Friday 7 May 2021

TODMORDEN: MELLINGS, INCHFIELD, BRIDE STONES

Peter and Frank S were at Mellings Brook on the Bacup road out of Todmorden. One of the streams leading down to the brook passed through a wire fence where debris had blocked the channel and diverted the stream onto the footpath instead. This picture shows the fence from below with more than a foot of debris obstructing the stream.


Here's the work nearly finished with a clear channel through the fence and the overflow to the footpath blocked off.


We then returned to the layby on the main road where the path runs steeply up through an old quarry. Lots of water had been seeping out of the rock face to create a deep layer of soft mud. 


We dug channels across the mud to get the water away quicker, and moved the path higher up away from the mud.


All being well it will eventually dry out and make the walking a bit easier.

Meanwhile, Ken and Catherine were working on footpath Todmorden 116 finishing the waymarking across Inchfield Pasture with new marker posts.

And RJ and Mick were completing the laying of road planings (recycled tarmac) on the layby at the entrance to the Bride Stones, as well as surveying for future jobs at Foley Dam.

These jobs were funded by Todmorden Town Council.