Finished at Heathfield Taster Wall

Today we welcomed Shirelle to our short session to finish at Heathfield. Shirelle was on holiday from London and had recently been on a taster walling day with the Yorkshire Dry Stone Walling Guild at Leyburn.  On Tuesday she had been out with the NAONB Conservation Volunteers at How Stean Beck.

Other members of the team today were Graham, Matthew, Roderick and Tony.

Rain showers did not deter Matthew and Roderick from placing the last toppers on the taster wall

Meanwhile further down the wall Graham and Shirelle tackle the gap repair




The Taster wall is completed by mid morning

All hands move to complete the gap repair

The finished walls at close of play at 1.30pm 

We hope we might see Shirelle again in the future when she next visits Yorkshire. In the meantime we wish her well in her new job with the London Wildlife Trust at the Walthamstow Wetlands.

Tony
No of wallers 5

Nearly finished at the Taster Wall

Oh what a lovely day for walling. Nearly there on the main section, with just a few toppers to complete and tidy up the remaining surplus stone. The opportunity was also taken to partly fill in the repaired wall further down.  The team for the day was Alistair, Barry, Catriona, Graham, Matthew and Roderick.

At close of play

The repaired wall over the newly installed drainage pipe

Next week looks like a few hours to finish.

Graham
No of wallers 6

Back at the Taster Wall

Was this going to be the day we completed the rebuild of the taster wall. Sorry to say it was not to be, but we did add at least three courses and a number of through stones.  Also we did have a dry day at last.

Today we were joined by Alistair a local lad from a farm at Fellbeck.  He has previous experience of repairing their farm walls, but wanted further guidance. The rest of the team was Barry, Graham, Roderick and Tony.

Just before the lunch break

Back after lunch 

At close of play at 3.30pm 

A couple more courses and the toppers to complete next week

Tony
No of wallers 5

Taster Wall

Unfortunately we had to postpone last week's session on the Taster wall due to the heavy rain.  So it was with a high expectation that we would complete the rebuild of the wall today.  Having made a good start in dry conditions, regrettable we had to retire shortly after lunchtime when the rain arrived again to dampen our spirits.  Let us hope the weather will be dry and sunny next Wednesday.

The team for the half day was Barry, Catriona, Matthew, Richard & Tony.

At coffee break time and still dry

Time to make a hasty retreat from the rain 

No of wallers 5
Tony