Retaining Wall work parties

[Terry Richardson]

We have a large project for members coming up. The committee have decided that due to the high cost involved in getting contractors to do this work, we will construct the new retaining wall (to replace the one which is falling down and dangerous) using members work parties.

We will hire a machine to level the ground and bore the holes for the posts. Following this we will need a crew for the best part of a day to mix and pour concrete for the posts. A week or two later we will have to lay drain and back fill with the gravel at the lodge (another work party). Another pile of gravel will then arrive and we will have to back fill the wall with the gravel and top it off with topsoil from the leveling process. The whole job will involve at least 3 full days with a group of volunteers (hopefully not always the same people). We have already purchased the posts and will have the ground prepared hopefully in a few weeks. This is a heads up that volunteers will be called for soon. Watch the members page for details.

[John Shrewsbury]

Terry,

Quite likely I’ll be available, though less so at weekends and for particularly skilled or heavy work. Please keep me in touch by e-mail to JohnShrewsbury@compuserve.com or text to 022 365 3395 – I don’t always seem to get notification of observatory activity in time.

John

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