by Robin Whalley | Dec 9, 2024 | Walling Diary
PRACTICE MEET, BOARSHURST, DECEMBER 2024 Date: 8th December 2024 Location: Boarshurst Conditions: Cold and showery The Lancashire branch ‘ultras’ braved storm Darragh this weekend to build the starting lifts of a perfectly laid T-junction and a beautiful cheek end at...
by Robin Whalley | Nov 16, 2024 | Walling Diary
PRACTICE MEET, ROUNDHILL FARM, NOVEMBER 2024 Date: 9th November 2024 Location: Roundhill Farm Dobcross Conditions: Autumnal, misty & cold but dry Objective – to take down and rebuild a further section of the lane side wall on Lark Hill Lane. Fourteen of us,...
by Robin Whalley | Oct 9, 2024 | Walling Diary
PRACTICE MEET BURNEDGE BENT, OCTOBER 2024 Date: 6th October 2024 Location: Burnedge Bent Farm, Grasscroft Conditions: Autumnal with odd shower, sound underfoot – all the BB swallows have gone. Since Bryan’s death, Burnedge Bent has seen some changes. The...
by Robin Whalley | Jan 21, 2024 | Walling Diary
Practice Meet, January 2024 Date: 13th January 2024 Location: Boarshurst, Greenfield Conditions: Cold but dry with a morning mist on the fields and hills. It was another good turnout, with 18 Wallers present. One group worked on a section of the wall that had been...
by Robin Whalley | Dec 16, 2023 | Walling Diary
Practice Meet Boarshurst, December 2023 Date: 10th Deember 2023 Location: Boarshurst, Greenfield Conditions: Cloudy with the occasional shower, but warm for the time of year. The very poor weather forecast didn’t deter 19 members from turning out for the last...
by Robin Whalley | Sep 21, 2023 | Walling Diary
Pre-Test Practice Day September 15 2023 by Chris Bolshaw It has always been part of our mission to pass on the necessary skills to repair and build dry stone walls. The branch now has a very competent core of capable wallers who can take on most walling challenges....
