Duncan, Rob & Barry formed the pioneering team at Picking Gill, a small nature reserve managed by the local community near Sawley. A brief survey of the perimeter wall persuaded us that commencing alongside the road afforded the best shelter from a cold easterly wind, and we partially dismantled the mainly retaining wall in a tidying-up of the disheveled stint to a firm corner. It took the morning to restore this, finishing with flat tops for want of more material. The afternoon’s work began the steep uphill section at right angles to the corner, the fragility of which was exposed by a collapse while removing some stones and leaving more of a gap than we had planned at the end of the day. A satisfactory consolidation of the corner however and some sound lower courses put into place.
Barry S.
No. Waller: 3
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