Three groups today
Bell House Moor.
Rich, Richard J, Dick, Stella and Fred visited a very cold (Parky) Coiners Path site to plan the 'Big Carry' and work out the logistics for improving the boggy path crossing the moor.
Luddenden Valley.
Dave and Graham worked in the Luddenden Valley renewing damaged waymark posts.
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Replace damaged waymark post using banding tool
to fasten new post to RSJ gate stoop |
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| Replace vandalised waymark sign. |
Hardcastle Crags.
Bernard, Stuart, Gerald, Frank H and Paul continued with path, step and revetment work on the Slurring Rock route.
"Watch your step!
Watch your step!
Watch your step!"
(Dr Feelgood 1975)
Bernard and Stuart tackled an awkward section that required steps to negotiate a boulder pile. A very heavy shift of digging, mud-clearing and stone removal saw significant progress (well done, guys)
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| Bernard and Stuart: early(ish) morning |
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| Same spot: Bernard and Stuart gone for lunch (on a tree stump about 10 m away!)! |
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| Same spot: end of the day |
Meanwhile Gerald (aka "the revetment, banking and landscaping guru" improved the path.
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| Gerald enhancing the path edge with natural-material revetment. |
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| Same section of path nearing completion |
Further along the route Paul and Frank H did revetment/landscaping work and added steps to negotiate a short but awkward section.
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| View of problem from above. Photo foreshorten an awkward drop |
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| View from below. Path to be routed to the left of the boulder |
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| Another step added and the top of the route made level |
Later in the day, a revetment was added to the RHS of the path edge and the whole area banked and landscaped (no photo). Photos of steps sometimes give a false impression. Any set of steps that curve upwards tend to appear out of alignment (when they are not!) and surrounding features/landscape can give the illusion that the top of the risers are not horizontal when, in fact, they are exactly so on the spirit level! More examples next week as this dramatic route nears it's conclusion.
