Work party report

The Weardale Ski Club Ltd

A very successful work party today. Only about 12 or 14 of us turned up (but a very good bunch indeed) and we got lots of fencing done and a great day - I got hypothermic at the last work party 2 weeks ago and sunburnt today! Isn't British weather good. Some photos of the fencing and maintenance from today have been put on Facebook. There will be several more work parties for those interested and I will email out details in due course.

Thanks to all those who turned up today.

Steve

Work party Saturday 27th June - all hands needed

The Weardale Ski Club Ltd

We are holding our second work party of the summer this coming Saturday starting at 10am, meeting at the car park. We are trying to get as much snow fencing replaced as possible and have many miles of fencing in various states of repair. We are hoping to get the whole of F1 towline fencing replaced on Saturday so need as many volunteers as possible so if you can spare a few hours please come and give us a hand. No skills needed and all tools and equipment will be supplied. Weather forecast is looking good and usually they are very sociable entertaining days.

Steve

Work party report and date of next one (27 June)

The Weardale Ski Club Ltd

 

We had a successful work party today despite a very poor turnout - only 10 turned out which included 7 board members, the other 3 being Roman Ivanec and father and son duo of Steve + Howard Duddles who on a rough calculation have been attending work parties for over 90 years between them! Thanks guys. The work party was also filmed by a couple making a documentary about English ski clubs - quite an appropriate day as it was freezing, soggy underfoot and drizzled most of the day - a typical WSC work party??

 

We got a fair amount of fencing done but do need to get a huge amount replaced this summer so hopefully more of you will be able to make the next work party which is in 2 weeks time on Saturday 27th June again starting at 10am.

Steve

Work party Sunday 14 June + film documentary

The Weardale Ski Club Ltd

Hi Everyone,

Summer has finally arrived just in time for the first of our work parties which is being held this Sunday meeting at the car park at 10am. It would be nice to see as many members as possible and in particular it will be very interesting and useful for new members to come up and see what goes on to keep the club ticking over. It is also very interesting to see what the fell is like in summer.

The main thrust of this work party is replacing old snow fencing (some of it 40 years old) and also hopefully erecting some new fencing. We have found that harnessing the snow we get is the best way of maintaining the runs in good condition. There will also be the usual other jobs such as ditching, pylon painting, tow servicing, machine servicing so there will be something for everyone. Please bring a packed lunch and warm clothes - although the forecast is for dry weather it can get cool up there even in the middle of summer. Please also note that no dogs are allowed

We are also getting a visit from Tom Ewbank : Video & Social Media Producer Ski Club of Great Britain who is making a documentary about the ski clubs of northern England so you may even get yourself filmed.

Steve