Wednesday 29 August 2018

Toppers on

Just Rod and I this week, with only a few stone needing to be placed before the toppers could go on.
The dew on the ground proved to be our first enemy as it interacted deviously with the bottom of Rod's wellies and he ended up staring up at the sky twice on our way down the hill. This prompted a hunt for a glove lost in the process.
The next problem was to find five or six meters worth of toppers since we only had enough to do a small section of our wall.
Rod completed the section running from the kissing gate down by judicious use of hammer and chisel whilst I went hunting the hillside for suitable stones. We left with a few more meters of toppers still needing to be found.





Wednesday 22 August 2018

Just a morning

Graham and Rod got the wall up to just below topper height in the morning and sensibly deicide to call it quits as the weather took a turn for the worse.


The end of the day (taken a week after)


Richard H.
No. Wallers: 2

Wednesday 15 August 2018

Really quite late

Graham, Rod and I  started another stint at Ivin, which was displaying it's more usual temperament; grey and glowering, rather than this summers rather splendid sunny complexion. On the way down we noticed a new addition to the landscape - a sign post telling us of the local bird population. We're not sure if this is AONB work or not - I should really head over to their blog to find out but will leave it till after I've written this post just in case I get carried away and never return to this long overdue entry.

Despite the constant threat of rain, which really never materialised, we got a couple of courses shy of topper hight and trudged back up the hill where Rod and Graham modelled the new fixture for your viewing pleasure.


 Sunny Ivin Waite


Morning

Break time
Lunch time
End of the day




Rod and Graham posing in front of the new landmark


Richard H.
No. Wallers: 3

Wednesday 8 August 2018

Late Late Late show

Rod, Graham and I did some walling a few weeks ago. It's been so long that I've forgotten how it went although it seems to be coming back as I write. Rod joined us late due to a rush of people wanting to look at his house whether they want to buy it or not we're not sure. I think we saw some walkers some of whom were from Eagle Hall down the road. They mentioned a wall of theirs that needed some work and I gave them our details since it's on the Nidderdale way. I haven't heard anything since, I hope that doesn't indicate their opinion of our work.


Break Time

Break Time


Lunch time


End of the day


End of the day

Richard H
No. of waller: 3