It's working!

 After the first lot of heavy rain since putting in the new drainage system, it seems to be working. Thanks to Mark for the pictures.

Work party-Sunday 1st November

 A strangely warm, breezy, autumnal morning with a bit of light rain and a bit of sunshine by the end if the work party. We had a very busy morning with several different areas of work completed. Firstly the leaves were raked off the paths and glade, there's more to come but it will help keep the grass growing.

A start was made on a new hedge along the roadside. This is an ongoing project.

About 18 months ago, February 2019 if you want to look, we put some pipes in at the top of the wood to channel some water into the central ditch. We were so successful that after heavy rain, it overflowed on to the path at the bottom. Today we set to remedy this.

A sump was dug to collect the water and then the pipes were laid in a fairly shallow channel. Luckily there is a natural gradient to the ditch at the bottom of the woodland.

Once we were happy that it was working we filled in the trench and used extra topsoil to build up the path. This should ensure that the water doesn't pool on the path like it did before. 

The finished path. Grass seed was sown but it is a bit late in the season so may need re-sowing in the spring.

The picnic table was given a scrub and covered to protect it from the worst of the winter dirt.

The paths were re-defined with new lengths of wood, a rake and a strim. They had disappeared under the new growth of cow parsley so that is much better.

So lots achieved today and hopefully we can meet in December, lockdown rules permitting.