Snow Stops Play!
We woke up to a thin layer of snow on some of the raised objects (off the wet ground) where it didn’t melt. The temperature is hovering around the freezing…
High Platforms x 4
This afternoon, we built 4 wooden platforms to help with the next stage of pouring concrete down the hollow columns in the ball wall of the swimming lane. In order…
Starter Button Fixed!
The truck now starts! We have Noise and Action again! The wire had corroded and come off the connector to the starter button circuit. We conclude that there is enough…
Ballast Arrived!
Our 13 tons of 10mm crushed ballast arrived today, in two separate loads of 4 tons and 9 tons!
Fifth Row Completed and Sixth Row half Done!
Today, we finished off the 5th row and did as much of the 6th row we can do. That is another 38 blocks used! This is a total of 289½…
Thirteen Tons of Ballast Ordered!
Today, we ordered 13 tons of 10mm gravel and sharp sand ballast. This is the quantity we think we need to make the concrete to fill up all the columns…
Dumper Truck Won’t Start!
Oh Dear! Our dumper truck “starter” button doesn’t work anymore! It seems that something has disturbed the wiring inside when the last maintenance was done on the truck last week.…
Fourth Row Complete and Fifth Half Done!
We did well today! We had finished off the 4th row left over from Monday, and started the 5th row. We laid down 48½ blocks in two sessions of 23½…
Mini Platform Trolley Mended
We repaired the bent wheels! The front two wheels suffered under the strain of hoisting the concrete blocks! We were (and still are) loading 10 blocks on the trolley (this…