A crisp early autumn day saw two teams out from Ryburn working on two sections of a bridleway which crosses Crow Hill.
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| Location of work |
Linda and Jak went to the southern section of the bridleway to cut back overhanging and underfoot foliage and to waymark the route.
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| Before |
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| After |
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| Linda with a new waymark |
Linda and Jak rejoined the team of Carla, a new volunteer, Jerry and Rich at the other end of the bridleway where they were working on a stile rebuild.
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| Stile needing some TLC |
At first, only one of the team was visible and there was some idle chat about the other two being in a hole! Indeed, this turned out to be true! The rebuild involved taking out some very large posts which had been deeply pile-driven into the ground making it very hard work to remove them. Fortunately, the steps across the stile were sound and did not have to be removed.
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| Bye-bye spade! |
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| Carla getting stuck in! |
After a considerable time, the post (a long way down) was removed.
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| Rich with part of the post |
Eventually the stile was constructed without too much trouble.
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| Jerry next to the steps |
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| Stile now taking shape |
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| Carla testing the new stile |
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| A group of CROWS in action |
We returned to Crow Hill and completed waymarking the bridleway.
This work was funded by Calderdale Highways. Many thanks to them.
