Monday was a return to Rough Hey Wood for further improvement to the footpath that runs from the Calderdale Way through to Longley Lane. The team consisted of Ginny, Stella, Jerry and Jak.
The tasks to be resolved were a stile replacement on the boundary of the wood leading up to Butterworth End and Butterworth End Lane together with further vegetation clearance to the footpaths within the wood. Access to the site through farmland was again provided by local landowner Richard Crowther of Far Barsey Farm. Many thanks once again as this enabled our 4 x 4 to off load material and tools at the work site.
This work was again funded by a very kind donation by the Russell family. Many thanks from all of us at CROWS and from an increasing number of walkers of the path who appreciate the work being undertaken.
The main issue today was that the original rotten timber stile had been completely removed and had been replaced by the landowner's boundary fence. The current 'stile' consisted of two vertical timber posts with two horizontal metal bars acting as step irons. This construction whilst stock proof was difficult to traverse. This was compounded as the distance between the fence posts was only 550mm.
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| The removal of the horizontal metal bars and temporary removal of the barbed wire |
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| Installing the stile legs |
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| Tread boards and braces in |
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| Cross rails in, barbed wire reconnected, landing stone in place and the testing of the stile |
We will need to return to this stile to provide additional protection to the exposed barbed wire that abuts the stile posts
