This month I have been working in Belhaven hospital laying paths with the T.C.V.

Just finding out that our time with the TCV has been extended to the end of our contract has been a relief for my collogues and myself.

Most of the worries were having too much time on our hands since our youth work has finished and we are now doing a archery instructor course, which seems only to be 1 day a week.

We rocked up to Belhaven hospital last week to help the other volunteers that have been working on this community garden for quite some time now. I was looking forward to getting my teeth into this job because I do love a bit of wood work and shifting gravel.

First off, we place wood shuttering along were we would like the path to sit. This wood is about ½ inch think so it bends and curves nicely. We hold this shuttering in place with wooden pegs, these pegs our beaten into the ground with a melee or lump hammer (depends on mood ;)

The shuttering (fascia boards) is then screwed into the pegs to hold it in place firmly.

Next we have volunteers digging and taking wheel barrows of type 1 (Big stones!) these our tipped in-between our shutters and leveled out evenly. Next up we dig some wind dust which is a finer stone and pour this on top of our type 1. the wind dust is then leveled out and can be compacted with a whacker plate to achieve the nicest finish.

Thanks.

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