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North Lakes Pathfairies
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NT North Lakes Pathfairies. Wednesday, 20 July 2011. This is most recent section of path with the turf stripped and a small amount of landscaping done. The drainage ditch taking shape, The excess soil is then wheelbarrowed down to the far end to build up the path height and maintain the correct gradient. Top half of the path completed, the bottom half just needs turf laying and the middle of the path filling with pinall. Posted by North Lakes Upland Rangers. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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North Lakes Pathfairies: Farewell, then, summer?
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NT North Lakes Pathfairies. Wednesday, 3 August 2011. Farewell, then, summer? As I type, the heavens have opened, the sky is black and the few days of summer sunshine we have had recently already seem a distant memory. It has been exceptionally hot and humid, conditions which have provided their own set of challenges when doing a heavy job such as ours, so slightly cooler conditons will be welcomed by all team members. Posted by North Lakes Upland Rangers. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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NT North Lakes: Beavering Away
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Tuesday, 8 October 2013. From time to time what seems to be a simple task, becomes a bit of a challenge for Ranger Dan and myself, not such a bad thing though as it allows us to be slightly imaginative and change how we do things, also makes life more interesting I reckon! A piece of footpath maintenance at Dunthwaite was a case in point, easy enough job but access to the site is a major problem, so what do we do? Well we just use what's already there! Filling the gaps in stream banks, beaver style!
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NT North Lakes: Whiteless breast
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Friday, 21 February 2014. Buttermere is one of the few places left in the North Lakes with some grassy untouched paths. pre-emptive work can help keep the paths natural. Pidgeon holes" a line of circular bare patches can occur on grassy slopes when a large numbers of walkers follow the same line up a hill. Although these foot holes make the hill easier to climb, they quickly join together into a groove that water runs down creating a gully. The willow is locally sourced from a basket weaver,.
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NT North Lakes: A Mixed Bag!!
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Friday, 26 July 2013. Some of our visitors are more of a challenge than others, most folks are content to visit, enjoy our landscape, perhaps take in some spiritual enlightenment and leave refreshed, a minority of others however seem intent on trashing the place entirely, this past week we’ve been spending most mornings removing rubbish from lakeside fields, broken bottles, cans, barbeques, deckchairs, lots of underpants and general debris! A small amount of the daily collection. He's not terrifed, honest.
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NT North Lakes: Something nice that made us smile
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Saturday, 30 November 2013. Something nice that made us smile. Most of our blog posts deal with the day to day tasks involved in keeping our countryside in tip top condition, occasionally we have some fun and occasionally we even touch some hearts! A few weeks ago we took some children from Ennerdale Primary School on a very wet and windy hike up. Thanks kids, let's do it again real soon! Getting outdoors and closer to nature. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). NT North Lakes Team. Fix The Fells Website.
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Ranger Roy National Trust: News Flash
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Ranger Roy National Trust. Saturday, 4 July 2015. In Stoneycroft Ghyll in the Newlands Valley, we have moved the rock that is known as legbreaker rock . The primary reason for doing this is to stop further erosion caused by groups leaving the ghyll to go around the rock and the water slide. This will enable groups to stay within the water-course rather than creating erosion around it. This is a win/win situation where we minimise erosion and also create a more enjoyable experience for ghyll scramblers.
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Ranger Roy National Trust: March 2015
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Ranger Roy National Trust. Friday, 27 March 2015. A volunteer with a blog! Volunteers and could stop doing this any time we choose but we keep coming back so that tells you that we enjoy it. There's a great sense of achievement and we have a lot of fun with the added bonus that we keep pretty fit at the same time. Give it a try if you have the opportunity. Links to this post. Friday, 20 March 2015. A dog with a blog. Hi, it's Daisy here. Links to this post. Thursday, 12 March 2015. Links to this post.
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Ranger Roy National Trust: June 2015
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Ranger Roy National Trust. Friday, 26 June 2015. From boardwalk to wild flower meadow. It’s also great to see some of the things I see during my working days. One recent morning I saw mother and daughter roe deer. If you are alert or will sit quietly and wait patiently, you will be surprised what you can see. I was able to take photographs of these and walk away quietly and they didn’t move. Really nice to see. Links to this post. Thursday, 18 June 2015. Daisy’s been to play dates on Derwent Island...
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Ranger Roy National Trust: February 2015
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Ranger Roy National Trust. Friday, 27 February 2015. The fund-raiser for my area is Liz Guest and she visited for a day recently to take a look at what projects might be appealing to sponsors. Elsewhere in the week, routine maintenance continued and I spent a day with a chainsaw cutting back branches that were overhanging a fence line on Crow Park. There’s always plenty of work like that to be done. Daisy here: Roy always makes me stay well back when he is using a chainsaw. Links to this post. And a beau...
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