Ian V & Stella repaired and improved the waymarking on Widdop Road to the footpaths across Popples Common and down to Hardcastle Crags. We cut back some bushy laurel from the path to the Crags and investigated a drainage problem of water running off the Common onto the road.
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Wonky post....
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...straightened
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Path onto the Common....
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.....now clearer
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| Spring on its way |
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| Welcome to Popples Common! |
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| Breathe in.... |
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...breathe out
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The totally choked drain along the side of the road here needs clearing out. This is a very big job and the water is affecting the road not the footpath. We concluded that this is a job for Highways not CROWS.
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| We went on to survey the Heptonstall path running north-west |
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| The vertiginous path at Heptonstall |
along the escarpment at the top of Eaves Wood.
This has become very narrow in places with a steep drop to one side and a particularly dodgy stretch requiring a somewhat dangerous manoeuvre across a slanting stone "step".
The path in general needs widening and cutting back.
At the stone step it needs some "excavation" back towards the wall to see how best to improve the situation.
We shall return to this in the near future.
Our work today was funded by Heptonstall Parish Council.
