Ray and Stella went to Ripponden to build some steps up a muddy bank just below the stile leading out of Rishworth playing fields. When someone says "it needs two steps", it always pays to take enough timber for four!
On the way home we resurrected a finger post which had been felled by rot at the base.
This work was funded by public donations to CROWS - thanks everyone!
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| Location of the steps |
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| Crows built the new stile in August, but we couldn't get back to the mud-slide below them until today |
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| Making a start |
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| ....well on the way |
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| Work in progress.... |
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| Job finished off with old stone from Lynda's garden |
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Sadly not - just a fallen finger-post
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| Next up, a hand-written map - to buried treasure? |
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| On the OS map |
Meanwhile Bernard, Frank S, Lynda and Eleanor were doing various remedial jobs in the vicinity of the disused railway in Ripponden above the River Ryburn.
This fingerpost had been stashed away behind the railway bridge after having been vandalised Fortunately it was in good order except for some rot at the base. Frank S doing the necessary!
Re-instated post with new waymark pointing in the right direction towards the steps leading to Quaker Lane. The railway bridge is the designated footpath but was sealed off as being unsafe some years ago. Unfortunately the barriers have been removed , but with the new steps Frank H and Ken put in the other week and the sign back in place, people should now be able to pass safely.
Lynda, Frank S and Bernard then moved on to clear Folly Lane of the encroaching brambles and holly on this popular path up to Heys Lane.
Revealing the beautiful causey stones that make up the length of this path.
Whilst they were doing that Eleanor spent a satisfying day with the azad clearing the mud and debris off Pretoria Bridge, an historic cast iron bridge across the River Ryburn.
We had cleared it about 2 years ago but the debris had built up again. Some barrier work needs to be done before winter to stop the mud and stones coming down the steep path above the bridge from the Oldham Road above.
This work is funded by public donations and a grant from Ripponden Parish Council.
