We're back to Stanton

Saturday 31 August 

Good progress today on the down side, luckily the heavy shower that blew through hit us at lunchtime meaning that productivity wasn't impacted. (Only a project manager thinks like that. Ed.) Roger took on the headwall on the downside cess while Michael concentrated on the outside wall. The rest of the team were left with backfilling the down side inner wall with the rejected gabion stone. 

Michael and Dave adding concrete backfill to the end of the south wall
(Photo: Alastair) 

Roger starting to raise the headwall
(Photo: Alastair) 

Michael building the corner up 

The pile of rejected gabion stone is our source for for fill material. The stone proved to be too small for the gabions. Loading, unloading and spreading is labour intensive as it has to be picked by hand. 

First 3 barrow loads of stone ready 

Dave and Alastair load more bricks 

Going down
(Photo: Alastair) 

Dave got the job of spreading the stone in the void behind the wall 

Another load arrives
(Photo: Alastair) 

Inner wall void almost filled 

Roger soldiering on 

The end of summer is on the way and the weather is on the turn to remind us that the official birds nesting season ends today. This means that we can start on the annual culvert clearance as soon as we finish at Stanton.  

The second front of the day blows through 

By the end of the day we'd made some visible change...  

Down side from the bridge, Dave casts a long shadow 

Down side cess headwall 

Michael points up the outer wall