Despite the cuts, bites and scratches of yesterday still a bit raw
and the aches and pains just faintly starting to creep in, I was up and baking
flapjacks at 7am ready for the day ahead and what a day it was.
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| Almost safe access in! |
We took the car (on account of snapping the accelerator arm
on the campervan on the motorway on the way home last night) and parked easily
on the bracken-covered verge just off the track; no sinking, so must be drying
out. We loaded up with the heavy duty sledge hammer, water and cool box and set
off along our newly created path…. Both grinning J
- I don’t really know what we expected.. .that it had somehow disappeared
overnight? But it still looked pretty obvious as a path – we still have an area at the
start to clear, but pretty much there now (for one half of the northern boundary at least).
Anyway the steps were looking just as fine as yesterday and
the clearing was already bathed in sunshine (and hot). We moved the fire
slightly further out of the path and set to work once again on getting the
kettle going. A surprise call from my
brother halted work for a bit in the morning whilst I wandered up to the road
to guide them in for a nose about, and then an hour later a surprise visit from
my Dad on his motorbike! So impressed
with everyone’s interest – soon we will be able to accommodate people and cars
for proper celebrations.
The boss got started on the access steps to get down into
the clearing and I made a log wall jigsaw in the camp area to give Bruce and
Sheila (our woodmice) some better cover back and a load of nooks and crannies
to hide in. We did see them again today crossing the log stumps, so thankfully yesterday’s
activities and fire smoke did not scare them off. Although the smoke certainly killed my own lungs. I steered well clear today and managed to get through the day with only one minor additional injury.
