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Home Close Hole © Duncan Price
The depression before start of work
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Home Close Hole 21AUG08
21AUG08: Mark Crook stripping off the topsoil
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21AUG08: Dave Morrison checking the depression.
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21AUG08: The start of the digging
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21AUG08 The first hole
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21AUG08: Dave Morrison admiring the hole
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21AUG08: End of the first day'sdigging
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22AUG08: Starting to bench down
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22AUG08: ... and down ...
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22AUG08: (Taken at the same time as the aerial photograph)
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22AUG08: Dave Speed, Jim Young and Dave Morrison all looking happy
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22AUG08: Jim, Dave, Alice, Rachel, Millie Dog, Penny, Jane & Dave Morrison.
 
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23AUG08: Dave Morrison and Mark Crook in pensive mood.
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23AUG08: Mark Crook
doing some
technical digging.
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23AUG08: Dave Speed checking out the rock wall
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23AUG08: The first ring in position near the north wall of the pit
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24AUG08: Pipes in the pit
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24AUG08: Pipes against the north wall of the pit
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24AUG08: Mark Crooke and Mike Gibbons backfilling the pit
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24AUG08: End of the day, Dave Speed, Jim Young and Dave Morrison by the shaft
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25AUG08: Jim Young, Mike Gibbons, Ed Speed and Dave Speed by the shaft.
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25AUG08: Mark Crook joins Dave & Ed Speed, Mike Gibbons and Jim Young at the shaft
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25AUG08: A view from the other side of the depression
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25AUG08: The end of the excavation, 1134 Hrs GMT.
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18SEP08: Ground re-seeded and an ornamental pond installed
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25SEP08: Alice Audsley digging a hole for a straining post
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26SEP08: Ring-fencing of the site completed.
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04OCT08: Towing the strips to the dig
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16OCT08: Jig for welding fixed steel ladder.
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21OCT08: Making up a light-weight ladder belay.
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12NOV08: Scaffolding stile, tripod and rude hut in position in time for the 'RatFest'.

Created: 25 November 2008
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