Restoration - Week 24

Another burst of lovely weather as the heatwave allows us to clear more and more of the EAST terracing of debris and foliage and cleaned and infilled another 3 x 1/3 terrace steps this week.

However the weeds have grown back rapidly and we are fighting a losaing battle this summer to be honest as we are weeding by hand and having to go over old ground every week just to keep the terracing looking clean and clear of growth!

Roll on the Winter! But undaunted we cracked on with dozens of buckets of ash, moss and soil removed from the terracing this week as well as returning to level the unstable running track in this end of the ground. Cleared 12 feet x 10 feet  so far and although unsightly, it does really even out
the surface for running on and although laborious, it needs done urgently.

As you can see however we have a long way to go before the whole 400 yard track is completed! But we have at least made a decent start of it and it will benefit all park users once completed as I see runners every day struggling with the lumps and bumps and it just is not operational at all in it's

current state. Hopefully after we have it cleared we can appeal to the Council to have it resurfaced with red blaes but it will need rolled and leveled so that the original black ash and stone mix resets hard as it is crumbling at present. You can see the original surface in these photos and how much

we have cut down the track to get it level. Again it is achingly slow work, but we are making progress in the East End of the ground one spadeful at a time! In 6 months we have helped to bring much of the ground back to life and reckon it will take three years of work just to get it all done and 

complete Phase 1 of the restoration. We aim to restore and re-concrete this section of the ground and then move on to the final section on the South East corner which has disappeared under the trees once again! Again, thanks for all the encouragement this week. Much appreciated!