Near Moor Hall Farm: A different style of stile!
An experienced team of Ray, Jan and Frank H worked a long and energetic session to install a sturdy stile unit donated by British Recycled Plastic (BRP) who are based at Top Land Country Business Park, Mytholmroyd.
Fortunately the day was mainly sunny and the drystone wall adjacent to the job provided shelter from the nippy breeze and the occasional burst of hailstones!
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| Not quite in the middle of nowhere . . .but close to it! |
Today's work was funded by the generous gift of a stile kit from British Recycled Plastic and by other individual donations. Many thanks.
The Detail
Stiles in the Upper Calder Valley come in all shapes, sizes . . . and in various states of disrepair! Replacement is usually by a custom-built structure to deal with sloping terrain, rocky ground, old wall footings, narrow gaps and adjacent fencing. How a pre-assembled unit could be installed was the challenge of the day! Here's how it went:
1. Original 'stile'. |
| Mmm! Patched to the limit of inaccessibility |
2. Preliminary work.
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| Basic stile framework. It's very heavy! No wonder Ray and Jan are looking stressed. |
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| Synchronised digging. There no leeway as regards hole positions . . . or depths! |
3. Progress.
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| Stile framework in place with some side-rails linked to an existing wooden post to bridge the gap across to the ruined drystone wall. |
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| First of the stile-step units being installed. Some dismantling was necessary! |
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| Frank H running a critical eye over the two-step stile, the additional grab pole and the side-rails linked to existing structures. Not a bad effort given the awkward ground conditions and the fiddling about involved in fitting the steps. |
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| Testing! Testing! 85 kg - no problem! |
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| Neat work! |
