What an amazing day to be out! A team of three from Todmorden were working on a variety of jobs including drainage, cutting back, way-marking, and surveying for future tasks.
David, Kasher and RJ worked in the area east of the Rochdale Canal between Eastwood and Stoodley Glen.
We worked on the following:
1) Tod BW 034 (at the stream crossing over Stoodley Clough) to clear the stepping stones and remove debris from the clough.
2) Way-marking and replacing rotten marker posts on Erringden 010 near Heights Farm and on Erringden 024 near Burnt Acre.
3) We returned to try (once again!) to sort out the drainage issues on Erringden 014 above Heights Wood. The water from the pipe coming from the hillside is in danger of washing away the footpath. Hopefully we have sorted this (for a while!) although we may return to widen parts of this path.
4) We also tried to improve the drainage at the junction of Tod 034 and Erringden 022 (just off Stoodley Glen) which had been reported to CROWS. Sections of the path have been scraped and the water flowing down the hillside has been directed into drainage channels. This work should allow the track to dry out.
5) Surveying the stream crossing and the stile on Erringden 026 in Parrock Wood.
Today's work has been funded by Calderdale Ramblers to whom we extend our grateful thanks.
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| Today's work area: east of the Rochdale Canal at Eastwood. |
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| Sorting out the stream crossing at Stoodley Clough. |
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| David and RJ working on drainage issues above Heights Wood. |
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| RJ and Kasher improving the drainage at the edge of Heights Wood. |
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| David and RJ sorting out the drainage issues at the junction of Tod 034 and Erringden 022. |
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| A slightly less muddy path! |
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| Why is it that digging out old posts takes so much longer than installing new ones? |
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| Fixing waymarkers at Burnt Acre. |
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| Packing one of the new marker posts at Burnt Acre. |
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| One of the marker posts at Burnt Acre. |
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| A stile to be fettled . . . |
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| And how do we sort out this revetment?? |
