All change behind the sheds. This was going to involve fencing but owing to political pressures on a number of fronts it has morphed into a hedge creation project
With much assistance from my friend Dickie, the hedge behind the sheds has been dug out in preparation for laying a new one. The old hedge was way too tall, parts of it had died, and it was leaning right across to the railway from the boundary in places. Here's the worksite this morning, the string marks the boundary around and along which the new hedge (Lonicera Nitida) will be planted and the timbers are to retain the neighbouring garden, which is quite a lot higher.
The timbers are retained by angle iron uprights driven into the ground, which are secured to the timber near their tops by coach screws. Behind the timbers I have put quite a lot of broken stone so that soil in the higher garden won't cover all the timber, which I have also creosoted on both sides. Tomorrow we will drag the soil across to fill in the remaining gap behind the timbers as well as covering the top of the timber "wall".
All this to stop the new hedge getting pushed into our garden (again).
Unfortunately, in taking out the hedge the track has been pulled off the base and out of its ballasting for about a yard, with one rail joint coming adrift. This is a pain but in fact is where I think I'm going to add a point as part of a cunning plan for some secure on track storage, so I will put it back temporarily with no ballast and just being pinned for the moment. The damaged section shows in the picture as the darker section between the rails just in front of the two bricks in the middle distance.
Not now though, I'm completely banjaxed!
Simon