Bride Stones Moor area: Odd jobs are us!
On a sunny, warm day with magnificent all-round views of the South Pennines, Kasher and Frank H tackled three jobs.
a) Eastwood Road
Where the footpath (Todmorden 043) leaves the road, a boardwalk that crosses a patch of boggy ground, was cleaned and two cross-treads were replaced.
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b) Open access
i). A nearby stile over a stock fence needed attention.
Problems:
It's difficult to see the following, but . .
*the barbed wire is too close to the uprights.
*one step leg is loose (it was barely in the ground!).
*the tread-board has an alarming slope.
*the step-up is too high.
Solutions:
*short sections of the top wire have been de-barbed.
*loose leg replaced with a longer leg
*new leg firmly embedded and on a level with its counterpart.
*treadboard re-fixed to be horizontal.
*large stones dug in on both sides of the stile to act as first step-ups.
The above were temporary fixes. The stile gap is very narrow and has one side-upright that is in poor condition. A major re-build may be necessary . . . once we have discussed the situation with the landowner . . . once we have found the landowner!
ii). Further down the road - another stile over a stock fence needed repair work.
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| Both treadboards replaced and both side-uprights have been firmed-up. If only all jobs were as straightforward as this! |
Today's work was funded by donations to CROWS. Many thanks.
