Pott Shrigley CC wall repairs

Wall Repair Ahead of Bonfire Night

Morning light before starting work

Work progress photos

Savio Estate Woods and Hedges

Winter woodland management and hedgelaying work coming to life in the Spring.

Fence and gate also by the kriv countryside volunteers.

Hedgelaying - Ingersley Vale

The first hedge that the volunteers have revisited (after 10 years) to lay for a second time

Path past Five Ashes to the saddle of Kerridge hill

Putting in a combination of wooden and stone steps on a steep and slippery path

Pond Clearance near Jenkin Chapel

All pictures taken by KRIVvolunteer Keith P

Windyway Head: horse pasture wall repairs

 Work by the dry stone walling sub-group of the KRIV Countryside Volunteers

Walling with a kestrel for company

setting the level for the copes (after a few more hours work on 30 Sept)

Footpath improvements: between Cow Lane, Bollington and Ingersley Vale

The existing path is quite steep and very badly drained so unpleasantly muddy in wet weather.

Works involve improvements to drainage, building some steps, refixing a gate and

adjacent fence and, first of all, cutting back some vegetation for access.

Before

The existing derelict fence, collapsed gate and squeeze stile:

After

Repaired fence and new gate

The slab that made for a tight squeeze now a paving slab

Before
Badly drained and uneven stony path

5 hours later
(using timber risers and stobs supplied by Cheshire East Council)

Temporary stone steps

All timber steps completed