grass seed to germinate on sections of path that we've landscaped and many of the turfs that were carefully removed while building the path have dried out and died.</div>
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<i>Starting another new section</i></div>
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<i>Section almost completed</i></div>
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We've reseeded a couple of times and hopefully now that we're getting a few more showers, the grass will start to grow and cover the bare areas.<br />
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<i> Starting a new section while working around some buried bedrock</i></div>
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As we've moved higher up the path, we've started to encounter more areas of bedrock. Most of this is just below the ground surface and can be removed with a crowbar or sledgehammer if it's in the way of the path. Dealing with bedrock adds an extra layer of complexity to the process of building a path, as well as substantially increasing the level of exertion required.<br />
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<i>Approaching the bedrock outcrop</i></div>
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One notable section was a large outcrop higher up the path. Generally, exposed bedrock like this is much harder and more difficult to break. Since bedrock becomes slippery when wet, many people try to avoid walking on it, which causes more erosion in the area... exposing more bedrock, etc, etc. So rather than stopping the path at the foot of the outcrop, we continued around it until a weaker section was found that could be chipped out to form the new path line.<br />
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<i>Continuing around the bedrock outcrop</i></div>
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Work started towards the end of March by filling heli-bags with stone above Kirkstone Pass.<br />
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<i> Filling bags with stone above Kirkstone Pass</i></div>
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Due to the amount of rock required for the repairs (over 380 bags), we gathered rock from a second site at the end of Grisedale valley. Both rock collection sites are a good distance from Boredale so moving the rock was a long drawn out affair. The helicopter took roughly six minutes between each drop, which is two or three times longer than the average lift.<br />
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<i> Moving the stone to site</i></div>
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Once all the rock was in position, it was time to start on the repair work. The South Lakes team started on a lower section of the bridleway and we positioned ourselves higher up the path. All the photos are of this higher section.<br />
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<i> Lower Section (before)</i></div>
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<i>Lower Section (after)</i></div>
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As some of the repairs are on the bridleway, the Lake District Mountain Bike association was consulted for suggestions to make the path more easily passable on bike. It was decided that any undamaged stone culverts (underground drains) would be left in place and additional stone drains would be designed so that they could be circumnavigated.<br />
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<i>Lower-Middle Section (before)</i></div>
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<i> Lower-Middle Section (after)</i></div>
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We've only been working on the path for about two weeks at present so there's still a fair way to go, but you can see we're starting to make progress.<br />
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<i>Upper-Middle Section (before)</i></div>
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<i> Upper-Middle Section (after)</i></div>
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To make the path easier to walk and ride on we're, as usual, trying to meander the path through the eroded area, this helps reduce the gradient and makes the step height a little lower.<br />
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<i>Upper Section (before)</i></div>
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<i>Upper Section (after)</i></div>
The Fell Rangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407657494370531097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6932404954802977579.post-42224388893786662882018-05-08T08:11:00.000+01:002018-05-08T08:11:09.175+01:00Footpath repairs at Aira Force<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Since our last post we've spent a fair amount of our time working at Aira Force, on a section of footpath above High Cascades.</div>
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<i>Old path</i></div>
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The section of path that we've been working on had previously been repaired many years ago, but as the path was a bit "rough and ready" visitors were avoiding it which had caused the area next to the path to become eroded. This can be seen in the photograph above.<br />
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<i>Path before commencing the rebuild</i></div>
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As the area is not very accessible, it was decided that some of the stone would be flown to site by helicopter. This was supplemented with useable stone from the original footpath and additional stone that we were able to gather from the surrounding area using our mechanical power barrow.<br />
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<i> Completed lower section of path</i></div>
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To make the path blend in a little better, we adjusted the line to make it snake through the site rather than cut through in a straight line. The line was partially dictated by bedrock, which came to the surface at a couple of locations. To avoid having to chip away too much, we gave it a wide berth where possible.<br />
