Path improvements

The path sloping down to the footbridge over the stream is always very muddy in winter.   Somebody had the good idea of laying sticks across like a ladder to stop feet sinking into the mud.  We decided to use this idea to improve the path

We have started by digging a ditch to either side to drain off the water that trickles down the slope.  Then we are raising the level of the path by pegging poles into place along the sides.   Using coppice material cut earlier in the year, pegs were sharpened.

These were then used to hold the thicker poles in place along the sides of the path

 Soil from digging drainage ditches to either side was used to level the path and embed small sticks placed like the rungs of a ladder between the thick poles.

Then it was topped off with woodchip

We've made a start but the job is only partly complete.  More work for our next work morning.