The pond with the fabric in place.

Foundation for the pond weir. The posts in the background are the start of the walkway/handrail.

Free (of mud) at last!

All the silt has been removed and now we have an empty pond. The carpet
round the edge and the membrane (not down yet) will be covered by stone from
the field.

Second view

Long view

Eventually the water will go all the way from the pond to the dam in the
distance.

This is the mud pile.

It looks like pillow lava.

Remember Iceland Bella?

Today we made an island.

Last year a mallard visited with her young. We are hoping that they will become regulars if there is a safe place for them. Hence the island. It is sited in a corner so that it doesn't get in the way of the sunset reflection at mid-summer.

Filled with mud inside a porous membrane.

As you can see nearly all the silt has gone. Need to make it look nice for the visitors (Abbi and Duane ).

Hands up all those who thought it always rained in Wales.....

There was a grass fire last night just up the valley (down the valley, boyo)
from us. I can't remember the last time it rained.......

It was nearly too hot to work today.....

Sadly not quite hot enough. So it was back to the mud. Which is now just plain tedious. To make it more exciting I worked out how to get the icky sticky mud out of the trailer when I tip it - it sticks to the trailer and has to be dragged out with a spade. But not anymore. Read on.

Cut a builders bag so that you have a long strip of fabric with handles at both ends. Attach it to your trailer and lay the fabric in the bottom.

Fill it up with mud and drive across the field to the mud-dump.

Then you tip out the mud.