Calderdale Way: Slackhouse Lane / Wainsgate
Duncan and Paul were out today attending to some drainage work on the CW. This was a revisit to earlier work undertaken on this site with the aim of shoring up revetment where water erosion was starting to undercut the sides of the drainage channel. The weather forecast initially lived up to the day's forecast - Pennine mizzle shrouding the hilltops with an unexpected downpour at noon exacerbating work conditions but also very revealing! We saw at first hand the torrent of water pouring off Slackhouse Lane into the drainage channel we had dug. After this heavy deluge and lunch (taken sheltering in the car) we managed to finish the work and had time to sort out an additional problem down the hill toward Shawcroft where the water had come over the banking onto the footpath.
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| site map |
Work funded by Wadsworth Parish Council - thank you!
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| Duncan fitting new boarding. |
Then came the rain!
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| The River running off the road! |
The channel put to good use:
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| It works! |
We completed adding extra revetment under the existing lengths fixed with metal pegs.
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| Job completed |
It is difficult to see the new installed timbers from this photo but this work has now created a more robust drainage channel.
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| Banking of channel further down the path. |
