Thursday was all about the straw bale walls! Earlier in the week, lovely farmer Jim from Wick (only 5 miles away - so very a local material) delivered 30 straw bales for the walls of our shelter The first job was to move them across the site.......
Next hazel spurs from on site were cut down to create fixings which would keep the bales in place. Jo gave the whole team a masterclass in how to split and retie bales(with a trucker's hitch!).
We were joined on site by Rosie, one of our lovely Shape My City young people and she helped Jo mix up the first batch of clay slip (undercoat).
Jo and Rosie then had great fun smearing the clay slip coat onto the first section of straw bale wall.....
We were also joined on site today by two lovely architecture student volunteers...Sunar and Jess, whose hard work and skills were much needed on this busy day (even though it took them a while to figure out how to make a cuppa with the rocket stove!)....thanks guys!
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