Today was a completion of the work started a couple of weeks ago in Banquet House Clough:- installing revetment to prevent path collapse into the clough; replacing a stile tread-board and further drainage work.
Jak, Jerry, Graham and Angus headed out to complete these tasks which have been funded by Ripponden Parish Council. Many thanks.
The blue circles identify the location of the revetment and the stile.
Section of revetment secured and backfilled.
The finished job: looking up the clough.
The stile below the revetment also received attention as the tread-board, whilst in good order, had become extremely slippery. Jak set-to with hammer and staples to give some grip to the surface.
At the bottom of the path was a second stile which CROWS had rebuilt but now needed a wider tread-board. Previously, as a temporary measure, we had recycled a length of decking from the original structure, but this had become slippery and was narrower than we would like to ensure a safe crossing the drainage channel we had to excavate on the field side of the stile.
Wider tread-board being fitted.
Back in 1970, the lower section of this path would have formed the site boundary to the ill-fated Krumlin Festival which occupied several fields along the side of the valley (see image below).
For those interested in this event, there is an excellent book written by Ben Graham, entitled, "Pink Floyd are fogbound in Paris: The story of the 1970 Krumlin Festival". Alternatively, CROWS members can ask Frank H (who was there!) for his version of events!
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| Weekend entry ticket for Krumlin Festival |
