Project Description

The Forest School idea is very potent concept
around a theory that whatever children can do
inside they can also do outside. Ecclesall
woods, the ancient woodland within the city
boundary has an old Sawmill site. The site
has exciting new plans for developing a centre
for innovative use of timber and has a number
of small businesses and enterprises already on
the site. At the moment the Forest School site
has outdoor play area and a teepee. They
would like to develop a “structure” to allow for
some additional facilities – to be decided but
most likely an “outside classroom” and the
aim is to build the project.

Thursday 30 October 2008

Wet Wet Wet


Lets be honest here, not everyday is a Sunday. We had a pretty frustrating day today no thanks to the weather. Probably the worst day so far ever since we started on site, weather wise. The day started off ok with Pete and Steve finishing off the step they were making. Jo and Willie finally finished the platform after technical delays (shortage of screw fixings). Olly, Abbie and Tim were on a road trip to get more materials. Chris and Kyle were working on getting the fixings onto the columns. Aditi followed Tom into the woods to get some round sections of dead oak. Caitrina carried on with polishing off some of the poles making them look sweeter....

And then the weather took a turn and started pouring. Things we had to do during the afternoon:
1. Get platform on site which involved 8 people. (in the rain)
2. Trying to figure out a way to get columns fixed. (in the rain)
3. Sorting out timber for the floor decking, storage unit. (in the rain)
4. Debarking poles ( in the rain)
5. Digging, digging and more digging (you get the idea)
6. Transfering oak round sections from woods to site (yup, no change here)

Not all bad news though. Thanks to Jo and her sources we now have sufficient timber to finish the decking by Monday hopefully. The road trip guys managed to get our concrete and ply and other materials. And the best thing of all, we're all still going strong. (tomorrow onwards, T&C applies)

Fun competition for today. Who can guess what Olly was doing in the picture above?

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