Trail Maintenance Session: 16th March

Hi there,

As mentioned previously, we’re planning the next trail maintenance session this Saturday (16th March).    If you are able to help out then please post up here or drop me an email (this will be useful to estimate the number of tools we need to borrow from the park rangers).   Here’s the details:

Meet:  Drumclog Car Park (opposite the Mugdock reservoirs)
Time:  Start at 10am, finish by 2:30/3pm.
NB:  It can be a busy car park so you may want to consider turning up a bit earlier or sharing lifts.
Tools:  Bring what you have, eg. spades, forks, pruning saws/loppers, forks, mattocks

The Plan:

• After a safety briefing we’ll split into teams (depending on numbers) and head from the car park towards Rocky Rooty to repair any damage to the paths.
• The work we did last year has held up fairly well but we will be looking at clearing/re-digging ditches, de-berming paths and pruning/clearing brush.
• On Rocky Rooty itself we may need to review what’s required at certain points based on what we did last year.

From a review of Riverside 2 weeks ago we were able to clear most of the ditches and clear out drainage pipes but there are a couple of sections that look like they’ll need some remedial work so we may need a small squad to head down there depending on the workload on Rocky Rooty.

A further session is planned for Sat. 13th Apr (meet point & details TBC)

Notes:

• dress for the weather, waterproofs, food & drink, strong footwear (boots preferably), gloves
• If we have a very severe frost the Ranger will make a call on Friday if we need to cancel and I’ll be in touch ASAP to let you know.

If you have any questions then I can be contacted at graham[DOT]anderton[AT}gmbc[DOT]org[DOT]uk