29th September 2009

Stayed at home this morning, loading the larger splice plates into the car and waiting for a call from the fixing supplier. Eventually rang them at just past twelve and the screws had just arrived. Drove to get the screws with the back of the car on the stops and the front wheels just touching the ground. The guy at SIG fixings looked at the car when he helped load the screws and felt around the top of the rear wheel as he didn't believe that I could drive with so much load in the back! Got down to the club and was encouraged to see the first three piles on the outer rank were standing up in the mud ready for the air hammer. Once again the up river pile didn't reach a set (jargon buster: the required set is when the pile moves down by less than 4mm per hit of the air hammer) but the other two did. As the set is now measured from the barge Tam can measure from the barge deck and I don't need to climb around under the club. Took the drastic step of washing my boiler suit tonight - hope it's not premature.