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RENEWING THE STEPS

JULY 17th 2005

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Above are Malcolm Lee's pictures tracking progress of the old steps decline. Below are the pictures of the work being done to repair them. A good team turned out with two mixers, two wheelbarrows, lots of buckets and lots of hard work the steps have been repaired and are open again, so that people can use the quay and the new Frank McNichol bridge.

 

 

starting the work

 Props in place blocking up holes mixing up unloading
Hard work More hard work and more and more buckets and barrows
more buckets full steam ahead sunshine break egg and bacon butties tea break
visitors more visitors getting there tamping down nice job

 

 

 

 

 

REPLACING THE BRIDGE

APRIL 24TH WORK BEGINS

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Before work starts The boys arrive Planning meeting Roy in pensive mood More reinforcements

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Steels in place Old bridge gone New bridge Work in progress End of Day 1

 

 

 

 

 

A start has been made on repairing the Quay. Here are some photos from Saturday February 15th 2003. Andy, Richard,  Chris and Stephen, Roy, Malcolm, and Chris are all helping in the building work to strengthen the Quay.

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The new wall (above) and pictures of work in progress below. Double click on the pictures to see large version.

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                                                                                Saturday 17th May 2003 - laying the concrete

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Chris launches his trailer   The hole before filling The bridge with launched trailer in the background

Men at work
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    Coffee and Mars bars The hoist Getting the final fifty buckets up
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Laying the patio       All done...
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  Nice finish Another hole !    

This page contains a list of tasks that the Main Conservation Group will need to undertake, at least on an annual basis.

In addition, we maintain the following prioritized lists of what we're working on this week, and what we plan to do next week:

General Maintenance

  1. The Bridge. This might  need to be inspected and painted once a year.

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2.   Any rock-falls will need to be cleared, and regular inspections for overhanging rocks will need to be made.

Flora and Fauna

  1. Ragwort is a plant which is poisonous to many animals. Every year we will need to go round The Main and collect any of these plants. They will need to be pulled up by the roots, put in bin bags and burnt. Click on the photo below for more information and the one below that for leaflets about how ragwort affects horses.

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  1. The blackthorn, beautiful though it is, can take over the whole of the area. Every year we will need to cut this back. A number of farmers have offered to use their tractors with special spiky things to cut it back to managable levels.

 

Fundraising

This will be a lot of work but also a lot of fun. Any ideas are welcome.

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