With just 3 in today, and 1 of those out for the morning at a H&S meeting it gave us the opportunity to do some essential stock moves. A pile of hardcore had been building up in Winchcombe Yard on top of our pile of gabion stone. As the gabion stone is needed at Stanton for the roadway repairs, the hardcore has to be moved, by coincidence it's destined for Stanton as well.
After loading the first lot, Dave and Alastair set out for Stanton to unload and then to do some measuring at Toddington north cutting on the way back.
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| First load ready for the off - loaded by hand |
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| Still plenty left before the gabions are accessible |
Alastair was measuring the retaining walls on each side of the cutting at Toddington as a favour for the Bridges and Structures engineers.
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| Toddington North Cutting (Photo: Alastair) |
Meanwhile at Winchcombe...
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| Drainage is not all digging - Risk Assessment and Method Statement reviews |
After lunch, 2 more loads of hardcore were painstakingly hand loaded and then taken to Stanton to be equally painstakingly added to the stockpile there.
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| Hardcore stockpile |
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| Alastair swabs the deck |
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| Depleted pile at Winchcombe |
After all that exertion (both physical and mental) we snook off home early 😉
Looks like plenty of hardwork to come
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