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Trail build report: 11th Jan – rock garden modifications

  • Post author:Rafe
  • Post published:January 11, 2009
  • Post category:Croft Diary
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From the Facebook group: "Phil and myself (Tom) did some odd jobs today. Rearranged the middle section of the first new rock garden so it's a bit wider, did a…

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Trail build report: 24th Dec – test ride

  • Post author:Rafe
  • Post published:December 24, 2008
  • Post category:Croft Diary
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Phil and myself (Tom) did a test ride of the trail. Here's our feedback which was posted on the Facebook group at the time: " Phil and myself did a…

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Trail build report: 21st Dec – first and second rock garden

  • Post author:Rafe
  • Post published:December 21, 2008
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Phil and myself (Tom) continued our work on the first rock garden feature. We then made a start on the second major rock garden on the trail. We built the…

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Trail build report: 20th Dec – first rock garden

  • Post author:Rafe
  • Post published:December 20, 2008
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Phil and myself (Tom) spent the afternoon working on the first rock garden feature. We did modify it slightly a few weeks after building it by making a bit wider…

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Trail build report: 14th Dec 2008 – flood. Rock moving to Piper’s hill

  • Post author:Rafe
  • Post published:December 14, 2008
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A deluge of rain meant that some of the woodwork section had floated away. We spent the morning retrieving the missing sections. We tackled the source of the problem by…

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Trail build report: 7th Dec 2008 – South side continued

  • Post author:Rafe
  • Post published:December 7, 2008
  • Post category:Croft Diary
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We'd used the Land Rover to move the red type one stone to the South side of the pitch on the previous day. When we arrived then the piles of…

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Trail build report: 6th Dec 2008 – South side of pitch

  • Post author:Rafe
  • Post published:December 6, 2008
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We made brilliant progress today, digging out 150m of trail and surfacing about 80% of that, with the necessary materials in place to finish it off on Sunday. This is…

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Trail build report: 29th & 30th Nov – West side finished

  • Post author:Rafe
  • Post published:November 29, 2008
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Saturday 29th Nov 2008 From our Facebook group: "We managed loads this afternoon. There were four of us: Kate and James along with Phil and myself (Tom). We dug out…

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Trail build report: 9th Nov – West side

  • Post author:Rafe
  • Post published:November 9, 2008
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From our Facebook group: "Phil and myself spent a few hours digging and surfacing today. The gravelled section is now level with the Southern end of the pavillion. We've dug…

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Trail build report: 8th Nov – gravel moving and exit rock

  • Post author:Rafe
  • Post published:November 8, 2008
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This was the first time that Rafe joined us with his Land Rover. After receiving a sense of humour upgrade then Rafe went on to be a founding member of…

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