The work starts

The start of the work began last Monday when the Woodsmen arrived to start clearing the trees identified by Elisabeth Langton, a Project Support Officer from Middlesbrough Council . Chris Wadsworth leads the team using his horse ( Tyne or Tees ) to do the heavy work of pulling the felled wood around.
The horse will be much kinder to the wood and doesn't damage the ground like a machine would.
The trees selected for felling are going to be used in the Dell, the larger trunks will be made into natural seating and the smaller bits are going to be chipped to provide a temporary surface to the pathways through the beck valley.