For the two work parties in October we did some path maintenance. I was only present for the first of these on Sun 12th, and at the second one on Wed 22nd nobody took any photos so this post is really only about the first.
Over the spring and summer quite a lot of the steps up the valley path, and some from the viewpoint down to the bridge had become damaged. The two work parties were used to repair some of this damage.
Most of the damage was to the wooden edge of the steps. Some were wearing away, others had been broken. Here Chris is selecting some poles we'd previously coppiced as replacements.
Eric investigated the steps on the valley path ...
... and a repair was soon underway.
After replacing the wood we had to level up the step by adding wood chip.
This work was continued until ...
... all the repairs needed to the valley path had been completed.
Then on to the path down to the bridge for some preparation before the second work party.