Day two construction

The second day of graft was all about bringing the foundation excavations up to the size specified by the engineer- 60cm by 60cm wide holes, 1.4m deep. Those are deep holes, big enough and deep enough to stand in, and we need 8 of them, plus 3 more the same size but half as deep.

Digging in heavy clay with lumps of limestone dotted about is hard work and the NTU students Jack, Jaspreet, Rhys, Kingsley and Simon toiled away tirelessly, having given up their weekends to get this going. Anyone who thinks students are lazy should have seen these guys in action!

 They were joined by Iona parents Tom, Alina, Louise and Aiden. Valuable guidance also from Terry and Nick. Together we made good progress, and hope that by the end of Sunday we'll be nearly there.

End of day progress shots: