Our team arrived early on Friday morning, keen to get going before the sun burned off the mist. They were magnificent, hoisting thousands of pounds of cement ( BY HAND!) over a twelve hour day. I kept them supplied with food and drinks all day, that was pretty much a full time job too. Jim finally stopped ‘polishing’ at midnight, declaring he couldn’t move another muscle. It’s taken the three days since for him, and the rest of the crew, to recover. Thanks everyone, magnificent job !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Waiting to start..

the first load..

mixer to wheelbarrow to bucket to wheebarrow to site….

everybody ached for the next two days…

sun didn’t let up

cement mixer broke down 😦 briefly

levelling the concrete

‘polishing’