North Lakes team
June 2009 by Paul Delaney
The 2009 season is now well under way and the North Lakes Team have set about their first project of the season, the well used route from Manesty To Hause Gate, this route has traditionally been used as the downhill section of the Catbells round and has suffered from shortcutting over the years.
It will be interesting to see if the newly introduced changes to traffic management control in the area will change the usage of the path from downhill to uphill, this of course would affect the future maintenance regime of the path, walkers tend not to shortcut when going uphill!
The path has been worked on extensively over the years and this year’s project is mostly to reduce shortcutting improve drainage and reinforce the old works and care is being taken to blend the two, curiously we are bemoaning the dry sunny weather as the little soil we have on site is rapidly disappearing in the breeze, roll on the rain we say!
Alongside the project work the team have been involved with Fix The Fells Lengthsmen both on work parties and training days with many more to come.
Fix The Fells lengthsmen repairing path at Red Pike
