The drystone seating project has taken over life in Howden for the last couple of weeks. It started with a corporate group the week after the foundations were laid who got a good amount done. John (the pro) got loads more ...
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Follow The Leader
Finished nice and early this week so the blog & photos can be out early! This week was made all the more challenging as each VO got to lead a project for the day.
So, Tuesday: Rob was up first for this one. We were working ...
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Pounding wind from off the ocean
Tuesday 16th November;
Polkemmet; Arrived at site; Sterling where already there when we arrived; loaded up with tools & trees for a day of planting; planted till lunch; after lunch Racheal took volunteers out for a ...
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Hail, Diggers and Flying Golf Balls!
A mixed bag of projects for us this week. Tuesday saw us up Corstorphine Hill for more Spirea clearance, poor weather meant a tricky task for Kate to get the fire started, but as always, she pulled through with a mixture of ...
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Wind, rain, mud and concrete… lovely
So the time has come to start our drystone seating. But before we can do the fun walling part, we have to do the messy foundations part. So we've spent the last 3 weeks digging some very large, muddy holes, with not very ...
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