On a beautiful spring morning, Jerry and Angus headed to Foster Dam to fit the last piece of revetment to a section of the footpath near its start at Lee Mill Bridge. It would seem that over the passage of time the roots of a tree on the other side of the path had forced some of the supporting stonework to collapse into the river.
Location of the revetment circled in red.
This was not a difficult job compared to the previous work of fitting a new bridge and boardwalk, replacing three flights of steps and several lengths of revetment. However, there was a fair drop to the river and we were wary of how we knocked the wooden stobs into the path edge so as not to disturb the structure of the bank; the stobs are used to locate the revetment and keep it in place.
The section to be protected where the banking has collapsed.
Revetment dug in and located at each end with wooden stobs.
The completed job, three bags of infill used to level the dip in the path.
This then was the last job to be done on this glorious path, a task funded by Hebden Royd Town Council. Many thanks.
