Fishpond Wood footpath work continues.....19-05-2015

Today's blog is a photographic record to show progress made in Fishpond Wood this week. In addition to the dumper truck we had two other pieces of useful kit - a whacker plate and a quad-bike with a trailer attached.

The 12 NCVs were split into three teams:

1. The gravel shovellers who had the unenviable task of filling the dumper truck and the quad bike trailer.
2. The path edgers (at two different points along the trail)
3. The gravel layers (deployed at the lower edging station where some major woodwork was going on to install three large steps up to the footpath).

And here's what was going on....

The gravel loaders were working their socks off to 

provide the gravel layers with the necessary material.

The all ladies team were a prime example of 

what can be achieved with a bit of co-operation.

How many NCVs does it take to 

install an edging board?

Graham and Colin checked the levels of the steps 

with a patented AONB level checker (aka a bit of wood).

Not convinced they checked again with their eyes.

Paul provided the gravel to cover the path and fill 

the step boxes.

So did Peter with his trusty quad bike.

Then the gravellers emptied out 

and raked the gravel....

....before compacting it  with the whacker plate - 

something that was very strong willed!

The two edging teams got closer and closer until.....

....the boards finally met at a convenient tree to bridge the gap.

Things are looking good from afar.

One more day should see the top and bottom gravelled sections joined up.

Ros E.