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At
the previous work party we had excavated the north-east and north-west
wing-walls. Only the south-west wing-wall was excavated on this work
party, partly because we had other things do and partly because of
equipment problems (no surprise there) and tree roots.
The
towpath was very sodden (it's not really the towpath, but until we
reinstate it where it should be it serves that purpose) so pallets were
put down at strategic points to act as duck boards. Then the poles for the
warning flags we had promised the horse riders were erected. Part of
Shrivenham's Golden Jubilee celebrations was a walk including the canal so
we also widened the path with a brush cutter. The
mini-digger seemed to be having problems with one its tracks which made
the excavating harder going than expected, but good progress was made with
the south-west wing-wall despite the best efforts of some long-dead ash
trees. Temperamental water pumps also slowed work down.
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