Jerry and Jak set out on a beautiful day to cut back this short section of path which runs behind the Bowling Club from Mill Fold Way. It links to a path that goes up to the disused railway line.
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| Location of path |
The path is slippery and very wet in places because a lot of water runs off the hillside. As well as cutting back, a turnby was created in order to divert some of the water from the path.
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| Scraping the mud |
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| More mud scraping |
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| Path drying out already! |
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| Still some water but a big improvement |
There is a lot of Himalayan balsam at one end of the path (because of the excessive dampness) but it's still a bit too early to tackle that.
This work was funded by donations to CROWS for which many thanks.
1st June - update
We have since done a couple of return trips to this path. First to install steps to improve the access.
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| Before |
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| After |
There were 2 sessions to work on controlling the Himalayan balsam. It is very dense in this location and somewhat a thankless task.
There was also a visit to the steps at Pretoria bridge where we scraped off the debris from the overhanging tree branches and cut back some of the branches so as to allow more light and sun onto the steps to give them a chance to dry off.
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| Steps cleaned off |
