Monday, 9 March 2026

CHARLESTOWN & EAVES WOOD

Ginny and Rich went to sort two smallish jobs - a drainage issue on the Pennine Way above Underbank (funded by Natural England and Calderdale Highways) and a reported mulch issue above the Eaves Estate (funded by donations to CROWS). 

PENNINE WAY ABOVE UNDERBANK

This was an issue we spotted on our recent Pennine Way survey. A stream was flowing across the path and already beginning to scour the path. Unfortunately today it was dry!

 

There is a stream here somewhere!

Digging it out

If there was water in it, it would be flowing nicely

PATH AT THE BOTTOM OF EAVES WOOD

Water and mulch gets washed down the track to a dip creating a very muddy section (not helped by someone having attempted to drive a vehicle through it!)


Scraping and shovelling to reveal the old surface

 
A relatively mulch-free way through

We did this same job a couple of years ago, so it needs to become a regular.