Eight people on site today, and again good progress made. The weather was grey with a bit of drizzle, but it didn't hinder us in any way. 4 people were on brick laying, with Bob on the front on the blues, and a team of three backing up in reds.

Keith said he felt like a lab assistant with DNA samples.

After all the rain we have had, the first thing to do is remove the water from inside the cavities of the modern bricks. Despite covering with copious yards of Polythene, rainwater nevertheless manages to find its way into the holes. After trying with various towels and only modest success, we finally hit on this idea with a pipette. Press the bulb, stick the nozzle in the hole, and the water is sucked out in a flash! Brilliant.

The first job today was to finish backing up the 40m stretch, which had the last row of corbelling added last week. This was handled by John and Keith. When this stretch was complete, we moved up the scaffolding boards to the 70m section, and tidied up behind so that no more useable bricks remained on the 40m section, and we can sign this bit off.

Moving on to the 70m section then, John and Pete laid a double row of reds on top of the blockwork. A little drizzle then appeared, but this did not faze Bob, as John O had a solution for that!

A parasol ! Yes! With a teak pole and a brass winding handle, nothing but quality for us. Moving this along bit by bit enabled Bob to lay an impressive two rows of blues in the dry, one of headers and one of facing bricks, along the 50m and 60m sections. They are now of equal height, and one row below the start of corbelling.

Meanwhile, Paul and Brian had the trolley out and cleared up the site of the former waiting room, shifting all the rubble of bricks and broken slabs and depositing this behind the completed 10m stretch.

The former waiting room area now looks a lot neater, and the remaining broken bricks still visible in the picture have since also been removed.

The scene near the end of the day. We hope this gives our readers an idea of where we are. The barrow in the foreground stands about one third of the way along the total platform, which will be 220m long, the same length as before.

To summarise, we completed the 40m section today, laid two rows of blues on the 50m stretch, two rows of blues on the 60m stretch, and a double row of reds on the 70m stretch. About 540 bricks in all. After all this and before we can go home, all the blues have to be pointed, a slow process often done on hands and knees. This is going to be a quality wall!

Rubble arriving at speed in the direction of the cameraman...

Next, back to Broadway on Wednesday. Let's hope the weather plays ball.