Dry stone walling

Late Friday afternoon, and we went  for a walk down the pista to see what the  Cat had been up to, as we hadn't been able to see it but had heard rumbling and clanging noises.  We waited till about 6pm,  when he'd finished work as Cats and dogs don't mix well!

The clanging had obviously been a delivery of rocks - the tailgate of the large lorries bang when they shut,  and  the rumbling was the noise of the rocks hitting the ground.  This is the extra large version of dry stone wall building!   Only about a dozen rocks per delivery,  no idea what each one must weigh......

The original wall has been dug out to widen the pista and the new  stone one is to support the land behind.

Further up the road,  the side of the pista was very soft and crumbling and Saturday morning the Cat driver dug out the soft soil and replaced it with more rocks.  For such a large machine, it does an incredibly delicate job.