A fine morning saw Rich, Jerry, Andy, Angus and Jak out before it really warmed up. The first task involved a long carry of a heavy fingerpost to a site on the hill above Baitings and Ryburn reservoirs. This was a post that we had repaired.
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Location marked with pink blob
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| Andy, Angus and Jerry crossing Baitings dam |
The post was pretty long so it needed a deep hole. This task was quickly accomplished.
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| Digging a deep hole |
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| Lovely spot |
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| Nearly there |
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| Looking towards Ryburn reservoir |
As we returned to the car park, although the signpost is quite a way distant, it was possible to see it from the path across the dam.
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| From a distance |
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| A long shot from the dam |
The next job was to fill in some steps leading off Quakers Lane towards the disused railway line. These were steps we had installed previously.
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| The orange blob marks the steps and the pink area is roughly where we removed balsam from |
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| Steps filled in |
While we were there we just had to do some more balsam bashing. Returning so soon after doing this on Friday showed that not only is the path well used but that pulling the balsam does see it off, for now at least. We will monitor this path and try to keep the quantity of balsam down. Please feel free to help and wear gloves!
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| There's a CROW in there somewhere! |
Today's work was funded by donations to CROWS, for which many thanks.
