Even though we have opened up the path where the going was wet this has got worse and is now nearly impassable. John and Chris had a site meeting with the land owner. The only option is to lay a drainage pipe down the centre of the path to take away the excess water. This will require approx. 100m of drainage pipe covered with gravel. A gateway/barrier will also be required at the bottom of the slope to stop vehicles and also horses going too fast (this is next to a crossing used by a quad route). The land owner is happy for us to improve the route and would allow access for equipment across his fields if dry enough.
The group have agreed this should be a priority if we can get funding.
A quiz night has been arranged to try to get some funding (see Events).