Friday 5 January 2024

TREES AT BREARLEY AND HAUGH WOOD, TODMORDEN

Over the last few weeks a lot of trees have come down, Some have been sorted by landowners, a few have been referred to Calderdale Highways. Today Ian Clarkson assisted by Rich tackled two.

The huge tree that has come down at the bottom of Brearley Lane has been referred to Calderdale highways - too big for us. 

We cleared the tree at the higher location on the map

Tree across the path

With the help of landowner, tree cleared and brash stacked

Finger post nearby

Post re-bedded and pointing in the correct direction

Then, after coffee and mince pie, we were off towards Todmorden

The lovely old track was completely blocked by a fallen tree.

We removed most of the minor branches so people can easily get underneath the main trunk which is very secure as it touches the ground in several places. Because of this, we decided it was safer just to leave it in place.


The drainage needs attention on this path, but that is for another day.