Fri 3rd June – Sunday 5th June
We have visited Upper Wharfedale for a weekend’s drystone walling for several years now. We stayed in Town Head barn again in Buckden, but this year our work was along the lovely Langstrothdale. We were rebuilding a section of wall that offers shelter for livestock as well as landscape value.
The stone was large and required lifting devices and ingenuity at times, and it also dictated how much we stripped out, leaving some of the big stone in place. Although once working we found buried stone, at the beginning we decided to shorten the length of wall slightly in order that we had enough stone to create a decent height.
The surroundings were delightful with the river at the bottom of a flower filled meadow. It didn’t rain at all, though it was interesting to realise how localised the weather is. Friends running the Whafedale half marathon got sunburnt in Threshfield on Saturday, whilst we didn’t take our jumpers off. By the evening the skies were fine for are annual BBQ.
We have checked out next year’s wall; again large stone so keep in shape.