WORKING parties at Millerground are in action again after a winter break.
The first task of the year was to improve the footpath up Queen Adelaide Hill from Rayrigg Meadow car park.
Community volunteers and students from Windermere School worked under the guidance of National Trust rangers to improve the path.
They scraped off the top layer of mud and encroaching grass to reveal the natural gravel ‘bedrock’ underneath which was formed in the Ice Age. Wooden supports were also fastened in place to build earth steps on the steepest sections.
The Millerground Enhancement Group has also been applied for funding and grants to improve the footpath from Rayrigg Meadow car park to the lake shore, to make it user-friendly for wheelchairs, pushchairs and anyone who has difficulty with steps or with steep, slippery or uneven ground.
The group has also received £1,000 of grant funding from Nurture Lakeland for tools to help in woodland maintenance.
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