The Track 2024Updated: November 24th, 2024
Created: April 6th, 2024The trustees and beneficiaries have a duty to maintain the track and as I reside here it's understandable that I have done the work since June 1993. Although I only walk the track there are occasions when I have visitors who use cars and there was the postman who drove, possibly on average, weekly on my behalf no longer delivers.
Every year I spend two or three days making improvements; the jobs include
- Cutting back the trees, hedges, verges as well as the central grass on the lower parts.
- Clearing channels down the lower half of the track; one down the centre of the track from the caravan upwards and one from the wagon down to the lower drain.
- Clearing three cross-sectional drains to limit on-track flow: One at the top, one halfway down and one by the triangle field gate.
- Levelling parts of the track
2024
Thought I keep a log of all work ~ 20 to 30 minute jobs.
- Nov 24th: Cleared the three drains and the track from fallen ivy and branches from storm Bert :)
- Sept 20th: Mowed track to Trekensa
- Sept 20th: Spent an hour cutting hedgerow trees, mostly hazel.
e 23rd: Mowed the track to Trekensa and sickle cut the verges - June 21st: Cleared lower drain by △
- June 18th: Used sickle to clear area for bins and centre of track UP
- June 17th: Used sickle to clear verges UP and top drain
- June 16th: Cleared the verges to the △ with the strimmer
- June 15th: Used long hook to clear worst of verge to Trekensa
- May 31st: Mowed track down to Trekensa
- May 22nd: Cleared the lower drain on the track which was surprising arduous. Must have been a large build up of debris an mud since I last checked. I notice it wasn't working during the last thunderstorm where water was pourng down the track to Trekensa.
- May 19th: Mowed track down to Trekensa
- May 10th: Mowed track down to Trekensa
- May 8th: Use brushcutter to clear the dog-leg by Trekensa
- May 3rd: Mowed track down to Trekensa
- April 22nd: Mowed track down to Trekensa
- April 15th: Mowed track down to Trekensa
- April 6th: Mowed track down to Trekensa