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July 2010 by Paul Delaney
As the summer season goes on the team have been involved in a wide variety of tasks, from finally repairing flood damage at the top of Langstrath after a series of mechanical breakdowns, to assisting our Southern Lakes colleagues on the repairs and re-instatement of the bridleway at Stake Pass
An interesting interlude was a day out with the volunteer lengthsmen on the path above Force Crag where we repaired some pigeonhole erosion by using the cloche netting technique. We were joined on the day by a reporter from BBC Radio Cumbria who interviewed the team as part of their volunteer week of programming.
Another interesting task this season was to work with our National Park colleagues on the repair of a bridleway at Nannycatch Gorge near Ennerdale. This path had suffered a lot of damage when the beck changed course and destroyed a large section of path.
Using a tracked digger Paul Robinson from the LDNP did a fantastic job of re-aligning the beck and constructing an excellent sustainable path using materials found on site
Above: Nannycatch before and after repair
We have with the help of our Fix the Fells lengthsmen started on the repairs of the path from Grains Gill to Esk Hause and hope to continue this project in the next few weeks before moving on to a path between Scar Crags and Causey pike
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