Category Archives: Pryces Bridge to Crickheath Bridge Restoration

This work party was centred on the Crickheath end of the site. By its conclusion the vegetation clearance work on the whole of Phase 2 was finished and the stream which has delivered so much […]

Three tasks dominated this work party.  The newt fences around the compound and Phase 1 were subject to some major surgery; a long run of stock fence on Phase 2 was completed; and the construction […]

Two major landmarks were reached during this work party.  The last of the site strip in Phase 2 was completed, and the final major piece of work on Phase 1 was ticked off the list.  […]

The various activities during this work party were distributed along the entire length from Pryces’ to Crickheath Bridges. Whilst much of the work could be described as preparatory or finishing, it was notable that the […]

This was the fourth work party in six weeks dedicated to clearance of the Phase 2 channel.  Excellent progress has been made during that time and the site is beginning to bear a passing resemblance […]

This report gives the lowdown on the month’s two work parties.  It is to the great credit of the Society’s volunteers that attendance numbers held up for both events despite their hastily arranged nature and […]

The restoration work on Phase 2 has started.  But it was, as someone once said, ‘a damned close run thing’. The last of the resident newts only condescended to vacate the channel three days before […]

This work party was a case of ‘more of the same’. The two major tasks which were started during March event were taken to their conclusion.  A second similarity to March was the good weather […]

The March work party was a two day affair during which steady progress was made on the outstanding finishing jobs on Phase 1. In addition there were a variety of ‘other jobs’ which took volunteers […]

This work party was mainly concerned with trees.  We planted some at Redwith and cut down a great many in the course of clearing the rest of the Phase 2 channel. In addition we had […]