Barry, Graham and myself turned up to wall at Heathfield a little earlier than we would normally. We had hoped to at least have a dry start to the day. Our hopes were dashed by the wonderfully soggy squelch from underfoot and the abundant and hearty bounty from above. Graham and I went to search out the owner of the site, Andrew, so he could show us the new section of wall. After a brief interaction with Andrews son through an upstairs window, Andrew, and consequently the wall, were located.
To say that we have some stone with which to remake this section is perhaps an understatement. Either side of a ramshackle wall were what some might call an informal cairn, but what others would, more accurately, call a great big pile of rock. To supplement this bounty there is a large trailer full of the debris we have rejected in previous years taster days.
Having described what greeted us at the start of the day, we are glad to inform our reader (at least I think we have a reader) that by the time we gave up, at midday, there were several rows of stone graded by thickness and a few piles or rubble for fill. To add to this, on one side of the wall at least, we have the beginnings of a rather fine quagmire. Matthew popped along just before lunchtime to see that things were progressing properly and since he didn't say anything derogatory we presume everything is fine
We didn't take any photos of the day 'cause it was too blinkin' wet. You can all have a butchers next week.
No. Wallers: 3.
Here are some pictures taken on 4 July showing the progress made by the team last Wednesday. It is also a lot drier today.
Tony H.
In other news.
Following on from last weeks informal book cover review I found a link to someone who has actually read Andy Radford's book.
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