All in day’s work

Andy and Jack walling

The roar of passing traffic, the sound of horns, the lingering smell of diesel and the fear of falling!   possibly not what you’d expect in the day  of a countryside Ranger but all in a day’s work for the North Lakes team when the need arises.

Today saw an opportunity for us to make a start on a long standing repair to a section of wall on the busy Borrowdale Road, quite apart from the obvious danger of passing traffic the ‘back’ of the wall posed it’s own problems, a steep drop of perhaps 20 feet and a very narrow ledge on which to stand made for some delicate footwork between the wall and the necessary safety fence, but after a few hours we are finally up to a safer level and progress from here on should be much safer and more rapid.

This is just one of the very varied tasks we tackle here in North Lakes to maintain the area to make our visitors experience more enjoyable.