I thought the old, north, wall of the garden needed to be rebuilt. I think it was the last piece of wall put up by the original builder of the garden walls, perhaps in the 1950s, and he just wanted to get the job finished. I also thought that I had left too big an opening through to the new garden (when the extension was built) and where the wind whistled through in the winter ... and sometimes in the summer too! This is it before I began and after Sorley had moved a few very large stones for me.
It took a couple of hours to pull just half of it down.
And a few days and most of the best stones to put that half up again ... with the inclusion of a seat, for fun.
Then I pulled the other half down, minus a few stones to keep the old gate up. There was not a lot of room to put all the stones!
Now it's finished ... and I'm quite tanned and fit.
There are still a few stones left in the pile so maybe I'll carry on with the wall on the other side of the old gate ... after a few pairs of younger arms have moved them closer for me!
It took a couple of hours to pull just half of it down.
And a few days and most of the best stones to put that half up again ... with the inclusion of a seat, for fun.
Then I pulled the other half down, minus a few stones to keep the old gate up. There was not a lot of room to put all the stones!
Now it's finished ... and I'm quite tanned and fit.
There are still a few stones left in the pile so maybe I'll carry on with the wall on the other side of the old gate ... after a few pairs of younger arms have moved them closer for me!
