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Adding drainage pipe to bottom of trench and back filling.

Many thanks to Tom, Lay, Peter, Bruce, Annie.

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Here we’re digging, making boxing and pouring concrete for at the northern end of the Stupas by the Parinirvana Stupa. It’s a particularly narrow part of the hill and the original retaining walls weren’t symmetrical. So we decided to make this section into a nice curved wall at the end which will make the two sides symmetrical. Eventually there will be a 2m wide gate at the northern end. The curved wall was an alteration to the original plan so we had to cut away a small section of the original wall before we could do anything else.

These photos are from two working bees in August and September 2019.

Many thanks to Lay, Tom, Peter, Bruce, Molly, Dave, Annie.

Lovely sunny Sunday cleaning stupas, many thanks to: Sean, Lan Mai, Melissa, Peter, Leigh and Tana, David and Molly, Kelly, Dr Lodoe, Datenba, Tom, Lay and Annie.

 

 

These pots of honey make wonderful gifts.

All Proceeds go towards Stupa Project.

Please contact Annie at greatwallcookbook@gmail.com for orders.

It’s been a busy February/March digging holes and filling them with steel and concrete.    Many thanks to Dominic, Simone, Tom, Michael and Bruce for all your hard work.

 

          

    

     

This Sunday morning we’ll be transporting builders mix to the stupas with buckets and a tractor.
All welcome.
Please bring shovel (if you have one), hat and water bottle.  If you can bring something to contribute for lunch that’s great, but if you can’t, no worries.
Come for a short time or the whole morning.

Sunday 6 Jan
9am – 12noon

 

 

Digging very large trenches in preparation for pouring concrete footings on the walls on the east side of Stupas 7  and 8.

Many thanks to Terry for his help in the planning stage.  Thanks also to Lay, Tom, Simone, Bruce and Annie for all their hard work digging and constructing boxing.

A very enjoyable couple of Saturday mornings spent spreading limestone on the paths and pouring concrete.  And cleaning butter lamps while waiting for more limestone to be delivered.  Many thanks to:

Mike and Nicky Thompson, Belinda Van den Berg, Reinier Lindemann, Christine Thompson, Saul Barnes, Naomi Lees, Bruce Williamson and Annie Manning.

Many thanks to Alex Alipiev and Alipi Alipiev, our wonderful neighbours who are also great block-layers.

A happy productive day building formwork for the steps at the stupas, adding more concrete blocks to the wall, moving builders mix and Christine tidied up the Bodhi house garden. Many thanks to: Mike, Nicky, Ellen, Simone, Christine, Naomi, Annie.