The track will run in front of a dry wall made of old red sandstone – but at this point it is about 200mm above lawn level. I needed to build up a base for it – and, because I like the look of this rough and crumbling wall, I decided to build a low wall between track and lawn in the same manner – creating a ledge along which the railway would run.

[pe2-image src=”http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Y533Nsde2RU/VVukYjJAkrI/AAAAAAAEXC4/5N3tLI0DVL0/s144-c-o/IMG_8795.JPG” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/105041492449804846682/TheEasternLedge#6150690457761387186″ caption=”Preparing the foundations” type=”image” alt=”IMG_8795.JPG” pe2_single_image_size=”w500″ pe2_caption=”1″ pe2_img_align=”none” ] [pe2-image src=”http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8hs8PlXJABE/VVukYoHgV6I/AAAAAAAEXC4/dKEp5CuZwjQ/s144-c-o/IMG_8800.JPG” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/105041492449804846682/TheEasternLedge#6150690459097257890″ caption=”Dry run tunnel mouth” type=”image” alt=”IMG_8800.JPG” pe2_single_image_size=”w500″ pe2_caption=”1″ pe2_img_align=”none” ]

Step one was the build the dry wall. This turns out the be really quite tricky. Fortunately, the ramshackle look was what I was after.

[pe2-image src=”http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ce4RGsv8sh0/VVukYmsgsKI/AAAAAAAEXC4/qe4CWxsAcZs/s144-c-o/IMG_8807.JPG” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/105041492449804846682/TheEasternLedge#6150690458715599010″ caption=”Wall” type=”image” alt=”IMG_8807.JPG” pe2_single_image_size=”w500″ pe2_caption=”1″ pe2_img_align=”none” ] [pe2-image src=”http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1SATKsSwsks/VVukYiS3DXI/AAAAAAAEXC4/h22oVrlhSPY/s144-c-o/IMG_8814.JPG” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/105041492449804846682/TheEasternLedge#6150690457534270834″ caption=”Wall” type=”image” alt=”IMG_8814.JPG” pe2_single_image_size=”w500″ pe2_caption=”1″ pe2_img_align=”none” ]

Step two was to fill the cavity between the walls with the sub-base, and level ready to take the track.

[pe2-image src=”http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jDOg2xw_owU/VVukYnilIbI/AAAAAAAEXC4/9Ye3RhKVjgY/s144-c-o/IMG_8816.JPG” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/105041492449804846682/TheEasternLedge#6150690458942382514″ caption=”Filling the cavity” type=”image” alt=”IMG_8816.JPG” pe2_single_image_size=”w500″ pe2_caption=”1″ pe2_img_align=”none” ] [pe2-image src=”http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MsF_7uQR4mI/VVurfKseznI/AAAAAAAEXCw/iaQWx-qmdok/s144-c-o/P1150267.jpg” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/105041492449804846682/TheEasternLedge#6150698268039761522″ caption=”Track resting in place for effect…” type=”image” alt=”P1150267″ pe2_single_image_size=”w500″ pe2_caption=”1″ pe2_img_align=”none” ]

Photos taken 14 – 22 March.