Mark the digger driver did an excellent job of laying out the drainage pattern and executing the french drains. During breaks in the work we found out that Mark had dug the drains round the existing plots more than a decade before.
Wednesday, 22 June 2011
Drainage pattern
The first item we bought was the water trough and service box. The service box contains the ball cock and is designed to prevent cows damaging the valve. We also bought the water pipe and the necessary fittings. It felt like we were underway. The schedule of works was agreed with the JCB driver Mark and the farmer. The underground drain pipe was ordered as was the stone for the back fill of the french drains. To encourage us the weather continued hot and dry. The drains were marked out and the JCB began digging.
It took a whole week to dig out the trenches and create an extension the bund to contain spoil from the trenches. One of members was on hand to hand dig the last metre of the three trenches where they passed under the boundary of the old allotments into the existing drainage ditch. The drainage pipes were installed as the wagons pulled in with the reclaimed stone for the back fill.
Mark the digger driver did an excellent job of laying out the drainage pattern and executing the french drains. During breaks in the work we found out that Mark had dug the drains round the existing plots more than a decade before.
Mark the digger driver did an excellent job of laying out the drainage pattern and executing the french drains. During breaks in the work we found out that Mark had dug the drains round the existing plots more than a decade before.
