My name is Joe Bagnall and I am the
guest blogger for Roy this week. I am a part of the North Lakes Uplands Ranger
Team; we’re responsible for conservation in the upland areas of Borrowdale,
Buttermere, Crummock Water, Haweswater and Ennerdale. Our work mainly entails
maintaining and repairing footpaths using several techniques. In the winter we
work on lowland jobs alongside the property Estates Team.
In April the North Lakes Uplands team
had their annual helicopter lift for
one of the main uplands projects of the year. The team had seventy four ton
bags of stone flown from the screes above the Honnister slate mine to the
footpath leading up to the old tramway from the Mine’s carpark. The stone will
be used to replace sections of the old pitched path that in places is falling
out or has never been pitched and is eroding away.
The heli lift took place on one of the
nicest days that we have had this year; the team were assisted by two
volunteers to help with the management of passing foot traffic whilst the
helicopter was flying. The flight crew and helicopter were from PDG, a
contractor that Fix the Fells has used for a number of years.
Work will be starting on the path this
summer alongside the Team’s other two main projects of the year on Dale Head
and Carlside.
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