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
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| Before, during and after (photos: Adrian) |
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