Heavy falls of snow followed by almost continuous rain which makes for very difficult access. However when you do get up on site it looks beautiful. Nothing to hear but birds.
On Monday we managed to put top wire on to the newly repaired wall by the ruin. There was a broken fence over the beck which had been damaged by the volume of water so we repaired that while we were there. It looked as though there had been about five feet of water in the middle of it the other week looking at the tide line of rushes in the ghyl.
We saw two flocks of lapwing, one of about 50 and we heard a curlew near the ghyl. The grouse were very quiet as they are at this time of year. There were a couple of greyhens in the heather down near the ghyl. Spring is on its way.
2021-03-28