FMcDowell

There was a meeting one early morning. Visions were being shared. Words flowed in spectacular streams. Down into the long, tufted grass where a secret line had been drawn.

Blown away by the magnitude of the task at hand, armed with tools of our choice, we began the clearing and leveling of the area. And the secret line soon became the border of a 60 m2 circle.

With a Hybrid Mega Yurt Schematic Diagram in hand, the ground was measured and marked after the instructions. It was then re-measured for safety, and then partly tri-measured for fun.

Digging the holes was up next.

40 of them in total.

For a stable foundation.

We know how to dig them holes.

Stones were handpicked in the local stonefield. In preparation for the coming step, the fresh catch was placed by our new collection of holes.

This part is something most of us here excel at at this point - Getting the poles into the holes. I have described the process more in detail in an earlier post. Basically the tarred wooden pole is placed in the hole and made stuck with help of stones, dirt and water. All our structures rests on these foundations.

Some holes are deeper than others... The excavation team for the final step of the pole setting emerges and gives us green light to proceed.

(Notice the solar powered SEYN-speaker that powered us with its groove)

Supervisor Apostolos is checking out the tarring process, EVS-recruit Luisa gives a thumb up. Which could mean anything from "The project is moving on as planned and our ETA is set at 30 clicks in the past future. Prepare yourself!", to "The tar tasted nice."