Sheffield Live Project 2007 http://06liveproject07.wordpress.com Chancet Wood Respite Centre Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:25:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/83f5b8ec1dd5d6d58b3251e225c073b3?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png Sheffield Live Project 2007 http://06liveproject07.wordpress.com Phase 2 http://06liveproject07.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/phase-2/ http://06liveproject07.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/phase-2/#comments Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:20:12 +0000 Hannah http://06liveproject07.wordpress.com/?p=180 ]]>

Work on phase 2 of the project has begun. So far the route of the path has been plotted. Great to see progress and the tyre wall in bloom.

 

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Jonny breaches the cordon and enters the mud free zone to do yet more digging..

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…to make a base for this slate monolith…

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…plants arrive on site…

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…some more tyres are painted blue to make waves…

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…and the blue boat in lined to make it into a planter.

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A trip to the world of timber…

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…and a big pile of timber…

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…is transformed…

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…into planting boxes…

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…and giant pencils…

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…pink floyd boat is painted red…

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…the tyre wall gets a hose down and is finished off with purple slate chippings…

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…the patio is washed and scrubbed…

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…and declared a mud free zone in preparation for painting.

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The second course is laid…

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…and the hardcore goes in behind…

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…Adam makes waves…

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… and the third course of tyres with loose topsoil and compost for planting goes on top of the tyre wall.

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Back to pounding the earth into the tyres…

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…and we start to lay the first course…make sure it’s level…

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…and the wall starts to take shape…

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…boat gets a fresh lick of paint…

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…curve and swerve, the first course is finished.

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Today the deliveries from our beg, steal or borrow list arrived.

First the railway sleepers…

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…boats and tyres…

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…pink floyd boat…

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…huuuge wagon…

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…and some slate sculptures.

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We started digging…

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… Adam customised his pink gardening gloves…

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…we kept our strength up with tea and biscuits…

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… and laid our first tyre…

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… and made nineteen more voluptuous beauties.

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…and sorted out about a tonne of hardcore from the earth: note we do not need to buy any hardcore.

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