Moorfield and Seed Hill
Nick and Paul were out today cutting back on footpaths in the Old Town vicinity. The weather proved to be very changeable with gusty blows, patches of rain and slivers of sun. We undertook to concentrate on two sites; the first the footpath running uphill along the side of Moorfield and up to Rock Edge and the second a path running at the rear of Seed Hill House downhill toward Dodd Naze Estate.
Work funded by Wadsworth Parish Council - a Big Thankyou.
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| Moorfield path highlighted in red |
Site 1:
We began cutting back at the bottom end of the path where it meets Paddock Lane.
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| Overgrown |
Once we finished here we moved onto the top end of the path
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| Cleared |
At the top end the marker post was hidden among a gang of high nettles and the steps overgrown with tufts of grass, etc
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| Where is the Marker Post? |
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| Clearer now! |
We cleared the nettles, rediscovered the steps and cut back the path. and then after lunch moved onto our second destination near Seed Hill at the bottom end of Rowlands Lane
Site 2:
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| What path? |
Here we were faced with some serious tall summer overgrowth including nettles, Rosebay Willow Herb, ferns and high grasses.
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| Brush cutter intervention! |
Meanwhile, Nick cut back encroaching brambles, nettles and other greenery from the pathway leading to the stone steps and stile at the back of Seed Hill.
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| Overgrown by the stile. |
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| Cutting back with shears |
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| Clear now for walkers. |
A satisfactory day's work clearing local paths.
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| Map of Seed Hill footpaths. |
