Today was a day for litter picking and path clearing. We had a team of four litter pickers and eight of us doing the path clearing.
In the two hours we achieved a heck of a lot.
The first job of the path clearers was to clear a drainage pipe on Crag Lane near the picnic area. We put the drainage pipe in with Steve Joul a number of years ago and it has improved the path considerably. Unfortunately, it gets clogged up with mud over the year and needs regular clearing. We cleaned out the mud, made a channel for the water to run away, and scraped away a lot of mud from the surface of the footpath, and by the time we had finished, water was flowing through the pipe nicely.
We then moved on to removing a fallen tree from one of the paths leading from the picnic tables.
Having removed the tree, some of us remained to cut back holly while the rest of the team made their way to Adel Pond with a view to clearing one of the ditches which supplies the pond.
En route, they found another fallen birch tree and removed it from the footpath.
The task at the pond was to clear mud from a ditch under a footbridge. The space under the bridge was completely blocked. However, with sturdy work with trenching spades and drainage rods, which David had brought with him, we were able to clear a channel and insert a length of drainage pipe, enabling water to flow under the bridge without hindrance.
Unblocking the ditch 
The new pipe in situ
It is amazing what you can achieve in two hours!
Friends of Adel Woods 