We can see Tony, Paul and John here, working on the 160m section, to which Bob added three courses today, so that it is ready for corbelling.
The two likely suspects at the rear backed up the same three rows in reds. John provided all the mortar again (what a day's rest it must have seemed for him, with just a handful of brick layers today, instead of the 6 we had on Monday!)
Derrek also came along, and tidied up behind the 140m section.
Following the brick laying, he and Bob then drew up a schedule of the platform edging slabs that a piled up here and there around the Malvern side of the station. These are the original slabs from CRC2, and were taken off in late 2005. They are somewhat spalled, so a decision still needs to be taken to determine if they are useable. But now we know how many there are, so that's a step forward.
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| Tony on reds, Bob has the blues... |
At lunch time, it started to rain, so the job was covered up. Another step towards completing the platform, and less to do next Monday. Great.
Returning to the cabin, an investigation of the two mouse traps set on Monday revealed that - we had caught another one! This time, a whole one. Where do they all come from? We have blocked off the only 2 known holes (for water and electric, this being a steel container), but possibly they are squeezing in under the door. Hmmm.
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Did nobody mention that Bob laid a whole row of headers (90 bricks) in 65 minutes . I bet many professionals half his age could not manage that! - John
Do you leave the door open when you are working there?
Aaron
Yes, always have done, but the mouse problem is a recent one.
Previously we had one that lived in the bin - it had a hole in the side.
Now we have a new, mouseproof bin. All was well for a year or so, now we have mice again.
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