A week today

The photos don't look like that much has changed, but there is another whole side boarded and another 60 tons of sand are out there with about 5 tons still to go on. The Combi Ride fibre surface has arrived and I am thrilled. It is identical, as far as I can see, to the surface that we compete on. It will be like riding on a gray felt mat.

I am proud of myself today! In spite of the tail of a hurricane which Jean and ML have kindly sent our way for the second time in a few weeks, I forced myself take Radar out for a hack. I had my waterproofs taped to my rubber boots and two coats on. We were incredibly lucky and  didn't get rained on, but I still wasn't overheated, it was that cold. It is foul outside right now, and we have had to wash and dry the "team's" working clothes for them so that they have something to put on tomorrow!  I've given them a bottle of wine to restore their spirits too.


As I turned out of the gate on Radar, for no reason that I can identify, I turned right. I never go that way on any day except Sunday usually, because weekday traffic drives very fast down a straight half mile of hill. I'm talking about being overtaken at 50 - 60 miles per hour :-0  But down that hill we went. Half way down is the centre of my postcode, which is where you end up if you follow a Satnav to my house instead of the directions that you are given!

Half way down that hill was a stationary lorry carrying big white bags full to bursting with some kind of "stuff". As I got closer I saw the words "Combi-Ride" written on the side, so I stopped and told the driver how to get to my house, which was of course where he was supposed to have delivered to an hour before. How spooky is that, eh???

So, progress for today. The far corner in this photo is on the top of a bank six feet high, there was a huge amount of earth moving which had to be done to get it flat. Most of the ground that is in that shot did not exist before we started this project! Luckily the corner underneath the photo is bedrock and most of the earthworks have been able to be done with rock from that corner and it will be nice and stable.