Spreading soil in the rain

Spreading soil in the rain
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A miserable morning today (and I'm about to set off for a boating break on Oxford Canal!). More soil was delivered and distributed to different places across the site.

Quiet Garden takes shape

Quiet Garden takes shape
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You can see the different grades of soil in this picture, and more was delivered this afternoon.

Final stretch?

Meeting House Garden cement mix
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There's still a lot of work going on (and at least eight people on site all day), but it's starting to feel like the end is in sight — at least getting to the point where the planting can begin.

In this picture the patio surface for the Meeting House Garden is being mixed and applied. The plant beds are looking increasingly fertile, and the Chequer Street fence is being re-painted. There was much more cutting of paving stones, spewing forth dust clouds across the site as well as noise that drowned out the radio.

Paving round George Fox memorial

Laying the first paving stones
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This morning sand was spread round the George Fox memorial, and rolled. Then paving stones have been meticulously laid around the memorial (and more sand was delivered in the afternoon). Lots of very noisy sawing of stones to fit round the edges of the memorial. My plan says the paving stones are "york stone diamond cut".

The soil round the borders of the ball court was dug fairly intensively, as if to prepare it for seeding. A gate for the playground is now half-way installed, the digger having been used to assist with this and other tasks, despite having its windscreen vandalised yesterday evening.

An inspector calls?

An inspector calls?
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Puddles on ball court
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I haven't seen this man before. He was wandering around at lunch-time making notes on his clipboard. A surveyor of some kind, or inspector from the local council?

This afternoon we had the first rain since the tarmac was laid on the ball court. As you can see from the lower photo, there are quite a few puddles. Could the drainage be better?