Murmurations

 

Catriona and myself nearly completed another two courses before the unexpected rain accompanied by very strong winds forced us to leave just after lunch.

Nature provided a splendid backdrop during the morning. A large hare came to greet us as we walked to the wall, no more than 10 metres away, and looked at us for a while before wandering off.  The morning was marked by spectacular murmurations of starlings, not sure where they had come from, plus a visit by three buzzards. Nice blue skies at times ruined by with intermittent rain and squalls.

 

 

 

Graham D.

No. Wallers: 2

Extra Stone!

Barry and I spent the early part of the morning picking out toppers and cheekend stone from Clive's huge pile of, sometime huge, stone. After Clive had brought it to the road side edge with his mini digger, we then spent a slithery, and at least in my case, very warm time getting it to the relevant places.

Unfortunately I didn't get to the stage of actually using the toppers, jumping over the wall for each course seems to slow me down! Barry however was able to make good use of the new stone for the cheekends of the stile.

Pictures:

 Stile Progress:

 

Morning

  Afternoon

 

Wall gap Progress: 

Morning

Afternoon

 

Richard H.
No. Wallers: 2

Brief and to the point!

 

Pleasant and nearly rain free day for Catriona and Graham. Good progress and two courses added.

 

 

Graham D.

No wallers: 2

Stiles and stuff

Barry and I braved the odd shower to make slow progress on the last few bits at Fogfield. Zipping back and forth between the two sides of the wall when the ground is boggy and the fences and trees are unhelpful does not increase your speed.

 

Main wall last section.

Stile in the Morning

Stile in the afternoon

 

Richard H.
No. Wallers: 2

Progress at Markenfield

Graham and Catriona went to a sunny Markenfield and made good progress, Catriona finishing the last course on the existing wall and Graham putting foundations in on the next stretch. At midday, much earlier then forecast, it started to rain but we carried on for another couple of hours before plodding back across a very wet and muddy field

 

Graham D.

No. Wallers:2

New Stile and old wall

 Only Barry and I went to Fogfield this week. 2 stiles to do and a small gap in the main wall to fill in. Barry undertook the stile work, and I started moving stone around at the main wall in an effort to get it closer to where it needed to be. Not much to show in terms of progress as both the stile and the gap in the wall are both very awkward to navigate. 

Richard H.

No Wallers: 2