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Most walkers pay little heed to the paths they rely on, yet without maintenance a busy trail will soon degenerate into a spreading scar. Path work is both hard graft and highly skilled. So what does it take to build an upland trail? Dan Bailey joins a team on the hill to find out. 

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Being old enough to remember the early attempts at path building I can really appreciate the skill and effort.  Just strolled down the band from Bowfell; slap on the back for whoever slaved over that one.

I was walking in Corrie Fee recently, and I was struck by the endeavour that must have gone into the path building up the corrie headwall. Good path building is a godsend, especially for those of us of advanced years whose days of effortless ascents on trackless slopes are some way behind them.