Wednesday 16 September 2020

SOYLAND above RIPPONDEN

 Lynda and Eleanor returned to the path below Great Greave House to finish cutting back the vegetation at the bottom of the path and to waymark the path at Far Slack Farm. There is a lot of rubble under the grass at the top end of the path which makes walking that section challenging. As we started working the very cheerful landowner from the farm on  one side of the path approached us to say that she cleared out the drainage channel on one side of the path annually and would be happy to strim the top end to expose the rubble , which would enable us to return and level off the path properly. She told us that there had been a lot more walkers coming down the path recently which made it feel worthwhile improving this lovely but neglected path.

Afterwards we waymarked and cut back an overgrown path running from Hob Lane to Royd Lane which forms part of a network of paths near Soyland Town. 


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