A very cold and frosty start today - lots of ice around - but a dry and sunny day forecast.
A leisurely start - barrowing the hardcore and leveling it with the rake by eye - easy.
The hire company dropped off the compactor plate - a nearly new one - just the job.
It worked great - really packing the hardcore down well.
Jackie took Penny for her walk and collected a gallon of petrol for me.
I soon had to take off my coat in the sunshine - lovely.
Today, I managed about 20 barrow loads - plus leveling and compacting - good!
I'm about half way through leveling the sub base already !!
The big pile of hardcore is going down but it's clear that I won't use all of it - there will be a few tonnes left !!
The plan - I have spotted a company that has a small four wheel grab truck locally - I will ask them to quote for taking the left over hardcore to Scott's lake - they always need hardcore there - to deal with boggy areas.
Tomorrow - Alan is going to help take levels - we will mark up the low spots and fill them up as we go along.
I will keep going with the base as long as this dry spell lasts.
Mike.
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