HARDCASTLE CRAGS AND HORSEHOLD

Two gangs out today

Paul and Frank H continued with step building on the Slurring Rock path in Hardcastle Crags.

'Hyvin suuniteltu on puoliksi tehty.' (Finnish Proverb: see later for translation)

The day was partly one of logistics. Risers, stobs, tool bag, bar, spade, first aid bag, personal kit all to be carried up the 'nearly thawed out' muddy slush to get onto the new Slurring Rock linking path . . . . . . and only the two of us! A set of steps to build to negotiate a slippery slope.

Here's the problem:

Muddy slope before steps installed

The day went like this. Carry half the timber to the worksite. Build some steps in sleety rain. Go back to the car (whimps or what!) and eat lunch as the worst of the sleet lashed down. Carry the rest of the materials to the worksite. Complete the steps in more sleety rain and survey step requirements for the  next section. Get very wet and even more muddy! Carry the tools etc back to the car. The steps? They look like this:



Steps now in place

 A neat job! . . . and the proverb? It roughly translates as:

'Being well-prepared is half the job done.'

Meanwhile, Bernard, Dave, Fred, Gerald, Graham and Stella worked in the woods below  Horsehold hamlet sorting out path problems and drainage.

"It wer a bit Parky stud i Watter:- us mits wor Frozin." (Yorkshire Proverb?: see later for translation)

Dropping down into Callis Wood.

A fallen tree had blocked the side-stream higher up the slope causing
flooding of the path in several places.

Flooded and icy.

Some of the team clearing the stream.

Further down the slope.

Stella sorting the Stepping Stones.

Path partly formed with Causey stones, visible after clearing.

Lots of accumulated mulch removed revealing
a rocky surface underneath.

Path more User Friendly.

And the Yorkshire 'Proverb!' . . . roughly translates as:
'Today was a cryogenic experience. After prolonged immersion in water, our hands got rather cold!'