It's the first Wednesday in the month and a contingent from the Broadway Area Group go to Cheltenham to keep the show on the road on Platform 2. It was a pretty grotty day but six volunteers made good progress - here is Jo's report:-
Hi Bill,
What a wet and squally day we had ! 6 of us on CRC2, two on brick laying, one on muck, and three moving bricks. The day started drizzly, and slowly got worse, so that when we broke for lunch it was heavy drizzle and getting quite blustery. After a brief post lunch session – a bit more pointing, and another 300 bricks, we called it a day.
Nonetheless, we moved the project along another bit:
4 ½ pallets moved down from the embankment, and the bricks stacked along the back of the platform foundations. We tried a new counting method – John O worked out exactly how many bricks would be needed in a 10m section, and then set out a few such sections, so that we could see where we were going to. We then picked a section, and filled it with the exact number of bricks 870 blues, and 1250 reds. I hope this really works out too, we don’t want to shift too many twice.
Bob W and Tony B achieved their aim for the day – a row of blues, and backed up, on section 4, followed by the blockwork behind, about 90 blocks. This consumed vast quantities of mortar, supplied valiantly by Paul C, aka ‘Lord Muck’. On the photograph we see him plodding down along the foundations with yet another barrow load. We had to make the mortar drier than usual today, because with all the drizzle it arrived quite wet at the end of the run. Luckily the work face is edging closer, but it’s still a good 200 yds with a very heavy wheelbarrow.
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