A sunny September day for Andrew, Neil D, Ray and Stella to tackle the few remaining jobs on our Pennine Way list.
First of all the familiar work-out of carrying tools and a 3-metre finger post up the hill from Swillington.
Then Ray and Andrew replaced the fingerless finger post at the western end of Dicks Lane - a tricky job as one of the flags is positioned low on the shaft and to keep it at a safe height they could not drop the post in as deeply as it really needs. They will return next week to brace the post so it is really secure.
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| Out with the old... |
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| ..and in with the new. |
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Just needs a bit of bracing.
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Meanwhile, Neil and Stella started on the job of clearing the 18 turnbyes, between here and Stoodley Pike, which are buried beneath several inches of drought-compacted sand - quite hard going and we are nowhere near finished. We shall return, hopefully with reinforcements!
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| Is there anything underneath here? |
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| Yay! - who knew? |
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| Clearing these should keep some water off the path once the rain starts again. |
And on our way home we stabilised and waymarked a wobbly fingerpost in Callis Wood.
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| Could do with a longer arm... |
Work funded by Natural England and Calderdale Council Highways.
