Wednesday 25 November 2015

Markenfield Mudlarking

 I say mudlarking, but really the mud of the last few weeks was concpicious by it's absence, which was nice. Instead a bright and breezy day greeted the four fortunate fellows who were more than glad to see the back of a particularly bad run of rainy Wednesdays. 
The first section of wall was brought up to finished height and an impressive amount of stone was cleared in order to start a new stretch off wall next week.
We disturbed a couple of sleeping toads, various beetles, and a number of shoot-gun cartridges in pursuit of our aims and finished the day with a nice clear run for next weeks participants.  





The wall at break time




The state of things at lunchtime



The wall at the end of the day


Cleared and ready for next week


Richard H.
Grid ref: SE 29558 67806
Map : Here

Wednesday 18 November 2015

Markenfield Hall

An early start was made today in order to avoid the rain that dogged the wallers last week. Did it work? Did it heck. The rain arrived 5 minutes after we did and proceeded to marinade the wallers until an early finish at 12.30. Despite the rain good progress was made by a four man team consisting of two Dicks, a Graham and Barry.
Photos to prove we got wet whilst doing some walling.


The start of the day


At break time



Just before the rain drove us away


Richard H.
Grid ref: SE 29558 67806
Map : Here

Wednesday 11 November 2015

Markenfield Hall Park Pale

So back to Markenfield it is. I know I've missed the old wall, not sure if I'm alone in this or not. Just a short back and sides was needed in order for Graham, Paul, Barry, and two Richards to have a go at a bit of dismantling, prior to some re-mantling.
The weather forecast was not great but at least it was accurate. We all got very wet. Richard P. departed shortly before lunch. Graham soldiered on for a couple of hours more till he too had had enough.
The rain only eased up after the remain 3 wallers, Paul, Richard H. and Barry had finally decided to trudge back to the car park, having laid the foundations.


The wall before it's haircut


Dismantling the heap underneath the vegetation


A foundation course. 

Richard H.

Grid ref: SE 29558 67806
Map : Here



Sunday 1 November 2015

Eastwoods Farm, near Bryans Wood - Wednesday 28 October 2015



On a wet and misty day a smaller than normal group were on duty. The team of three (Richard H, Roderick and Tony) were joined by the new volunteer coordinator, James Searle, who admitted that he was new to walling.  We also had the pleasure again of Phil Dolphin to keep us in check, especially when we deviated from standard walling techniques.










The ““cup-and-rings” stone is firmly placed into the wall


The two wall ends were completed before lunch time with a decision to abandon any further work due to the pouring rain.

  
Tony