28th September 2009

P10, the last pile of the rank near the Club was pushed in with the crane, then the air hammer was placed on top. As usual the pile sank a couple of metres under the weight of the air hammer (it weighs 2.7 tons). Then Cyril turned the air hammer on, we were expecting the pile to stop moving before the top reached the mud level, but in this case the pile kept going and very nearly disappeared into the mud. Not too bad as about half a metre was still visible and not too much digging was needed to install the splice plate. Really need the stainless coach crews now but they weren't ordered 'till this morning and are due in tomorrow at mid-day. Tam uses the time to start setting out the next rank of piles using a set of chest high waders to plod around the mud and bang in some stakes at each corner.