By the time we left Waterloo on Friday we were already two people down and this set the tone for the whole dig. By the time we arrived at the accommodation and had managed to get in (SOS messages to Mike by headlight) a few beers later in the Railway we had met up with the last of the group and were now down three people.

The next day dawned way to early and we found that Mike had to go to work (for a change) and that John's car had broken down and he would have to go home, luckily that was the last of the loses for the weekend otherwise it would start to look like a story from a certain other canal restoration magazine. Once on site we found that bricklaying was the order of the day. So while a number of us started to rebuild the upper wing wall of lock three, while Martin started on the more creative and visible coping bricks on the pound between locks two and three. Also going on was the removal of a large quantity of broken bricks and rubble to the Droitwich Canal Trusts yard and the pointing of the coping stones on lock three. The weather for the whole day was extremely variable with rain in the morning but it improved later on. That evening Martin did himself proud with dinner, so much so that it was only with difficulty that we managed to get to the pub and force down a few beers.

The next day was much the same as Saturday, changeable weather and another three courses on the wing wall. By 4pm the weather had closed in and it was decided to quit site before the rain and wind undid all our hard work

We reached London by 8pm feeling tired but glad that we had done something constructive and moved the restoration forward. Also thanks to everyone for helping to assemble the last issue of London WRG News on the dig.