Van Stadens

Saturday, 02 July 2011 Official Friend of Van Stadens hack today. As I was in, let’s say, on of my more antisocial moods we ended up working mostly by ourselves but I think we still made a contribution. As we were driving towards the Reserve we discussed what we could do and didn’t really come […]

Friday, 24 June 2011 On a bitterly cold and blustery Friday we made a date with Neil to go and do a bit of crack repair. Unlike Leonard Cohen of whom I borrowed the title quote our crack didn’t let the light get in but rather let the water out and the field was rather

Wednesday, 22 June 2011 In amongst all the work fixing up the flatlet for the new tenant we still found time to zoot off to Van Stadens with all the materials, including a wooden box, to “quickly” pour some concrete around the offending leak. Ha, when we arrived we found that, in spite of the

Saturday, 18 June 2011 Today we went to Van Stadens for pleasure, planning a little bit of work but mainly to do the cycle route we had been discussing. Got away a bit later than usual and we arrived at the reserve just in time for coffee and then we got our bikes in gear

Sunday, 12 June 2011 Well, last Sunday was the “official” switch on of the pipe, Neil did an excellent job giving our visitors a bit of background on the water supply and the trials and tribulations of the whole project. For the occasion I quickly switched the pipe so we had water running by the

Friday, 3 June 2011 Another trip to Van Stadens, this time to connect the final piece of pipe to take us all the way to the storage tanks. We first had a look how the trench had been filled in, a rough job with the frontloader but at least it is covered. We wanted to

Thursday, 26 May 2011 After the miserable, cold, rainy day yesterday it was a pleasure to be out at Van Stadens this morning. We were suitably impressed with the furrow the guys dug for us, no messing about through the fynbos by the road and all the way to the end inside the nursery by

Wednesday, 18 May 2011 Public holiday today for the few workers amongst us because of election day. This meant that Neil could come out to give us a hand with the latest leak. On arrival we found Rob already hard at work digging in the pipe along the big drainage furrow from the N2, he

Saturday, 14 May 2011 Today we wanted to map the whole line with the gps and combine that with connecting the missing bits, turn on the valve and check for leaks. We were hoping that the Van Stadens staff had at least made a start with the furrow they promised to dig for us and

Saturday, 07 May 2011 Yesterday a quick runout with Neil to reassemble the pesky join and, as we were advised by a plumber, cast the whole lot into concrete so it would be able to withstand the pressure for sure. While we did this Ellie did a quick run up and down Ladyslipper and came