I was invited to do a demonstration of dry stone walling at the Darton Carnival last weekend. I roped in Barry and Chris Heeley, Max and my eldest daughter Laura.
We had everything arranged and we were set to do our stuff when I got a call from Barry on Saturday telling me that the stone supplier who was going to lend us some stone had let us down. Panic! We made a few calls and eventually found a stone merchant which was open to buy some stone. Some demo it would have been without stone! We hurtled to the stone yard before it closed at lunch and loaded two tonnes of stone onto the pick up and once again everything was ready for the demo the next day.
Sunday was grey and gloomy as we made our way to the ground where the Carnival was being held. There were beer glasses everywhere from the previous days music festival which was apparently very good (our old friends the OFB Band were playing so it must have been!). We had some right fun and games erecting the gazebo but it was just as well we managed because soon after it was up the heavens opened. It wasn’t long before we were joined under our shelter by others who were displaying at the Carnival including a detachment from the Yorkshire Regiment who were hoping to build an assault course for the children (this never happened for safety reasons which was a shame).
We eventually took the plunge and started building our feature in the rain which was a small wall with steps up the side. The gates opened soon after and people started trickling in – much like the rain down my neck! We spoke to lots of nice people and got invited to the Vintage Car Rally at Cannon hall on 27th July – so we’ll see you there!
Thanks to Barry, Chris, Max and daughter Laura for their help and company through that damp day!
The Demo Team!L to R: Max, Chris, Me, Laura and Barry
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