Tea?
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Nearly.
classic33
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Looks like a building sight. The bricks appear to have grown legs at some stage.
There's a £1 coin on the floor.
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172traindriver
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Please explain??
classic33
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You can't see it?
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172traindriver
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Dont get the legs and dont get the £1
classic33
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Mike 'll have the £1 by now. The bricks, have you seen how far away some are? Out of arms reach, as though they've made their own way there.
The bricks were so dry that I had to lay them out like that and soak them with a hose. They were sucking the give out of the mortar immediately otherwise. Anyway, here is how I did it:
Setting out the curve was bit of a pig, though, because the centre point of the arc was inaccessible, being inside the house behind a solid wall. This meant lots of careful measuring to establish the corner, the mid-point, and distance out from the house to the curve every 1500 (5').
Then, out on the lawn, I set up some off-cuts of OSB and a centre-point, and swung the appropriate arc, which I cut out carefully with a jigsaw (I knew there was a reason for owning one!):
I then carefully aligned the template with the marks on the foundation I had set out earlier, and laid a few bricks. The above paragraph covers about 3 hours work!
I since laid bricks around to the steps position, which will be on the midline. No photo, sorry.
Setting out the curve was bit of a pig, though, because the centre point of the arc was inaccessible, being inside the house behind a solid wall. This meant lots of careful measuring to establish the corner, the mid-point, and distance out from the house to the curve every 1500 (5').
Then, out on the lawn, I set up some off-cuts of OSB and a centre-point, and swung the appropriate arc, which I cut out carefully with a jigsaw (I knew there was a reason for owning one!):
I then carefully aligned the template with the marks on the foundation I had set out earlier, and laid a few bricks. The above paragraph covers about 3 hours work!
I since laid bricks around to the steps position, which will be on the midline. No photo, sorry.
It wasn't a £1 coin, it was an old bronze clock key. It fell out of the "cliff-face" as I was tidying up the loose soil and vegetation. Much more fun than a pound coin!
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classic33
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With the watering can visible, I kinda thought it was for that. Just the odd one or two out of arms reach, on their own.
See, t'was a key(bronze), not a £1 coin.Always complicating issues
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172traindriver
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172traindriver
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Good Night 
classic33
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Hope the head is better later on.Good Night
Sithi
What be this sleep you talk of?
