A nice bit of Elbow Room

Graham and Catriona we left with acres of space today on the wall and had the luxury of a whole 3 meters of wall and a side each to go at, until the afternoon when I turned up to ruin the delicate balance of feng shui and walling bliss. The weather was reasonably kind although it won't win the best walling day of the year award and despite me hampering progress 3 courses we added to the edifice.

Picture to prove we were there:

Just after Lunch

The end of the day from the front

Catriona and Graham survey their work

The back of the wall at the end of the day

Richard H.
No of wallers: 3

A short day on the wall

With the arrival of heavy rain just before 12 noon, the team of Barry, Graham, Matthew, Richard, Roderick & Tony, battled on until 1.00pm without a lunch break. There was an offer from Ian Curteis to take an early lunch in the Hall's Undercroft, but this was politely refused as it would mean no one would want to return to the wall.

Guess who arrived by bike

One course added before the coffee break

Just before the rain arrived

 

Close of play at 1.00pm 

 

Tony H
No of wet wallers 6

Moving past the "ivy"

Today's team of Catriona, Chris, Graham, Richard, Roderick and Tony set about the next section of wall.

Plenty of  filling here

The first course completed by lunchtime

Where better to have lunch 

Sorry I forget to mention that Oscar was also in attendance

At close of play

Tony H
No wallers: 6

Completed up to the "ivy" section

A decision was taken not to dismantle the ivy covered section, but just rebuild the collapsed top section.  So whilst Barry, Catriona, Matthew and Richard worked on completing the remaining top courses, Tony tackled the "ivy" gap.

During the day we were honoured by a visit from Ian and Deirdre Curteis to check on our progress. We also had a group of  lady walkers stop to chat about what we were doing.

The ivy gap

After lunch it was time to tackle the next section of the wall

The next section at close of play

The completed wall up to the ivy section from both sides

Tony H
No of wallers 5

Late Mad Hares

Very tardy with this one. So tardy I can't really remember what went on! Though through tough thorough thought I hope to recall. Barry Graham, Matthew, Catriona and I were there and we puts some stones on top of some other stones. It was probably a bit cold. We didn't see any Mad March Hares, which was disappointing given the time of year. We did see a couple of raptors diving in a field of sheep, only to be chased off by a dog. I remember more than I first feared!

Here are some photos of the proceedings. No Hares, hounds or Birds though. 

Rich

No. of wallers: 5

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