We've had a few weeks break from the wall with weddings and whatnot, last weekend was spent pulling down and putting up a new bedroom ceiling round at Stu and Sal's so they are returning the favour with 2 days hard labour. I really wanted to get the steps finished but Nick decided that we might be better off building the facing wall-end first.
I had been putting off going anywhere near the right hand side of the steps, thinking I could maybe build the matching wall there next year but we ended up getting stuck in. I think this could be a huge job though. There looks like an existing wall in place next to the fence but it is just a pile of rubble so it's going to have to come out and get rebuilt.
That's the old wall taken out and a couple of foundation stones put in. It's not a very wide space but we are going to have to build an L-shaped wall about 4 ft high. At this point I feel a bit like i'm back to square one and get a bit demotivated.
Luckily Stu and Sal come round and get me feeling postive again. They are both total naturals and speed through the walling like magic.
Stuart reaching the end of his course. As you can see from the beading in his hair, a giant cloud decided to set down on us for the rest of the day which covered everything in mud.
Sally had started from the corner and had done about 2 metres in 2 hours - she's quick! That'll be those nimble ladyfingers.
We decided this hobby is definitely more fun when the sun is shining.
Smashy smashy
Stuart just surveying his work, probably a good time to call it a day now. Wash the mud off and go for a few pints of dark mild as a reward.
You could smell the bonfires all around the valley today, it forced Nick to go foraging in the woods so we could have one of our own. He spotted a load of mushrooms that I was going to go back and check but I totally forgot, I might go back tomorrow.
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