LONGLEY LANE
This visit to Longley Lane saw Jerry, Graham, Richard, and Angus barrowing large quantities of wood chip to fill in the worn-out centre of the narrow path passing between the properties leading away from Longley Farm towards Sowerby Bridge.
This work was initially reported by a couple of local walkers and has been funded by several local donations - a big 'thank you' for these. We also need to thank Ian Mathews, a local landowner, who kindly donated the woodchip.
Today's work location highlighted in blue.
View along the path towards Sowerby Bridge.
The first job was to strim back the grass to expose the sunken centre section. Once Jerry had done this with an electric strimmer, the extent of the task was soon revealed. The woodchip had been transported in a one tonne bag in the back of Angus's vehicle and deposited just across the road from the worksite prior to barrowing between the houses and down the path.
You would have thought such a rural location wouldn't have much in the way of traffic . . . Wrong! Delivery vans galore!
The path after strimming clearly reveals the sunken centre section.
The plan was to use the woodchip to fill the sunken centre section which, in some parts, was so narrow, that without care, you could easily twist an ankle. Carefully negotiating the narrow gap between a parked car and Longley Farmhouse, Richard barrowed the material along the path to fill the worst of the sunken section.
Graham in charge of back-filling and directing barrow operations.
Our supply of woodchip (there's only so much you can get into a Ford Connect!) was enough to level half the sunken section so we will return with another bag, to complete the task. Once this has all settled a third bag may be needed to level-off the whole path. It's always satisfying to use natural, recycled materials on a job like this.
The path now more level and easier to negotiate . . . and it didn't rain!
POVERTY LANE SOWERBY
A job reported by Calderdale Highways - an entrance to a path almost invisible, awkward steps and a very uneven stretches.
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| Much easier surface |
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| Now you can see the path |
