Peak district near "Hayfield" 27/9/9

Five volunteers turned out, and were taken by land rover up into the mists on the moors near Edale cross. We set out on foot from the land rover with two staff, each carrying ten empty 1 tonne sacks. It took a while in the limited visibility to find our target - the site of a minute anchient quarry. After the initial delays we spent the day 3/4 filling the sacks with stone from the rubble associated with the quarry. The mist lifted exposing the wonderful landscape and the sun shone briefly, and the end of our alloted time (some volunteers needed to get back to their families) there were only four empty bags left - 66 "filled"

In due course the stone will be lifted to the top of Kinder Scout for use in the ongoing gully blocking program - which aims to retain the peat on the top (keeping it out of the reservoirs), and by improving the water retention perhaps eventually lead conditions where peat is created rather than lost.