Above Thrope Plantation - Wednesday 5th August 2015

Having now completed the wall at Longside, we now have a new task above Thrope Plantation, near Lofthouse.  The attraction on this task is that the farmer, David Coats has promised to let us sample some of his ice cream, which hopefully will compensate us for the 20 minutes walk from the roadside to the walling site.  Today's team was Richard H and Tony.

Yellow Finger Marks Wall Location

Enter through this gate and follow the bridleway until you reach a gate on the left

Go through this gate and follow the path until you reach the walling site

The task ahead

The first gap to be tackled

Richard wonders how much of the wall we should take down before we start the foundations

At foundation level

The position at lunchtime

and time to admire the view looking up the dale

Richard places the last stone for the day

Ready for next week's team

I should add that because David Coats was away for the day, we missed out on the ice creams.

Tony