Since my last post we have finished construction of the free standing dry stone wall that we were building out at the block. We took down an existing wall that hadn’t been constructed to our exacting standards and re-used the stone, along with some extra from elsewhere around the block, to re-build the wall in more satisfactory way. The new wall must be a lot more dense as the stone we took from the previous wall only made up about two thirds of the new one. I found myself working on one end of the wall which was a bit tricky as you’re not only looking for single faces on stones, but also for right angles to fit in as well. A bit like doing a jigsaw but with no idea whether all the pieces are in the box or not. The weather has been starting to get a bit colder so we got the braziers going, burning some old pallets that we had. Nice to get the hands warmed up occasionally…
Before the coping stones have been added to the top
The team getting their hands dirty...
The finished product
Steve, Reuben and Mike discuss whether Andy Goldsworthy would be happy with our work...
Over and out.
TW.
