It rained today - and it rained. Your blogger stayed at home and looked out of the window. Big mistake !
The gang was down there OK, and even got quite a bit done. But it was a miserable start indeed, an extensive tea drinking session was held in the cabin, until at 10.30 it was felt to be dry enough (or less wet enough) to venture outside to get on with some stuff. How do you know it's raining too much at CRC? If you can't see Cleeve Hill from the cabin door :-)

The team ventures out. See those hats? First time this year.

The images I received from Bob were rather dark, which I suspect reflects the true conditions on site, but I have brightened them up a bit. In the picture above, some of the drain pipes stacked in the container are being moved to the start of the new works, ready for the drain that goes in behind the wall.

Good old Fairview with another reliable delivery.

Coinciding with the improvement in the weather a delivery of cement and blocks arrived from Fairview. That'll be for the 130m section then, we need 90 of them there.

Can you see me, mother?

The heavens opened again about 11.30 so the gang decided to have an early lunch in anticipation of it improving. 

How to lay bricks in the wet. John contemplates a holiday in Malta...

It did improve, and work commenced again around 12.30pm and continued until about 4.00pm.  There were seven volunteers on site at the end of the day and considering the awful weather much was achieved.  Three courses of reds were laid on the 120m section and one course of concrete blocks on the 130m section.  It was too wet to lay any blues today. 

 

Keith and Brian have just uncovered the working section again, after the rain.

Keith on 'split a brick in half with this hammer' duty.

Finishing off the blocks laid on the 130m section.

In addition to today's achievements, Bob and John O sneaked down to CRC2 on Friday 3rd and managed to lay two courses of blues on the 130m section and two half courses on the 120m section. That is dedication! All 3 new sections are now busy - time to set out another one?