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North Lakes Pathfairies
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NT North Lakes Pathfairies. Wednesday, 20 July 2011. This is most recent section of path with the turf stripped and a small amount of landscaping done. The drainage ditch taking shape, The excess soil is then wheelbarrowed down to the far end to build up the path height and maintain the correct gradient. Top half of the path completed, the bottom half just needs turf laying and the middle of the path filling with pinall. Posted by North Lakes Upland Rangers. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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North Lakes Pathfairies: Farewell, then, summer?
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NT North Lakes Pathfairies. Wednesday, 3 August 2011. Farewell, then, summer? As I type, the heavens have opened, the sky is black and the few days of summer sunshine we have had recently already seem a distant memory. It has been exceptionally hot and humid, conditions which have provided their own set of challenges when doing a heavy job such as ours, so slightly cooler conditons will be welcomed by all team members. Posted by North Lakes Upland Rangers. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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National Trust Fell Rangers: Repairing the footpath at Wetheral Woods
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Central and East Lakes Rangers Blog. Monday, 23 January 2012. Repairing the footpath at Wetheral Woods. Recently we've been working at the far northern end of the Central and Eastern Lakes property, over at Wetheral Woods, a few miles outside of Carlisle. Wetheral Woods is a twenty-one acre broadleaved woodland and is home to St Constantine's Cells, a hermit's refuge that is thought to have been in existence during the Roman times. Digging out the bank. Fixing the shuttering in place. The newly laid hedge.
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National Trust Fell Rangers: Path repairs at Dora's Field
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Central and East Lakes Rangers Blog. Friday, 7 March 2014. Path repairs at Dora's Field. Since our last update we've been busily working away in Dora's Field, at Rydal, just outside Ambleside. Our work was replacing some old slate steps with something that would be easier to walk on, would be in keeping with the garden and would also last indefinitely. We decided we'd use the same technique as we had in High Close gardens. After just over a weeks work. New section of path. Getting the levels right. Once ...
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National Trust Fell Rangers: The BBC join us at Aira Force
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Central and East Lakes Rangers Blog. Monday, 21 January 2013. The BBC join us at Aira Force. At the start of the month we received the exciting news that the BBC was wanting to film some of our work at Aira Force. It transpired that their researchers had recently come across our blog and thought they'd like to film us for a new five part programme called "The Great British Winter". The BBC filming some of the volunteeers in action. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. The BBC joi...
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National Trust Fell Rangers: January 2015
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Central and East Lakes Rangers Blog. Monday, 12 January 2015. Creating the new entrance into Stagshaw Gardens. Just before Christmas we spent some time improving access at Stagshaw Gardens, near Ambleside. Our work was to create a new entrance way next to the main car park that would mean visitors can enter the garden directly, without walking past the house. Starting work on the new entrance. Digging in a post for the new gate. Newly adjusted fence line. Nicely joined up with the garden path. Central an...
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National Trust Fell Rangers: Pitching the path at Millbeck Farm
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Central and East Lakes Rangers Blog. Friday, 24 July 2015. Pitching the path at Millbeck Farm. We've recently been working on a section of path next to Millbeck Farm in Great Langdale. The path had some old pitching around the gate but this was in need of replacing and much of the rest of the path had been disturbed during excavations for the new hydro project. Section under the old Yew. Pitching under the Yew. Repairing the path near the gate. Most of the landscaping completed. View my complete profile.
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National Trust Fell Rangers: Replacing step stiles & laying a hedge.
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Central and East Lakes Rangers Blog. Monday, 2 March 2015. Replacing step stiles and laying a hedge. Over the last few weeks we've continued our estate work around Langdale valley. Our first job was to lay a section of hedge next to the road near Loughrigg Tarn. Hedge ready to be laid. The hedge was predominantly Beech and contained a few trees that had been previously laid before. Some of the trees were over 15cm diameter, making it extra difficult to lay with just billhooks and pruning saws. Needless t...
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National Trust Fell Rangers: Landscaping and path repairs for the hydro-electric scheme
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Central and East Lakes Rangers Blog. Friday, 19 June 2015. Landscaping and path repairs for the hydro-electric scheme. Last summer work commenced on building a 100kW hydro-electric scheme at Stickle Ghyll that would provide enough clean energy to power Sticklebarn. We gathered much of the usable rock by hand and moved it up to the path, in addition we brought in some extra rock that had been generated during the engineering work to make sure we had enough. The job was complicated by the first few met...
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National Trust Fell Rangers: Repairing the path at Aira Force
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Central and East Lakes Rangers Blog. Wednesday, 22 April 2015. Repairing the path at Aira Force. Firstly, we moved some large rocks from the original path to form an edge to the lower path. Any bedrock sticking up into the new path was broken with crowbars and sledgehammers until it was low enough to cover with gravel. Starting to build up the edge. Digging in the drain pipe. Turfing the freshly graveled path. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Central and East Lakes Rangers.
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