Path improvement - lots of photos

In winter the path between the beech corridor near post 14 and the old plantation near post 15 gets really muddy.

These three pics were taken in April when it was beginning to dry out.

So in May, as the brambles and the rosebay willowherb were beginning to grow, we cut the vegetation back.

We were intending to raise the level of the path, but the weather was against us.  First it was too wet to work and then it was so dry that the ground became like concrete.

So last Sunday, September 8th, we cut it back again  .  .  .

.  .  .  and started building.

Once we had laid out the poles to either side of the central path, they were staked in position.  Then small sticks were laid at right angles to the side poles, and leaf litter scattered on top.

To finish we topped it with woodchip from our friendly community compost site  .  .  .  

.  .  .  and trampled it down

It will need more woodchip as it settles but the team have built a solid foundation.

Photos by Eric, Alan and Jerry