Starting on the second bay

Today was a busy work day and I got most of my pictures leaning out of the window of Room 13. Plenty occurred however so let us get to it.

Tools out and ready to work

The wooden shuttering is again removed

Soil is shifted into the raised bed

Sifting the soil through an old gate

Measuring the gap to the next bay

The overnight rain had stopped by the time the men arrived and get stuck into their tasks. The first job, once all the tools were out, was to remove the shuttering around the foundations laid yesterday and then, after covering the top of the blocks with plastic, they shifted soil into the raised bed to clear access for the next bed. I did go down at one point as I saw the men using the old gate, that used to lead into the fenced garden, as a make-shift sieve to remove large stones and roots. It was very clever and they were rightly proud of the creativity. After lunch they headed out to get more cement from our shop and then get on with marking out for the next bay.

Starting to put up the shuttering

The sun sets over the workmen

Getting to the end of the bay, and the day

With that measuring done the rest of the day involved building up the wooden shuttering, again, into which tomorrow they will pour the cement. Angela and I went to collect her car and dropped Thomas back at the garage, after we picked up Rosie, as the light was back on. We got back from doing this before the men left, while the sun was setting behind them. It's been a good day and tomorrow the second bay footings will be poured and maybe even more blocks can be done on the first bay. We shall see.

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