Today's team of Catherine and Kasher paid a return visit to the delights of Inchfield Pasture to complete the painting of bridleway marker posts. These posts were reinstated a few weeks ago but some of the older posts missed out on their new blue paint and waymarks.
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| A well-used scratching post. |
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| Blue-topped bridleway marker posts. |
The random-trial experiment with the itchy cattle proved that standard (1.5 m) posts get used as back-scratchers whereas the shorter (1.0 m) posts do not........however, the shorter ones are a delight for sheep!
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| Catherine, causey path and cattle. |
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| Raising the next generation of moorland cattle. |
As we repacked and secured a number of the standard posts the image of painting the Forth Road Bridge came to mind - we will revisit the posts next Spring for another round of replacing or painting.
We then moved on to clear out the turn-bys on the route down to Ragby Bridge.
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| And lo ... the turn-by appears. |
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| A repaired turn-by near Ragby Bridge. |
We will return to Inchfield soon to repaint the older yellow-topped posts that mark the route from Gorpley Dam to Foul Clough Road. We will also need to clear the turn-bys on the other side of Ragby Bridge.
Today's work was funded by Todmorden Town Council. Many thanks.
