On Tuesday, 9 March 2021 at 13:06:02 UTC, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 09/03/2021 12:59, AnthonyL wrote:
On Tue, 9 Mar 2021 11:29:24 +0000, Tim Lamb
wrote:

In message , Andy Burns
writes
AnthonyL wrote:

I've got no ready way of getting up there
even if I wanted to cut the shrub down.

Abseil from the bus-stop?

No ladder available?

A search on slope retention gets any amount of civil engineering hits
but little affordable/installable by a householder.

I know this is d-i-y but no interest from your house insurers?


At the time, winter, wet, and suffering from a bad cold I had not
appreciated how bad it was. I did have a quick look at the insurance
policy and saw a £1000 excess so I thought I'd leave it and see what I
could do myself. I've now let more than a year go, changed insurance
company and realised how much there is to be done. 3 year project I'm
guessing.

You need a rot proof grid which can be pegged securely to the slope,
trapping sliding soil but allowing plants to grow anchoring the surface.



18# agricultural Rabbit netting might serve to create in situ gabions.
(roll out some netting, lay on some suitable stone to the lower half and
then fold the top down and secure).


I've not got up high enough to see how hard the rock is and whether I
can stick some pegs in. If I can then I can start looking at
establishing some levels. I suspect all the loose soil has descended.


Throw on some soil to encourage plants and do another row higher up......


Yes once I can stop that soil from ending on the path again with the
next rains/storms (tomorrow/Thursday?).

I wonder if I can start a small abseiling/free climbing business?


Why not hire a BIG digger for a while and remodel the whole area?


--
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as
foolish, and by the rulers as useful.

(Seneca the Younger, 65 AD)

Anthony what are you wanting to do, is it simply to clear the path or do something with the slope which quite frankly to me looks like a losing battle? Unless you are prepared to do some major groundworks with the inability to get machinery in being a major constraint. That slope looks like it will give you constant problems and it might be better to learn to live with it. Perhaps re- laying the path on top of what has slipped down with an additional step or two up to the new level might be the simplest if just preserving the path is the issue.

Richard