A Day with the Drains Gang
As the gang was working at Minffordd Yard, Bonnie and I were able to join them on Sunday.
We started off identifying what jobs needed doing and working out the priority.
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Well not exactly to follow the yellow brick road but, new drains needed here.
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A request to move the drains, but as this is working for now, it can be left for another day when we have more people.
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Gareth, hiding in the overgrowth at the back of Rodney’s shed
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Peter started from the other side.
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Bonnie and I had the task of taking away the cuttings – at least 20 barrow loads.
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And, what a difference a day makes.
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A quick final cutting off the tops and a painting of diesel to hopefully, slow down the re-growth and the job was completed in 4 hours. Meanwhile, back at the drains.
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A bit of a clear out of all the silt required in the cross drain.
If you fancy joining this happy drains gang, why not get in touch with Iain Harris iain.harris1026@gmail.com and come to Minffordd Yard on Sunday, 15th September at 8:30 am when we will hopefully, be able to lay in the rest of the new drains.