Full Team Turnout

Despite the weather forecast saying we might get some rain, it did not deter Barry, Catriona, Chris, Graham, Matthew, Paul, Roderick, Richard and Tony from reporting for duty.

During the morning we received a visit from Lady Deirdre Curteis to thank the team for the work on rebuilding the Park Pale.

Progress just before lunch

Who covered Oscar up ?

Progress by mid-afternon

At close of play

Tony H

No of wallers: 9

Walling with Werthers

Setting off from home in the rain with optimism for an improving forecast, simultaneous arrival at Markenfield for Matthew & Barry did indeed demonstrate the faith in the Met. Office as the precipitation ceased and allowed a glimpse of blue sky above the Hall. The stream adjacent to our wall was in good flow but ground conditions on site were good. Paul soon joined us and he and Matthew chose to build on the foundations while Barry added a course to the adjoining stint.

All three of us then maximised the availability of large stones to raise the northern section, finishing the day with a satisfying tie-in to the old wall and a useful gain in height.

A productive day working in calm and misty conditions, our work admired by two sets of walkers (one lady rewarding us with Werthers Originals), and sunshine at last for the walk back to the cars

Photo's from the end of the day

Barry S.

No. of wallers: 3

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Wallers Return

A good turn out for a fine days walling. We saw the welcome return of two skivers absentee. Chris came along on his annual pilgrimage to Markenfield to make sure we all remembered how to wall properly, and Paul returned from a shorter break from our collective misadventures. Graham, Barry, Matthew, Catriona, Rodderick and I made up the rest of the team, and we managed a reasonable stint of walling for the day.

The wall at Morning Break time

The wall at Lunch time

Mid afternoon

Paul and Oscar 

The end of the day (front of the wall)

The end of the day (back of the wall)

Richard H.

No. of wallers: 8

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A bit of waling

We managed to get a bit of walling done this week - after last weeks demolition job.

Matthew joined last weeks crew (Barry, Graham, Roderick and Me) in the cold but dry winter Markenfield air.  Graham brought the Christmas biscuits, which I think we nearly polished off, and we used a fair amount of cobbles to reach a fair height, on our very wide wall.

Here's the state of play at the end of last week (l) and the end of this (r):

 

Here are the in between bits:

Richard H.

No. of wallers: 5

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Simply taking down

As it was at the end of one year, so it is with the beginning of the next; we 'ad 4 wallers this week.
In the absence of Ian Curteis, who was down in that London,  Graham, Roderick, Barry and I were welcomed back to the freezing fields of Markenfield by Sarah, who introduced us to the replacement Black Swan. We are reliably informed that the new Swan, who hails from Sutton Bank, will not suffer the fate of it's predecessor since the Swan murdering Otter has eaten all that the Markenfield Moat has to offer and has himself moved to pastures new.
With misty breath we made our way to the wall and did virtually no walling whatsoever; it was a day of taking down, preparation and tidying ready for when the other (proper?) wallers make an appearance.
Here are some exciting pictures of us dismantling stuff;

The wall before we started dismantling

What we'd done by lunch time

The end of the day - very little building done, but I good base for doing some building next week.

Richard H.

No. of wallers: 4

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