Eastern Team
Surveying paths for future work
July 2011 by Nic Fish
July has seen the Central and Eastern Lakes footpath team surveying paths for future footpath work. This planning is done often up to 3 years before the actual work will be undertaken. This has to be done so that helicopter lifts can be booked in for future work, rock sites also need to be checked by Natural England, this is to make sure that there is no rare mosses or flowers growing on or near the sites, they also make sure that there aren’t any remains of prehistoric buildings, or anything of historical interest.
The two main sites that where looked at were Brightbeck, which is one of the last major erosion scars in Langdale. The path can be found leading from Stickle Tarn up the right hand side of Pavey Ark.
The second site that was looked at was Helm crag. This is a path that has had a lot of work done on it over the past 20 years. Some parts of it are beginning to fall out, which means it is awkward to walk on, so people are starting to walk up the side, which starts to widen the path and cause a visible erosion scar.
With helm crag being such a popular walk for locals and tourists there is a lot of work needed all the way up the path.
At least this should keep us busy for the next 3 years or so!!
July has also see the team finish work on Stickle Ghyll for the summer holidays. Like helm Crag, Stickle Ghyll is one of the most popular walks in the Lake District, this means that during the summer holidays the path can often get so busy that it is impossible and un-productive for us to work up there during the months of July and August.
Work has progressed well though and there is only another 2-3 weeks worth of work left up there. Work, which will be completed in October.
The team our now turning their attention to the second summer project which is the continued work on Mickledon to Rosset Ghyll.
Nic fish July 11
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