I have completed the repair to the steep wall at Intake Farm. I have never worked on such a steep slope and probably never will again.
The challenge of working on a steep site makes me glad to be finished. It is a job that I will remember for a long time.
@Ivor Very nice work! That's a very satisfying wall to look at.
@Ivor looks amazing! Well done 👏
@Ivor this looks like an amazing piece of work! (You might frame this picture as a reminder of what it is possible to do.)
@nxskok thanks! I might have done just that 40 years ago.
@Ivor Bravo, Ivor! 👏
@withaveeay thanks! Who was that old bloke who kept carrying something to the top of the hill only to have it roll all the way down again? I know how he feels.
@Ivor absolutely cracking that.
@ItsThatDeafGuy thanks! I'll not be doing this again!
@Ivor back breaking work
@Ivor incredible! Well done!
@sarahdalgulls thank you! What if I told you that I did 99.9% of the work from the other side and couldn't see this face as I was working.....
Aug 18, 2026, 3:39 PMBeautiful. Absolutely beautiful.
As someone else said, there’s something strangely satisfying about it (which is easy to say when I’ve had none of the back-breaking work to do.)
@TalktoBeverley don't worry, I may have aching feet from trying to stay vertical but I am aware that it's technically a well built wall and very satisfied with the result.
@Ivor Looks amazing, and the discussion of the hard work that went into it makes me appreciate (even more) how impressive the miles and miles of dry stone walls around the country really are. It also reminds me of the generations of skilled country people that built and maintained them over the years.
@Dianotron here in the North Pennines, the incredible dry stone walling is not just on the surface. That's me in front, just clearing shale from the floor.
There are miles and miles of disused lead mine levels that are lined as in this photo. The quality of this stonework is second to none and very little movement after hundreds of years.
There must be massive bat colonies in there.
@Ivor a lovely thing to behold
@Ivor 👍🙌☺️awesome
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Lovely job done though
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Wow, it looks brilliant.
@Ivor That's so impressive! Well done!
@Ivor am so impressed. Hope the landowner is suitably grateful!
@Ivor Great job! It's gorgeous!
@Ivor Beautiful and impressive!
@Ivor - What a stunningly beautiful piece of work. I am lost in admiration.
@tompearce49 thanks, it's also very practical as a shelter from the elements for sheep.
@Ivor Wow — beautiful!
@Pollinators yes, thanks, I'm quite blown away by the reactions. I think it's easy to forget that this was once a very common job for many people and without any status, unlike now, as we rapidly lose the skills.
I'm scratching the surface of the work that's been done in the past. Standing on the shoulders of giants, as they say.
@Ivor That looks great, I hope it lasts for generations to come!
@Meanwhile_on_earth_One I hope so too, as the last attempt was only in 2011 (not me), having found some plastic with a sell by date.
@Ivor Okay, well, that is not too long ago. I guess that it all depends on weathering, animal and human activity.
@Ivor Wow, that's beautiful
@Sadsquatch @Ivor I echo that; wow!
Aug 18, 2026, 7:05 PM@Ivor my legs are aching just looking at that. Well done!
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Magnificent.
@Ivor @forestfern It's beautiful.
@Ivor that’s a beautiful wall
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Great job. Seriously impressive.
@OneInterestingFact thank you!
@Ivor beautiful work!
@wilpercy thank you!
@Ivor
Beautiful!