 
ACWA Working Party
On 7-Oct-2009 a Working Party installed a new kissing gate, a new
bridge with rail, a new ditch and put wire netting on the boardwalk
and long bridge - all on ACW south on Benton Green.
The new s/b with handrail near completion, with the
new k/g beyond : 7-Oct-2009
October Achievements 1 (to be cont. in WP News
47)
The main tasks for the day were to replace the stile and ditch
crossing at GR 256 786 with a new k/g + s/b with handrail. The
nearly completed installation is shown in above photo. The
photo below shows the old stile, with the tools and some of the
material delivered - the rest of the party had gone back to collect
more materials.
The old stile, with the tools and some of the
material delivered : 7-Oct-2009
The 3rd, 4th and 5th tasks were fixing anti-slip wire
netting to the boardwalk, digging a shallow drainage ditch to the
west of the k/g and putting stones/ballast surface on the path
entering the k/g from the north. This finally completed work
at this site started on 3-Jun then continued on 2-Sep.
The photo below shows the end result.
The anti-slip wire netting on the
boardwalk, the shallow drainage ditch to the right of the k/g and
the stones/ballast on the path : 7-Oct-2009
The final (& 6th) task was fixing anti-slip wire
netting to the "long-bridge", which has been in place many years but
now crosses a much deeper ditch. Photo below shows the
finished result as viewed from the east.
The anti-slip wire netting on the
"long-bridge" : 7-Oct-2009
A dry and initially sunny day made working a pleasure, though the
number of tasks and the amount of work to construct the s/b with
handrail made it a long day. Moving people to Benton Green and
carrying tools and materials to site took till about 10:30 and it
was 14:30 before we had just about finished, with just the task of
getting all the tools back to Benton Green. We were helped
with transporting things to and from the site by David & Phil
(SMBC team), who also lent us a powerful rechargeable drill and a
wheelbarrow. Phil came back about 13:30 and helped us with the
s/b before helping barrow/carry things back to Benton Green.
By 15:30 we were in the Bear at Berkeswell having our lunch, a good
hour earlier than after the September WP!
Plans
The next session planned is:
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Wednesday 21st October 2009 at
9:30 am to about 1:00 pm |
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Location: |
On Circular Walk 10, the section
approaching Brinklow from Kings Newnham |
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Park at: |
In Brinklow Village or on verge along
Cathiron Lane |
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Meet at: |
Site 1 (GR 437 791) at Junction of
Fosse Way with
Cathiron Lane/Rugby Road |
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Task(s): |
Replace 2 or 3 stiles
with k/g at Sites 1, 2 &/or 3. See Map
for Details of Locations which also shows
stiles to be replaced at a later
date |
The remaining Working parties in 2009 are expected to be in
Warwickshire. It is also likely that next year we will
continue to meet on the third Wednesday each month from 20-Jan-2010
through to 17-Nov-2010. Details soon.
The expected remaining 2009 dates are:
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Wednesday 21
Oct |
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Wednesday 18 Nov
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Why not volunteer to join us whenever you can?
Please contact Bob Carey on 024 7645
5251 for further
information.
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