Today, Wednesday, a small but hard hitting team of two - Bob and John O - returned to CRC2 to further the brick laying, and reduce the time needed before we lay the slabs.
After initial mist, it was a lovely sunny day, and there was even a DMU running, with children on board, so cheery waving was 'de rigeur':

 

 With John O making up some black mortar, Bob was able to get laying with the blues.

Bob added two courses of blues to the 180M and 190M sections. The 180m section is now ready for the first course of backing bricks, and the 190M section is ready for completion of the concrete blocks. Hardly anything left to do next Monday!
As mortar for brick laying is used relatively sparingly, John O was able to find some idle time to take pictures on his phone.
Thanks to the excellent weather, Bob was also able to lay the 3rd and final course of corbelling on the 170M section. This is now ready for backing up and the final slurrying, then we can sign it off. That'll be two sections in a month done, only 3 left to do then, one of which is the slope.

Finally, Bob reports some vital stock replenishment in the mini Swiss Roll department. Phew! There we were, worried. We got a double family pack - how long will 24 mini rolls last?

You blogger is asked to point out quite clearly that in Monday's blog Brian may have had a winning smile, but it was not him who consumed the last mini Swiss Roll. He has an alibi. Hmmmmm. We will have to look elsewhere for the villain, but in the meantime supplies are secure - thank you Bob !

See you all next Monday.