Sometimes when people set out on these type of tasks you expect that mother nature will at least play fair - but sometimes she doesn’t.

When the Romans came to England if during there first summer they’d have experienced the weather we have had over the last few months they would have issued one order - GO HOME!!!

I visited the bottom of the track today to see a few desconsolate blokes sat having lunch in what could only be described as a mud bath. The rain we have had over night has flooded all that they did yesterday and made the job a whole bunch harder. The decision has was taken though to work with the water problem and lay a 5ft track through the middle, that way the water would be able to run off and the centre section remain dry.

So with a broken bike now with a buttled wheel due to sinking in a rather deep muddy puddle (I know I don’t have much luck with bikes!!) I returned to show everyone the pictures of a rather sorry, wet and muddy Standish Line.