Bristol dig day 6th Feb.

Antony_de_H

We'll be out next weekend generally buffing and fixing the uphill arm of the Quarry Trail in Ashton Court. If you're around come and lend a hand.

This section is getting really mullered - the pic below shows it during the dry weather a couple of weeks ago, so it's probably a 10 foot wide mudbath by now:



But we've got loads of stone to play with so it should fix up nicely.

If you haven't come out before, there are more details here:

http://www.bristoltrailsgroup.com/index ... &Itemid=59

stumpyjon

Good luck guys, we're in repair rather than build mode at Gisburn too. Surprising how much stone you have to shift to fix a trail isn't it :shock:

Antony_de_H

We're not short of stone. ;-)

llamafarmer

I think I'm finally going to be free for a dig this time, so I'll try and be there to shift some gravel Antony

stumpyjon

Pah, we had 260 tonnes delivered two weeks ago :shock: Only moved about 15 tonnes with 20 of us, six wheel barrows and two power barrows last week though

jadamson

whats a power barrow?

*AL*

jadamson wrote:

whats a power barrow?

stumpyjon

That's them, unfortunately ours aren't quite that sophisticated, they don't self load, but they do have tracks like that.

Antony_de_H

We occasionally use a little Muck Truck that one of the volunteers owns. It's great but it I can imagine it would struggle in the depths of winter. According to the pro trail buillder chappy who occasionally helps us out, wheeled ones are quicker than tracked ones, and the self-tipping types can be a bit of a 'mare due to their higher centre of gravity.

But I digress.

andyrm

*AL* wrote:

jadamson wrote:

whats a power barrow?

I want one. Preferably with one of those radio controlled machine gun things like the bomb disposal robots.

Antony_de_H

it's tomorrow. No power barrows booked, but there will be cake!