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<i>Working in the snow</i> </div>
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Our work was hampered on a couple of occasions by heavy snow which prevented us getting over to Ullswater or making it impossible to safely move large stones around. But on days with just a light scattering of snow we continued regardless.</div>
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<i>Middle section after moving rock to site</i></div>
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After a few weeks of work we had pretty much completed the stone path. The new path is much more user-friendly and incorporates a couple of large stone drains to shed water away and prevent damage.<br />
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<i> Middle section after completing the stone work</i></div>
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Unfortunately, due to the pressing job of gathering stone for our upland repairs, we weren't able to complete all the landscaping work in time. So we're hoping to get a bit of time later on in the year to tidy away some of the leftover rock and reseed the area and then the new path will be looking better than ever.<br />
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<i>Completed top section of path</i></div>
The Fell Rangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407657494370531097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6932404954802977579.post-49759690865587675842018-03-05T08:09:00.004+00:002018-03-05T08:09:53.021+00:00Tree planting in Grasmere and peat bog restoration work in Ullswater<div>
It's been a busy few weeks since our last post so here's a taster of what we've been up to.<br />
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Earlier on, in mid-February, we spent a week tree planting on the slopes of Helm Crag. The work was funded by Natural England. We planted 1800 scrub woodland species over an area of 6 hectares, working alongside other National Trust staff and assisted by some of the Fix the Fells volunteers.<br />
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As the trees develop, they will help stabilise the soil and reduce rainwater runoff. They will also provide a valuable habitat for birds, such as Tree Pipit and Yellowhammer, mammals and insects.<br />
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You can read in more detail about the work on the Central and East Lakes Rangers blog... <a href="http://centralandeastlakesrangers.blogspot.co.uk/2018/02/high-on-hill-live-lonely-old-tree.html" target="_blank">here,</a> so here are just a selection photos of the work over a very wintery week.<br />
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<i>Having a quick debrief on the first day</i></div>
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<i>Planting out the trees</i></div>
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<i>Looking towards Dunnmail Raise on the last day</i></div>
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Later on in the month we spent a day carrying out some peat bog restoration work up on Matterdale Common with the Ullswater team and staff from Cumbria Wildlife Trust.<br />
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Over 70 per cent of peatlands in England are in a damaged state, often due to drainage, overgrazing, forestry or regular burning. This damage prevents the peat remaining waterlogged, causing plants to die off. Without vegetation cover, bare areas of peat are formed which rapidly erode. This damage can be repaired by revegetating and blocking drains to help raise the water table. </div>
The project has been overseen by Cumbria Wildlife Trust who've used digger contractors to do the main bulk of the work, but as a member of the Cumbria Peat Partnership we were eager to lend a hand with areas that couldn't be done with machinery.<br />
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Our main job was to plant heather on the bare areas of peat to help speed up the regeneration process.<br />
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<i>Heather plants ready to be planted out</i></div>
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So we took the trays of heather out into one of the two stock excluded areas on Matterdale Common and planted up in the barest patches.<br />
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<i>Planting out the heather </i></div>
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Areas of peat that have eroded (often as a result of grazing, historical peat cutting and water damage) may form steep banks, known as hags. These hags continue to erode, due to water flow and wind damage, forming large areas of bare peat that plants struggle to survive on.<br />
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By reprofiling the banks to an angle of around thirty degrees it gives the heather seedlings a much better chance to flourish. Many of the hags have been removed using the diggers but we were able to get to a few areas that the diggers couldn't reach and to also work on some of the smaller hags.<br />
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<i> Grading one of the peat hags</i></div>
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You can see the area where we were working in the photograph below and also the difference between the grazed and ungrazed areas. The area in the distance was fenced off about 10 years ago allowing heather and other peatland plants to return, this should further improve following the recent work.<br />
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<i>Bundles of heather used for blocking drainage</i><br />
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You can learn more about peatland restoration on the Cumbria Wildlife Trust website... <a href="http://www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/what-we-do/conservation-projects/upland-wetland-restoration" target="_blank">here.</a></div>
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