Tower Clough (off Carr Road): revetment
A fine, dry, windless day for Neil D and Frank H to install some revetment, thus protecting the crumbling edge of the footpath (Todmorden 074) that goes along the bank of the Tower Clough stream.
Here's the situation:
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| 2. Collapsed part of old revetment |
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| 1. Surviving part of old revetment |
The plan was to leave the collapsed revetment in place (it had settled to be stable) but extend the surviving revetment to protect the path edge. The path itself would then have to be widened, graded and landscaped.
Here's what happened:
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| 3. Work in progress. Just the widening grading and landscaping to do. |
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| 4. End of session |
The path edge is now stable and protected. Neil looks to be sagging at the knees - not surprising after all that digging, mattocking, stob driving (long, long stobs!), drilling, hammering and sawing!
Later, further down Carr Road, we re-instated the finger-post that indicated the footpath (Todmorden 070) that leads - eventually - to Sharneyford. No photographs were taken. Just imagine a much-shorter-than-usual post . . . the wet rot on the old post was extensive!
Today's work was funded by donations to CROWS. Thank you.
