Round the Hills & more
I have been very remiss this year in not recording any of the stile improvements carried out by Danny and his remarkable team, so this post is trying to make up for that. By my reckoning, Danny’s team have sorted out 8 problem stiles this year, including 3 on the RTH walk for Rossendale Rotary. This work, and the recces of the route done by our members, is the reason why Rotary sponsor us every year. Some of these repairs have involved multiple visits to actually sort out the stile, and they all need recces to size up the problem,...
read moreA hat-trick of path clearances!!!
A couple of days ago – and in a single morning – Malcolm, David C, and Steve S cleared not one, but 3 paths – the first at Fearns Moss, Edgeside Side Lane, the second at the rear of the Co-op, Waterfoot, and the thirf at Whitewell Bottom, Height Top Farm. The pics below show before and after at the Fearns Moss site. ...
read moreBoxing Day and beyond
As Danny put it when fixing a previous stile in pouring rain “There wasn’t anything on the telly”, perhaps the same was true on Boxing Day – or, more likely – it was an opportunity to work off the excesses of Christmas Day. Whatever it was, he and his son George – ‘a new apprentice’ – ventured out to fix a stile above Cowpe Village at SD 83776 21262 – pic below: Not content with that, on Saturday 17th January, when a lot of us were enjoying a pub walk and...
read moreNot only, but also!
While Malcolm’s footpath clearance team have been busy, Danny’s stile repair team have not been behind the door either. Since the middle of September, a further 4 stiles/gates have been improved, making something like 55 repairs since the team started – an amazing figure. It is not obvious, but this work not only includes fixing the stile, with all that is involved there, but finding out who owns the land, and getting permission from them to make the change, is very time-consuming and frustrating. So please raise...
read moreFootpath Maintenance – First Gate Installation
On Friday 7th October David C, Malcolm, Martyn and Mark removed an old broken stile just above Marl Pitts, Leisure Centre Rawtenstall and replaced it with a gate. This is all part of the footpath improvements that are being undertaken by Rossendale Ramblers with the assistance of a few locals. Gate location – SD824233, 53°42?23?N , 002°16?02?W, What3Words : fast.liked.last
read moreRossendale Ramblers Pathway Fixers
Rossendale Ramblers have successfully started a pathway improvement programme within Rossendale. To date we have successfully improved/repaired 15 stiles and undertaken 2 pathway clearances with our team of 11 volunteers providing the “peoplepower” These repairs have been funded by Rossendale Ramblers out of monies donated by our members, our sponsors, and several generous individuals. With the nice weather approaching we would like to increase our activities and are looking for additional volunteers to join the team, if you are...
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