Peak Climbing Club
Crag Clearance
On Sunday Rachel and
myself spent a great day on the crags with the Peak Climbing Club, climbing you
would assume. No, the club,
supported through the British Mountaineering Council are helping with the
woodland plan for the Eastern Moors.
Following on from a
day last year, the club have been working their way along the crag clearing birch
saplings from the rock face itself. Sections of the crag, particularly around the north end of Curbar, are now very wooded. This has led
to more mossy damp covering of the rocks. Letting the light
back in will help the rare lichens on the rock, help prevent birch seed blowing
up onto the moors, replace the edge as a landscape feature and improve the
quality and conditions for climbing.
The Eastern Moors
team and the National Trust estate team are currently working in the woodlands
below, clearing trees to create more light to promote the growth of oak and
rowan. So the Idea is to
help the woodland regenerate new growth not to reduce the amount of woodland on
the Eastern Moors.
Dead bay grove area
has gone from dank and dark to dappled shade. More work is due in these areas
with the Eastern Moors Partnership team following on behind. We achieved more than
I had hoped, finishing under the pinnacle at Froggatt.
A big thanks to David
and the club for all their help and the biggest slices of cake I have ever
seen.
Danny.
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