Members of the
Cambridgeshire Green Lane Association (GLASS) have recently helped with some
repairs to a Byway near Carlton. Arranged in co-operation with Karen Champion
of Cambridgeshire County Council Countryside Services Team the group levelled
and repaired several sections of the byways surface. Assisted by local farmers
Peter and Andrew Coppen several tonnes of railway ballast were used to firm the
lanes surface and help with the drainage. In addition new drains were dug and
land-drain pipes set in the bottom to direct any water into the adjacent
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The Green Lane Association is a national
user group, dedicated to researching and protecting the UK's unique heritage of
ancient vehicular rights of way and promoting sensible driving in the
countryside.
More information on
GLASS can be found from their website http://www.glass-uk.org |
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The surface drainage
was poor, coupled with the general lie of the lane it caused pooling in the
centre and inevitably some ‘cutting up’ |
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Drains were dug
across the width of the lane, to the main ditches at the side. Yellow
‘land-drain’ pipes were used to assist drainage. |
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This was filled over
and carefully levelled with stone |
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The local farmer,
Peter Coppen (above), was incredibly helpful. Using his JCB Loadall all day to
transport the material to the site and assist with spreading it around – and
making sure nothing got missed ! |
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The JCB Loadall delivers more stone. |
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Another large heap
of stone to be shifted. In total between 30 and 40 tonnes of stone were
placed carefully onto the lane, improving drainage, filling ruts and
generally levelling and improving the surface. |
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GLASS
volunteers, including the smaller ones, all in need of a rest after a hard
days work. Local farmer Andrew Coppen, who commanded the JCB, is pictured
fourth from the right. |
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