21 September 2009

Go down to the Club at 7.00am and Tam & Cyril have started clamping temporary frames to the existing Club pile to help position the new pile. The new pile is lifted into position and gently pushed into the mud with the crane. Quite difficult to get the pile to go in just the right place, but after a couple of goes Tam gets it right and pushes the pile into the mud with the crane. We hear it crunch through some gravel, then it sinks under its own weight again. Another push and its in about 2metres and fairly stable. The process is repeated and by the end of the day there are 4 piles pushed into the mud.

Simon Shaw