Last week was the first experience of NT volunteering for a number of people who joined us at the recruitment fair we held at Theatre by the Lake recently. They have a good mix of skills to add to our team.
One group worked with me on Seatoller Fell where we built a 50m safety fence around a disused mine shaft – this was using the wood that had been hauled up there by the international group who featured in the blog a couple of weeks ago. The weather was pretty good for this kind of activity.
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| Another good job completed. |
Unfortunately the weather was not so good for the second group – a bit windy and wet. Despite that, we still went up to Force Crag mine to continue with the work to protect the buildings from flood damage. As you can see from the pictures, this is a large project and it has taken some considerable time to develop an effective solution to this problem. What you are seeing in the picture illustrates the lining of the erosion channel with bags of local material and then camouflaging them with rocks. This will strengthen the channel banks to minimize future erosion.
The new volunteers said that they had a good, satisfying time so we look forward to seeing them again.
I rounded off my week helping Jean & Jean with preparations for another volunteer recruitment event. This time it is to be in Wordsworth House in Cockermouth. Holding it there means we are more likely to find people who live in and might volunteer for our ranger Mark’s Buttermere area.
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