Wednesday, 20 July 2016

Cragg Vale, Hippins, Todmorden, Colden

COLDEN
 Stella and Ginny finished the work on the Power in the Landscape e-trail, cutting back nettles, bilberry and trees and scraping some mud, to make the route more navigable for walkers.  We worked in the delightful young (and rather fairy-tale) woodland just south of Land Farm at the top of Colden, and along the very narrow path along the two mill dams high above Colden Water, just east of Hebble Hole.

Will we find a sleeping princess.....?
....or a gate onto a sunlight meadow.


And we had the excitement of using one of the new first aid kits


























CRAGG VALE
 Dick, Sam, Paul and Rich working on the CLDWA route near Sunny Bank
Steep and uneven slope and path route unclear

 Marker post in Cragg Hall Wood

 Marker post behind Sunny Bank

 New steps above Sunny Bank

Sam giving finishing touches to bottom set of steps

HIPPINS
Dave and Frank continued with the causeway path.

TODMORDEN
Richard J, Stuart, Fred and Gerald worked on strimming, widening and cutting back the Calderdale Way.
 Richard in action

 Cleared path

Another stretch of cleared path