Ham Mill Mon Feb 25th
by: Andy P.
A chilly start for the 7 of us, greasing, oiling and
refuelling the diggers before we disappeared into the trenches.
Some more of the wall was removed and shipped away whilst
the bank was used as infill around the trench box. The hand digging and bucket
lifting rota was reformed as we dug down to water level as we wanted to get the
next bit of pipe installed. The other wall side was showing signs of slipping
so BD quickly sorted that out with a couple of scoops. A bit of external shovelling
revealed some long buried grass as we worked in the first T shirt weather.
We pre assembled a short length of pipe and a collar before
it was lowered into the trench box. It was just the right length to fit in the
box.
I wish the people who made the video about the
pipe just pushing together could have been here to see all the efforts we made. Bob applied plenty of lube to help with the push, but BD failed as not enough
room, strong folks pushing had no effect, sledge hammer was barely helpful. 
