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Stone waiting in car park. Veddw copyright Anne Wareham SAM_4123 S

Stone in the car park.

Bet you could hardly wait for this.

For too long we looked at The Stone in the car park and wondered if it would ever find its way anywhere else. I attempted to contact landscapers (just their kind of thing, you’d think, wouldn’t you?) but no-one was even slightly interested. But Jeff knew the man we needed – Alan The Builder. And sure enough, he came and looked and was quite unperturbed.

And so the day came and with it the men. Alan, Jeff and Luke. And the marvellous machine.

Machine arrives. Veddw copyright Anne Wareham SAM_4124 S

The Stone was to be dragged most of the way, so it was attached to the machine…

Jeff prods it . Veddw copyright Anne Wareham SAM_4130 S

And Jeff prodded it. (that helps, you know)

And dragging commenced….

Dragged through gate . Veddw copyright Anne Wareham SAM_4129 s

Got it through the gate …

The Introduction of The Lever

And on down the hill..

Bit churned up... Veddw copyright Anne Wareham SAM_4142 s

Ouch! . Veddw copyright Anne Wareham SAM_4153 s

Ouch!

Into the New Garden

Arrives at the bottom of the hill . Veddw copyright Anne Wareham SAM_4149 s

Time for a break….

The Stone, Veddw, copyright Anne Wareham SAM_4160

And then, more dragging, into the Yew Walk..

Arrives at Yew Walk . Veddw copyright Anne Wareham SAM_4163 s

And then it’s got to get through the hedge…so we need it on edge…

Lifting . Veddw copyright Anne Wareham SAM_4208 s

Nearly there..

Nearly up . Veddw copyright Anne Wareham SAM_4209 s

Just needs pulling…

Heave from the other side . Veddw copyright Anne Wareham SAM_4215 s

And a bit of shoving

Stone going through hedge Copyright Anne Wareham Veddw. 20150930_113920

and more pulling

Stone and hedge Copyright Anne Wareham Veddw20150930_114131

Then Alan digs a hole for it…

Digging a Hole Veddw copyright Anne Wareham s

And somehow it is heaved into the hole..

The Stone instalation, Veddw, copyright Anne Wareham

and shoved

Stone in. Veddw copyright Anne Wareham 20150930_134429 s

and persuaded (precisely) upright..

Getting it upright . Veddw copyright Anne Wareham SAM_4222 s

Bit more pulling..

Nearly . Veddw copyright Anne Wareham SAM_4226 s

And pushing…

 

More tea . Veddw copyright Anne Wareham SAM_4235 s

And I bet you’d like a pretty picture by this time for your own kind of break…

Persicaria Copyright Anne Wareham SAM_3871s

Then there was a long hard effort of making concrete and barrowing it from the car park to fill the hole.

Concrete Copyright Anne Wareham, Veddw SAM_4239

And there was The Stone – in situ! Phew!

The Stone in situ Copyright Anne Wareham SAM_4281

With grateful thanks to Alan, Jeff and Luke – an amazing effort.

And we waited for the next stage…..

More next week……

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