November’s team task was repairing the footbridge at Hailes Mill – some planks were rotten and really needed replacing. But it was a beautiful winter’s day – frost on the handrails and the sun peeking through the trees. See us at work on this YouTube video

We know you Path Wardens love your paths. Why not share your knowledge and enthusiasm – write a description yourself! The ELC have already produced a dozen 1-pagers and are planning more. But what we also need are more extended descriptions: Dave Hapgood has produced our first. See them all on our Path Descriptions page. And if you do get serious about this, see some other examples of what could be done on the page Example Path Descriptions.

The monthly reports that us path wardens (usually!) submit are – apart from being a mechanism to report issues for action to the council, a satisfying way to recall and record how useful we have been, and a great way to show to sponsors just how busy we are, – are actually quite fascinating variety of tasks, times, and reporting styles! See the pdf for September (or find the full spreadsheet in the library section).

Last week several of us were down on the river Tyne, creating a small willow fence to help protect a small part of the bank which is eroding the path. The long term idea is that the some of the stakes will take root and so properly stabilize the bank.

See us at  work –