MIDGEHOLE

 Midgehole: Riverside revetment.

Ray, Paul, Graham L and Frank H continued last month's work to improve path-edge stability downstream from the Blue Pig.

The first task was a slight tweak to earlier work. Heavy rainfall meant we could see exactly where water would collect on the path. The solution was straightforward:

Large puddle at dip in path -
drainage slot is needed.

                                                          

Drainage slot created -
water disappears.

The rest of the session was revetment construction:

                                                 

By the end of the session we had used 10 lengths of revetment, created 40 pilot holes and driven-home 40 stobs. That's a lot of hitting with bar, maul or lump hammer and, at two nails per stob, even more drilling and nailing! 

This is a popular path. Runners, dog exercisers and walkers passed at regular intervals and showed interest in and appreciation for our work. 'Before' and 'after' pictures are shown below.

Start of the day. The path was widened at the end of the previous session (Thanks, to Ginny for a lot of hard work!)

New revetment has yet to be added to protect and stabilise the left-hand edge.

Same section of path (photo taken from further back) with the new revetment stretching towards infinity - but not beyond!

This work is being funded by a donation from the Blue Pig and by other individual donations. Many thanks. 

If you would like to contribute, details on how to support our work are on the CROWS website.