No pub near Yarkhill so we met up in the Village Hall....
... where Nigel got the best seat in the house!
Saturday morning saw the fleet departing to site ...
... with Bess and Major at the head of the queue.
The weekends work was to build a compound and materials storage area to enable a section of canal at Aylestone to be restored and for the adjacent field to be converted to a park.
One of the first jobs was to put the fencing panels together ...
... and start the topsoil strip.
Bungle gets into the Cat in 30 seconds after the keys had been locked inside!
The first post hole is augered ...
.... and the first corner panels erected.
The sequence then repeated.
Sheltering from the bitter wind during tea break.
Getting the gates right was essential.
Hardcore for the compound and material storage area was arriving at a rate of knots ...
... which kept Martin busy with the backhoe.
The evening social before heading off to the pub.
Sunday morning saw Marcus spreading the hardcore on the terram ...
... and Sally continuing the topsoil stripping.
Believe it or not we were working to a plan!
Claire mixes the concrete for the fence post foundations
The fencing continues.
The canal was at the far end of the field from the compound.
We finished the fencing Sunday afternoon ...
... we even let Helen Out!!
We managed to complete all the topsoil stripping and finished the hardcore to the materials compound.
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