Thursday 13 July 2017

Footpath work at Lyme Park on 9 July 2017

This week six stalwart volunteers met Gary the Lyme Park ranger in the car park to make the short walk around the pond to the children’s adventure play area.  Built on a steep slope, the area has been damaged by the recent torrential water runoff and was currently closed to the public for repair.

The main task this week was next to the aerial runway, a complex of nets and towers for children to scramble through.  Unfortunately, parents had been using the adjacent hill as an impromptu footpath while following their children down the course and the resulting muddy mess necessitated the installation of a permanent path.

The rangers had already placed the edging boards up the steep slope and our job was to fit cross members to stop the infill slipping and to wheelbarrow the coarse stone up the path and lay it.  After compacting the first layer a top covering of finer sand-like aggregate was laid, giving the whole path a pleasing golden colour.  After completing the main task there was still time to repair some of the main path and dig some holes to plant some logs to make stepping stones for the kids to jump on.

Lunch was taken in an adjoining tree house and some people decided to search for their inner child, finding them on the slide and the fireman’s pole.

Thanks to Gary for providing us with an interesting task and staying with us all day.

Tim


Before, during and after (photos: Adrian)

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